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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1930
Page
7
Job seekers list needs include Chase or Pemaing willing to work various tasks. Candidates mark multiple options like housecleaning painting shrubbery planting carpentry and auto service. Information kept confidential and no cost to applicants. Contact the Employment Editor at Sentinel for notification.
The article discusses caring for a convalescent boy named Aisco Judson Peale. It emphasizes keeping him busy to prevent tyrannical restlessness, with quiet activities such as knitting, cutting and pasting, sewing, puzzles, and building toys. Reading aloud is suggested to foster enjoyment of books during recovery.
In Chicago May 24 the home of John Sheridan secretary of the Chicago Teamsters and Helpers Union was bombed for a second time in nine years. Sheridan his infant son and two daughters were shaken from bed by plaster. He knew of no threat or union trouble. The prior bombing in August 1929 remains unsolved. Also reported: fourteen thousand real estate salesmen in Southern California failed to qualify for permanent licenses under a new examination law.
Radio listings show a Saturday schedule across stations WEAF WIR WABO WBAD WOR KDKA WGY WBZ WIZ and more. Programs include orchestras news dance hour and theater shows from 5:00 PM to midnight with acts like Rudy Vallee Walter Damrosch and the Stars of Broadway.
Job offer from The Grafton Sentinel invites a man or woman to apply for about four positions. Describe work desired and mail or send a completed blank to the Employment Editor. Set an appointment date to meet a prospective employee at least three days after the offer date.
Dorothy Revier and Paul Porresni headline the Columbia mystery drama Murder on the Roof shown at the Opera House Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. A New York underworld denizen is murdered in a penthouse. Sommers is jailed. Molly Sommers seeks his exoneration as the jewel plot drives the action.
Overnight news rounds up several developments from Washington Chicago and Berlin. Senate session plans loom over London naval pact. tax action pursued against Doheny Sinclair funds. contractors questioned over government project fees. Indiana governor marriage license affidavit questioned. federal reserve notes higher activity. Capone indictment tied to prohibition. Haiti ex-president Borno arrives after secret departure and looks to visit the U S and France.
A trimmed list shows multiple stations and time slots from WJZ WEAF WSB and other outlets. Programs include orchestras variety hours organ segments and music plus a few named acts such as Brooks and Ross and the Doodlesuckers. Some entries reference local station identifiers and dial positions.
A fragmented listing shows radio features and music segments across stations WJZ WHAS WEAF and more. It mentions performances by Jack Turner pianist and various ensembles, with times like 10 30 and 12 00 and notes on a Sunday school program and barndance segments. The text also references a large number of school buses carrying about 1.4 million children daily.
Evanston May 24 Associated Press Eddie Tolan of Michigan and George Simpson of Ohio State discarded starting blocks and aimed for the fastest 100 yard dash in the 30th Western Conference outdoor championships trials at Northwestern University. Simpson and Tolan emerged as top Big Ten contenders with times near 9.7 seconds and 21.8 seconds respectively amid a brisk rainstorm.
Pittsburgh May 24. Officer Oliver glimpsed a girl in a pink dress seemingly flying through the air. After inspecting his field glass the girl vanished. Nearby at a steep embankment Fannie Kimmel, 15, had been swinging from a 50 foot tree. the rope broke and she fell 200 feet, suffering minor injuries.
A New York report notes male cats outperform females in Columbia University tests where 78 animals learned pressure plates for food. Berlin reports wealthy Americans still dine in Cafeterias. IOC members welcome Olympic village plans for Los Angeles 2 years hence, while some fear it may undermine athlete dignity. Raleigh notes A J Wheeler, claiming to be the oldest flying professional baseball player, has just passed his 89th birthdate.
State police advanced the theory that the woman might have been kidnapped and that the car would need to be stowed by the kidnappers. They also asserted repairs could not have been completed in the brief time Kirk was away.
Washington May 24 After sixteen months of labor tariff framers faced a fresh point of attack as Republican conferees learned that the conference report may reopen the entire controversy. Opponents prepared to contend when the report is submitted Monday that the measures exceed the authority of both houses. duties on cheese, cherries, rayon, watches and clocks are in dispute.
Fragmentary 1927 Charleston case notes list degre murder conviction of Thomas J Ford with names Briefe Mele Hurrington, Vincent Lewis and John Lewis amid a family quarrel over estate. references a fatal wagon accident near Wheeling and a hanging in a rural area. Industrial and legislative production shift noted.
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