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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1930
Page
7
A distressed applicant requests any available employment options including window cleaning floor waxing auto work and odd jobs. The note asks for confidentiality and promises notification if a position is secured.
A column by Alice Judson Peale argues that mothers fear nursery or kindergarten separation but that partial separation can strengthen the mother child bond. She notes many mothers overestimate time spent on the child and suggests exploring the roots of possessiveness behind the fear. The piece contrasts with reports of five other brief items on current events.
In Washington Hoover hurries back from camp and confers on a flexible tariff revision and a new draft. In Lowell, astronomers at the observatory name a new planet Pluto. The Prohibition amendment foes in Washington send a questionnaire to Congress members. In Southampton a maid is killed and five injured as a fire devastates Lucien B. Tying’s summer home. Lamont announces new public works and utilities contracts totaling 455.91 million dollars in the first four months of 1920. Four killed in Lepanto Arkansas tragedy.
Grundy said he knew of no alliance with other candidates. Some friends of those candidates who carried him might have put up signs. Francis H. Bole, a wet candidate who ran third, had no personal expenditures. His treasurer testified about $100,000 spent on the Bohen-Phillips ticket, half from the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Orange County agriculture receipts for 1928 were $43,008,000 according to county farm advisor estimates.
A continuation lists Legion personnel and committee heads including Watkins Zinn Painter Yates Comp ton Liteinger Rice Wilhelm Jackson Frith Parrish Crislip Post 56 Post 12 44 and Barbour County with committees covering programs music publicity advertising radio and amplifiers refreshments decoration and flags and automobile coordinators.
An employment editor invites submission of a single confidential applicant for a described job. The notice requires setting an appointment at least three days after the offer date and states the employer may hire or fire at discretion with salary details left to the employer.
Warner Bros presents Under a Texas Moon the first fully talking and singing outdoor color feature. Based on Stewart Edward White with Frank Fay, Myrna Loy, Raquel Torres, Mona Maris in a romance laced Western tale. Don Carlos pursues love and cattle thieves through desert and moonlit scenes, praised for vibrant Technicolor and lively songs.
Warner Bros presents Under a Texas Moon at Strand Theatre. The 100 percent talking singing outdoor film features Frank Fay Raquel Torres Myrna Loy and cast including Armida Mona Maris Betty Boyd Noah Beery Tully Marshall Charles Sellon George Stone and George Cooper. Colorful outdoor scenery Indians and Mexicans appear with a noted theme song sung by the cast. critics call it the year’s most pleasing outdoor color picture.
The Supreme Court debated whether buyers of liquor from bootleggers are guilty of conspiracy or illegal purchase without a permit. Justice Sutherland noted Congress had not defined buyers as guilty, while Assistant Secretary Lowman said the decision aligns with prohibition policy. A related case involved Alfred R. Norris, whose conspiracy conviction was overturned on appeal, with questions about whether ordering liquor constitutes a conspiracy to transport. A pending bill seeks to make buyers legally liable.
New York May 26 report on Babe Ruth, starring for the Yankees, slugging six home runs in two days against the Philadelphia Athletics to surge atop the league leaders. The piece notes his 12th and 60th season marks, highlighting a dramatic power surge ahead of the 1927 schedule.
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