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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1927
Page
7
The Gay Stock Company presents The Thrill Seekers at Strand with a matinee and final engagement. A lively farce about flappers and their circle, the play promises clean wholesome amusement and rapid, humorous situations.
Priscilla Dean shines in Jewels of Desire at the Opera House with John Bowers and Walter Long in strong supporting roles. The action follows a girl who inherits a Spanish estate and battles three bandits over buried treasure, showcasing Dean's famed fighting virility and athletic screen presence. Also noted are Coolidge planning to review the US fleet, a Philadelphia wage conference adjournment to June 15, a Trinidad Colorado mine disaster, and Lions district conventions in Morgantown and Clarksburg with 1928 meeting sites chosen.
Overnight news reports Lindbergh will be received by King George and attend the forthcoming derby. Lloyd George, addressing Liberals at Margate, warns that severing Anglo Russian relations leaves only the thunderbolt of war. Coolidge believes the Anglo Russian break will not affect trade relations.
Fairmont defeated Charleroi 6 to 0 in a clear win. Scottdale beat Johnstown 6 to 2. Wheeling triumphed over Clarksburg 8 to 3. Jeannette won against Cumberland 6 to 2.
Lindbergh departs Le Bourget for Brussels escorted by French and Belgian squadrons. Crowds surge at the airfield as Paris honors the aviator with a cross, medal, and banquet before he flies on. The Spirit of St. Louis crowd gathers at the Brussels landing.
A schedule card lists Cleveland versus St Louis Chicago against Detroit Philadelphia facing Boston and Washington meeting New York reflecting a set of pivotal city rivalries across the league with notable travel and fan interest.
Howard Wolfe valedictorian delivered a heartfelt talk thanking mothers fathers teachers and others involved Rev 8 L Postlethwait opened with prayer H A Rice urged the students while W A Beavers offered congratulations quoting it won t be long now Principal N F Stump presented the class seniors walked past a numeraled table and received their diplomas Florence Wilkinson led the choir with Barbara Cather at the piano
Weather outlook for the week begins with showers in the north and middle Atlantic states and Ohio Valley as well as Tennessee. Temperatures start below normal then dip further later. A brief note adds a playful jingle about buying a black shirt and dirt spots not showing.
A maid applicant touts her early rising and bed making speed, claiming she was up first at her previous job and had beds made before others woke. The exchange hints at reliability and punctuality as hiring criteria.
A humorously cryptic exchange features a victim recalling a distinctive laugh of a suspect, while the officer asks for a number. The dialogue hints at identification by sound rather than name or digits, illustrating a light moment amid a crime scenario.
Fudge Kittle discharged the jury in the state's case against Chapman charged with transporting liquor. The twelve jurors deliberated since yesterday noon and could not reach a verdict, split seven to five, with neither side yielding. Separately, evidence began in the case against J J Y Gregg and Gracey and Gregg for drunken driving and liquor transport on April 14, 1926, with state police witnesses detailing arrests and bottles found. attorneys Ford and Clifford represent the defendants. The panel comprises M C Allender, Fred Bloom, Dennis W Cochran, George Cooper Leo, A Faust, E K Findley, Samuel A Jones, Richard McDade, Clarence Moore, H S Stephens, Harry W Walter, J E Wren.
Elkins reports two Randolph county boys, Neil Chick Harding of Beverly and George Harding of the city, will be graduates at West Point this year. Both chaps, Hipkins High School and Davis and Elkins College alumni, rank highly in their classwork. Otis gets position Clarksburg Harrison Gray Otis, former city manager of Clarksburg, has been named city manager of Rocky Mount North Carolina and will assume the post July 1. Rocky Mount is described as a thriving southern city about the size of Clarksburg. Mallorie Chosen Clarksburg Selecting D. C. Mallorie, president of the Morgantown club, as district governor fo
An annual Lions Club meeting for the twenty-ninth district adjourned in Bluefield after a late yesterday afternoon session at the EIRS Club. A toy arrow accident wounded H. Henley Jr. in Bluefield, while a separate motor truck collision injured Powell Davidson, Miss Blanche Poe and others. drivers escaped serious harm.
Police say Thompson killed six people in a vengeance tied case after a drinking night with Levine. Levine testified Thompson admitted presence but denied guilt, while Kenneth Merrell found the bodies and noted burnt matches.
Legal notices from Taylor County WV include J G St Clair fiduciary account before the commissioner of accounts for settlement, dated May 27, with William F Kearns as co. Also a distraint tax sale for Eugene Somerville property in Graf ton featuring Lot No. 10 Woodyard Addition on Barrett Street and Three Fork Creek, conducted by Internal Revenue Collector Edwin A Brast, with auction details for June 6, 1927 at 2 40 p m.
Triumphantly he bursts in to tell Marie about new funds from mail order catalog. He exclaims they can now order steps for the third floor, signaling a household improvement spree.
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