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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1929
Page
4
Grafton Sentinel details office address at 102 Latrobe Street and phone for business and editorial rooms. It notes AP affiliation and republication rights for dispatched news. Classified ad charges are one cent per word with extra charges for additional insertions.
The article reviews a unique criminal case in Charleston involving a clerk named Clemens who allegedly altered an enacted biennial appropriation bill by inserting items and then secured warrants to pay the claims, claiming a serious breach of trust and prompting trial expectations. It also surveys European cabinets, Briand and Poincaré, and notes American interest in French politics and airline developments, including Lindbergh’s latest nontechnical pursuits.
Analyzing men's heavier dress compared to women's lighter attire, the piece mocks rationality in dress and muses on picnics in New Yorker parks. It questions cleanliness habits at picnics and pities orderly women labeled as plenickers while urging sharper decorum in public spaces.
Andy McDaniel 62 a Taylor county resident and Knottsville merchant was found dead in his store at 9 45 am by a family member after opening for business. Dr A R Warden said a heart attack caused the death and noted he had treated the deceased for about six years.
McDaniel who owned and operated the Knottsville area store for over twenty years was found dead there. Surviving are his widow Mrs Hester Bradley McDaniel and daughter Miss Beatrice Shanabarger McDaniel. Six sisters and three brothers, including John Frank and Tom McDaniel, also survive. The body was moved to Bartlett Funeral Home in Grafton and then to the McDaniel residence. Funeral arrangements were not announced.
Miss Genevieve Sharp of Sand Ridge, who was thrown from her father's car Sunday noon near Evansville, regained consciousness this morning. The injured girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Sharp, had a fractured skull and was treated at the home of Herbert Hoyatter before being moved to her parents residence.
New York July 30 A cashier with International Tailoring confessed to stealing $50,000 over a decade while betting on horses and stock market. Philip K Keller, who rose to cashier from office boy and refused promotions, was arrested and faces charges. He admitted the loss of funds during the period. Guests from Bridgeport Ohio, Charles Nuzum and family, visit Mrs Ella Nuzum and relatives.
The Martinsburg Journal endorses uniformed deputies saying Sheriff J. D. Hattiell of Logan County ordered uniforms for all 21 officers. It notes Sheriff Conaway of Marion County and several other West Virginia sheriffs have taken similar steps.
The Journal urges uniformed policing and urges lawmakers to consider mandating uniforms for officers under certain conditions. It argues plainclothes duty risks public safety, with the arterials needing visible authority to deter robberies and shootings.
Former County Registrar of Births and Deaths Holt defends his record in a reply to the Sentinel. He states the subhead claiming he was ousted is misleading, notes his term ended July 20, and that he did not seek reappointment or perform burial permits after leaving office.
President Hoover assigns the army the primary duty of studying possible economies in military spending. A staff-led study will review divisions, then report to a commission within the general staff, which will finalize findings for the president.
Santa Fe reports Col Charles A Lindbergh and his bride aiding archaeology through Pan American goodwill flights. They photographed Mayan sites in Yucatan and Pueblo ruins in Arizona New Mexico, with ground surveys by Carnegie Institution teams. The aerial survey findings include unidentified photographs sent to Washington.
Grand jury to investigate a vast license mill involving W H H Miller, former head of the state department of registration and education, accused of selling dental and medical licenses for about $2000 each. Miller left office in 1922 after a counterfeit-licensing conviction. Rudolph Hollmeyer and Fielding Poe of St Louis said they bought licenses.
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