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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1934
Page
3
A Graton Board of Trade meeting at the courthouse will review the flood control dam above town and its development as a hydroelectric generating plant. Citizens seek early construction and operation as a power producer, moving the dam’s start toward hydro power from the outset.
Vote tallies show Holt 1261 over Sangelo 244 in the district. Langelo died in a mine accident yesterday, news reaching Grafton late as polls closed. Robinson renominated for county commissioner, narrowly over I D Martin. Keane easily beat Shaffer for short term county court. Dallas Wolfe won as delegate candidate. Yates led for board of education with 1251, Warder 1194, plus Chrislip 1005, Monroe 845, Carder 714. County totals include Hodges margin and party slate across Monongalia and Marion counties with named districts listed.
Guth Rightmire led the Republican justice race with 388 to Wittman 244 and Newcome 158. For constable each party named a candidate Durbin Moore for Republicans and Ernest L Poling for Democrats. Moore received 395 complimentary votes and Poling 480.
Charleston dispatch reports Arthur B. Koontz congratulated Rush D. Holt of Weston on winning the Democratic senatorial nomination. Koontz said Holt is in a position to serve the state well and wished him success. In other news, a jury found a man guilty in a child death case after deliberating about an hour and a half.
Fred Hawkins formerly of Pairment pleaded not guilty in Wood county circuit court to charges of slaying Virginia Kimes Wiseman and Harold Headley found dead in a cottage on the Little Kanawha river. Trial set for August 25. Both victims were 31. Hawkins said the woman shot Headley and killed herself.
In Doddridge County Eliiah West Union recounts a death sentence by electric chair as Dr Henry Stuart, 27, convicted of murder, faces the punishment after a jury nearly 14 to 1 disbelieved his plea. The report from Houston dated August 8 notes Hatfield’s involvement in the case and the court actions proceeding.
Card of thanks expresses appreciation to voters in Taylor county and Grafton district for Democratic primary support and asks continued trust for the November election. Also mentions a ball game story about a lost son and an August magazine promotion from The American Weekly and Baltimore American.
Stocks showed a somewhat firmer tone though activity stayed slow as traders remained focused on commodities. Inflationary psychology waned and the dollar firmed in foreign exchange dealings while grains surged in Chicago.
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Returns from all 19 precincts in Doddridge County show Hatfield leading with 1 419 votes, Kilpatrick 56, Rosenbloom 94, Stein 60, for the United States Senate nomination. Also notes the first Utah cabin built in 1841 later used as the state post office, preserved on Ogden tabernacle grounds.
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