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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
5
Continued from Page One the new lineup remains pending as President Roosevelts reorganization shifts the prohibition unit into the division of investigation. Justice Department officials say A V Dalrymple is definitively out as prohibition director.
Washington reports A V Dalrymple retires today as director of prohibition with the abolition of the city law enforcing ban. A new unit in the justice department investigations division is headed by J Edgar Hoover. William Stanley serves as first assistant.
Classified section outlines cash with copy rates two cents per word for first insertion and one cent for each additional insertion with a 45 cent minimum. Includes rental notices for a five room apartment with garage and a furnished house keeping room, both labeled for contact via phone. Also a sale or rental listing for a six room house with bath, plus a lost pocketbook notice with reward.
Attorney general said the reorganization under President Roosevelts executive order is complete but details will be publicized when Attorney General Cummings returns to Washington next week. A man attacked in a separate incident used gas pipe and a bowling pin in a failed holdup, with Carr calling for help and the suspects fleeing. Remlinger confessed after police found gas pipe. England denied involvement though has prior offenses. Victim Garr shows improvement though head pain and dizziness persist.
Stephen England age 38 and Harry Reminger age 22 waived preliminary hearings after arraignment before Magistrate W J Rightmire on an alleged assault and attempted robbery of Charles Carr 60 near Long and Luzudder streets Monday night at 1130. They are held on $5000 bond for possible grand jury action. Carr was assaulted on his lot as he walked home from work. Sentinel. Local wards of the Prattners and...
Philadelphia reports tiny meteors visible across the northeast sky tonight as the annual Perseid shower peaks Friday night into Saturday dawn. Observers are asked to count meteors for four nights and mail counts with time and location to Dr. Charles P. Olivier at Flower Astronomical Observatory in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
The article notes Helen and Bud have been released from Monongalia county jail at the wife’s request and are now at the mother’s Randolph county home. The wife says the ex federal investigator has violent fits since a head injury from a year ago. A lunacy commission was once ordered but later rescinded. Swick, once a chief federal enforcement officer in Clarksburg, is linked to local recollections. The piece then deviates into observations on mothers and trolley car etiquette and child upbringing.
The essay argues manners are habits formed at home and must be taught early. Children who eat sloppily or occupy the best chair at home risk embarrassment when visiting formal settings. Praising generosity develops a social sense essential to good manners, guiding boys and girls to behave considerately when leaving home with guardians or elders.
Washington reported that 65,268 men had returned to railroad work since June 1, based on reports from first class lines except Toledo Peoria and Western. Roads listing rehires include Baltimore and Ohio 5536, Pennsylvania 5123, Chesapeake and Ohio 2346, New York Central 1941, Norfolk and Western 305, Pittsburgh and Western 53, Virginian 113, Western Maryland 207.
E J Kersting of Buckhannon avenue was named to the executive committee of the Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company district agents association at the national convention in Milwaukee. He addressed a convention session and the company branch led by him ranked among the top five in the United States for paid insurance last year with over $750000 in force.
Nine Virginia General Assembly seats to be filled in eight special elections held statewide tomorrow. Six seats in the House of Delegates are for the upcoming special session next week, while three Senate vacancies cover expired terms joining the regular session in January.
A fragmented report details a special court session over the Delmar case involving the Standard Beant Company and the Dohyar Coal Company. Attorney Taylor, George of Philadelphia, appointed special receiver to recover about 11 000 dollars from several parties, with later reductions by a successor. Names such as AHS Pherson Dhreon of Larksburg and others appear with various sums.
Three families plan a reunion at Grafton with a service at 10 a sermon by a local Baptist minister. The event aims to reunite Hath away Proufont descendants and related relatives in the Rowrin area.
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