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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
5
Grafton crowds turned out for the Sam Lawrence Expose Show sponsored by the Volunteer Fire Department to spotlight drug traffic white slavery and vice. Dr Parker describes the drama as a bold but safe depiction of modern youth perils and the fight to stamp out crime and degradation.
Dr Parker praises Expose for aiding police and civic groups in fighting drug trafficking and white slavery. Officials seek talks on a major road improvement blocked by high property damage costs within the city. WPA project delayed as SRC approval waits. August saw three institution deaths and 14 hospitalizations. Thirty-seven operations conducted in the month including 23 major, 25 minor, and two obstetrical.
The house tax committee readiness to hear from businessmen signals a shift from routine treasury recommendations. The Ways and Means group may expand public input, focusing on administrative flaws in the tax structure and possible changes. Proposals include reducing individual income tax exemptions and raising the normal tax rate.
Watkins James C Holt George Coulson and G T Bartlett Sr form a delegation to call on the road commissioner. Secretary Hugh R McPhail of the Taylor County Board of Trade is attempting to contact Mr Simpson at Charleston to arrange a local meeting.
The report lists officers reelected or installed for the Taylor County post. Rev H J Mitchell remains chaplain, Arthur G Yates finance officer, H Crawford historian. Mr Wolfe heads the executive committee with George D Vogel as district commander and others including Lee Bennett John Edwards Ray Wiseman and Roy Burnside. Installations set for August 23.
Grafton City hospital reported July earnings beating cash collections by nearly $600. Pay patients paid $2,124.47 and charity $180.75 totaling $2,305.22, while cash collected reached $1,725.61. Hospital admitted 51 patients during July and discharged as noted by superintendent Corrine Stafford to Finance Commissioner J. B. Bradford.
William Davis a 40 year old night watchman for the Pennsylvania Virginia and Kentucky Coal Company at Brownton fell from a tipple plank into the mine shaft and suffered fractures to both arms and legs with probable internal injuries. Davis is a patient at Myers Clinic in Philippi. The Brownton mine has been closed for two months and he was the sole worker about.
Funeral services were held at 2 pm for Virgil J Trowbridge 61 who died Tuesday at his Tunnelton home from a heart attack. The Camp Chapel Methodist church hosted the service with Rev W R Moyers officiating. Burial followed in the local cemetery. The decedent was single and had been in good health prior to his unexpected death.
An old ad style text touts Doan's Pills as relief for backache and kidney discomfort. It claims toxins in the blood cause pain, urging readers to consult a druggist for this remedy and promising improved kidney function and reduced nightly suffering.
Corporal Pred Strader of the state Police announced two more arrests in the local forgery case. Eula Bennett, 24, formerly of this city, was captured in Fairmont and Harry Johns, 23, a truck helper, was nabbed in Clarksburg. They, along with Francis Satterfield, 25, are in the Taylor county jail. Arraignments set for today include Satterfield on forgery and the others on petty larceny, with a $42 check from William Archdeacon company store triggering the case and a warrant for stealing a key and a pillow.
Mrs. Katie Wolfe of the East end was arrested on West Main street and pleaded guilty to drunkenness before Mayor P F Gillispie. She was sentenced to ten days in the county jail after unable to pay a $10 fine and $1 costs.
An unidentified man was found dead shortly after midnight beside railroad tracks in Charleston. The body showed decapitation, police said, and investigators were examining the grisly scene and seeking clues to identify the victim and determine a motive.
The Grafton Printing Co located at 102 Latrobe Bt offers printing and related services, with contact by telephone at 85-5 for projects and orders.
Complete air raid drill in Berlin ends with five men killed when a marker points to the Ang area, describing casualties in the event.
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