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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1934
Page
1
State law boosts basic salaries, Taylor County teachers gain about 21000 for the coming year. Budgets stay flat due to savings in other departments. Last year total county school expenditures were 226262.82, then 203465.45 with a 22709.97 saving under the new unit system. Savings come despite nine month terms in most schools.
Work on the tri county airport nine miles east of Bridgeport on Route 50 to serve Taylor Harrison and Marion counties was set to begin yesterday but likely will not start before Monday. Engineer Carl Horner of Clarksburg said he hopes to begin by next Monday but no guarantee exists. County crews will provide 40 workers from Harrison and Marion and 30 from Taylor. Over 100000 cubic yards of earth will be moved with three steam shovels, aiming to complete by October 1. Continued on page two.
Roaring forest fires in Idaho and California killed three CCC workers, two in the Selway National Forest of northern Idaho and one near Nevada City California. Leroy McGinnis of Kewanee Illinois and Lester Johnson of Galesburg Illinois died from falling snags, as William Mattison of Los Angeles perished near Nevada City. Four major blazes and many spot fires stretched across western forests as crews fought to contain them, with some areas reported under control.
Two gunmen stormed St Louis County Hospital early today and held a telephone operator and two nurses. They released two prisoners from the jail ward, Paul Mill who is linked to a local shooting, and William Perkins whose exact charge was not immediately known. Both men had been hospitalized for minor ailments.
A Taylor County FERA delegation demands a full probe into welfare administration costs as relief workers decry funds spent on overhead and salaries while direct aid shrinks. They warn of potential lay-offs and fear wages and checks are being cut despite idle balances and ongoing misery.
The Parkersburg mother Daisy Cross Long who drowned her nine month old child and then killed herself by leaping before a speeding train was formerly a Grafton grade school teacher. She taught fourth grade at Central School in the 1925 26 term before moving to Fairmont with her husband C Darrell Long.
A business meeting of the American Legion drum and bugle corps decided unanimously to attend the department convention in Parkersburg from September 2 to 5. The corps will travel by automobile on Sunday September 2 and participate in the parade Monday at noon.
West Virginia Young Republicans mobilize for the November campaign as they organize clubs. The second state convention of the Young Republican League of West Virginia will be at Walds Hotel Clarksburg August 31 and September 1 hosted by the United Young Republican Club. Keynote speaker will be a nationally prominent party member at a dinner on opening night. Senator Hatfield and congressional nominees expected to speak. Committee meets at the Wald.
W R Eskew of Grafton West Virginia, nominated by the Prohibition party for state senate in the 11th district, sent notice of withdrawal to the secretary of state. Eskew, named at a Fairmont convention on August 2, said he cannot accept the nomination.
Stephen B. England alias Elmer R. Jackson, returning from a Louisiana camp, pled guilty to second degree murder in the Omaha filling station slayings of Charles E. Seifken and his son Robert Seifken. He received two life sentences in the Nebraska state penitentiary after confessing to the 12 year old case. The victims were shot during a hold up when the elder Seifken appeared at the station.
Alexander Henderson, a court interpreter, was lured by unidentified men while driving from a street, shot to death after a contested escape from a county jail and a prison camp sentence in Montreal. England, linked to the crime, fled the area with Soulgikoff in pursuit. Witnesses recalled the car’s engine roar as a gun was fired and the attackers fled, leaving Henderson dead.
Attorney Gene W. Ford, representing the city, traveled to Washington to confer with departmental officials on the legal status of the loan application to the Federal Emergency Administration. The trip follows the city’s pursuit of a federal loan for a hospital project.
Pasadena reports Mary Pickford, arriving from Chicago, will meet estranged husband Douglas Fairbanks Sr in Hollywood soon. She suspects she will speak less on domestic affairs after the conference, and she does not confirm reconciliation or discuss the nature of the meeting. Fairbanks is en route from Europe to New York aboard the Rex.
Taylor county's Council of Christian Education holds its county convention this evening at 7 30 at Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church. Tomorrow sessions move to Grafton Park with social recreation and a 2 pm finish. Tonight's program includes worship by Rev Dr Fidler, a song service led by J Lee Evans, devotional, special music and district readings ending with announcements and offering.
Sutton Aug 14 The trial of three Braxton county inmates charged with killing jailer Earl Allman during an escape was halted by faulty clerk records showing no indictment. Prosecutor James Cutlip said the three Raymond Mace Elliott Keener and Camden Roode faced reindictment by a late grand jury, as Allman recounted the escape and murder after his arrest.
Cincinnati August 14 six hundred members and sales agents of Appalachian Coals Inc co sales agency for the Appalachian bituminous field met to devise a sales program to counter freight differentials and resist competitive fuels. Huntress president said they will ensure a market for salesmen. The agency marketed 42,000,000 tons last year across Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee. Gebhart assistant to Huntress outlined market research and dealer meetings to boost business and fight rail worker issues.
The Unemployed Council of Taylor County calls a meeting at the courthouse Saturday evening at 7 o clock on August 18 1934. Every worker is requested to attend for your benefit.
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