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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1934
Page
6
Ramsay argues the general welfare clause originated in the Virginia plan adopted with the constitution and seeks Supreme Court review to settle the issue. He warns upholding his view would end state rights, asserting uniform social and economic legislation is needed as some states’ child labor laws create unfair advantages.
Relief officials expect 1,500 to 2,000 women to be employed in factories under the FERA plan. Mrs. Wy lie notes the project will give able needy women a chance to earn relief and will supply mattresses badly needed by relief families weighing 50 to 55 pounds each.
The Barbour County Council of Religious Education schedules its thirty seventh annual convention at Philippi Methodist Episcopal church on Main Street August 22 and 23. Meals will be served at the United Brethren church dining rooms. The theme is Christ in the Life of the Home. Sessions begin Wednesday at 6 30 p m with vesper services and devotionals by Harry Dehart, a ministerial student from Alderson Broaddus college.
Special music and address by Dr Z B Edworthy of Charleston and a play by Philippi church members under Mrs Thomas Bolyard. Dr Brininstool opens Thursday at 9 30 devotionals and talks on Teaching Church open forum committees and divisions. Afternoon features meetings devotionals Tur ner address Need for Christ in Barbour County and officer reports. Evening includes Tate devotionals and Dunlop homes address. Committee officers listed with Shomo as president and Edmonds as secretary.
A brief notice reports that 112 Barbour County residents had secured jobs since April 30 this year amid ongoing road contract work and emphasizes the importance of keeping records for employment tracking.
Evans has placed about 40 men on the Route 82 project between Belington and Nestorville with plans to add roughly 260 more soon. Twenty more will start Monday on the Webster road for rock base and resurfacing from the city limits to Webster. Ten men were added last week via the local reemployment office, which tallies unemployed people in Taylor county and tracks employers. The office also records vacant houses and available business spaces as part of its data.
Campaign coverage notes Attorney General Homer A Holt support for revoking licenses after drunken driving cases even if motorists are acquitted in justice courts Road Commission transportation supervisor James P Tierner plans a September start for a court of inquiry to review case evidence and decide license revocation outcomes.
Two Belgian tria at 5 15 p m 1115 am EST fly at an altitude between 3 000 and 4 000 meters and drift in an early direction toward Liezen.
At Houavern Belgium on August 18 Max Cosyns and Neree Vanderlist launched a large silk and rubber balloon with an aluminum sphere. A crowd watched as the craft rose in calm air. The aim is to obtain new data about the nucleus of the atom.
Two weeks furlough ends as 100 workers return to Cumberland B and O railroad shops. Remodelling box cars prompts 83 to 260 workers in back shops. Additional two car units added in Keyser to build gondolas. Shops operating at about 50 percent capacity with more hires expected as coal shipments resume. An unrelated line notes Cicely Hamilton comments on divorce costs in Russia.
Washington reports state that the Administration sought to unseat Tammany House delegates in the September 13 New York Democratic primaries. Representative Kennedy accused Postmaster General Farley of aiding Recovery candidates with federal patronage, while NDO officials denied intraparty meddling. James Murray is named an opponent in the Eighteenth district amid similar claims.
The board of education has not yet acted to fill the manual arts teacher and civics and American history posts at the local high school. Ted Nixon formerly held the manual arts post and resigned last year. W. W. Samples resigned to join Fairmont Wall Plaster Company.
Mayor O. King reported the Barrett street welfare project on the South Side is progressing with 1070 feet graded and stone base laid. A large retaining wall is nearly finished, with about thirty days needed to complete if more workers can be assigned. Ross Street welfare project is nearly complete.
State attorneys urged the death penalty for Roode after the murder of Earl Brand, a crime described as heinous and left a lasting mark on Braxton county history. Roode reportedly told Sheriff R N Rollyson he expected to be hanged as he left the courtroom for the jail to await transfer to the penitentiary. Bland was killed June 27 during the jail break by Roode Mace and Keener. they were captured days later.
Trooper Claude Hefner of the state police returns to duty after three weeks nursing three fractured ribs. He was temporarily transferred to Parkersburg amid a strike at Arms Baldwin Wyoming tool works when struck in the side by a missile. He recuperated at home before resuming his duties.
Several Grafton residents attended the funeral of Mrs. James H. Leonard in Fairmont. The service at Diamond Street Methodist Episcopal Church was led by Rev. M. C. Miles who praised the departed. Floral offerings surrounded the casket as church groups attended in bodies. Mrs. Leonard was aunt to Miss Nora Bishop and James Bishop of the city.
Winchester Va August 18 Jacob Coffman 34 a filling station manager was found shot through the brain yesterday in the attic of his establishment He was in critical condition last night in a hospital The discovery was made by Clifton Emory a truck driver who found Coffman lying on the floor with the rifle across an arm Authorities reported finding a note on cardboard complaining of marital rifts and advising his wife Harriet Sea bright Coffman to live with his mother Mrs C G Gochenour near Woodstock Va
Washington reports allocations totaling 24,540,270 have drained the public works fund to 4,551,140 from a peak of 3.7 billion. With billions still requested, officials look to the reconstruction corporation and Roosevelt for more funds.
The county infirmary welfare project, including two new barns, 2700 feet of fencing, and farm cleanup, is finished under FERA foreman George P. Todd. A 38 by 42 foot barn and a 24 by 34 foot hay barn were built from salvaged materials, enabling livestock housing.
Mayor Charles O. King returned from Charleston after talks with state officials on legal aspects of using non tax revenues to back a 120000 FHA loan for a city hospital. The loan application has been with federal officials for months, and King says the project remains alive as long as it is pending. Budapest mounted policemen have been ordered to wear mustaches by the chief of police.
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