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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1936
Page
1
Tax commissioner Fred L. Fox reduced $2,410 from Taylor county estimates and moved it to relief programs, ordering three budget items trimmed. The county court faced a levy deadline and questioned whether the reduced items could maintain county operations as reads, with a note that an error in reading the budget had created the impression of higher expenses.
Washington experts warned that family grocery costs may rise to 11 to 12 dollars for the same basket, as drought shrivels crops and drives down the dollar's purchasing power. They cited milk butter and eggs already affected and forecast further rises in meats as budgets adjust after the drought, with best guesses comparing to the 1932 experience.
Taylor County Safety Council urges careful driving at night highlighting the danger of bright headlights blinding other motorists. It warns that drivers without courtesy can cause sideswipes or head on collisions and urges precaution on the road.
Wheeling marks its centennial with a 17 cannonade parade and pageant led by Queen Ann Wenzel crowned by Gov. H. G. Kump. The day featured 2,500 marchers, brass bands, floats, replica historic wagons, and a train scene recalling Wheeling’s 1793 founding and 1852 rail entry.
Detectives pursue James Gray a 31 year old gambler in connection with the beating and strangling of 24 year old Mary Louise Trammell at a Chicago hotel. A note and a green white shirt tied Gray to the case as officers chase a man known as Peeping Tom and reference a second potential sighting with entertainer Audrey Tatum.
Nemo Body was brought to court charged with drunkenness. He told the judge a French WWI joke about his cow and calf explaining his behavior. The judge ordered him to pay the court costs.
Blakely Georgia August 18 two rival county commissioner candidates J H Williams and H C Fort sign a pact to avoid soliciting votes. They state they will appreciate supporters without pressuring voters to vote for them.
State Forester D B Griffin says West Virginia’s forest fire bill for the year ended July 1 was 74389 dollars. Rangers reported most fires burned 59278 acres of timberland and were caused by burning brush and incendarism. The Conservation department reported 96 convictions for incendarism.
J O Henson of counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad said a three judge federal court will convene September 16 in Martinsburg to hear the railroad's petition for a reduction of an $85 million state assessment. The filing asks restraining orders against collecting beyond a $62 million valuation and challenges the 65 cent per $100 franchise tax on utility properties. The hearings will follow the regular term, with one judge from the circuit court of appeals.
Harold J. Kramer, WPA administrator in Blueville with Fairmont ties, says he did not promise completion of the Barrett street repaving in eight days as the Sentinel claimed. He calls the quoted prediction a hazard and cites uncertainty in WPA work due to many men being employed on railroad relocation, dam, and Route 119 projects. He notes relief labor is scarce and the best he can do with available workers.
In Hyde Park on August 18 the President reduced his calling list to four appointments while catching up on routine duties. He hosted a late night birthday observance for Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. and viewed motion pictures of his Canadian waters cruise. The four invitees were Franklin Brooks of Larchmont New York Henry T Hornidge former Mamaroneck mayor Peter Van Horn of New York and Charles Pettijohn general counsel for the motion picture industry.
Jed W. Robinson former head of West Virginia Rotary clubs will be the main speaker at the Grafton Kiwanis weekly dinner at Debendarfer’s Cozy Rest Inn at 6:15 this evening Clyde N. Mays announced. He will discuss Is a Service Club Worth the Efforts Put Into It to Make It a Successful Organization.
Pickets at Standard Steel Spring plant in Moon township staged a stone throwing incident as about 30 men formed lines to block access and chased two trucks for miles. No injuries were reported though a windshield broke on one truck. Deputy Coffey had warned against violence.
New York actor and singer Harry Richman left Albuquerque airport in a $100,000 transport plane with pilot Dick Merrill for a trans Atlantic hop toward London. They planned a brief Kansas City stop and hoped to reach New York by mid afternoon.
Washington August 18 The Treasury Department said there is no appropriation available today for the Charleston West Virginia post office project. Surveys were completed and federal building plans have been examined but no definite action has been taken on the site within the emergency construction program funds of 60 million dollars appropriated by the last congress for 1936.
Huntington reports Raymond W. King a U S secret service agent was moved today to the Cincinnati district. S B Phillips who worked with King will assume control of the West Virginia area and continue duties locally.
The Grafton Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks lodge plans a fall ballroom party at the Elks Home on East Main Street. An out-of-town orchestra will provide music and a floor show is planned by Harold Kemple with a vocalist and two novelty dancers. The event starts at 8 30 and runs to the early morning with refreshments by Ben Patterson and chef Willie Clark.
Estes Park Colorado reports Republican leaders from five states will meet Governor Alf Landon during his eastern campaign trip. Meetings are set with Nebraska in Omaha August 21, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia at New Castle August 22, and New York at Buffalo August 25. The New Castle dinner follows Landon’s first speech of the trip at West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, August 22.
Under Mrs Corrine Stafford the Grafton City hospital shows marked gains with a new nursery replacing the old sterilizing room. An unused rear second floor storeroom was transformed into a light airy nursery with two new windows and fresh furnishings.
In Oak Hill West Virginia William Clyde Lewis leaped from his bed and shattered a window falling 25 feet to the ground. He awoke claiming he dreamed an explosion at the mine where he worked and that he tried to escape. Physicians report broken wrist and back.
CLARKSBURG Aug 18 Circuit Judge Birk Stathers refused an injunction to Ray Adams to stop state police from seizing slot machines. Adams said the devices were used only to sell breath pellets and that prizes were to encourage pellet sales. The troopers argued the machines’ main purpose was prize distribution.
East End resident George W. Dale 42, a rigger for the Frederick Snare Corporation at Tygart Dam, died in Grafton City Hospital at 7:50 pm from a fractured pelvis and ruptured bladder suffered July 21. It was his third accident since March 7 1935, including May 17 fall that fractured his right arm and facial injuries. His wife and 10-year-old son were not reached in time.
In Dalhart Texas on August 18 the presidents drought committee began a long field survey toward the Dakotas to study soil and drought relief. Rexford Tugwell and others viewed sunbaked fields while reports of farm distress rose from Washington.
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