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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1934

Page

4

Grafton Daily Sentinel Office Details and Rates

Grafton Daily Sentinel lists business and editorial offices at 102 Latrobe Street with phone numbers for departments. It outlines subscription prices for daily and annual plans, advertising rates, classified word charges, publication deadlines, and removal notice timing. It also notes Associated Press ownership and national ad representation in New York Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Latrobe Street Grafton W. Va Grafton Printing Co Mail Associated Press

Thought and Prayer over Grafton editorials on senatorial race

A long local editorial berates Charley Hodges in the 1934 senatorial contest for Taylor county’s rotation, contrasting past Republican gains with current Democratic hopes. It questions campaign funding, notes Hodges’ limited impact on W V Route 56 work, and asserts the county’s desire for its own senator despite political theatrics.

Grafton News Grafton Press Hodges Morgantown Taylor County Taylor New Democratic Sheet Charley Hodges Bill Hussion Holt Charley Grafton Hussion Democratic County Committee W. Va W. M. Watkins Watkins Monongalia Charleston State Road Commission Wickwire Negro Mountain Halleck

Johnsons NRA plans clash with Kump era road policy

The article accuses Charley Hodges of neglecting the Morgantown Grafton road while backing State Roads 7 and 73. It portrays Hodges as absent from road commission meetings and framed by local leaders as resisting funding the Grafton Morgantown pike until other projects were finished. It mocks criticizers and defends its own editorial stance and alliance with Senator Watkins.

Kump Charley Monongalia County State Road Department Charley Hodges Morgantown Grafton- Morgantown Grafton Hodges Road Commission Monongalia Grafton Road

Daily Cross-Word Puzzle Solution Summary

Yesterday's puzzle solution list includes scattered across clues with mixed letters and typos. It mentions across and down entries like deposits of metal, rivers, birds, and various definitions, but the readable portions are fragmentary and garbled, yielding no coherent solution set or clear grid references.

Daring Armored Car Theft Staged by Gang of Men

A dozen robbers armed with submachine guns halted an armored truck in Brooklyn. They took about 427000, leaving 21000 in the truck, and fled in two cars after a three minute raid in front of the Ruble Company ice plant at Bay and Nineteenth Streets. Witnesses included factory employees and nearby tennis players.

Brooklyn Ruble Company Bay Nineteenthtreets Ict Company

Mattress Factory Here Hope of Administrator Plans

Administrator Simon Friedman announced plans to establish a mattress factory here under the welfare unit. Details are not yet worked out and the venture is in its incipiency but may be launched as a welfare project under the rehabilitation unit. If launched, mattresses would be furnished from cotton to distribute to transient centers and relief families, not competing with private manufacturers.

Simon Friedman Friedman

Brother of County Resident is Dead

Mrs. A. J. Dryfield of Rosemont reports the death Friday of her brother Patrick J. Thornton 47 at his Summersville home Nicholas county He was a farmer son of J T and Mary A Thornton now deceased Survived by widow Meta Dreenen Thornton a daughter Benny May 8 four sisters Mary Dryfield Kate Symes Margaret Underwood Bertha Symes and Terrence Thornton one brother Funeral services were held Saturday at St Johns Catholic church Summersville with burial in the church cemetery

A. J. Dryfield Rosemont Patrick J. Thornton Summersville Nicholas County J. T Mary A. Thornton Thornton Meta Dreenen Thornton Benny May Mary Dryfield Kate Symes Huntersville Margaret Underwood Bertha Symes Summerville Terrence Thornton St. John's ‘Catholic Church

George Evans Recovering After Stroke Incident

George Evans, prominent First World War figure, suffered a stroke last week while helping lay linoleum at Havel Atlas Glass Company. He is greatly improved and was placed on the street yesterday. Family and friends are encouraged and foresee a full recovery soon.

George Evans

Retired Man Contained Blood Spots Scene Police Called

Deputy Sheriff Axel Hanson and State Policeman Albert Rivers assisted at a scene where several blood spots were found. Joseph Lakas Carlton Crocker and Coroner Lowndes A. Smith of Middlesex county were present. State police and the coroner ordered the body not to be touched.

Axel Hanson Albert Rivers Joseph Lakas Carlton Crocker Lowndes A. Smith Middlesex County

Deputy Sheriff K C Peterfish Shot at Goodwill Mine

Justice Collins of Wind ing Gulf Collieries denied a strike at the Good will mine where Deputy Sheriff K C Peterfish was killed. He said union and non-union workers are employed there and the unrest stemmed from miners trying to influence others to join. The union local of about 50 men struck yesterday over alleged non union workers.

Reynolds Charleston Justice Collins Winding Gulf Colleries Goodwill K. C. Peterfish Collins

Kidnaping Shakeup Hinted After Labatt Case

Toronto, Aug 21. The Toronto Mail and Empire reports a probable shakeup in Ontario police following Attorney General Roe Buck’s dissatisfaction with how the John S. Labatt kidnapping was handled. Labatt, a London brewer, was released after three days with kidnappers. A Michigan resident noted pine woods near Grand Bend as a hideout and described coded signals seen before Labatt’s release.

Toronto Toronto Mail and Empire Ontario Arthur W. Roebuck John S. Labatt Royal York Hotel Hugh Labatt Sarnia Ont Port Huron Mich Grand Bend Ore Michigan London

Child Electrocuted Reaching for Toy in Groveport Home

Nine month old Patty Jean Ramsdell was electrocuted when she touched an exposed lamp wire while reaching for a toy at her grandmother's Groveport home near Columbus Ohio. The incident occurred Saturday night. The child's death is reported by UP.

Columbus Patty Jean Ramsdell Groveport Here

Daring flier thought dead turns up safe in Alaska

Anchorage Aug 21 The daring pilot Prark Corbandt once thought dead after a dramatic takeoff from Anchorage airport reappeared alive landing 60 miles away and spending the night before resuming travel He had recently flown from Point Barrow to Jesen and faced smuggling allegations and a suit from a Seattle woman The wanderer’s return calms fears as Murrell Sassen reports Dorbandt’s wary foes wonder about his next move

Anchorage Alaska Prark Corbandt Point Barrow Jesun Seattle Murrell Sassen Susitna Station Dorbandt Susitna Sassen

Community Gardens Under Hanway Produce for Relief

W C Hanway, garden project supervisor, reports Hanway gardens are yielding provisions for direct relief roles at the FERA office. First bean harvest reached 63 bushels and was canned for winter use. The canning kitchen operates in the Grafton hotel basement with Miss Ida supervising staff and several centers countywide. More than 1090 quarts of beans prepared, with three six hour shifts planned this week for local cannery work.

Ommunity Gardens W. C. Hanway FERA Hanway Canning Department Miss Ida Grafton

Mrs Coo's Lawyers to Study Murder Scene on Crumhorn Mountain

Defense lawyers in Mrs. Coo's murder trial sought a long midday break to revisit the haunted house atop Crumhorn Mountain where handyman Harry Wright is alleged to have been killed June 14. James J. Byard Jr. and an assistant planned to inspect the site and Little Eva's Place roadhouse to review the state's photo setup used in the case.

Cooperstown Eva

President Roosevelt May Pass Through City Tomorrow

The Sentinel cannot confirm a report that President Roosevelt will travel through Grafton tomorrow morning aboard his special train en route to Carrollton to attend the funeral of Speaker Henry T. Rainey. Local rail officials would not disclose the route. The White House has declined to release the itinerary.

The Sentinel Roosevelt Grafton Carrollton Henry T. Rainey Associated Press Washington White House

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