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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1934
Page
6
Saunders, a 58 year old chain grocer, refuses prosecution linked to a $1,500 claim and a buried gold plot on the coast. Clarence Saunders says Dr Armgaard Karl Graves misled him about a $3,000,000 gold hoard and may be Dr Graves himself, suspecting a setup and delaying legal action.
Vera Maxwell, 24, faced grand jury after a hearing before Police Justice R B Lindle Jr. on an alleged hold-up of a Union office in Norfolk Virginia. Clerk Mrs Mark E Cole testified Maxwell appeared narcotic influenced, drew a pistol, demanded cash, and fled after opening the register.
Attorney and Mrs. E Bailey Wyckoff announce the birth of a baby daughter named Carolyn Jean born Friday morning at City Hospital.
The second session begins at 9 AM with Hugo Blumenberg of Wheeling presiding as committees report. The platform will denounce Democratic New Deal policies, while the constitution committee considers changes to the Young Republican League. Final session at 1:30 will debate current government conditions and elect new officers for two years. Meanwhile in Mississippi, Stephens leads in renomination hopes, Barbo and Collins also in the race, with a likely run-off.
The National Oil Company refinery in Campana suffered damages estimated at 2.8 million dollars after fires and shocks hit Argentina. Officials could not determine the fire’s origin, with theories pointing to an explosion from a cracked still cylinder amid inaccessible fire fighting. Distilling and refining plants, responsible for about thirty percent of Argentina’s oil, appeared ruined and looting was reported as residents fled toward the countryside under smoky skies.
Fairbanks was at the Pickfair estate when details of the report were discussed but he refused to comment. The article notes plans for a new picture and mentions rumors of reconciliation between the couple.
County tax rates remained at minimum after State Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox urged cutting 16400 from the current expenses. Clerk Frank Bennett noted total Taylor county valuations fell 292540 this year to 19777510 from 20070050 last year. The budget reduction targeted salaries and deputy clerical pay while keeping the court’s proposed salary list intact.
City officials comment on the cold snap as the thermometer dips slightly below zero at Grafton Park. West Virginia prognosticator Cleavenger notes a light frost in Knottsville, not harming crops but causing personal discomfort.
The Kiwanis Club held its weekly gathering at the home of George Felton in Webster, continuing a program to visit outlying Taylor County sections. A large turnout savored a dinner by the Webster Ladies Aid Society, with state officers Jack Crews and Jack Hampton as principal speakers praising Kiwanian ideals and district progress. Three Clarksburg accordion players performed a well received musical segment.
Original CWA laborers who worked under Capt W H Arnold at Taylor County welfare relief visited Salvation Army headquarters and presented him a fine Elgin gold wrist watch engraved on the back. Arnold thanked them in a speech and recalled happy days in Grafton before departing with Mrs Arnold for Wheeling to take charge of a Salvation Army citadel.
Tom Canaria becomes lessee under a three year lease recorded by County Clerk Frank Bennett. The three adjacent lots near Grafton park and the federal flood control dam host a restaurant and soft drink emporium already built. Plans include a future boarding house for workers, with a one story frame building, kitchen, dining room, and lunch counter.
Vienna reports mounting internal tension as Heimwehr leader Ernst von Starhemberg and his force face arrests while police guard the Florence district fortress. The fascist cabinet of Chancellor Schuschnigg grapples with dissent from within its own home guard, threatening stability as authorities act.
Notice states barber shops must close at 12 o'clock noon every Thursday to comply with NRA working hours. The directive appears as an official local notice with the code 183-3t.
Nelson and his associates, including Alvin Karpis and Fred Barker, were linked to planned raids in northern Minnesota. Reports place Nelson in Virginia, Minnesota, eyeing a bank as part of a sensational crime spree. Authorities note Van Meter ties and fears over his female contacts.
Federal agents search in connection with a $200,000 kidnapping involving Edward G. Bremer, a St Paul banker, and Arthur Doc Barker, brother of Fred Barker, with six other gang members named in the investigation.
J W Bradley a prominent farmer near Beaumont and noted progressive agriculturist grows fine watermelons. He presented Howard H Holt Sentinel editor a 40 pound Georgia Rattlesnake melon from this year’s crop, praised for taste. Bradley specializes in Georgia Rattlesnake and Stone Mountain melons suited to the community.
Dr. R. F. Gerkin, noted local optometrist, leaves tonight for a graduate clinic on children eye care in Clarksburg opening Thursday morning under Dr. A. M. Skeffington director of the Graduate Clinic foundation. Clinics are sponsored under the extension program of the West Virginia Optometrial association in principal cities.
Union leaders say they will attend the peace conference but insist they are not striking against the government and refuse to meet with the Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Board led by Robert Bruere. Gorman repeats stance and says he will do no business with the board.
The text hints at tax policy delays and a push to lower imposts to curb bootlegging. It mentions J H Choate Jr of the Alcohol Control Administration and notes a prisoner escape with guards overpowered. Surviving escapees include Robert Whitesides NAS Goddard Clyde Gaines Reginald Pak Jackson.
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