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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1935
Page
4
A local newspaper page lists subscription rates for carrier and mail deliveries in Grafton West Virginia. It also contains letters to the editor policy and a broad opinion section criticizing hitchhiking laws, a note on a Twin Convention in Warsaw Indiana, plus critique of West Virginia sales tax and its impact on low income families referencing Carl Shoup.
Hollywood Calif Aug 30 Charles Feldman business manager for Claudette Colbert says the glamorous star obtained a Mexican divorce from actor husband Norman Foster. The marriage lasted nine years and the couple had lived separately amid continued public interest as Foster planned to marry Sally Blane after the split. Colbert had won last year’s merit award for It Happened One Night with Clark Gable.
Addis Ababa Aug. 30 Ethiopians say Braddock weight champion safe after taxi strike while government probes railway use for mov ement of soldiers and materiel. Legations fortified as allied ministers plan evacuations only in great peril. French authorities guard Armenian and other protected nationals in Djibouti amid tensions.
The 18 year old Thomas Barrett slumped into a chair in a Houston courtroom and, after being told he looked sleepy, yawned and slept loudly while his mother testified he threatened her with a hatchet. He woke briefly to deny the charges before returning to sleep as the judge handed down four months.
West Virginia's retail sales tax is described as the nation's heaviest per capita burden by the Interstate Commission on Conflicting Taxation. The 1935 estimate cites $20,000,000 in revenue and $11.50 per person, claimed as higher than any other state, with the tax applying to very small sales. The article critiques the tax as burdening residents more than cited by other states and notes perceived inconsistencies in rate and scope.
A fragmented passage notes Cousins and uncles planning an afternoon speech by Huey Long or related figures. It mentions a typical turnout of 500 to 700 attendees at a rural Pennsylvania gathering featuring feasting, song, and prayer as a cherished tradition for locals and their children.
Christian Lang an immigrant from the German palatinate in 1683 or 1684 is cited as the ancestor of Pennsylvania Longs. Senator Long notes the Lang name persisted in the family until about 1850. The Long reunion is set as one of the last major family gatherings of the summer.
Continued from page one the article names towns in Harrison county and lists past pastors of the Pruntytown church including Rev John L Wolfe DD superintendent of Morgan town district M C Miles Fairmont T M Zumbrunnen Wheel ing T G Meredith Fairmont R G Yoak Wallace H C Rush Glovers Gap Morris Hustead Brownsville Pa L A McNemar Simpson J B Woodyard Prun tytown Paul H McKain Rainelle Charles E Hawkins Newbury B H Keesecker Lumberport and Eugene Dick Decota.
Dean Boucher rests at Charlevoix Michigan claiming a 1913 marriage to Miss Opage of Ypsilanti Michigan. They have daughter Jane Elizabeth a Smith College sophomore. Arthur B Koontz Charleston chair of the governors committee said Boucher was highly recommended by educators nationwide. The board seeks a $50 000 WPA grant and a $50 000 state appropriation for a new medical school to meet Class A standards of the American Medical Society.
City worker was taken into custody at city hall for investigation and released to appear before Mayor E Otto Waugh in police court next Tuesday at 10. A report notes the right front headlight was out during the accident. The truck occupants had attended a medicine show in Blueville and claimed they did not see the worker. Proudfoot started work early to finish sooner.
Fairmont Aug 30 8 veterans of Battery A sixth fi artillery who spent 49 consecutive days in the Me tgonine batt lefield without relief will hold their annual reunion here tomorrow Delegations from Richmond Pittsburgh Philadelphia and several West Virginia cites are expected The reunion will precede the state convention of the Legion opening Sunday
Doctors report Senator James Couzens of Michigan rested well last night and ate a light breakfast. They say no material change in his condition, but the blood transfusion given yesterday has provided a boost to his convalescence at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Miss Havel Daniels of Morgantown has been appointed to teach at the Teachers' College of Marshal. The move follows scrutiny of Miss Hattie Tudor whose reappointment was not granted. Details indicate the college aims to strengthen its faculty and classroom leadership at the Morgantown campus.
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