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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1935
Page
2
Spanish Socialist leader Francisco Largo Caballero stands trial in Madrid charged with instigating the October 1934 revolt against the government. He denies the charges and defends social revolution as nonviolent, while the regime has crushed opposition leaders.
Thomas S. Bishop, 71, retires after 55 years with the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. He ends his last run as engineer of a crack passenger train in Huntington and will devote full time to duties as city councilman.
Two West Virginia women, Mrs Otis White and Mrs James G Phillips of Kingwood, were killed when their car collided with John Bachelor of Milton Indiana. Five others including Phillips husband George White and Dr Melford Fortney were injured as icy pavement blamed for the crash near Cambridge City Indiana while en route to Arcola Illinois.
In Benwood on December 2, Wheeling Steel Corporation will pay employees in full for Christmas. The company ordered capacity operations for the week starting today. For several years Wheeling Steel has run at full output the week before Christmas regardless of demand.
Beckley police arrest Adolph Washington on a charge of shooting Bill Morris. Washington, proprietor of a local beer parlor, was taken into custody after the incident reported today in Beckley.
A dense schedule of radio programs across NBC CBS and local affiliates lists 5:30 PM to midnight offerings. Includes Flying Time Buck Rogers Armchair Melodies Lone Ranger Harlicks Gypsies and many orchestras, singers, and sketches with stations such as WGN KMOX WLW WSAI WCPO and more. The chart shows multiple time slots with varied genres and notable performers like Irene Wicker Terry and Ted, Seymour Simmons, and Xavier Cugat.
Snowy conditions force the Osceola school atop Spruce Knob to operate on a summer session schedule. Byron Hamilton notes classes continue until unpassable trails and deep snows halt travel, with students often walking up to five miles daily. Spruce Knob, at 4,680 feet, is the state's highest peak and has Labradorlike climate variations.
HINTON December 2 Howard Honaker seven died from head injuries after a horse kicked him while he threw a pebble to speed the animal to pasture. Doctors said his skull was fractured. CAPELL December 2 A state CAMBRIDGE Mass December 2 Henry Humphries trapped and Bennett Ryan were involved in separate cases. Ryan, son of a wealthy New York publisher, was fined 100 dollars and given a six month suspended sentence for assault on an Harvard University janitor Frank Foster. Foster, 67, was severely injured losing sight in one eye. Ryan must report to a probation officer monthly for two years. Foster testified he did not wish jail for Ryan. Ryan was a junior expelled from college last term after a guilty verdict in a related incident.
Cleveland December report shows best fall upturn in years for the district served by the fourth district federal reserve bank. Steel industry operates at year's high mid November. October steel production 110 percent ahead of 1934. pig iron up 108 percent. Electric power and coal output rise. demand deposits rise 5.3 percent between Oct 23 and Nov 20.
Four alleged drunks arrested Saturday night and Sunday appeared before Mayor E Otto Waugh in police court this morning. Hayward Hilkey received a five day jail sentence for intoxication on complaint of his wife. C C Cline Ford Pringle and Loran Sandy were fined five dollars each and paid or arranged to pay.
Beckley reports state police arrested James Brubecker on drunkenness charges after an automobile crash. Deputy Sheriff L A Green fingerprinted him and identified Brubecker as a man sought for automobile theft.
The commissioner of accounts announces that fiduciary accounts are before him for settlement. Names include N F Kendall administrator of Mary Margaret Moore Turner estate and Robert T Travis executor of John N Mays estate. Also Ruth H Warne administratrix of Charles A Huhn and Minne M Huhn estates, C B Sinsel administrator of C E Sinsel estate, and Thomas W Brohard O J Fleming and Lawson L Loar executors of Leonard Mallonee estate. December 2 1935.
Senator Rush D Holt of West Virginia tells Elks patriots to dedicate themselves to the eradication of war in a memorial address before leaving for Chicago to defend the Roosevelt administration against Rep James W Wadsworth on the McKinlock campus of Northwestern university He warns how a small spark could spread death and destruction as machines and tanks aid war.
A 14 year old boy Glenn Boldlan of Motley Minnesota was found half frozen inside a refrigerated lettuce car near Baltimore on December 2. He said he and five others entered the car at Salinas California on November 22 and the group scattered leaving him locked inside without food. He suffered frozen feet and extreme cold but is expected to recover. Police were alerted by Bernard Ricklin, a produce man, and the boy was hospitalized. The youth told officers his father is Earl Boldin of Motley.
Details describe gang members visiting yesterday as troopers halted cars at the grounds with flashlights. Farrell Wiley Legenza reorganize a supposed tri state mob after prison escape. Legenza and Mais await execution in Virginia for the bank truck guard slaying.
An advertisement warns about lingering coughs from common colds and chest congestion. It claims many remedies fail after the first bottle and promotes an unnamed product with emphasis on expelling germs and phlegm. The ad uses urgent language to urge readers to try the treatment now.
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