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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1929
Page
1
Keyser West Virginia December 4 26 citizens signed a petition voicing charges against Mayor W F Koelz alleging failure to perform duties improper use of power and interference with council actions. Council deferred action to December 10 when it will act as jury to determine guilt or innocence under the city charter.
James P. Noonan, vice president of the American Federation of Labor and president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, died from burns suffered in a apartment fire. Firefighters found him after a neighbor's alarm and groans. He may have fallen asleep smoking, causing embers to ignite the couch where he lay.
In Charleston, December 4, a quarrel at Kahawha County Jail led to a prisoner being stabbed. Roy James, who claimed Els James was in Chicago, received knife wounds. H C Mac Farland of Hansford, Texas, inflicted the injuries. Both men were serving six months for carrying pistols without licenses. Jail officials said James started the quarrel. no charges against Mac Farland. The weapon’s source remains unknown.
The Eastern Star Woman's Club will hold a Dutch Supper at the Mosse Home on Thursday December 5 from 5 to 7 PM. Tickets are priced at 50 cents.
Charleston December report shows H R Pugh of Pugh Furniture Company testifying that Leroy Clemans paid an account under Charleston School Supply name after a state check Clemans had tendered was returned to the treasurer. Pugh claims Clemans kept a recurring account with the firm.
Westover Ark Dec 4 Harry Richardson 40 river pilot died saving passengers from a burning ferry Nancy F as it sank off the Arkansas shore. Fifteen passengers and six crew rescued in bitter cold while Richardson last seen buckling a life belt on a frightened six year old girl before plunging back to the cabins. The crude oil burner valued at 20000 dollars operated between Westover and Clarksdale Miss. Body search failed.
Fairmont December 4 a prominent retired business man 65 identified as wm H Martin ended his life by leaping from the South Side bridge into a ravine over 100 feet below Police reports say coroner John C McKinney will not hold an inquest Pottery was made in prehistoric times
Washington December 4 The voice of William 8 who is 62 and crippled by a stroke pleaded a right to sit as a Republican senator from Pennsylvania. Supported by a cane and with Dr John J Shaw, his physician, he challenged those seeking to bar his oath of office to present any evidence of fraud or conspiracy in the 1926 Pennsylvania senatorial campaign. Continued on Page Four.
The International Ladies Harnessed Garment Workers Union plans a strike across seven cities for about 100000 workers. A resolutions committee approved a January first walkout by 45000 New York members, others in Chicago Philadelphia Boston Cleveland Baltimore and Toledo may strike. Newburyport Mass. re elects Andrew J Gillis mayor by a 46 vote margin and he assigns guards to ballot boxes.
Boston December 4 The Constitutional Liberty League filed a petition with the secretary of state showing 2045 signatures, 12000 more than required, to force repeal of Massachusetts prohibition enforcement act before the legislature. If the legislature rejects the act 5000 more signatures are needed to place the issue on the ballot next November for referendum.
Delegates from Clarksburg Fairmont Salem Terra Alta Belington Morgantown and Buckh in will attend the Woodmen Circle district meeting in Grafton at the Moose Home. White Rose Grove No. plans to entertain guests. A business session begins at 2 oclock Friday afternoon.
A banquet at the Moose Home features an evening entertainment with a dance in the ball room from 9:30 to 12. Jack Sitter’s Melody Boys have been secured to play for the dance. Admission is one dollar per couple. Committee roles include Mrs Edna Maloney as general chairman and Mrs Florence Wilkinson over the musical program, with a banquet committee led by Mrs Ela.
Pago Pago reported the steamer Trongate wirelessed that three members of the Norwich City crew were rescued after the freighter hit Gardiner Island reef. Eleven sailors died when the ship wrecked Saturday, leaving 34 aboard. The Lavington Court later sighted the wrecked beach and assisted efforts.
About 200 attendees gathered at the opening session of a two day conference in Charleston as Dr J. Gray of the U S Department of Agriculture warned that decaying agriculture and timber cut would depopulate hill regions. He urged a major reforestation program to restore state prosperity. The event also featured Nat T Frame of Morgantown and continued on page one.
The Soviet government denounced the American note reminding Soviet and Chinese governments of Kellogg pact obligations as not a friendly act. Maxim Litvinov handed the memo through the French envoy and expressed shock that the United States would address the Soviet without official relations.
A report of the Md Coal Co Wendel mine No 1 reopening and 300 new jobs could not be substantiated by General Manager J S Williams who said only “I wish it were true.” Maryland Coal Co officials denied any increase in shipments or recent tonnage changes despite several circulating rumors.
President Hoover recommended to Congress a total near 265 million dollars for construction plus 30.5 million in apportionment to carry out the public building program. He would also submit a supplemental estimate for another five million. No new projects are called for. continuation and completion of current work is provided, with new projects to be submitted after the new year.
Senator Capper of Kansas said in a radio address that President Hoover averted a national business panic by his series of conferences with leading industrialists bankers and others. He argued stock declines harmed mood but Hoover’s actions showed business remained sound and prevented a lengthy shutdown of industry.
Washington reports Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the Methodist Episcopal church temperance board, calling prohibition the greatest moral success of the era. He urged granting prohibition a fair trial comparable to the license system to demonstrate its impact on ridding the nation of ruin and war.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved the administration’s 160 million dollar income tax reduction plan and prepared to bring it to the full House for action Thursday. Undersecretary Mills explained the details while President Hoover outlined the broader fiscal program including deficits, appropriations, and treasury projections for the coming year.
Succeeds Warren Patrick C. Sullivan, a Casper oil and sheepman and Republican National Committeeman, named by Governor Emerson to fill the Wyoming Senate seat after Francis B. Warren died in Washington on November 24.
Clarion Pennsylvania reports the search for air pilot Thomas P. Nelson, missing since Monday, expanded to Andover Ohio as snow falls and temperatures hover around four degrees above zero. National Air Transport plans square search areas with three miles per day as forest rangers and farmers resume tracking through snowy hills.
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