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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1935
Page
6
Miners in Johnston City fight to control underground flood waters threatening the town and Old Ben Mine No 18. About 200 men worked through the night deploying temporary dams, with 170 below ground and in danger as they race to prevent a shaft collapse and loss of livelihoods.
A large attendance is anticipated at tonight's reorganization meeting in the county building court room. Officers for the coming year will be elected and delegates to the district convention in Fairmont Friday will be chosen.
In Santa Barbara a custody contest may follow the shooting of Jesse Livermore Jr. by his mother Dorothy Wendt Longcope amid a drunken quarrel. The 16 year old remained in critical condition after a bullet impact. Mrs. Longcope, released on $6,000 bonds, is under medical care. The younger son Paul, 14, stayed with Jesse Livermore Sr. despite her demand he return home.
Democratic National Committee chairman James A. Farley said a Jan 7 or 8 meeting is likely to select the 1936 convention city with no choice yet made. He predicted Roosevelt would carry as many states as in 1932 and backed Garner’s renomination. Farley quipped about naming Garner, noting cities like Chicago and Philadelphia were among five that could bid.
Charleston reports WPA administrator F. Witcher McCullough says mine sealing cannot be included in the construction program now. Proposals were authorized by Washington officials but funds and relief workers have been diverted to other projects, with hopes for more money later.
A petition for absolute divorce was filed in the circuit court by Mrs Mabel Powell Smith who had prior bed and board relief against Russell V Smith. The divorce cites desertion. the couple were married 21 years ago and had no children.
Police hunted four men who attacked P. M. Amos of Bartley after a bar room brawl. Amos, 32, suffered a severe ear wound when a beer bottle struck him during the incident at a local restaurant in the Bartley area.
Mrs Flossie Streck of Oklahoma was ordered to return alone by Magistrate W E Rightmire after being apprehended in Clarksburg on a complaint by Mrs Fred Bolliger. The accuser sought only the child Bertha Lee Bolliger and the case was dropped by mutual agreement. The 16 year old had wished to accompany her cousin westward. Streck faced a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was jailed in Harrison county awaiting further action.
A 17 year old high school football player Max Grauberger was held after shooting his sister Margaret 20 following a family quarrel. He fired a six shooter at her wounding her in the jaw and struck her with a milk bottle as she moved to disarm him. Their mother described both children as hot tempered.
Clarksburg report notes Circuit Clerk Ben B. Jarvin asked for an additional clerk to handle increased duties in his office. The request highlights rising workload and staffing needs in the local circuit clerk's office.
Festmaster General Farley announced plans to ask Congress for funds at the upcoming session to start a trans-Atlantic airmail service.
Coroner Leroy C. Goff reports Marie Wilma Graces Carrico, 38, mother of five, died after firing a bullet into her heart during dinner at home in Clarksburg. Husband present, eating. Further details unavailable.
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