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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1934
Page
7
Charleston Lions club plans to submit a home rule bill to the legislature in January. The measure would let each municipality with 2000 or more residents select its own form of government and alter charters without legislative approval.
Govens reprieve alters the planned execution timeline as prison officials report the inmate was moved from the death house after the decision. Attorneys say funding an appeal may be possible within legal time if the reprieve remains. The case center is Moundsville with ongoing appeals and legal maneuvering surrounding the death penalty.
The governor discussed liquor control as a prerogative, signaling state stores and penalties for abuses. He referenced earlier support for old age pensions unemployment insurance and free textbooks, with no firm statement on liquor legislation. He plans a control plan to the legislature emphasizing state stores and limited private profits.
JOEL CARTER, secretary to Nathaniel Greenleaf head of the U S Black Chamber, attends a ball hosted by Countess Thorland. A spy plot unfolds as Captain Duval is implicated and dies, while Greenleaf and Blane test invisible ink on note paper and debate deception and loyalty. The Countess seeks access to the chamber as Joel reports tense moves and a planned continuation.
Titusville, Pa. December 7. Sam stood on a log calling to deer when a bear charged from the brush. He yelled and waved, drawing in three companions whose arrival caused the bear to retreat to the brush without incident.
St Louis reports a homing pigeon back in Tony Horak's loft after two years and two months away. The bird, entered in a 300 mile cup race from Little Rock to St Louis, completed an eight hour flight. Thirty four rivals disappeared in a severe electrical storm during the event.
In the text the regions of Italian Eritrea are described as neighboring with tensions over a religious war. A peace treaty signed on September 20 eases much of the fear and hostility between communities.
City inspectors will examine all barber and beautician shops in Grafton under a new ordinance. Operators must obtain city licenses by January 1, 1935 and follow the regulations. The board met to plan operations and set the first Tuesday monthly meeting time. A special session will address pending matters.
Hutchinson Kansas December 7 The school board is financially embarrassed and will plead with bankers to accept money not to loan it. When the December tax distribution is made the board will have $173,000 more than may be deposited legally in banks unless banks post more security.
A fragment reports refugees marching under guard to rail stations and mentions elderly and ill spouses among those expelled. It notes 80 babies among the refugees and large expulsions from Baanya Novisad and Subotica. A Serb detachment entered from three miles away as Yugoslav soldiers pushed into the country.
Szeged officials fear a possible attack despite assurances of no planned strike. Hungarian soldiers crowd the streets of Szeged, Hungary's second largest city 96 miles from Budapest. The border situation follows Yugoslavia's expulsion of Hungarians after the Marseilles assassination of King Alexander, with Serb troops taunting villagers.
New York reports indicate Mate, once a turf champion for A C Bostwick, rests on a Long Island estate awaiting handicap weights for Santa Anita’s $100,000 handicap on February 23. Mate, conqueror of Twenty Grand and Equipoise, may race again if weights are favorable. otherwise he may be retired.
Fragmentary text describes a weather delay on a 14 mile trek from an open highway. A woodsman named Stockley planned to tie the body for burial, while Woerd notes Mrs. Moss had died and a widower summoned a passing trapper for assistance.
A report notes an automobile speeding away after a crime scene where a wounded woman lay with a hat and pistol beside her. Miss Miller resides in Reinoehisville. Laudermilch, a Lebanon underwear manufacturer, is a widely known local figure.
Proceedings show William H. Imwin, auditor for Commonwealth Edison, identifying records of the Corporation Securities Company and Insull Investments, Inc. Objections by the defense to these records were overruled on continuation of the elder Insull matter.
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