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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1934
Page
8
The battered body of Winnie H. Burlingame, 65, a wealthy Canisteo resident, was found in her living room after a struggle that spanned several rooms. Sheriff Fred A. Cornell said she died about 15 hours earlier with her left eye damaged and blood throughout the house. two brothers survive, one in Hornell and one in Campbell.
Ike Gozik constable in Court House district received a stern reprimand and five days in jail after being found guilty of perjured testimony. He had sought a trial continuance for his wife Mary Gozik who was accused of assault earlier in the week, but investigation revealed his account was false.
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends who by sympathy and help relieved the burden during the illness and death of our son and brother dimes Helsley. Special thanks to Rev. Fidler and the Baptist choir Mr and Mrs Ralph Helsley and Children.
Clyde Drennen of Charleston West Virginia endorses Indo-Vin from Grafton Drug & Chemical Co claiming it cured his neuritis completely. He says constant pain and nerve tearing sensations vanished and urges others to try the herbal extract medicine now sold in the city and surrounding towns.
Glenn Rosier 19 of Grafton goes on trial in Taylor county circuit court for attempted criminal assault. Accuser Mrs Blanche Stutler describes advances on the day 42 was apprehended. Attorney Eugene Sommerville defends, James C Holt prosecutes.
Leo Dwight Murphy was executed at San Quentin for the 1926 murder of his bride of 13 days in Long Beach. He died nine minutes after the trap sprung. His second wife pleaded for clemency but was unsuccessful after weeks of reprieves.
Creditors led by Charles B. Jobson oppose the abatement of $10, and the implied purchase price for the Barry mine of the Delmar Coal Company. Special receivers Sinsel and George Putock argue the case in the circuit court as objections to the recommended abatement following Commissioner W. P. Samples report.
A falling tree struck a Spokane to Seattle double deck bus four miles west of Snoqualmie Pass Summit during a windstorm, killing three men. The deceased were Samuel H. Webb 55 from Portland Oregon H L Bauer 43 from Oregon City and T Lyle 30 of Seattle. Aimed at Miss Mirian Patterson 30 of Seattle was injured with head and internal injuries.
Four members of the B and O Veterans Association and its auxiliary from this city are attending the grand lodge meeting in Baltimore at the Hotel Rennert. The delegation includes W. M. Malone Frank Kesne John B. Kimmel and Mrs. Charles D. Powell.
Assistant Postmaster C. O. Shey announced the city will hire three outside and two inside men to aid in Tressler Stanard Supply Company beginnings. Washington reports government expenditures for the current fiscal year, which began July 1, have surpassed 3 billion dollars, a year earlier outlay was lower.
Application for resumption of mine sealing this week by former FERA Administrator Simon J Friedman requests about 23000 dollars for work in the county. The project would employ an unspecified number of men until April 1935 under federal relief grants.
In Charleston the banking department announced dividends for depositors in three northern West Virginia banks. Bank of Farmington to pay 15 percent about 48000 dollars. Union Bank of Benwood five percent about 4300 dollars. Central Bank and Trust Company Parkersburg five percent about 28000 dollars.
In Charleston on December 7, Potomac Light and Power presented testimony to the public service commission to justify a valuation for rate making regarding Martinsburg and nearby areas. Cecil B. Elmes testified with an exhibit showing price trends. no final valuation figure was disclosed yet.
Charleston December 7 J H MacGinnis heads the national reemployment service in West Virginia says merit examinations of employees resulted in almost a complete new personnel. He notes the West Virginia state employment service also nearly entirely changed under August exams.
Dayton Ohio December reports a plan for a Geneva round table conference next summer. Leaders from at least 12 major Christian faiths and powerful nations would seek a world union for peace. The proposal was to be voted on at the national conference on the church and world peace.
In San Jose California today December 7 David Lamson a former Stanford university press executive was ordered retried for murder in the bathtub death of his young wife Allene Thorpe Lamson. The first Lamson conviction and death sentence was reversed by the state supreme court.
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