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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1930
Page
8
Fairmont, Dec. 10. Pelix A Dodd, 83, shot his 67-year-old wife and then killed himself with a revolver at their son’s Country Club Pike home. Mrs. Dodd died soon after at Cook Hospital. Neighbors heard Dodd’s screams and alerted police. A coroner’s jury will not be summoned due to anticipated temporary insanity in the elderly man.
Dodd's body lay in a son's room after a 38 caliber gunshot. Mrs Dodd collapsed in a yard pool of blood, believed killed during a staged attack inside the house. Authorities think she was a stranger who had been stalking him. A canary cage was found broken, its occupant dead.
Fairmont December 10 Nicke Aidle deputy state prohibition officer based in this city will be ousted from the force Prohibition Officer E L Hawking announced after the arrest of Alelo Morgantown in Monongalia county on a charge of drunk and disorderly conduct in the home of a Morgantown resident He forfeited bond for appearance in Morgantown s justice court The man allegedly was found by county officers in a room with a woman companion without his badge gun coat or vest and a bottle of moonshine labeled as liquor was found in the room
Detroit December 10 three United States Veterans Bureau officials faced arraignment on charges of taking fees from veterans seeking compensation. Marshal Palmer 37 superintendent of the Federal Employment Bureau for Veterans J G Burleson 39 Michigan adjudication officer and Frankis Schilling 35 Michigan rating Bureau member pleaded not guilty. All were released on personal bonds.
American Legionnaires from the fief post will form an escort as the body of Harry W. Beverlin Jr. is laid to rest at Bluemont cemetery Thursday afternoon. Brothers of Railroad Trainmen will take part in the rites. Reverends Turvander and Arnold will preach at the late home on Maple Avenue. Post Commander Ralph H. Cling asks Legionnaires to meet at the Moose home at 1 39 for car departure to services at 2. Reports say Beverlin’s 10 month old son suffers pneumonia, though the infant’s condition is not deemed serious.
Motivated by a wish to aid needy children worldwide, a group of nationally known advertising men promote Golden Rule Week from December 7 to December 15. In cooperation with Frank Presbrey Co., New York City, ad experts and the Grafton Sentinel are supporting efforts to alleviate hunger and provide clothing for children of the Tandas. Newspapers and business leaders nationwide are joining the program in a broad, wholehearted push. Rev. Arthur J. Torrey, recently moved from Gratton to Elkins, visited the city yesterday.
The Grafton Kiwanis Club heard Rev Herod discuss a five year stay in the East and his impressions of Burma while Rev Arthur J. Torrey received a traveling bag in appreciation for his service. Torrey spoke briefly about leaving Grafton for a new home.
The account describes worshippers reportedly kowtowing to Mohammed with candles and prayer items while one man marks the road in dust as he prays. Rev Herod notes the scene and traces it to a neighboring town. Next week Belington Kiwanis guests are expected, with Willian Towles elected secretary for the coming zone, succeeding Frank C Collins.
Metzner, general manager of the Carr China Company plant, states the wage scale will stay unchanged until March 4, 1981, when committee review of differences resumes. No changes planned for the Grafton plant, with only a brief year-end shutdown for a rock-taking period.
Taylor County Post No. 12 of the American Legion will meet tonight at the Moose home in regular session. Preparations for members to attend the ninth district meeting at Elkins tomorrow will be made. Racketeers grumble about publicity, but it is noted better to be in the spotlight than on the spot.
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