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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1935
Page
6
Forest Mayle, tied to a prior unlawful cohabitation case with Mildred Rhoden sister of Leona Mahle, was arrested on a peace warrant and held on 75 dollar bond to appear before Justice W. E. Nightmire Thursday afternoon.
Major John Campbell says the Salvation ArmyCitadel is flooded with jobless travelers seeking shelter and food as funds run short. He condemns the transient class as a burden and vows to help only if funds allow, urging vagrants to move on and noting government has other provisions for those in need.
Washington December 10 The Public Works Administration directed M L O Neale PWA director of West Virginia to submit proposals for extension beyond the December 15 deadline O Neale had asked for an earlier deadline for about 20 West Virginia public improvements saying the current limit makes it physically impossible to start by that date due to the need to reject high bids
Former Grafton High coaches John Smith Jasper Colebank and Ward Lanham return for the alumni banquet and alumni varsity basketball game. E G Kuhn supervises the dedication program with H Y Clark as speaker and Lanham as toastmaster. Sammy Kaye and his NBC orchestra provide the climax with a dance, as reservations rush in.
President Roosevelt returned to the White House to begin three weeks of work ahead of Congress. He planned budget talks with advisers, the annual message on the state of the nation, and relief efforts as the 74th congress opens. The deficit for the current year stood at 1.732 billion and could exceed 3 billion by June. The Supreme Court heard arguments on the AAA farm program while the administration signaled readiness to raise funds elsewhere if taxes are struck down. Thieves stole merchandise valued at 300 to 400 dollars from A. L. Shuttleworth's store in Morgantown.
NEW YORK December 10. E. Hutton a Wall Street banker and industrialist has resigned as chairman of General Foods. C. M. Chester will become chairman and Clarence Francis will be president. The office of executive vice president has been eliminated.
The article discusses utilities aiming to select suits brought by three or four major companies and move them quickly, while protecting litigants in other cases through temporary injunctions granted without opposition. It frames this as in the utilities' interest and the country’s best interests.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of Mrs. Ortha Frey. Gratitude to Carr China Company, those who sent flowers and lent cars, and to Mr. Bartlett and Rev. J. M. Shaw. Father, Sister, Brother and Children.
Graf ton High student Edna Kittle and J. W. Rogers are jailed on unlawful cohabitation charges as part of a countywide sweep that began Sunday. The couple posted a 200 bond for December 17, while other arrestees include Asia Moats and Fred Street, Una Knight and Charles Gillispie, and Harry Jackson and Cordelia Julian, all facing related charges and awaiting terms or hearings.
Police awaited autopsy results on 35 year old meat cutter George Vargo after his landlady found him in his room with severe head injuries. Coroner ordered the autopsy to determine if murder or gas fumes caused death. Vargo, a former wrestler and veteran of the Austrian army, was described as powerfully built and decorated for bravery. His sister was reportedly living in Homestead Pennsylvania.
Funeral services were held for J. Wesley Gall a 72 year old par alysis victim in Martinsburg Sunday Relatives attending included Mrs Ada Gall Miss Velma Gall and Mrs Willian Shafferman of Grafton and Mrs Flora Taylor of Thornton Survivors include William Gall of Grafton a half brother and Mrs Taylor of Thornton a sister Services were conducted from the Martinsburg home and interment followed in a Martinsburg cemetery
Mrs Mary Martha Shaw 56 longtime resident of this city died at her home 208 Barrett street at 1025 this morning after an illness beginning on Thanksgiving Day She was daughter of James W and Betty E Hall born on Pruntytown Pike Survivors include her husband John Shaw two brothers William and Bruce Hall both of Grafton four sisters Elvis Hall of Grafton L J Twitty of Grafton Mrs Robert Robinson of Fairmont and Mrs Nancy Rittenhouse of Mannington She was a member of Warren M E church Funeral arrangements not yet set but likely Thursday Bartlett Funeral Co in charge
Charleston December 10 The tax commissioner office today continued indefinitely hearings on whether the beer license for Abraham Rahall Beckley should be revoked. P A Hansbarger said the hearing may be held in Beckley to permit witnesses there to testify.
In Peckley December 10 two county jail trusties Denver Graveley and Wilmer Ellison were charged with robbing Sidney Fink’s store. Police say the theft was the fourth break in over as many days, with about $50 taken.
In Fairmont a light municipal notice declared there will be no traffic worries for Santa Claus this year. The event was backed by the city council to ease parade routes and parking near downtown to ensure smooth Santa visits.
Sheriff Lee Bennett reports thirteen property sales for delinquent taxes at the annual sale. Redemptions by landowners were much higher, though exact figures could not be obtained.
Elm Grove trooper H C Bias reported for duty at the Kingwood detachment of state police replacing Trooper A G Brown who resigned due to ill health.
Commissioners awarded three hundred dollars yesterday as just compensation for damages to Leonard Jefferys property in Brownlow Park due to the construction of route 119 in that area.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in Fairmont en route to Arthurdale to inspect her subsistence homestead project started after a regional visit months ago. She travels with Nancy Cook Clarence Pickett and others. After breakfast at Arnettsville they proceed to Washington via Terra Alta, with a small crowd at the depot.
MOUNDSVILLE December 10 Judge J Harold Brennan prepared today to hear charges against three Brooke county commissioners asking their removal from office. Paypayers petitioned for removal charging waste and extravagance and charging two with drunkenness.
Bert Day, 50, of West Finley, Pa., was injured in an automobile wreck at Clauston. His tongue was almost severed in the crash on December 10.
Relief Administrator C L Allen said WPA funds cannot cover workers whose checks are delayed. A crowd at Kanawha relief offices protested late payments as 17 000 WPA employees were due November checks but no list to drop from relief rolls was provided. Ralph L Ostrander justified withholding checks while unsure who had WPA jobs.
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