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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1935
Page
7
The Taylor County Board of Trade offers a free booklet with simple inexpensive decorating ideas for interior and exterior displays. It promotes the city contest for best lit and best decorated homes, urging entries by December 21 with no strict rules beyond eligibility.
Marshall college students may smoke only in the student union building on campus not state property. The ban supported by John Baker White, treasurer of the board of control, allows this one location on college property without conflict with state rules.
A dense listing of radio programs across networks NBC CBS WGN WENR WCKY WLW and more detailing show titles hosts bands orchestras and times from 5:30 PM through midnight with notes on specific acts and a closing remark about the Field House opening orchestra. The page references many artists such as Irene Rich Buddy and Ginger Gordon Robinson and Tom Mix among others. The schedule showcases diverse entertainment from dramas news to musical variety across stations.
The State Road Commission of West Virginia petitions Taylor County Circuit Court for condemnation of about 3.27 acres in three plots to establish a public road right of way. Parcels center on Lucy Fleming and Gordon Hovater holdings, with plats filed in county clerk offices and commissioners to set just compensation for affected landowners including Fleming heirs and related parties.
Daugherty admits killing but denies intent. prosecutors seek rock or blunt instrument fatal blow. Witnesses include Charles Jones Otis Thompson Dr H C Myers and Virgil Daugherty's sons Edwin Eugene Bretsel. Defense presents defendant Ralph Corder Boyd Everson James Reed Willard Andrick as witnesses. Jury of local farmers and miners is sequestered overnight at a hotel under sheriff supervision.
Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute outlined a drying out method to suspend life and later revive a select few over centuries at a New York Academy of Medicine meeting. He warned the idea is remote but possible, with future rejuvenation and disease abolition envisioned, while full body preservation remains unlikely. Desiccation models from nature and experiments on rats and pigs suggest latent life methods may emerge, enabling long term storage and later revival.
Charleston police arrested Howard Tomlin, 27, and his younger brother for attempting to collect 3 from Mrs. E. T. Jarrett in return for stolen goods.
A meeting of the Upper Monongahela Valley Association industrial development committee will outline a regional program at the Fairmont Hotel on Tuesday December 17 starting 10 am. Ten counties are expected to be represented as plans focus on social and economic development and addressing bottlenecks in traffic.
Judge Lewis H. Miller of the Jackson circuit will address a Republican regional meeting Saturday as he campaigns for the party nomination for governor.
The discussion centers on widening the street to accommodate both tourist traffic and Hocai residents who shop locally. Frank M. Hollis Jr., board chairman, frames the question around highway access and local parking versus drawing trade from neighboring towns. A plan to expand parking aims to serve townspeople and rural shoppers.
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