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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1927

Page

4

Grafton Daily Sentinel Publishing Details and Rates

The Grafton Daily Sentinel publishes weekdays from Grafton West Virginia with publisher Howard H. Holm and offices at 102 Latrobe Street. Subscription rates list daily and weekly options, advertising and classified rates, deadlines, and submission guidelines for editorials and notices.

Grafton Daily Sentinel Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company Grafton W. VA Howard H. Holm Latrobe Street Postoffice Art Casher

Revolving Chinese Faction Struggles and Lindbergh Flight

The piece covers factional splits among Chinese revolutionaries in Canton with moderates regaining control, and notes Lindbergh's upcoming Mexico flight stirring national sentiment. It also reports on U S postal regulation clashes halting automobile prize promotions by leading merchants, stressing good faith and business impact.

False petition claimed to back Kentucky pardons

A petition signed by 63 Ashland residents backing pardons for two men indicted for murder was found to be a false representation. Judge H R Dysard identified signatures and said the first petition page he signed was substituted. Several Ashland residents denied petitioning on behalf of Green Adkins and Virgil Goodman, pardoned by Governor Fields in his final days.

Frankfort Ashland William J. Fields H. R. Dysard Carter County Dysard Green Adkins Virgil Goodman Fields Adkins and Goodman Boyd Nathan Deutsch

Strikers Lose Suits In Superior Court

In Philadelphia on December 14 the State superior court dismissed appeals of striking coal miners in western Pennsylvania who were ordered from company owned homes. The decisions control about 500 similar appeals with rulings binding all linked cases in the Vesta Coal Co. matter against William Jones from Washington county.

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Vesta Coal Co William Jones Washington County

Contests, Road Hazards, and a State Prize Highlight Local News

The article notes a prize offer canceled after a postal regulation dispute. local businesses faced public scrutiny yet retain support for acting honorably. It calls for safety upgrades at the West end of the Fetterman bridge near Valley River, urging warning signs and possible guards on the steep grade and bridge approaches. It also reports a Grafton student winning a state American Legion prize amid school pride and mentions a struggling football program facing opponents.

Fetterman State Road Department Jon Grafton American Legion

Order Favors Construction Measure Report

Washington Dec 14 22 The house public buildings committee voted to report favorably on a Reed amendment to the 1926 law authorizing 15 million dollars for federal building construction. An additional hundred million dollars is sought to fund more projects nationwide. Chairman Elliott of Indiana was instructed to report the amendment.

Washington House Public Buildings Committee Elliott Indiana Reed New York

Washington Dispatch on 1928 Republican race and Donshey veto

A Washington dispatch summarizes early 1928 Republican jockeying, noting Hoover and Al Smith as leading figures with Dawes Lowden and Borah discussed. It cites dopesters, mentions Hughes and Coolidge statements, and forecasts a western nominee with various names floated. The piece includes a fiduciary notice from W P Samples in Grafton West Virginia.

Congress Choone Charles Evans Hughes Clares K C Kansas City Senate Smith Vane Alige Hughes Washington Hoover al. Smith Dawes Lowden

Dawes Supports Lowden While Avoiding His Own Candidacy

Across the press, observers report Vice President Dawes openly backing Governor Lowden in the Republican race. While not declaring himself a candidate, Dawes is seen as consolidating anti Lowden opposition and attracting Western and Midwestern delegates, potentially shaping the 1928 convention scenario.

Lowden Dawes Des, Moines Ind America Indianapolis Star Nds Rep Hoover Starr Bangor Commercial Hep Providence Journal Governor Lowden Utica Observer-Dispatch Lowdon Davenport Democrat Dem Newark Evening News

Nationalists Retake Canton From Radicals

Shanghai dispatch reports Canton returned to Nationalist control after a day of heavy fighting with the communists. Police headquarters was spared. up to four thousand may have been killed. Americans in the concession were safe and returned home. The Nationalist navy pressed the assault, while the U S gunboat Sacramento observed but saw no action.

Shanghai Canton China Concession Band J United States Sacramento

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