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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
5
The item Coal for Quick Service Call 474 secures Baker's Coal as the winning bidder. Delivery terms include extra charges for carry-in jobs and details reference Harry L. Baker in the bid note. The record reflects a mining and coal delivery context with pricing and service terms.
One of the fall’s standout improvements is Clyde G. Turner’s storefront modernization on Main Street. The newly completed front enhances the shop’s beauty with a clear interior view and attractive window displays now possible.
Assistant Postmaster Charles Shay announced extra arrangements for a surge in mail. A second parcel post truck will be added and up to six new clerks may join sorting and delivery duties. The Saturday mail window may extend, with normal service to 6 pm if feasible. Some Christmas day deliveries will occur, others canceled. Clyde G Turner sells stamps. postage rates unchanged. Local cards require two cent stamps, sealed or unsealed affects rates. Out of town cards need three cents if sealed.
Tillingast J. Cook aged 63 and a former city engineering department employee died in Parkersburg on December 17. He was a well known local figure and longtime public servant.
Dr Harold Noble and C Fred erick Schroeder Jr head the presidency slate for the Grafton High School Alumni association. Other nominees include Frank Collins Matthew Archdeacon for vice presidency and Mary Mays Clark Charlotte Rendle for secretary treasurer. Executive candidates are William Murray Junior Gatrell Charles Thayer Lila Paintir Dean Mildred Bartlett and Carrie Bennett. results to be announced at the December 28 Alumni banquet at Andrews M E church before the annual dance.
Rescue teams comb the Wasatch western slopes 25 miles southwest of Salt Lake City as a Western Air Express plane with two women and five men aboard remains missing after a sputtering engine and sudden snowstorm. A broken tree and canyon indentations hint at a crash. officials fear casualties, while a stewardess is singled out among feared victims.
Taylor County Welfare department will distribute toys handmade or repaired at the local sewing center to children in direct relief programs. Director Edward A. Lipscomb said the project aims to brighten Christmas for families in need, with help from Women’s clubs, the Salvation Army, and city churches.
Wife of pilot and a cross country romance headline tied to the incident as officials mobilize 400 to 500 volunteers from the regular army post Civilian Conservation Corps and ranchers to search the Alpine Wasatch slopes for a missing plane. A sheep herder fire briefly sparked false hope that survivors signaled with flares.
Sheriff J A Russ turned a threatening letter over to federal authorities after a relative of a flogging victim reported it. Jarvis Inman, 22, Freeland operator, was warned by a crude pencil note signed KK to follow demands or face consequences. The couple Inman and Cox were allegedly seized and flogged by 26 to 30 men led by a figure called Judge.
Lieut Commander John Homer Holt U S Navy retired living in Charleston, a native of Grafton, is described as an usher at Wallis Warfield Simpson's 1916 marriage to Lieut Commander B W Spencer. Holt, son of the late Circuit Judge J H Holt, has spent years in Grafton and Charleston, moving in naval circles with ties to the Spencers and possibly the U S Naval Academy. He was stationed in Shanghai China when the Spencers lived there.
Two unidentified men were arrested early today by B and O police in Flemington for obstructing a train. Captain C T Morehead, now investigating, said the pair drove near the tracks twice at the west side crossing causing a train delay. He noted the men were intoxicated but there was no collision.
The alleged robber Thorne confessed to the crime and implicated younger Jenkins in the arrest case tied to a Valley Falls victim Miss Addie Barker. Police note the offenses near the Taylor Marion county line allowed Marion troopers to continue their probe. Lawrence Hays, 25, was arrested and held for Fairfax authorities to question about both robberies.
Union chiefs report ASU SKY workers idle at five Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. factories, with Libbey-Owens-Ford plants idle in Ottawa as 1,300 workers strike for two weeks in sympathy. If continued, impacts may reach automakers within weeks. Stores report Boys jackets and zippers stocked to meet demand amid the disruption.
Kanawha City Libtey Owens Ford flat glass plant idle on second day of strike. About 1,350 workers affected while 50 inside keep furnaces hot for possible settlement talks with Glen W. McCabe of the Flat Glass Workers Union. Other plants seek wage increases and are blocking concessions.
Charles Kaiser in his late sixties is connected to a broader Livin Page One house to house operation across Pennsylvania and Ohio. Federal district attorney’s staff in Elkins recommended a lighter sentence than co defendants. Local witnesses in U S district court included state troopers city police and county officers.
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