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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1937
Page
8
Police report a hitchhiker possibly Wendell Forrest Bowers seen near the Maryland border south of Pennsylvania less than a day after Mrs Wilma Carpenter was shot. A Rogue’s gallery search tracks a parolee from Huntingdon reform school amid a nationwide manhunt.
In Washington on Dor 17 the Republican proposal to repeal the undistributed profits tax was rejected 6 to 3 along party lines by the House tax subcommittee. The plan would have raised the normal corporate tax to 9 16 percent and set capital gains at 12 16 percent, but would cut government revenue by about 416 million dollars if enacted. Mayor Blakely in Welch reported bonds have raised over two thirds of the 15000 needed for a new parking building.
Former Wayne county sheriff J Fox Pry aged 53 dies at Beauty Kentucky after a heart attack. Pry served as sheriff from 1933 to 1936. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Kenova.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lewela Farley Swisher age 57 are set for 10 30 tomorrow morning at Bartlett Funeral Home on McGraw Avenue with Reverend Millard Stump officiating. Interment will be Bluemont Cemetery under the direction of G T Barton funeral directors.
Clarksburg December 17 fire in the elevator shaft of the machinery fed by Fire Chief J J Martin caused $15 000 damage. Authorities say the blaze likely resulted from a short circuit.
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kind services and beautiful flowers during the illness and death of our father Robert L. Pit.
Es Hentges reports stomach pains upset his system after trying a $1.95 bottle of Adla Tablets under a guarantee for three weeks. He says the pains are gone and he can eat anything, citing Grafton Drug & Chemical Co. and Union Drug Co. as involved sellers.
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