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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1947
Page
8
Salvation Army volunteers on Main Street Grafton report their new 4 dime board and recorded carols have raised 195.42 since December 8. Three hundred baskets will be distributed to needy families by the Salvation Army churches and other agencies, with funds aiding a merrier Christmas for the city’s less fortunate.
The local Elks lodge canceled its Christmas party this year following a routine 8 p.m. meeting at the Elk's home. Kenneth Daugherty served as exalted ruler for Harold Kempic, who was absent.
The Kiwanis club enjoyed a film titled Princess Gargo at its weekly dinner last evening at 6 15 p m in Pruntytown school. The Schnabel company sponsored the movie. Guests included H H Strome Baltimore Md, R Snelbau Schnabel manager, and Willard Murphy Schnabel employee.
Carloads handled by the Baltimore and Ohio during the week ended December 13, 1947 totaled 68,705 with 43,316 loaded on line and 25,389 from connections, up 647 from the prior year. In Pittsburgh a $25,000 suit was filed against the Monongahela Railway over a 1944 fatal accident near Rivesville, W Va. Burial services are listed for several veterans with details of local American Legion and VFW involvement. Weather and oil-well notes conclude the item.
Mr Herbert of the Clarksburg Social Security office explains how an account number card records wages from jobs covered by Old Age and Survivors Insurance. The card, kept under the worker’s name, helps credit wages to the correct account and is required by employers on wage reports. The local office serves multiple counties and offers free information on account numbers and benefits. A final note mentions Jaffa in Palestine as the town associated with a biblical tale.
State police rejected two of the Taylor County school buses today and scheduled a recheck. The Board of Education has five days to bring the remaining two buses into proper condition after an initial inspection last Wednesday rejected five buses.
GOLDEN Colorado December 17 Death in Colorado s poison gas chamber was decreed last night for Robert S Battalino 37 by a jury that convicted him of first degree murder in the shooting of Michael H Randolph 34 cafe owner who formerly employed Battalino as a fry cook Battalino s face turned white when he heard the verdict but there was no other outward show of emotion by the one time prize fighter who pleaded innocent by reason of insanity The jury of seven men and five women reached the verdict in five and a half hours deliberation They received the case at 3 19 p m and reached a decision at 9 45 p m They had taken an hour out for dinner
R. J. Funkhouser, industrialist and editor of the Jefferson Republican, announced in Ranson WV that he will run as a delegate-at-large to the Republican national convention in Philadelphia next summer. He is not committed to any candidate. West Virginia will send 16 delegates, including four at large and alternates from each district.
Senator Taft introduced a measure to empower Secretary Anderson to impose grain quotas on distillers until February 1 as part of an anti inflation stop gap. The vote was ten in favor, 39 opposed, with several abstentions. The plan would assign each distiller a monthly quota based on plant capacity.
A section of a downtown seven story building in Washington buckled late last night, killing one man and injuring 11. Firemen persisted for hours to reach a missing occupant believed trapped in the debris. About 150 residents lived in 37 apartments. only a portion of the building collapsed. Firemen rescued a woman five hours later wedged between the third and fourth floors. The deceased was a 55 year old man not yet identified and the missing occupant was named Ernest Dorsey, 44, who had fled to Baltimore and was later arrested.
Seven year old Patricia Ann Crouch was found late last night in pasture near her farm home after more than 100 searchers located her. She had been missing since shortly after alighting from a school bus. Her head injury required emergency surgery at Prince Georges General Hospital. A piece of bone in the brain was removed. Farmers and residents noted horses in the pasture, raising speculation she was kicked.
Municipal police court today dealt with intoxication and traffic violations. D L Loudin Richard Hoban and Stan ta Suffle were arrested yesterday and fined two dollars for overtime parking.
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