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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1934
Page
6
Work on resurfacing West Main street began Tuesday morning with FERA labor at Church street. About 20 men are employed, with more workers to be added soon. The aim is to finish up to Leonard street by spring. brick surface to be torn up, car tracks removed, and curbs upgraded, per FERA project officer W. D. Frey.
Classifieds show entries for a girl seeking a house help role and a man seeking an installation service engineer position in electric refrigeration and air conditioning. Another notice offers two small pianos for sale in Staunton Virginia with easy payment terms through Charles H. Marple Sr. Box 631.
One lane of traffic will be allowed at a time to avoid congestion on the busy highway. Detours will reroute drivers via Jones and Steel streets as work progresses from the current point. Tar and chip surfacing on Barrett street will start as soon as weather permits after Wednesday following rock base placement on Tuesday. The road will reopen to traffic a few days after completion and will become a first class street linking the Bridge with Park Road at the city southern edge.
Chicago report describes Mrs Joseph Stycynski using a court order to control her husband Joseph Stycynski's laundry truck speed. Facing five speeding warrants, he received probation after her effective plea for leniency and adherence to her cautions.
Clay county officers seek Onoca McKinney in the shooting death of Mrs. Ibbie Salisbury 40 of Enoch at a country church. Salisbury was killed by rifle fire on Sunday. McKinney fled into Nicholas County after the incident.
George T. Watson state compensation commissioner was reported improved after an abdominal operation yesterday at a Charleston hospital. Dr Bankhead Banks said Watson suffered complications of appendicitis.
An automobile overturned on the highway near Clendenin yesterday fatally injuring its driver Forest Kee 46 of Clendenin.
Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, based at Governor's Island New York, is believed set to take over as chief of staff within months. President Roosevelt extended MacArthur's term temporarily to aid in war department legislation and duties.
The Dern report notes 1934 funds created 76,623 direct and over 200,000 indirect jobs. It cites $8,000,000 in future projects including the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway. A 200 tributaries survey of the Mississippi is nearly complete with plans for lower Mississippi valley projects needing $800,000,000.
Clarksburg reports Police Chief Frank Corbin of Nutter Fort convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of relief worker William Wilson of Quiet Dell. The verdict returns a sentence of one to five years in state prison, with sentencing pending before Criminal Judge Arlos J. Harbert.
Guy Mariana of near Rosemont was re arrested after missing a magistrate court date on possession of home brew. Police found 31 quarts and seven pints at his home during a raid led by Constables Satterfield and Freeze. Joe Guzzi paid a 50 dollar fine for the same offense. Mariana was jailed overnight, then fined 25 dollars plus 25 dollars costs, granted 10 days of grace to be with his ill wife and six children over the holidays. He must pay the fine by December 28 or face jail.
Government attorneys seek a continuance from January 1 to February 11 for preliminary arguments in the federal suit to obtain a license for the Hawk Nest hydro electric project. Judge George W. McClintic has not ruled. Defendants include Electro Metallurgical, New Kanawha Power, and Union Carbide & Carbon with West Virginia also intervening over federal jurisdiction.
Esch questioned about the other farms and learned all three brothers filed voluntary bankruptcy petitions in U.S. court. The report from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, dated December 18 notes the sequence of filings and the involvement of the brothers in the bankruptcy proceedings.
M. J. Orr 71 died at his Newburg home at 2 30 this morning after four months of paralysis followed by pneumonia. Born May 28, 1863 in Independence, he was a son of Hugh M. and Amelia Talbott Orr and a retiree from coal mining and lumbering. Survived by wife Nora A. Beogher Orr and six children, with many siblings listed. Funeral at 2 30 Thursday at home with Revs. Corfield and McCulty officiating. burial in Knights of Pythias cemetery, Newburg.
A shooting match starts Tuesday night December 18 at 7 20 P M in the Old Brewery at Fetter Man shells furnished by the committee 229 21 in.
Lawrence Biff Jones ordered Senator Huey Long out of the LSU locker room and threatened to resign after stopping Long during a pep talk in a game won over Oregon. Jones, a former Army mentor, halted the publicized intervention.
A discussion argues that lowering import taxes to 2.50 could allow domestic producers to profit under protection from foreign liquors. The result could be lower retail prices, reduced bootlegging, boosted legal trade, and increased government revenue.
George Bowles owner of George's Place beer garden and restaurant on St Mary's street bridge will appear Tuesday afternoon before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys to answer a charge of operating an illegal slot machine. State Troopers W G Wamsley and Claude Hefner arrested the machine at 10:30 Monday night finding it paying money instead of candy mints in violation of state law. the machine is being held.
J H L Baker lists coal and electric shop offerings with phone number 618 in a brief classifieds notice. The item references Dehlinger's Electric Shop and suggests services or advertisements tied to local businesses.
The law allows confiscation and destruction of the gambling machine after a hearing. This raid is the first in the city in some time. Months earlier several restaurants and other business places were found to be permitting operation of such machines.
In Philadelphia on December 18 a police radio incident shifted to a family matter as cars rushed to locate Policeman Patrick Ferrie. A recording ordered units to “Cruise around until you find him” and transport him to Misericordia hospital after his wife gave birth in a taxicab en route.
Charleston West Virginia reports that November fire loss was 62675 dollars, a 32 percent decline from November 1933 when losses were 92249 dollars. The fire marshal's office released the figures yesterday, noting the year over year decrease.
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