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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
6
Students look forward to a two week Christmas vacation starting Friday. accounts note holiday plays, gift exchanges, caroling, and festive activities across Taylor county schools. A government report cited by Jackson critiques profits and earnings comparisons, while city chambers debate wage trends versus prewar levels.
In Martinsburg on December 18, a rock fall at a local quarry killed C. T. Myers of Harpers Ferry and E. L. Pierce of Sharles Town, both quarry employees, according to superintendent L. J. Mueller.
Pan. Jawaharlal Nehru, leading minister of the interim government, told a reception in Benares that severance of India from the British Empire is practically at hand and that the Congress would “solve its own problems” as it opposes Muslim demands for a separate state, signaling a political crisis International.
James R Brown, 1870 2020, retired freight agent for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, died at 7 40 pm at the home of Mrs Bess Dorsett 212 Maple Avenue where he had lived for years. He lived in Grafton since 1920, was member of St Matthias Episcopal church and Royal Arcanum of Baltimore. Survived by three children Catherine Otell James R Brown Jr of Baltimore and Thomas C Brown of Raleigh. brother Lee and sister Miss Marie Brown of Baltimore. Short services at Bartlett Funeral Home tonight 8 pm conducted by Rev C E Manson. body to Baltimore tonight for burial. arrangements incomplete.
The piece traces a battle for the party’s nomination recalling Wendell Willkie’s 1940 campaign. Current supporters split among Stassen and Taft camps with several names floated including Dewey Bricker Warren Martin Baldwin and Eisenhower as contenders.
Senators Murray and Flanders say China bears clear responsibility to remove armed conflict on its territory as a threat to world peace. They argue no coalition government for peace and reconstruction has formed, and neither the Kuomintang nor the Communist regime can secure a decisive victory.
Paul Gedel a Koppers office employee was elected first mayor of this Marion county community in balloting yesterday. The town was incorporated last October.
In memory of Harold H Hill son of Mr and Mrs J H Hill who lost his life while serving his country on December 18 1944. The Hill family Baltimore Maryland expresses grief and remembrance for his sacrifice.
State police urge grocers and other businesses who ordered scarce soap from the non existent Process Soap and Supply Company to notify authorities. Howard Edward Edens Jr., 31, held without bail on charges related to failing to fulfill orders after cashing a check. Edens has been described as previously based in Blue Creek Charleston and Leon Mason county. Carload totals for the week ending December 14 1946 show 68058 items handled by Baltimore and Ohio lines, with 45343 loaded on line and 22715 received from connections, compared to 64864 the previous year and 54515 the prior week.
Police report five prisoners, ranging in crimes from rape to murder, fled a hospital ward through a window shortly before midnight. Authorities say a car may have aided the escape. a statewide alert noted they were armed. At large are Joseph Bruno, Howard Boggs, Curtis Fogarty, Harry Keller, Frank Lofton, and Gerald Brandt.
Reseaued report notes cold belt and general rainfall from Louisiana to Virginia with fair conditions elsewhere. Forecasters in Chicago expect temperatures to moderate over the western plains today and spread eastward into the Mississippi Valley tomorrow, followed by a general rise in readings by Friday.
Clarksburg report states Louis Roda about 35, manager of the Home hotel, was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to assault and battery of Cecil B. Highland publisher and president of Clarksburg Publishing Co. Highland said a man unknown to him accosted outside the newspaper plant and struck him following a Telegram article about a supreme court affirmation in a prostitution case involving James Larosa. The warrant was sworn by Sammy J. Romano, Parsons hotel employee.
Claude Tetrick, a widely known Bridgeport businessman, died Monday night at his home after a second cerebral hemorrhage last Saturday. The funeral was held this afternoon. He is survived by his widow Roberta Jackson Tetrick, formerly of Grafton, and two sons.
The Taylor County Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting at Supt. R. Virgil Rohriough's office tomorrow night.
The meeting favored Graf ton as the memorial site but church consolidation plans may delay urging the Andrews church as a memorial. James F. seb continues inquiries on possible library sites for a shrine to Anna M Jarvis. Some plants bloom as days shorten.
Athens Ohio December 18 Jewell Peters 25 a Ohio university student veteran today pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to a charge of suffocating his wife Leah Mae 24 in their trailer home last December 2 R D Williams counsel for the war veteran said in his statement to common pleas Judge O F Rowland Peters may now be in Prosecutor Gordon Gray previously reported Peters had made an admission he smothered his wife with bed clothing during a quarrel Peters originally was charged with first degree murder but a grand jury returned a second degree indictment No trial date was set Peters was placed under 10000 bond pending trial
A survey group led by Dr. George D Strayer reviewed the state penal system and urged creating a department to supervise both county jails and state prisons. They also called for eliminating jail operating fees and emphasized rehabilitation over punishment as a path to public safety.
Pittsburgh officials investigated the mysterious death of Rev. Vickers Shotwell a 78 year old retired minister found dead on his Sim road farm in Elizabeth township. An autopsy was ordered by the Allegheny morgue as deputies coroners and county detectives looked into possible foul play.
Parsons December 18 The Tucker county grand jury indicted Robert William Workman of Carolina near Fairmont on two misdemeanor counts in the fatal hunting accident that killed Joseph Macey, 48, near Montrose. Macey died in a hospital December 6 after the December 4 shooting.
A Grafton man trekked to Clarksburg seeking a suit but, after checking every shop, returned home to buy at Barton's in his own city. The tale claims locals save time, money, and transportation by shopping at home, noting Barton's extensive menswear and other goods.
City police reported no excitement last night with no calls received and no arrests made.
A woman previously unable to walk for a week due to rheumatic pains says she now enjoys a normal life after taking RHU-ATD and even threw away her cane. The advert claims RHU-AID combines three valued medicines that target the cause of aches, selling at local stores in G and Ady.
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