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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1937
Page
8
Sheriff reports Bremer county woman Mrs Elias Watters shot four children in sleep killing Eugene and Beverly. Two others Layonne and Bernard wounded. Watters in jail after admitting the act and firing at a neighbor’s cabin nearby. Husband worked on timber clearing near Lansing.
Quick relief for indigestion heartburn and acid stomach due to smoking and drinking, Adla Tablets sold with money back guarantee by Grafton Drug & Chemical Co and Union Drugs Company.
George Ketchum, Pittsburgh advertising firm president, again defies the NLRB by skipping a Steubenville witness appearance in a probe into alleged coercion by Weirton Steel against union workers. A subpoena copy was ordered sent to Washington for action. Central Press clashed with Mrs. Weihe as Sheriff Sager said Mrs. Watters will be held without charge until investigators, coroner, and county attorney conclude their inquiry. H W Harms, a county home steward, disarmed Mrs Watters at the home administration building.
An editorial in the CIO News quotes William Green of the AFL as shifting from support to opposition of a wage-hour bill. It accuses Green and a small executive circle of pressuring Congress to kill the measure while aiding sweatshop employers and Tory industrialists.
County relief expenditures detailed in Hamad show $1,37 paid out in cash for anny CuRufiucu. Miscellaneous general relief items total $400.15 including $35 burials and $181 hospitalization. Medical aid costs $75.90, sewing room $25.05, infirmary $14.96, and $68.24 unclassified. Last month average grants were $14.26 in old age cases, with 352 cases aided totaling $5,018. Taylor County ranked 21st in the state, just above the West Virginia average of $14.09.
Huntington December 21. Postmaster Jerry W. Dingness said this year’s Christmas mail rush will exceed 1936 levels as the Yuletide surge swamps the staff.
Federal authorities anticipated detaining a man and woman in Toledo linked to Michigan holdups and a white slave ring under investigation for weeks. Joseph Fruchey will surrender to Detroit agents, while Sam Sawaya and Viola Sullivan face federal action plus other associates in Monroe and Parkersburg connections.
A historical ad advises neutralizing excess kidney acids and flushing waste to relieve waking irritation, frequent urge, burning, and backache. It promotes 25c wort tablets called Bukets made from buchu leaves and juniper oil, available at Red Cross Pharmacy and Rafteron Drugs & Chemical Co, with listed numbers.
Oliver A. Thayer, 25, heir to a North Shore family, is held at Topsfield police barracks after allegedly killing his sister, a teacher at a private school, and wounding his aunt aged 72. Police say he stated, I would do it over again, claiming they nagged his parents.
Police records tie Sullivan and Sawaya to an alleged vice ring. Sawaya previously associated with Albert Bruno and Frank Vacchiano, both linked to the 1933 Park Lane hotel slaying of manager John J. McLaughlin.
Gunderman thanked the judge and left the courtroom with about 20 people present after being discharged from the state police. He planned to spend Christmas at home with his wife and indicated many unclear plans for his future. He was the first of 12 indicted in Monaghan's death to face trial and was convicted of second degree murder while a fellow trooper was acquitted. The Fayette county district attorney was also acquitted in a later Pittsburgh trial. Four others face murder charges and five more concealment charges remain unresolved.
The text explains that unemployment insurance typically covers workers in factories offices mills mines shops and stores while agricultural domestic and maritime workers are excluded. Coverage hinges on state laws often requiring eight or more employees on payroll during any 20 weeks. some states set thresholds at three five or more, and ten states apply if there is only one employee.
The article explains eligibility for state unemployment benefits starting next year. Workers must have worked in 1937 on a covered job and be out of work through no fault of their own. Benefits average about half of regular pay but cap at $15 weekly, funded by employer contributions to state unemployment funds, with some states requiring employee contributions. Louisiana requires one week of post January 1 employment before claiming.
Pittsburgh resident Mike Macolie a 44 year old man was ordered to leave the city after being arraigned in municipal court on a loitering charge He said he would comply and head home for the holidays Morgantown reports two youths and a man arrested for failing to show auto registration cards and a vehicle theft case will be sent to Uniontown police for action
Roy Waugh district governor of West Virginia Rotary clubs planned appearances at Christmas parties today staged by Bluefield and Oak Hill clubs.
In Cleveland on December 21 four labor leaders pleaded not guilty to a jury indictment claiming they assured construction work would not be delayed on street remodeling projects. Judge Ralph Hertz set bonds of 15,000 for Donald Campbell and 5,000 for each co-defendant John E. McGee James McDonnell and Mose Donley.
Dr. C E Watkins Fayette county health officer reports 192 children under quarantine for measles in Charleston. Schools remain open. parents advised to watch for symptoms.
Granville Jackson alias John Costolo, 45, from Philippi, was fined five dollars in municipal court but could not pay. Mayor E O Waught sentenced him to three days in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to drunkenness following an arrest at 10:40 last night.
London remarks by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain claim Japan has never sought peaceful settlement of the war. He notes British patience and warns it does not diminish obligations or duty. In Charleston, David Kirby joins the National Education Association committee on supply, preparation and certification.
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