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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1934

Page

6

Shipping Freight At Grafton Park For Huge Project

Machinery and building materials have been shipped from New York for a large undertaking at the Grafton park site. Lee G. Warren, superintendent of construction, said freight arriving next week will rely on an existing track, with details on the new siding and timeline left undecided. State police later speculated the ship may lie further north near Lake Brunswick.

Grafton Park Lee G. Warren New York Lake The Birondacks

Post Office Hours On New Year’s Day 1935

Announcement of January 1 1935 service with no city or rural deliveries. Money order registry and stamp windows closed all day. General delivery open 9 to 10 a m. Mail collection in business district at 11 am. Acting Postmaster Jas T Murphy urges deposits at the post office for prompt dispatch.

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Lost Plane Reported Over Mohawk Valley Flight

A late report describes a missing aircraft on the Hoston-Cleveland airway flying through the Mohawk Valley. Despite the pilot’s message, authorities continue search efforts and monitor communication for further guidance.

Hoston-Cleveland Airway Mohawk Valley

Lindberghs Pursue Clues Through Empty Rooms

A fragment describes Lindberghs continuing on page one, with him at his heels as he passes through empty rooms and speaks calmly of the investigations and events surrounding the case.

Grafton Woman Held on Embezzlement Charge

Miss Wyckoff faced a criminal court hearing in Fairmont on embezzlement charges alleging a shortfall of 376.35 from her accounts. Justice Kenna Clark set bonds at 1000, she was jailed when unable to post but later released after her father supplied security. Attorney M Earl Morgan has been engaged to represent her.

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Boiler blast at Coal Valley Hospital toll rises

State labor commissioner Clarence L. Jarrett said lack of water caused the boiler explosion at Coal Valley. At Montgomery hospital 26 injured, several in serious condition. Attendants fear the death toll may rise due to pneumonia from coal dust and cinders inhaled by workers.

U.S Clarence L. Jarrett Coal Valley Hospital Montgomery

Henry Zumbro Remembered as Honest Farming Gentlemen

Henry P. Zumbro, born in Harmony Grove, spent his adult life farming and was known across the county as a man of old school integrity whose word was his bond. He was listed among the oldest successful in his life pursuit. On November 11, 1874, he was ...

Henry Zumbro Henry P. Zumbro Harmony Grove Mr. Zumbro

Zambro Rites Set For Harmony Grove Parishioner

Early life member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church Mr Zambro died leaving seven children five surviving incl C J Tucker Zelma Tucker L L Goodwin Alfred Zambro and Effie Brown Funeral services Monday at 2 20 PM at Harmony Grove Baptist Church conducted by Rev Millarc Htump with Bartlett Funeral Company directing burial in church cemetery

Melissa Rector Lelia Whitescarver Hugh Zumbro C. J. Tucker Pruntytown Zelma Tucker L. L. Goodwin Clarksburg Alfred Zambro Grafton Effie Brown

Reed Prepares Brief in Tin Workers Election Case

The Reed law firm argues in a filed brief that the employee representation plan does not violate section 7A and that employer employee relations in manufacturing fall outside interstate commerce. Prepared under Earl F. Reed of Pittsburgh, the brief says workers approved the plan by a large majority when adopted in June 1933. The steel company accused the union of unfairness in the elections.

Reed Earl F. Reed Pittsburgh Steel Company

Amalgamated Organizers Clash Over Union Slang Claims

Amalgamated organizers accused opponents of intimidation and branding a nonunion worker as a slacker. After a 1933 strike, the company brief says the old labor board agreed in September to supervise a December election, with no material changes to the employee representation plan.

Labor Board Thes Board

Roosevelt Press Conference Hints on Aged Care Policy

President Roosevelt outlined figures showing millions to be aid recipients and noted the Emergency Relief Administration handles care for many aged and infirm persons. No comment on work relief. No firm reaction to Borah’s push for state care accelerating old age pension enactment.

Kins Roosevelt Inc Enator Borak

New York Leads States in Liquor Tax Revenue

State liquor receipts near six million dollars for Ohio and New York. New York tops taxable intake with 23 million in revenue from liquor taxes and fees. New Yorkers consumed over 5.3 million gallons taxed at one dollar per gallon.

New York Ohio New

Revenue figures from liquor laws vary by state

An item notes license revenue differences across states. Indiana reports an additional 18 million dollars in license revenue and has collected 3.7 million on beer and liquor since repeal. Louisiana shows 1.5 million in beer-related revenue under the bill.

Indiana Louisana

Rally Planned for Sunday School District Meeting

A Sunday School rally is planned at Webster Baptist Church on Tuesday evening January 1 at 7 50 for Court House district. All Sunday Schools in the district are asked to be represented. Officers for the district will be selected, with Rev J Fidler to preside.

Sentinel Woebster Baptist Chiavis Court House Fidler

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