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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1927

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Appeal to U S Court over West Virginia bus case

Charleston dispatch reports Chief Justice Taft granted an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States in the West Virginia dispute between bus operators and rail lines. The case questions federal constitutional rights and first claims on transport certificates, with plaintiffs Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company and defendants Clarkshoro Buckhannon and related firms.

Charleston Supreme Court of the United States West Virginia Taft Fred C. Blue H. B. Lee Baltimore & Ohio Itailroad Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company Clarkshoro Grafton Buckhannon Leg |Olds Taxicab Company Bart Mett Brothers Bus. Company State Road Commission

Lindy Welcomed in Honduras After Bold Landing

Belize, British Honduras, Dec. 31. Enthusiasm over Col Charles A. Lindbergh grows in Central America after he landed the Spirit of St. Louis on a treacherous field near the Guatemala route. He circled the field and touched down, narrowly avoiding wires, then continued to Page Eight amid festive acclaim. Mrs Martha Jackson of East Main street once gravely ill with influenza shows slow recovery.

Belize British Honduras Central America Charles A. Lindbergh Guatemala City Lindbergh St. Louis Martha Jackson East Main Street

Grafton Sentinel Offers Evening Payment Hours

The office announces extended evening hours for paying fines and other accounts to accommodate those unable to visit during the day. The notice appears in The Grafton Sentinel published by The Grafton Printing Co.

The Grafton Sentinel Grafton Printing Co

Police probe every angle of Kidnaping case

Los Angeles reports push new angles in the Marian Parker kidnapping and slaying case as police probe Welby Hunt and Edward Hickman involvement. Ellsworth claims they worked with him in other crimes, but Los Angeles timelines and locations remain unclear. Investigators reexamine ties to Alhambra conference and Bellevue Arms apartment plans, while Hickman’s defense strategy is debated. Authorities also reopen inquiry into the death of Mrs. Driskell’s husband under a Pasadena bridge.

Los Angeles Welby Hunt Willian Edward Hickman Marian Parker Detroit James Ellsworth Hunt Hickman Jerome Walsh Kansas City Walsh A. R. Crist Kell Bellevue Arms Hackman

Two Well Known Men Killed In Accident

In Ypsilanti Michigan a snowbound night crash fatally injured two notable men Henry Winchester of Ann Arbor a renowned consulting engineer and Professor Herbert S Mallory rhetoric department University of Michigan. Mallory born Akron Ohio joined Michigan in 1908 from Yale after the collision with a moving freight train near the city.

Ypsilanti, Mich Henry Winchester Ann Arbor Herbert $. Mallory Rhetoric Department University of Michigan Here Mallory Akron Ohio Michigan Yale

Coolidge backs tax bill delay beyond March

President Coolidge supports delaying action on the tax reduction bill until after March 15. He reiterates that the decision to push the bill rests with the Senate and notes Mellon’s acceptance of delay was not a recommendation to Congress. The White House stresses the treasury proposal for a $225 million cut is separate from the current Senate plan.

Washington Coolidge Senate White House Mellon Smoot Finance Committee Congress House Treasury Mellons

Rich Woman Murder Probe Sees Dr McMillan Suspect

Los Angeles detectives pursue a tangled case surrounding Mrs Amelia Appleby heiress to a millionaire inventor. The body was found on a highway wrapped in canvas. a canvas fragment and cord support a murder charge against Dr Charles M McMillan who is linked to her will and missing jewels valued at 60000. Police note two pairs of Mrs Appleby shoes and a neighbor sighting of him driving her car. McMillan previously faced narcotics charges and a 1920 federal sentence. a 1919 fine for similar offense is cited.

Los Angeles Amelia Appleby Here Charles M. McMillan McMillan Waco Texas Charles ‘McMillan

Capital Society Has Gayest Time Of Year

Washington society during the year end season features Kellogg entertaining with lunches breakfasts and teas at the Pan-American building. Foreign members attend breakfast gatherings while Mrs Longworth hosts a 24 hour open house. The speaker of the House and Mrs Longworth, along with the President, will appear at receptions as younger senators and representatives resume duties after holidays.

Washington Society Kellogg Longworth Coolidge Panena Longworth

Recovery of Sub Victims Bodies Near Provincetown

Two weeks after the submarine sank off Provincetown Massachusetts in collision with a coast guard destroyer divers from the salvage fleet entered the tomb of 40 officers and men. The second tunnel under the hull has been completed and lifting chains will pass through openings. Diver Thomas Eadie rescued his partner C T Mattox who was buried in mud when a bawk caved in. Mattox’s air line had been lost and surface ships cut off contact. Eadie had rescued a fellow diver before. Diver L C Michels became fouled and could not free himself. Hadie cut him free. Navy officials thought some bodies might be recovered during today’s operations.

Provincetown Mass Coast Guard Thomas Eadie C.T. Mattox Mattox Eadie L. C. Michels Hadie Michaels Navy

New York Harbor Shrouded In Dense Mist

New York harbor was blanketed in fog for the second day. Twenty four outbound liners tied at piers waiting for mist to lift while incoming vessels were fog bound outside the harbor. Smaller craft navigated by sound and whistles as smoke hung in an almost windless air. Weather bureau instruments recorded a wind of one mile per hour.

New York New York Harbor Weather Bureau

Negro Bank Officers Held For Embezzling

Memphis police arrested F. Ward president and Le roy, Ww. William assistant cashier of the closed Fraternal and Solvent Bank and Trust Company after admissions that they embezzled about $100,000 from the bank. The arrest followed their statements.

Memphis Tenn F. Ward Leroy William Bank and Trust Company Negro Institution

Wolf Sought After Attack in Beverly New Jersey

A bespectacled would be kidnapper calling himself The Wolf terrorized Beverly for three days. Police across the state hunt the suspect believed inspired by the Parker case in Los Angeles. He attacked 17 year old Reginald Duncan, son of the Beverly cemetery superintendent, at midnight in a second kidnapping attempt. Mothers warned to keep children indoors as posses search.

Beverly N. J Marian Parker Los Angeles William Edward Hickman the Fox The Reginald Duncan Duncan Amily

Martyr To Science Woman Is Selected Society's President

Washington December 31 A martyr to science victim of a disease now confining her to the Marine Hospital in Norfolk Virginia Miss Alice C Evans Washington bacteriologist learned today she had been elected president of the American Bacteriologists Society She was accorded the distinction by the society at its convention last night in Rochester New York Five years ago Miss Evans associated with the United States Hygienic Laboratories contracted Malta fever in discovering that it is sometimes acquired by humans from cattle Since then she has been subject to frequent attacks of the fever the present illness having kept her in the hospital for nearly a year Dr George McCoy director of the laboratories under whom Miss Evans has done much of her work declared that her Malta fever discovery was of great importance to medical science and that she had also done valuable experimental work in infantile paralysis and sleeping sickness

Washington Marine Hospital Norfolk

Grace Loar Wins Award In National Essay Contest

Grace Loar of Maple Avenue won honorable mention and $20 in a nationwide contest for the best article on the life of Woodrow Wilson. The Woodrow Wilson Foundation offered $57,000 in prizes with winners announced at the New York City annual dinner. Continent-wide snow storms and frigid air accompanied the announcement as the jury rejected first prizes. Loar’s essay praised Wilson as a modern prophet and a man of foresight.

Grace Loar Sife Woodrow, Wilson Woodrow, Wilson Foundation Miss Loar Miaaissippi Valley Rocky Mountain

Remus Begins Legal Fight for Sanity Release

In Cincinnati on December 31 George Rémus fights life term in Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. He aims for a rehearing after a probate judge ruled him insane, while attorney Charles H. Elston seeks to block another sanity test to push error proceedings toward the Court of Common Pleas. A writ of habeas corpus hearing is set for Tuesday.

Cincinnati George Rémus State Hospital Lima Charles H. Elston Remus Imogene Willian H. Lueders Probate Elston Lueders Court of Common Pleas

Sentinel Regular Edition Schedule Notice

The Trafton Sentinel announces its regular edition will publish on Monday January 2 New Year’s Day. The office will open from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 8 other weekdays.

Trafton Sentinel Jae

Bank Robbers Take $80,000 In National Bank Heist

Six men posing as prohibition agents abducted teller George Anderson at Ravenswood National Bank in Chicago. They forced him, his parents, and a police guard to open the vault as dawn broke. About $80,000 in paper money and gold, plus securities and a small amount of silver, were seized before the bandits vanished in a snowbound morning.

Chicago Ravenswood National Bank George Anderson Anderson Anderssons Algot Anderson Prohibition Gearc Anderson Automobil Andersons

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