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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1927
Page
4
Advert rates and publishing rules from an old newspaper. Includes limits for letters to editor, anonymous communications policy, and advertising pricing. Also notes deadlines for classified ads and removal notices. Contains references to Associated Press rights and business office inquiries.
A 1927 Los Angeles case and an Australian style editorial discuss the insanity defense in crime trials, noting public suspicion of mental distortion amid violent acts. The piece compares legal trends, cites a famous case, and critiques how insanity pleas affect penalties while touching on crime, reform, and societal reactions amid winter weather notes.
The article notes Lindbergh visiting Honduras and other Central American capitals, highlighting a claimed new record for a fluent land plane arrival. It cites Charles M Schwab praising Lindbergh and discusses labor rights including fair wages, steady work, healthy conditions, savings, and worker stock ownership as part of a broader call for modernizing economics. It reflects on the year ahead as an election year with cautious optimism about business prospects despite a mixed past year and no looming crisis.
A two year survey ranks American cities by culture with Cleveland named the most cultured. It cites per capita library spending of 1.89 dollars as a key factor. a minister questions the measure, recounting a tale of a rich man ordering fifty two feet of books and arguing that ownership alone does not define culture.
Washington date summary reports a motion by George Gordon Battle to dismiss contempt proceedings against H M Blackmer for failing to testify in the Teapot Dome inquiry. Justice Siddons set February 27 for a hearing on the motion and the contempt citation, with a second trial for Fall and Sinclair slated January 16. The government pressed to proceed, and Battle indicated Blackmer would not testify if summoned under the challenged law.
In Little Rock on December 31 Adjutant General Joe Harris urged that Charles A Lindbergh be promoted from colonel to brigadier general in the Missouri national guard and named assistant chief of the animal bureau with a lifetime hold until age 94 if Congress acts. The proposal aims to secure a high ranking for Lindbergh amid claims it would be acceptable to him.
Washington December 31 1928 tradition continues with the White House roof top celebration. Marine band member Arthur S. Whitcomb will play taps before midnight then revelie as a double brass quartet performs under floodlights. Your Land And My Land follows with The Bells Of St Marys chimes. President Coolidge, Mrs Coolidge, and their son John are expected to participate.
Purchase of the Sidney Daily and Sunday Journal by R. Kenneth Kerr and L. A. and W. Galvin, owners of the Wilmington News-Journal, was announced today. The new owners will take possession of the Sidney papers January 10.
In a New York report M H Ayesworth of the National Broadcasting Company predicts that rapid radio advancement in the past year and large expenditures will bring in 1928 an era of usefulness rather than mere entertainment. He cites improvement and expansion in broadcasting and reception as largely responsible.
Acting on a respite from the governor, J. M. Gregg and J. B. Gracey were released from county jail after serving fifteen days and paying a $100 fine each for liquor convictions. They were arrested last summer, tried in May, and sentenced to two months and a fine. the appeal to the supreme court was refused.
Lead, 8. D., Dec. 31. Louis Baschky, 40, engineer, and Frank Brown, 47, fireman, both of Alliance, were killed last night when a narrow gauge freight train leaped a bridge near Lead and plunged into a forty foot snow filled ravine. The engine and six freight cars left the bridge. Brakes are believed to have failed and the train, speeding down a slope, struck the tracks after turning a curve. Brown’s body has not been found and much wreckage was buried by snow.
The article argues pure science drives exploration over cash value, praising scientists like Bowls for widening knowledge. It discusses polar exploration figures Dick Byrd and Amundsen, the potential of the north and south poles for minerals, habitation, and aviation shortcuts, and wonders about polar weather and radio effects.
New York bank clearings on the year end reached a record total of 2.138 billion dollars, surpassing the 1926 closing day figure of 1.405 billion. The prior high was 1.95 billion set on July 2, 1927, while the year’s low was 445 million on August 29.
Washington reports the World War II adjusted compensation program remains open until midnight tonight to process last minute applications. By today’s count the War Department has received and acted on 3,189,171 requests, with hundreds of thousands still to be filed.
Beckley West Virginia reports F. J. McHugh, superintendent of the Skelton mine for the New River Company near Here, fatally struck by a speeding automobile that fled the scene while he walked home from the mine. A companion saw no identifying marks. authorities began a search for the hit and run driver.
Orn Algeria Dec 31 Two American women cross the Sahara by automobile in what is thought a new record in women adventuring Miss Susan Bragier and Miss Ellen McMillan. They traveled from the Tamaronft route to Gibraltar by auto then by boat to Dakar Senegal and continued toward their daring ride.
Fall, as stated by his attorney William Leahy, remains bedridden with severely affected lungs making travel and work impossible. He attended the Teapot Dome trial in October but relapsed after the mistrial and lay bedridden here for a week before attempting the trip to New Mexico.
A. Parker Gilbert, agent general of reparations, gave Secretary Mellon firsthand information about the Dawes plan operations. The disclosure occurred on December 31 as Gilbert outlined how the plan functions and its current execution status.
The following accounts are before the undersigned commissioner of accounts for settlement Wade F. Smith as executor and administrator of the estate of A J Smith deceased Mrs C H Moore guardian of Alberta Fisher infant Given under my hand this 1st day of December 1927 J Guy Allender commissioner of accounts
Pittsburgh markets livestock data from December 1 show hogs active with most bids 9.00 to 9.60 for various weights, pigs and packing hogs steady, sows 7.50. Cattle none traded, calves 14.50 to 16.50 with 25 to 50 cent declines on some lots, sheep 250 head steady with best lambs at 13.75 and deck averages 12.65 to 12.85. ewes around 7.00.
Pittsburgh dispatch notes a steamer Domra stuck on a ground flat in Gravesend Bay after a collision with the steamship Ireland in the bay. The vessel is reporting distress while waters rise and pumps work to control leaking.
Washington December 31 Counsel for Albert B Fall said today he is still very sick at his New Mexico home and will likely be unable to appear for trial with Harry Sinclair on January 26.
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