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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1932
Page
1
In Louisa Kentucky authorities probe the 26 year old Maude Webb death in a farm well. Farm owner Charles Walker and others face questions over a suspected poisoning. Initial inquiry found uncertain poison sources as officers pursue leads. A separate windstorm earlier injured two men as year ends.
A tornado across sections of the southeast leaves at least five people dead and 60 injured. Among the dead are Mrs Anse Everett near Magee and two children, Paul Brown and a one year old, as a farm home collapses. Two Negro workers and a child are noted among the injured, with extensive property damage reported near Magee and Rankin. Continued on.
The item notes TSONS SURE VICTORY with plans for a bridge match tonight and Friday. It mentions Mrs Ely and Culbertson in relation to the event and implies cancellations or adjustments to the schedule amid various engaged parties.
Extensive search to trace origin after a series of mail bombs shocks a nation. Six more deadly packages seized, targeting Chicago figures and Italian officials. Explosives intercepted before use, connected to anti fascist conspiracy linked to New York shipments and Detroit Cleveland finds.
Washington forces on both sides push for votes on television bills. Representative Cochran of Missouri, a Democratic expenditures chair, cites the new rule allowing a vote on petition by 145 members. The House Judiciary Committee plans January 7 meeting to review its programs including prohibition.
In a citywide holiday observe, most business houses and offices closed while streets emptied of traffic and authorities stood ready. At midnight whistles on factories and trains paused for three minutes as church bells tolled out the old year and horns sounded for the new. Court house offices dark, magisterial courts not in session, and city hall deserted. police kept watch with little to do as the year turned, with New Year license changes ahead and a restrained, cautious mood pervading the scene. Continued on Page Two.
Regulations by the state road commission require truck operators for hire on fixed routes to obtain certificates of public conveyance and a class I license. The rule took effect today as 60 applications were filed and several hearings have been held with more to come.
A life size bust of Mary Gail Durbin graces a granite column on West Main street while a second column bears a carving of a Greek figure. Local artist George Blaney recalls the creation under German sculptor, with midsummer beer breaks noted.
Mukden dispatch reports Japanese cavalry crossing the Paling River and halting near Chinchow on the Manchurian frontier. An advance patrol camps north of the river as most of the brigade plans to cross tonight and move at dawn, with Chinese defenders retreating from the walls. Major Miyake asserts the campaign will pursue bandits beyond the Liao river if needed.
President Hoover and Mrs Hoover welcomed diplomats officials and visitors at a New Year reception as steady rain fell in Washington. Ambassador Di Martino of Italy was first to greet the President in the Blue Room while a line formed for public access later in the afternoon.
London news notes Lady Rhondda, viscountess and Time and Wide editor, urging a simplified approach to arms cuts for the upcoming disarmament conference. The article highlights her liberal views, wealth, board roles, and active public life as she calls on experts to stay focused.
Roland Benjamin Schaffer a 25 year old English and German instructor at the University of Arkansas Milwaukee resident, committed suicide after a New Year party incident. He shot himself in his rooming house after a young woman he brought to the revelry left with another escort. He left a note and poem not made public and an engagement ring directing his funeral compliance.
In downtown Pittsburgh a New Year’s Eve dance dissolved into a bottle fight between two men. William F WakeWhield, 20, a State College student from Dormont, sustained possible brain concussion and faces a disorderly conduct charge. Harry Rubin, 49, was punched and injured his hand.
J. R. Moorhead, 86, once with the Galena Signal Oil Company and later connected with General Charles Miller, died yesterday at his Warren, Pennsylvania home. A Civil War veteran, he had a long career in military and industry circles.
Nine persons die in a car accident when a vehicle slides from a road into the Illinois River near Chicago on New Year’s Eve. Three others are injured, including two families from Michigan and Ohio. Names include Clarence Postmann and the Schiller family. The incident caps a deadly start to the new year with fatalities from drowning and traffic accidents.
The Cincinnati police reported sticks of dynamite and battery fuses found yesterday in a refuge can behind a mission merchant house. Authorities believe the devices related to a recent robbery.
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