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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1933
Page
6
King Alexander of Yugoslavia, just turning 44, admires American cars and films and enjoys soccer, radio, and bridge when time permits. State duties limit leisure as relations with Italy grow delicate. his day begins with an early breakfast and a desk arrival before 8 a.m.
Charles L. Wolfe 71 died at his Barbour County home Tuesday from a heart attack. His daughter Mrs. Joseph Gamsjager of Gratton was advised yesterday. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday at his home with burial in St. John’s Cemetery. He is survived by his wife and his daughter.
The French liner L Atlantique, en route to Havre for overhaul, was wrecked by a fire of undetermined origin in the English Channel. About 170 crew members were rescued by the German steamer Ruhr after abandoning ship. no passengers were aboard. Other boats were believed to have saved the rest of the crew.
Grafton would see a total tax loss of 24,974.39 under the limitations plan, based on E G Kuhn's analysis in The West Virginia School Journal. The comparison shows state, county, municipal, and school levies shifting burden, with the biggest impact on utilities and real estate holders.
The passage discusses valuation changes and a 162 percent decrease in estimates under an amendment, projecting total tax loss of about 20 to 25 percent. It questions whether the next state legislature will raise capitation taxes for all voters to offset revenue losses and what other measures might help levying boards balance budgets for 1933.
The Chicago Herald & Examiner reports bonds and currency totaling $175,000 stolen from registered mail pouches at the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific depot in Minneapolis. Four notches reportedly taken and the loss is not yet fully estimated. The mail was to go to Chicago.
A thermal blaze at the McBeth apartment in downtown San Francisco killed four people by fire or smoke and left five others hospitalized. Several residents leapt from upper story windows into rescue nets as the building burned amid emergency response today.
A farm relief bill establishing minimum prices on major agricultural commodities awaits House debate after a 14 to 8 committee approval. The measure mirrors a domestic allotment plan drafted by farm leaders with Henry Morgenthau Jr. and Governor Roosevelt’s advisor, aiming to raise prices via processing levies and producer premiums for voluntary production cuts.
One man received thirty days on a charge of gate breaking and assaulting an officer. The other six were sentenced to thirty days each but 25 days of every sentence were suspended for fledged gate breaking charges.
State police disclosed wholesale thefts in cattle, hogs, chickens and vegetables across five counties. Tony Whitt and Ed McKinney were arrested, with six others named. two confessed. An improvised slaughter house was found in an old Corrinne mine, confirming more than 25 cattle slaughtered as investigators expanded the case across McDowell, Mercer, Fayette, Raleigh and Wyoming counties.
Judge Joe Kenna of Charleston issues his first writ granting a review in the Mason County case of J. B. Spencer versus Samuel Williams over a $294 land lien. The lower court sustained Williams demurrer. President John H Maxwell granted a review to Lee Rogers in Marion County in a civil suit arising from a automobile accident with Rogers awarded damages.
Harry L. Hopkins told a manufacturers committee on the Lafollette Costigan plan that about 500 000 U S families nationwide should be receiving unemploy ment relief but are not. The session addressed action on pensions emergency officers pay and related relief items.
Christian county has seen a wage dispute flare into violence as the Progressive Miners oppose the United Mine Workers scale. A September march on Taylorville and temporary Peabody mine closures led to guards stationed on site, then withdrawn. Within 24 hours, 12 bombings near Taylorville followed as deputies reported hostilities. miners and guards exchanged fire. Peabody officials fear outbreaks while county officials and guards prepare for return-to-work tensions.
Hearings resumed by the joint committee on economy in government. The Economy League, allied with National Association of Manufacturers and other business groups, urged savings while opposing continued benefits for World War and Spanish American War veterans whose ailments lack service ties. Swanson defended Byrd in the Senate, recounting Byrd’s naval career and advocating that Byrd be allowed to hold his own views on the economy program.
A reader offers a six percent investment comparable to U S Bonds and gilt edge security. Send details to Personal P. O. Box 297 Laney West Virginia for a personal interview. 242-46 Mrs.
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