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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1936
Page
3
The Sentinel invites notices for family reunions in its social calendar and reports scattered rainfall across Charleston Huntington Parkersburg Morgantown Martinsburg and other towns. It covers marriage announcements, church circle meetings, a Webster church session, a July 4th reunion at Harmony Grove, and a Carmichael auditorium show with Floyd Hallowell’s orchestra.
Edward Headley, representing the Grafton Kiwanis club, shared a full report on the recent international convention in Washington, praising J Ednar Hoover for his career based police view. Headley noted a White House visit and President Roosevelt's address, and urged Kiwanis to support educated, courteous policing. The club voted to continue weekly dinners at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn through the summer unless invited elsewhere.
Floods sweeping wide areas of South Texas killed six people and endangered more as rivers rose after cloud bursts. A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed near Kyle killing Walter Wiley Teague and a Mexican, with three other bodies recovered. Drowning across Gonzales and Piedras Negras area reported. thousands of acres of corn and cotton washed away and cattle losses estimated.
Grafton City Hospital superintendent Mrs. Corinne Stafford reported total earnings of 2720.25 for the month ending yesterday. Charity charges 265 and compensation patients 127. Current and previous accounts totaled 1902.38. Seventy one admissions and seventy four discharges occurred with 24 in hospital now. One death and twenty two major operations plus forty four minor procedures were performed, including five obstetrical cases.
John T. Moore, 77, longtime resident of Taylor and Barbour counties, died after a prolonged illness at his Simpson area farm. Born October 20, 1859 in Virginia, he leaves his widow Vina Fitzwater and siblings Eugène Moore and George Moyer. Funeral services at Criss M. E. church Friday at 11 p.m. Interment Criss cemetery. Bartlett Funeral Co. of Grafton directing.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Poland announce the birth of a daughter at their home in Tunnelton on Sunday morning.
July 2 Circles 1 and 3 of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Methodist Protestant church meet at Mrs. D. I. Bayley's home 309 West Washington at 7 30 p m. July 2 Friendship Bible class of the First Christian church meets at the church 8 p m hosted by W. A. Harrison and R. B. Knight. July 3 Weekly Sewing club meets with Mrs. Earl DeMoss on East Lincoln street at 8 p m. July 4 Currey reunion at Harmony Grove starts 11 a m.
Wayne Sincel of Walnut street leaves for Charleston W Va for a brief visit, returning later in the week. County Agent James L. Copeman is a business visitor in Clarksburg. Glenn Shaver of Fairmont tours the county for State Road Commission work. Constable C. C. Whitescarver visits Clarksburg on business. Lulu Fralinger spends the weekend in Hundred with Dr. Mary Fortney, returning via Wheeling. Mrs John K. Harder of Detroit vacations with her parents in Clarksburg. Pvt Hayward Cross of Fort Myer arrives for a 15 day leave with parents on Warder avenue. Mary Elizabeth Shroyer visits grandparents Delbert and Mrs Lough of West Gratton. Mrs F W Rosenberger of Gasaway is guest of daughter in Watkins street. Mr and Mrs O W Hoffman and son Robert return from Washington DC after their daughter's graduation there. Miss Helen Jean Campbell and David Lough visit Pittsburgh hosts. Mrs Harry A Ringler admitted to Grafton City Hospital, progressing well. Miss Mary Jane Spaur drives to Philippi for a driving test with companion Miss Mary Elizabeth Hoffman.
Democrats of Wayne and Mingo counties will select delegates to the 24th judicial circuit conventions and state meeting today and tomorrow in magisterial district sessions.
A car driven by John Earl Gawthrop ran off Route 50 in Prunty Town and struck a light pole, bringing wires down and blocking the highway. Eyewitnesses reported many cars parked at the scene before clearance. Gawthrop said he fell asleep at the wheel. No injuries were reported and the car damage was slight.
Rome reports Italy’s press minister Dino Alfieri sent a telegram to the Geneva consul expressing personal sympathy and solidarity with Italian journalists imprisoned after a League of Nations demonstration. The Italian Journalist Syndicate planned a protest march in response to arrests.
Actress Helen Hayes aims to press the $100,000 alienation of affections suit before a Chicago hearing. Charles MacArthur, her husband, flew from Hollywood to testify as the case, pending since 1932, concerns their six year old daughter and family privacy.
Topeka Kansas opened its new fiscal year on a pay-as-you-go basis with a surplus reported in the treasury. State accountant A R Jones said the exact surplus to the general revenue fund had not yet been determined.
Washington July 1 Contempt citations voted by the house over a month ago against Dr F E Townsend old Mrs Emma Scott Rose 82 died age pension leader and two of his aides will not be submitted to a federal grand jury until next fall Ogden Utah July 1 In disclosing that it would be impossible to present the cases at this session United States district attorney Leslie C Garett emphasized there was no intention of dropping the action
Mrs Rose, mother of Mrs Mabel Scott Snyder, 52, and her husband Adam Snyder, 82, were bludgeoned to death yesterday. A search for George Mortensen, 37, son in law of the Snyders, centered in Salt Lake City after reports he was seen there. Mortensen, a cosmetics salesman, faces a murder charge after his wife Grace Snyder, 25, testified he did it. Grace said her husband drank too much and sought refuge at her parents' home. Only Betty Becker, Mortensen's eight year old deaf mute daughter by a former marriage, survived.
With bass season opening Sunday the county court clerk’s office posted a profitable June as licenses were sold. State licenses went to 115 men and 34 women, 96 resident district licenses issued, and one non resident license granted.
Cooler weather spread into the parched south today with a general drop in temperatures noted from the Upper Mississippi valley to the Georgia and Carolinas coast. The Florida peninsula western Louisiana and eastern Texas were the only areas reporting general rains yesterday.
John H. Whitt a Norfolk and Western freight clerk pulled a man from between the rails as a passenger train neared. The unidentified man boarded the train without showing any ID and escaped harm.
A. F. Marshall director of the Pocahontas industrial exhibit said 128 booths will be open for the August 20 to 22 event sponsored by the Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute. Police report a man wounded in Hemphill after a knife attack during an argument.
Senator James J. Davis addresses the Moose international convention at Mooseheart Illinois praising Child City and urging help for underprivileged American children. About 1,200 delegates from 1,600 lodges in the United States Canada and the British Isles attend as the gathering runs through Saturday.
Claude R. Kramer a 56 year old organizer for the committee on unionization of the steel industry says he was ejected from a Steubenville hotel and driven from town Eight men allegedly burst into his room last night escorted him to the railroad station police arrested him and held a hearing before a man posing as the mayor at Hollidays Cove West Virginia Kramer says he refused to depart and remains in the area awaiting further action
Chicago report says Jack Byers, 35, was shot dead today in front of Thomas Spade’s home. Mrs Jennie Spade, 22, said her husband was provoked by Byers' attention to her, detailing a fatal jealousy incident in the street.
George Jones, a dam worker, paid a $5 fine in police court this morning for fighting on Main Street last night. Charles Hammond, Jones’s alleged combatant, will have witnesses heard later. Hammond gave his account to the mayor who ordered corroborating witnesses. Hammond said Jones attacked first. Jones struck and missed. Hammond knocked him unconscious for about eight minutes. Jones spent the night in jail. Other docket items: E. M. McAvoy fined $5 for drunkenness. Jim Hamilton arrested yesterday for similar charges but not brought before the mayor this morning. W. W. Logan, released for assault on his wife, was back in jail last night. trial set for later.
Wilmington July 1 The Columbus county terrorism inquiry ends its chapter as a grand jury disbands. Foreman Hackett Applewhite says records will pass to August successors. Sheriff John W. Hall recalls first information from a court trial when a woman was ordered to remove her hat revealing shaved hair. Judge R Hunt Parker orders a broader probe.
Aeromodelists from United States England France Canada and New Zealand compete for the Wakefield trophy at the 1936 national model airplane contests in Detroit. Chester Lanzo, 22, of Cleveland set a new world record of 48 minutes 45 seconds for enclosed fuselage models.
Strong winds toppled a tree at the entrance of the National cemetery on Walnut street and other city areas were affected. Despite the damage, the rain’s relief outweighed harm as creeks dried, river levels fell, lawns yellowed from drought, and gardens suffered from heat. Continued rainfall is seen as likely to bring back normal conditions, according to informed sources.
A 10 minute rain turned streets into streams and cooled temperatures to 65 while the heat wave peaked at 100 in Charleston Williamson Huntington and other towns. The storm drenched northern and central sections causing damage in Kingwood.
President Roosevelt indicated relief funds could cover cattle purchases and relief programs as 100000 families face hardship. Hopkins pledged to do all needed without cost limits while farmers urged monthly relief payments from 16 to 30 dollars, with some proposing 30 dollars and others 16. Cattle purchases could cost 20 to 30 million dollars. If drought lasts ten days, crop conditions may rival 1934. Prices have not yet spiked, wheat damage not sufficient to raise bread prices yet.
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