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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1947
Page
5
The state initiates a new tax collection regime with beer and cigarette taxes rising to fund educational aid. Each county will receive aid based on enrollment, teacher salaries, and population density, while the state's overall aid bill climbs by over 14 million annually to a maximum of 34,721,000 for upcoming years.
The high court upholds a second degree murder ruling in the killing of Sergeant Horne and rejects claims of insanity. The opinion notes the state proved the facts surrounding the killing and mental capacity beyond reasonable doubt, while acknowledging the circuit court trial was not perfect. The jury found McCauley sane, and the rejection of some testimony was not grounds for reversal.
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, chairing the Citizens Emergency Committee for universal military training, urges Congress to speed defense legislation warning that each month's delay on the training bill risks a dangerous step toward a possible third world war.
Judge Lovins upheld a guilty verdict despite questionable testimony and questioned tactics in a motor theft arrest. The opinion notes a DPS officer may arrest without a warrant on reasonable felonious grounds. Separate items describe a dawn search by 350 personnel for a missing girl, bloodhounds en route, a comatose Tolan, and potato wart linked to immigrant miners.
Keefer and a party, including Lee Gaither and his son Jin, helped recover a child found on a steep 38 degree ridge above the Tolan cabin. The child was taken to hospital in a pinafore and overalls. Sheriff’s officers from three counties, lumberjacks, and about 150 people searched creek areas as a sound truck requested volunteers for the remote northeastern California search.
A photo of Speaker Joe Martin of Massachusetts accompanies reports that the Senate passed a presidential succession bill. The measure now goes to the Central Press for further consideration, heightening Martin's potential to assume the chief executive role.
Charleston July 1 The commission authorized Chesapeake and Pagina Telephone Co to raise rates and add charges for fax connections and moving instruments. The new schedule boosts revenues by about 459 600 a year, against 765 099 asked last January 10. The increases apply to present operations, with long distance not affected and the case kept open for possible future changes.
OPS TRY continues. Details mention a ten cent royalty per ton for welfare and retirement funds and payments under a 1946 contract. Reports say Benjamin F. Fairless and George M. Humphreys discussed wage concessions with Lewis, but no confirmation of any offer or meeting is given.
The subject appears bound for jail amid indications he denied hearing any offer related to a pending case.
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