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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1935
Page
1
Floods and high heat kill and injure across the nation. Six drowned in southern New York as cars swept away and a bridge collapsed. Damage and power disruptions spread through eastern and central New York, Pennsylvania, and beyond as storms reopen old flood risks.
Washington reports President Roosevelt plans a western itinerary this summer including the pause for a Milwaukee Young Democratic Clubs meeting on August 23. A Pacific coast trip to San Diego and a Boulder Canyon dam visit in Colorado are planned with a possible cruise and return via the Panama Canal.
Three American missionary groups the Episcopal Church Cove nant Mission Society and Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri face grave danger as the Yangtze floods breach dikes protecting Shasi in Hupeh province. Millions affected nationwide with wide property loss. among the dead are numerous locals and 12 American missionaries initially reported safe.
Stephen R. Dawson, former state department commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said the creation of a state department of Sons of Veterans is practically assured. Five camps of the junior organization will be sponsored in West Virginia by the Wheeling unit to comply with state law and obtain a charter.
A 17 year old girl, Catherine Parks, a Huntington Park dancing student, admitted shooting Glenn Wrenger, 15, who police say was an alleged peeping Tom outside her bathroom window in Los Angeles. Police Chief Harold Atkinson noted the confession after she fired on the intruder.
Benwood residents expect more leisure as Tri state Asphalt plans a slag dust collection tank. The move follows complaints about blowing slag dust that created a harsh air condition for locals in Benwood on July 8.
A locomotive and part of a Chesapeake and Ohio train rolled several hundred yards before discovering 11 rear cars derailed and toppled beside the tracks at Kanawha Falls. No injuries were reported and the damaged cars prompted an inquest.
Rome reports Italy steps up troop concentrations for action in East Africa with Black Shirt divisions expanding from 12 000 to 15 000 men and four divisions completed. Over 3 000 soldiers depart to Africa as Mussolini pledges a decisive struggle before the rainy season ends in September.
An airplane was used today to speed up the works relief program in West Virginia. The craft, loaned to F Wit cher McCullough, state works program administrator, carried applications for 244 projects to Washington. Expenditures of 7 900 000 are requested, with potential jobs for 15 000 men if approved, including 93 road and highway projects and 151 sanitation, school repairs, women’s projects and community centers.
In Birmingham on July 8 a condemned killer Richards Carrafour of Stockton California shot himself after snatching a gun from a guard in a failed escape attempt. His partner Wesley Vincent of Shelton Washington fainted as the pair faced death after killing Police man E. J. Harris during a nightclub holdup.
Washington July 8 Rep Rankin says he was reliably informed that certain House Military Committee members who oppose the TVA bill met with power lobbyists at their hotel headquarters night after night. Senate debates regulate utility holding companies as Roosevelt seeks the latter provision. Hearings open tomorrow as House rules committee plans an investigation into lobbying. Rankin criticizes OConnor and others for utilities stance.
Mc Dowell county grand jury convened to probe fourteen murders. Prosecutor Wilson Anderson said formal charges will be brought against Dan Wegner, 62, held for the shooting of his wife Lucinda, 30, and her sister Mary Denton, 25, as the case is presented to the jury.
Traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio main line was halted for hours near Howard's Creek one mile east of White Sulphur Springs after a midnight rainstorm washed away ballast under the rails. Passenger and freight trains were stopped until new foundations could be laid. no damage to homes along the creek was reported by State Police Sergeant M. M. Rairdon.
Lakewood New Jersey July 8 John D Rockefeller Sr is four score and sixteen today and enjoying the best health in years. His routine at Golf House with 25 servants remained unchanged as he nears his day. His son says he hasn t felt better in many years and a dentist report notes his 13 natural teeth. The birthday marks Be eight eight ee the.
Five pirates boarded the Monte Carlo gambling barge off Long Beach at 4 a.m. seized crew members, and escaped with about 32000 dollars in cash and jewelry. The attack, described as piracy on the high seas, involved a fishing boat and a fog cover as the five boarded.
Four women reunified after 1922 met a fatal end when their car plunged 36 feet down an embankment at Point Loma and into the surf in San Diego. While attempting to salvage the wrecked vehicle, garageman William F. England was fatally injured when a crane cable broke and struck him.
The treasury plans to borrow 500 million dollars offering four year five month notes maturing December 15, 1939 at 138 percent interest. Proceeds likely fund the administration's work relief program as announced by Under secretary Thomas Jefferson Cool.
George H. Bender was elected permanent chairman of the Republican Crusaders at Cleveland minor conference. He said the GOP can offer America a recovery plan consistent with constitutional government and criticized Democratic ties to fascist ideals. He praised unemployment insurance old age pensions and slum clearance while condemning inflationary money manipulation by dictators.
In Tacoma July 8, 19: Witnesses are assembling for the trial of Margaret Thulin Waley aged 19 accused of kidnapping George Weyerhaeuser. U S District Attorney Charles Dennis lists 75 witnesses. testimony starts tomorrow after a Friday jury selection.
Kungsholm July 8. R J Reynolds Tobacco Company chairman Eowman Gray, aged 61, died yesterday aboard ship after a heart attack. Gray had been with Reynolds for more than forty years, starting as a salesman.
Boyd Bane a 17 year old of East Clarksburg confessed with another youth to robbing a Charleston filling station operator Friday night near the Daniel Boone hotel. They held the operator with a gun and took 105 dollars cash and 36 dollars in checks from the register before fleeing across the street and hiding behind a signboard as two cruiser cars arrived in response to the alarm. Authorities say another youth remains at large as the investigation continues.
Washington July 8 labor leaders view with apprehension signs of a threatened rift in the American Federation of Labor. The controversy pits industrial and craft unionists over organizing by industry or by craft. Bitterness has risen to the point where some authorities urge a drastic policy change to preserve harmony.
Secretary Morgenthau told the House Ways and Means Committee that wealth distribution taxes could raise substantial annual revenue to meet current expenditures and reduce the national debt. He warned against delaying recovery, urging careful tax increases that do not hinder economic return while cutting borrowings. Republicans in Washington quickly embraced the debt reduction concept and criticized government interference with business.
Roscoe Nelson 32 formerly of Elkins and a Sutton Construction employee died at Grafton City Hospital after an on site injury June 19 at the $15 million Tygarts Valley flood control dam. The accident, initially thought trivial, worsened prompting hospitalization and medical care.
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