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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel publishes weekly in Grafton West Virginia with Howard H Holt as publisher. It is a member of the Associated Press and reserves rights for republication and dispatches. letters to the editor are welcome but limited to 500 words.
A collection of notes on religious guidance and public figures. Secret prayers cite Matthew six six. Senor Sandino reenters public view proposing a Nicaraguan canal funded by Latin nations, while the U S may oppose him. Also praised are Owen Young Owen Wister and Herbert Putnam for public service and the Library of Congress. The article discusses attitudes toward business leaders and highlights the Van Sweringen brothers as impactful urban developers transforming Cleveland into a model for future city growth.
The Clarksburg Exponent questions the mind-set of business leaders as creative geniuses yet asks whether they must bow to writers. The remark suggests tension between industry innovation and literary scrutiny within urban civilization.
Sergt Arnold Moore of the state police at Eaking captured Robert Millson and Howard Duell near Hodgeville after they escaped from the county jail in Buckhannon. They allegedly stole an automobile from A R Felton on the Beverly pike near Elkins and had broken into a summer residence of W O Hinkle and stolen provisions. Sheriff H A Zickafoose identified them. two others remain at large. William Fox, New York theatrical magnate, was seriously injured in a nearby automobile crash near Roslyn. his chauffeur died.
Philippi resident W B Corder a farmer and once a justice of the peace, left five predeceased children and his widow. Surviving are brother James B Corder of Pine Ridge South Dakota and sister Almira Bailey of Flemington. Corder served Barbour County as assessor from 1888 to 1892, elected to the House of Delegates in 1894, state senator for the 13th district in 1900, and sheriff from 1908 to 1912.
Morgantown on July 17 testimony in the trial of James Greathouse 18 charged with killing Charles Cassidy last April was finished. After counsels summations the case will go to the jury. Defense witness Dr J W Hartigan opined Greathouse was not responsible for the killing. The defendant reaffirmed an alleged confession saying he shot Cassidy four times struck him with an iron bar and left the body on a country road after taking 10 from Cassidy’s pockets.
William Fox, magnate of theater and film, suffered serious injuries in a collision near Mineola New York with a possible skull fracture and brain hemorrhage reported by Dr William M Post. Fox was in critical condition at Nassau County Hospital.
Baker and associates faced six to seven months for appeal delays while Seltzer and Matson were released after jail booking. They defended their press criticism as protection of freedom against an alleged unlawful injunction. The judge urged punishment for contempt, arguing lower courts may convict even when not pending. Cline urged commensurate punishment, noting no apology or testimony was offered.
Crowds lined Cincinnati streets as motor boats carried spectators while three airplanes overvied the scene. The Tom Greene fired its start cannon and the prows raced toward a finish so close that the winner remained in doubt until officials announced the result.
London reports say discussions on naval reductions between Ambassador Dawes and Prime Minister MacDonald progress but remain secret. Embassy staff endured a panic inside during a demonstration as security forces struggled to contain disruption. No public confirmation or details on communications to Washington were available.
New London Connecticut July 17 Progress in tax reform has been slow in the United States Governor Harry Flood Byrd Virginia today told the governors conference here The work of revising and modernizing archaic systems of taxation has only begun in this country and the highly unsatisfactory general property tax which should have been discarded years ago still is in general use in most of the states of the union State rates are generally low in the general property tax plans but when local levies are laid upon the same property the rates always are high and when the local rates are applied to intangible personal property they are found to be confiscatory Byrds talk was on the plan of segregating a collection so that an amicable collection method would be adopted by districts cities and entire state to relieve taxpayers of the burden of duplicating payments on property Commissioner William H Blodgett Connecticut warned the governors against allowing the national authorities to encroach on state rights in the matter of taxation saying the estate tax has no business in the federal government program in time of peace It should be saved for war emergency and dropped when peace begins Governor George E Shafer North Dakota warned against encroachment by the federal government on states rights in gasoline taxation pointing out the need by states of collections on gasoline for maintenance of highways and for construction of new highways and of the advantage the gas tax has in reducing local real estate taxes Harry F Guggenheim of New York president of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for the promotion of aeronautics spoke on a vacation.
Leonard Ice, 16, and Chas Naggy, both of Lumberport, were arrested by Capt. C. T. Morehead and state troopers after allegedly stealing a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad payroll check. The pair, accused of forging endorsements and cashing the check at a Clarksburg bank, face preliminary hearings before Magistrate J. H. Byers in Lumberport. Ice faces an existing felony charge and authorities suspect involvement in other Lumberport robberies.
Captain Lewis A. Yancey and Roger Q. Williams departed Rome at 8:15 a m aboard the Pathfinder aiming for Paris with a Marseilles route via about 800 miles. They stopped in Old Orchard and Santander on the way and were welcomed by French officials Armeno Lotti and Rene Lafevre at Le Bourget.
A Bucharest dispatch reports four workmen died and eleven were injured when the Regina Maria Theater under construction collapsed in Vienna yesterday. The disaster followed a bridge between auto and train wrecks on July 17 near Niagara Falls with multiple fatalities and injuries. Names and addresses of the deceased and injured are given in later lists.
Marion Bodmer, raised as a girl for 19 years after a birth announcement error, graduated from the local high school as a girl. His father G A Bodmer, the town's chief burgess, takes the blame, saying his wife lacked courage to change the birth notice. The ruse emerged when Marion tried to enter a boys school and later shunned female company.
The board warned that deliberate action is expected and its decision should trigger many conferences with agricultural leaders. Regional commodity meetings are planned to follow, outlining next steps and cooperation across sectors.
Nellie Squires hosted the Good Spirit Club at her Newburg home on Friday evening with games and refreshments. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Turney and several Misses from local families. The Ladies Aid of the M. P. church held a meeting at Mrs. Walter Barker's home with a short business session and social hour. White Mountain Rebekah Lodge installed new officers led by Noble Grand Mrs. Geo. Miter and others.
The Citizens' Bank and Trust board attributed bank strain to unwise gossip and ongoing adverse conditions after the Mediterranean fruit fly outbreak. Directors warned that all depositories would go out of business, reflecting unrest in Meade and Dade City along with ten Florida banks.
Senate Finance Committee heard testimony opposing and supporting the house tariff change on flour milled in bond from Canadian wheat. John Pillsbury argued Cuba would buy directly from Canada if duty applies. he said no Canadian flour enters US markets. B. H. Hogueland urged extending the same duty to Canadian flour bound for export, not just wheat, for a uniform preferential tariff.
Actress Lottie Pickford applied for a marriage license to wed Russell O Gillard, an undertaker aged 33, in Los Angeles. She signed as Lotta Rupp, stated age 23, wore dark glasses, and asked reporters not to publish details, with no wedding plans announced.
Lithuanian Premier Valdemaras accuses Poland or its agents in a note to the League of Nations secretary, amid long standing disputes over Vilna. A May assassination attempt on Valdemaras left his nephew dead, straining Poland Lithuania relations further. A second item notes a local weiner roast hosted by Sunshine Band Class No. 3 and Star Banner Class No. 5 of First Brethren church with attendees from Canton and nearby communities.
A new bus line over the dirt road between Buckhannon and Mabie in Randolph county, linking with the Mabie to Elkins route, was announced by A. H. Tenney, president of Seneca Trails, Inc. It will start about August 1 and run two round trips daily.
A federal court order transfers Frank Cerino and James Bruno to the Wheeling federal court in West Virginia to answer charges of violating the national motor theft act.
Montgomery Alabama July 17 Lester Bouyer 38 confessed to officers that he shot and killed Jack Hines a mechanic near Eufaula last Wednesday night and assaulted seriously wounded Beatrice Clark of Eufaula, Hines companion.
Baltimore July 17 The first attack by a faculty organization on problems of law created by modern life is being made in the institute for the study of law at Johns Hopkins University Studies will cover changes in Blackstone law due to society’s shift from agriculture to a highly organized state with transportation and rapid communication and those from scientific discoveries The institute established in June 1928 aims for far reaching research in human affairs paralleling the medical school’s early work
Shanghai July 17 The North German Lloyd steamer Der flinger bound from Darien to Tsingtao with 42 passengers ran on the rocks at Challentao forty miles from Tsingtao today. Two shells were flooded. Salvage tugs proceed to assist. Passengers taken to Tsingtao by the American destroyer Paul Jones and part of the crew by the American gunboat Hiackhawk.
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