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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
1
A dynamite blast at a road project on state route 72 near Nesterville Barbour County killed Strother Ramsey 30 of Wolfe Run Belington and injured two other workers, Joseph Martin 35 Dartmoor seriously and Jiff C Marsh Nesterville lightly. Ramsey fired a boiler for the construction crew. Authorities deem no inquest necessary.
Mrs Bruno Hauptmann and her son Mannfried visit friends in Philadelphia before traveling to the death house at Trenton New Jersey to see Bruno Hauptmann. They prepare for a final appeal in the high profile murder case.
City officials head to Charleston for a budget making study under the aegis of the League of State Municipalities. Delegates planned to review municipal finance methods and share practical approaches to budgeting in a statewide cooperative program.
Emperor Haile Selassie urged Ethiopians to follow him into battle to defend independence. He spoke before parliament and soldiers, vowing to lead troops and urging unity, saying it is noble to die for liberty and to resist Italian aggression.
Mayor E Otto Waugh Finance Commissioner Charles E Ray and City Attorney W Merle Watkins travel to Charleston for an all day West Virginia League of Municipalities session. They seek competent help drafting the 1935 36 city budget and hope to learn why Main Street project delays persist while consulting Road Chief Ernest L Bailey regarding Route 56 control and repayment.
Washington reports utility bond salesman R P Herron testified before the senate lobby committee that he burned records connected to a campaign against the utility holding company bill. He said he sent more than 1000 telegrams from Warren Pay to congress members opposing the bill, claiming they were signed or authorized by those named from the city telephone directory. He acknowledged destroying unsigned telegrams and copies to remove evidence of an investigation.
A circuit court of appeals held the Tennessee Valley Authority power sale constitutional, reversing Judge Grubb of the Northern District of Alabama. Alabama Power Company stockholders had challenged Congress authority over TVA. The ruling, affecting electric utilities and consumers, leaves Supreme Court review pending. Another case involves Forrest Welles, a Boston singer, questioned over the murder alleged by his former girlfriend Hazel Ammons.
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