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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
2
In New Jersey on July 25 a NY shipbuilding yard employee named William Gest was attacked by strikers while attempting to return to work. He was seized near the yard entrance, beaten, escaped, and was beaten again before police intervened to escort him through the gates. No arrests were reported.
Farmers face a labor shortage as relief payments keep some workers from taking brief jobs. Officials warn that returning workers may struggle to rejoin relief rolls, with orchardists in Berkeley Jefferson and Morgan counties expecting hiring difficulties about 30 days from now.
Teen brothers, both 12, sought their uncle in Texas and stayed overnight after police found no valid address. Officers placed them in custody for the night. they will be returned home. The incident centers on a misaddressed clue and a missing relative.
The youths aimed to recover concealed pipes and tobacco from a home they feared would be deprived. The pipes and tobacco were returned today. The boys pedalled a tricycle from Montrose, taking turns with one riding the cross-bar in the rear. Their journey lasted two days.
County officials discuss funding for airport improvements with WPA projects. Harrison county covers land cost after county courts opposed further expenditures. Planned hard surfaces include two runways 3100 and 900 feet long and a hangar, with $2400 rental deducted from the price leaving $8805 owed.
Col William Donovan the former soldier and governor candidate will be the principal speaker at the American Legion convention in Fairmont on September 14. Governor H G Kump and former Governor John J Cornwell are also on the program.
A dense listing of radio program lines from 5:30 P.M. to midnight featuring stations WBC, KDKA, WGN, WLW, CBS, NBC, WJZ, WFBE, WAVE and others with variety shows, orchestras, and acts. It ends with an RCA tubes price offer noting low prices and an extra 10 percent discount for a set of tubes.
Draft horse business shows a strong rise with rising demand for purebred Percheron horses. Sales and registrations surge sharply year over year, including a Thornton buyer, Robert Hamilton, importing a black two year old mare from H F McCracken West Alexander Pa, sired by Dragon line.
The ways and means subcommittee delays the wage parley report for three weeks. Operators split on enacting the bill with some needing it to keep current wages while others prefer price control via the marketing agency plan. Dozens of wage disputes across production districts must be settled before the negotiation committee can establish the basic scale, with several days needed.
Shaffer newly elected district commander will represent the local district at the national American Legion convention in St. Louis, Missouri, this October. He succeeds George S. White of Philippi, who presided at last night’s business session. Three Grafton Department committees were elected to attend the state convention: credentials C O Phillips, rules Ralph Hameford, grievance Lee E Bennett, resolutions H C Compton Jr, constitution and by laws Raymond Murphy, rehab H H Kerr, Americanism Howard H Kern, distinguished guests Dallas Wolfe, finance Gray Smith. A social session followed the meeting with talks on Legion activities by L O Gastineau, W Stathers, Forrest B Poling, H C Cesling, James McAnally, W C Ingram, and Dallas Wolfe.
In a West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania spread, the testimony cites towns including Fairmont Morgantown Wheeling and Akron and Ambridge Washington and Uniontown. Lias answers calmly when asked for the list of persons who received Christmas baskets in 1931. He says he does not have the list with him. The inquiry questions whether some baskets went to public officials.
The assistant prosecutor cites a “soup list” of more than $5,000 paid to officers to help the Lias business operate unimpeded. Lias denies paying officials, saying funds were for “pick up” men and noting “Soup Day” as a monthly remittance to partner George Seibert. He denies conversations with a revenue agent and asserts his 1931 records were not burned. Defense rests after cross-examination.
The Cafeteria Court opposite the county courthouse was placed under new management after an assignment by former owner Mrs. Cleo Weston. Title transferred to H. R. Parrish of Parrish Realty Company. No reason given. business to continue temporarily under new ownership. Weston, July 25. (P) Baltimore and Ohio railroad employees to hold a rally July 30 with about five hundred workers and families expected.
In a detailed contract bridge scenario West opens with heart strength and South responds with spades. After a series of plays the declarer tries to force two club tricks and diamonds, stripping the hands and managing trumps. The key is West holding the Q J of diamonds and a blocking club sequence to stall the defenders. The only way to defeat the contract would be for East to read diamonds and find the Q J.
Washington reports William N. Beehler requests additional July relief funds due to rising cases in West Virginia coal areas. He notes a slack coal industry boosts relief burdens since May 1, with July general relief at 1.5 million dollars, 60 thousand less than January. WPA work in West Virginia to begin within two weeks after Works Progress Board approval, with 211 projects totalling six million dollars pending presidential final approval.
Ten Taylor county children classified as undernourished by Miss Betty Sharpe, county health nurse, leave Grafton for Camp Randolph near Elkins. The camp, under Major Francis Turner, sits on Shawers Park river in the Monongahela National Forest and hosts about 100 children. Camp Randolph is in Southampton, New York, with health officials citing ill health since last October. Standard Oil fortune heir dies in England. Col. Henry Huddleston Rog Frey, acting administrator for the PRS, inheritor of a large emergency relief fortune, died today. Arthur Draper resigns as editor of the Literary Digest. no immediate plans announced.
Arraigned before Justice S H Wailer in Flemington at 5 yesterday. Robert Davis, a negro, is jailed awaiting the September grand jury on a criminal assault charge filed by a 15 year old Flemington girl. He could not furnish a $5000 bond.
Pure silver proves too soft for commercial use and requires alloying or treatment to achieve necessary durability for industrial applications.
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