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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1935

Page

2

Democrats Plan New Deal Rally at Grafton Park

Taylor county Democrats abandon Labor Day plans and set a New Deal celebration at Grafton Park on Saturday September 21 inviting President Roosevelt or a cabinet member if he cannot attend. W J Hussion chairs the general committee with named subcommittees for program finance entertainment publicity PR public relations and banquet. The all day event includes noon picnic dinner contests band concerts and short talks culminating in a 6 30 pm banquet at the Moose Home.

Taylor County Grafton Park Roosevelt W. J. Hussion Kump United States Ben Harry Friedman W. J. Gates Carl Wince S. J. Friedman Delbert Lough Frank Davisson Ralph Cline Florence H. Wilkinson Frank M. Hollis, Jr Fred Schroeder C. E. Smith Ray W. Garvin Aldine S. Poling Charles E. Hodges

Triosight HoldUp Fight in Peoria Stadium

Three payroll robbers shot at police in Peoria Illinois today wounding a guard and a woman. One suspect Ed Mace of Kansas City captured after being wounded. Nearly $25 000 taken from a guard’s bag with much money scattered. Robbers fled as officers returned fire in an alley near the bank.

Peoria Ed Mace Kansas City Joseph Backus John Edinburgh Waylard Charles Esken Backus Ed Ryan Empire Commercial National Bank Leo Kamins John Lewis

Bachman Says Lias Case Isn’t On Square

Defense attorney Carl Bachman in a Wheeling tax evasion trial argues the case isn’t on the square as closing arguments precede jury deliberations. Prosecutors claim William Lias operated a numbers business while in federal prison in 1952 for a liquor violation.

Elkins Carl Bachman William Bill) Lias Bachman Congress Robert J. Riley Lias Federal

Tragic Life on Lake Singletary Mirrors American Tragedy

Newell P. Sherman, his wife Alice, and a canoe on Lake Singletary figure in a confession from Sherman of drowned wife to pursue Esther Magill. The tale, staged as a life drama, echoes Theodore Dreiser's novel. Sherman is shown in Sutton police station with Mrs. Sherman and the canoe pictured.

Newell P. Sherman Sutton Mass Alice Lake Singletary Esther Magill Theodore Dreiser Sherman

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