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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1933
Page
1
Fairmont field leaders from the West Virginia Coal Association and operators approved a tentative union and non union code to raise basic daily wage to 3.84 dollars with a 40 cent regional differential and 24 cent Fairmont premium. The measure affects about 20 000 miners and spans eight hour days while awaiting a formal hearing in Washington.
In Oraville M C on July 29, two masked robbers entered Merchants Farmers Bank after opening. They shot cashier Barnes in the arm and side and wounded Salem, the assistant cashier, in the abdomen. Both were taken to Statesville Hospital. Officials believe no money was taken.
Logan July 29 three inmates escaped through a hole in the wall of the Logan county jail. The men named are Julius Lucas serving 12 years for murder of George Post er, Troy Belcher serving five years for wounding Amis Porter, and Jack Shepherd sentenced to five years for robbing a filling station.
The National Recovery Administration ruled that equitable readjustment of pay in upper brackets should be left largely to employer discretion. The interpretation, issued after many signings and with Roosevelt’s wage and hour plan, notes employers must comply with hour limits while setting new pay scales. A Detroit visit by Hugh S. Johnson followed, as the code for fair competition across industries moved toward implementation.
Pittsburgh July 29. Trapped in a Hamp ton township cottage by fire early today Oliver Horn 23 and his wife Edna 22 were seriously injured. Mrs Horn leaped through a closed ground floor window and suffered severe lacerations. Her husband followed. Assistant fire chief J. J. Pfeiffer estimated damage at 1000 dollars and blamed a short circuit.
A telegram from J R Maddox manager of O J Morrison Store Company to President Franklin D Roosevelt expresses support for the National Recovery Act. It states the company will adjust its wage and living standards to a higher level and maintain it, aiming to lift the nation's mood after three years.
Washington July 20 The National Recovery Administration plans to defer final rulings on railroad labor and rate jurisdiction to President and public utilities commissions. NRA will not oversee rate disputes and discourages use of the NRA eagle in advertising as a sign of compliance. Regulators may bar such use if local opinion supports enforcement and fraud is not involved.
Captain Arnold announces the Salvation Army sponsored playground and health camp at Stone House south of the city will be ready for occupancy on July 29 and August 7. About 100 children aged 6 to 15 will begin using the camp as it opens, with a large dining hall and grounds under supervision. The Rotary club contributed to the camp site and program planning, with daily activities mapped out under selected captains. Some summer weeks will see the camp open to overworked mothers and their children for rest and recuperation.
Jimmy Mattern the American round the world flyer departed Winnipeg at 6 30 a m bound for Toronto via Pembine North Dakota and Duluth. He flew with Pat Reid a Canadian airman and expected to reach Toronto that evening.
Buck Barrow the gang leader of the bloody Barrow gang died in a Perry Texas hospital from infection of a head wound after gunfights at Platte City Missouri and Dexfield Park. Police sought other gang members as Barrow lapsed into a coma after a Monday Dexfield Park clash with about 20 officers leaving his wife a prisoner and three others escaping.
The Aluminum Company of America announced an 11 percent wage and salary increase for its 18,000 employees, effective August 1. The statement noted that during 1931 and 1932 the company reduced wages and salaries by 2 percent as general business declined to a far greater extent than 200 percent.
At Clarksburg a July 29 conference of land owners and federal forest service reps discussed plans for a vast new unit of the Monongahela National Forest. Randolph said nearly 500000 acres could be bought for federal use, with $20 million set aside nationwide. The land would mostly lie in Randolph Pocahontas Webster Greenbrier Nicholas Upshur and Braxton counties. A landowners committee was appointed to act.
Federal control over oil production was reportedly planned under a special administrative agency with James A. Moffett as supervisor. Moffett had resigned as vice president of Standard Oil of New Jersey after disputes with Walter C. Teagle over recovery policy, with the fate of the administrator to be determined by President Roosevelt.
George Rendle, 50, of Railroad street, Fetterman, a machinist in the Baltimore and Ohio shops, suffered facial and shoulder burns when a stem clock blew steam from an engine at 9 this morning. He was treated at City Hospital and sent home, with a few days off expected. Also a note that Billy the cat performs at San Quentin, clears 5 feet 1 1/4 inches.
The retail merchants of Grafton pledged full cooperation with President Roosevelt's National Recovery Drive at a Friday night meeting in the circuit court room. More than 150 merchants and employees attended as E. Bailey Wyckoff presided, with C. A. Keefer named chairman and John W. McCafferty secretary. Postmaster A. Leuthardt outlined the blanket code and groups set opening and closing hours by class to be in force until national codes supersede them.
Wage boosts for an additional 10 000 miners were ordered in the Beckley district yesterday affecting 320 mines under the New River Operators Association. Previous notice had 7 500 miners in the Winding Gulf fields notified of raises effective August 1. Wages average 45 cents an hour for mine motormen with fixed rates of 3 60 dollars for an eight hour day in New River and 35 to 45 cents in the Gulf. Operators say the move aligns with President Roosevelt and aims to raise employment.
In Home Stead, Frances Perkins meets six Slovak steel workers after a 10 hour day at Carnegie Steel plants Homestead and Duquesne. Joined by Rep Henry Ellenbogen Burgess John Cavanaugh and Rev Francis Haas, she asks workers to speak candidly to their priest-like advisor.
In Fayette county Pennsylvania the coal strike spreads with 12,000 workers walking off. Governor Pinchot orders 300 National Guard troops as Sheriff Hackney resists removing deputies under martial law. Six strikers wounded as patrols arrive. mines in the zone are now closed.
Oil City Pennsylvania July 28 officials from Routh Penn Oil company said they will maintain normal production in all eastern fields despite a 15 percent rise in all Pennsylvania oil grades. They cite strong demand and tight supply with prices at $2 in Bradford Alleghany and $1.92 in Oil City, a high since April 25, 1932. No reductions expected at this time.
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