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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
2
Morgantown on June 1 reports George Novak arrested for riding in the Gilbert Davis mine area. Local authorities conducted the incident briefing and filed preliminary charges.
Charleston reports added returns from Jefferson Greenbrier and Webster counties show former Congressman J Alfred Taylor extending his Democratic nomination lead for governor to about four thousand votes over Dr Gary Hong. With 1 953 of 2 406 precincts counted the Taylor lead grows as Republican contests draw attention statewide.
Returns from about half the precincts show J Alfred Taylor leading Gary Hore for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Fayetteville while Edgar Lawson leads Keaner Hill for Republican state auditor in Charleston. Early counts put Smith over Reed in presidential party totals with Coal and Hoover figures noted.
Judge Will C. Stephenson dismissed a case by Kent P. Johnson of Kenton Ohio against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company over a stock transfer valued at 16 million dollars. The suit sought to invalidate the transfer, and the ruling ends the action.
Mary Frances Randolph 85 of Salem, wife of Jesse FP Randolph and former member of the state legislature and first mayor of Salem, died today at her home. The obituary notes her public service and her long connection to Salem politics.
Major Charles A Lutz commander of Brown Field Quantico Virginia wins the Curtiss marine trophy race sea plane classic on the Potomac in Washington D C. He flies a Curtiss Hawk at an average speed of 157 6 miles per hour from a field of 17 starters.
Reports from Peking indicate Chang Tso Lin the Northern dictator will abdicate with a formal withdrawal announcement expected tonight. Northern leaders seek to establish a new government including Tuan Chi Jut, once premier and war minister, who led Peking’s regime before.
Mrs John E Cutlip of Charleston West Virginia endorses Dr Pierce Pleas Pellets as a mild laxative that gently stirs the diet, regulates the bowels, and relieves constipation. She marks them the best regulator for the system and bowel health. Advertises 60 pellets for 30 cents through all dealers.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a man who followed the seas under the Rtars and Strines, labeled as Walle. He is described as born in Michigan and connected to San Francisco, with unclear details about departure or later life.
The Sentinel report on Oran McCormick’s old timers party in Thursday’s issue omitted two invited guests due to an oversight. The names lost by the reporter are M. E. McClaine of the city and Charles Crites of Patersburg.
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