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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1931
Page
2
Washington reports Senator Hull Democrat Tennessee urged a downward tariff revision. He blamed world economic depression for tariff barriers and urged Democrats to adopt a low tariff plank. He favored gradual revision with a fact finding commission and unconditional favored nation policy.
The Presbyterian church in the United States with 2,000,000 communicants endorses members adopting noncombatant views on war and training. The general assembly reaffirmed 1926 opposition to compulsory military training in colleges, while supporting voluntary drill for students and parents. It also asked the board to prepare a program of education on world court and prohibition. A note mentions Mrs. William Dixon and daughter visiting Grafton.
The listing shows a dense radio program schedule across multiple stations including WEAF and WABC with numerous performances, orchestras, and dramatic features throughout the afternoon and evening. A separate note reports the merger of City-County Bank with Marshall County Bank, valued at $76,000 plus assets, with a 10-year branch lease requirement in the City-County building.
In Wheeling on June 2 P J McGuire of Brooksle county a Democratic member of the house of delegates remained in hospital with injuries from an automobile crash in which his car left the road and struck a pole. His condition was reported not serious.
Pittsburgh and Hanover researchers push streamlining to cut air resistance as standard American trains target 90 and a new German coach tops 110 miles per hour. Westinghouse labs show 60 mph saves 25 percent and 90 mph saves 35 percent power. the Flying Railway uses a 12 cylinder airplane motor to push a streamlined 50 passenger coach at 110 mph, promising lower operating costs and fuel efficiency with propellers rather than wheels.
Foot itch and athlete's foot relief advertised by Grafton Drug & Chemical Co. The ad touts Dr. Nixon's Nixoderm as rapidly healing and itch stopping with a money back guarantee despite garbled OCR. It emphasizes feet and skin disorders with a Ton London origin claim.
Warner Bros. comedy opens at the Opera House detailing a gallivanting husband and jealous wife as she uses clever schemes to win back love. James Hall stars as the husband with Irene Delroy, in a fresh cast. The cigarette lighter gift becomes a pivotal prop in the plot.
The Supreme Court ruled the Minnesota press suppression law unconstitutional in the case of the Saturday Press of Minneapolis. J M Near argued the statute infringed freedom of the press. Chief Justice Hughes said it amounted to censorship, while Justice Butler dissented upholding liberty and liability under libel law.
Huntington attorney general Howard B. Lee, re elected president of Marshall College Alumni Association. Williamson brothers Carl Brewer and Selwyn Brewer, ages 20 and 28, sentenced to six years each in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of their brother in law Mose Block, 20. Charleston survey of the Kanawha river basin and three other southern West Virginia rivers authorized by State Water Commission. Buckhannon Rev Roy L. McCuskey of Thompson Memorial Church Wheeling elected president of West Virginia Wesleyan College to replace Dr Homer Eaton Wark.
Dr Elmer B Bryan president of Ohio University delivers address at Glenville Teachers College graduation in Buckhannon. Rebel M Ross athletics director at West Virginia Wesleyan resigns in Cameron. Former Mayor John Hutchinson appointed to unexpired term and resigns in Moundville. L Underwood principal of Moundville High School also resigns.
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