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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1928
Page
4
The Grafton Daily Sentinel announces publication details through 102 Latrobe Street with market rates, Associated Press affiliation, and ad policies. It lists mailing options, editor relationships, and deadlines for classified and removal notices.
A jumble of 1920s notes covers faith in aviation as the Southern Cross flight nears Australia, Dwight Morrow’s potential State Department post, President Coolidge’s quiet Wisconsin retreat, summer playgrounds, daylight saving debates in Indianapolis, and interurban rail and air links shaping daily life with emphasis on mass activities, public policy, and transportation progress.
The piece notes a trolley line linking ten Ohio cities to Cleveland airport, hub of Detroit-Laving air lines, with minor schedule changes and advertising. It argues private aviation will grow slowly and critiques presidential primaries. It mentions European industry postwar recovery and broad concerns about speculative investments in America.
The Morgantown New Dominion discusses how WV voters may back presidential candidates like Joll and Smith yet the official canvass will determine actual delegate allocations. It argues for direct delegates at large and district selections aligned with popular wins to avoid ignoring voter choices in national conventions.
A writer in Good Housekeeping argues that people know how to earn money but not how to keep it and make it work. The piece advises consulting bankers for safe investments and warns against acting on friends tips, noting potential losses and urging caution with financial advice.
William G. Lee longtime head of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen loses to A. F. Whitney by 24 votes at the triennial convention in Cleveland. Whitney wins 486 to 462 after a three year term and had been a rival candidate at a prior convention. Lee, allied with the Big Four presidents, had led the union for nineteen years amid a contentious race.
L. W. Housel faced no opposition in the Democratic primary for governor, securing the nomination without contest. The result highlights his strong party support and market for the gubernatorial race.
Roosevelt campaign managers in West Virginia organize a state committee of about 100 to run the Roosevelt drive. Mrs. J Byron Nickerson of Wheeling named secretary of the Roosevelt committee, with Jones attached to W G Conley’s headquarters as the Republican nominee.
The Federal Radio Commission allowed WEBC Superior Wisconsin to raise power from 26 to 1000 watts in the evening to ensure full radio facilities for President Coolidge during summer vacations. The action comes amid a general wave length reallocation pause. A separate Baltimore item notes a homicide involving Duke Brown, shot at his office by an assailant who fled. Brown died en route to hospital. Mrs Brown cited a long standing grudge as a possible motive.
In Des Moines Iowa Republican candidates chased the GOP nomination in a crowded primary. Gov John Hammill sought a third term on a pro road platform while M Ly Rowman Lars J Stromite opposed a 200 million state road bond measure. Marion E Anderson pushed change to prohibition laws.
The court spent the afternoon approving current bills and preparing certificates showing precinct vote details for the office in question. Morning session reviewed county funds. most bills ordered paid. President Charles C. King and Commissioners I. D. Martin and Charles Warder presided. Frank Betnett served as clerk.
Captain Walter B Parkin of Los Angeles becomes the new supervisor of commercial aeronautics for the Pacific coast. He is a World War I veteran and formerly inspector of aeronautics for the Commerce Department in Arizona and Southern California.
Martinsburg June 4 Harry W Brilliant a Boston shoe salesman was arrested charged with stealing a pocket book containing 163.90 from Mrs Harry Kahn of Brunswick Md at the Harpers Ferry railroad station. He said he picked up the bag from a bench thinking it was lost and offered to turn it over to the Pullman conductor.
Kansas City dated June 4 reports the Republican national committee selecting five new members to fill vacancies. Ew ing Eterson Indiana Claude H. MacKenzie Minnesota Daniel E. Pomeroy New Jersey C. C. Helman Philippines Mrs. Viola Cameron Nebraska join the gatea committee, which will dissolve after this convention, with additional state selections to follow.
About 300 delegates gathered in Wheeling for the State Bricklayers convention. Mayor William Stee frets as delegates and J B Easton, president of the West Virginia Federation of Labor, outlined the issues. The annual banquet is set for tonight.
Charleston June 4 A habeas corpus action resulted in Mrs. Ber Nice Porter of Midland Pennsylvania being awarded custody of her two children Jegsle and Virginia by the circuit court. The children had been living with their grandparents A Porter Mollie Porter of Kenova for the past year after the death of their father, a son of G A Porter.
Paris reports Millicent Rogers now Mrs Arturo Peralto Ramos is ill with double pneumonia in New York. Her mother Mrs H H Rogers has been informed. Millicent, who booked passage on the Leviathan, sails tomorrow to be with her daughter.
Pittsburgh headlines June 4 report shows hogs at 10.25 to 10.30 average, light and heavy classes varied, cattle strong with steers and yearlings up to 14.25, fat cows 9.00 to 10.50, calves 14.50 to 16.50 for good breakers, sheep steady to strong with spring lambs 12.50 to 16.00, produce slow with apples barrels 8.00 to 8.50 and potatoes around 2.00 to 2.50 per sack. regional commodities from New York to Wisconsin listed.
Affidavits show Nathaniel Hart is not a resident of the state and must appear within one month of first publication to protect his interest. Order directs publication in the Grafton Sentinel. Frank M. Hollis Jr. and James G. Holt appear as counsel for the petitioner Jane Doe.
Washington June 4 With the ten day limit for executive action on the Muscle Shells resolution expiring at midnight next Thursday no definite White House attitude has emerged. Reports from the budget bureau and government departments indicate Coolidge is seeking guidance from authorities and technical and legal bodies.
On June 4 in Charleston W. G. Conley the Republican nominee for governor and Judge H. Roy Waugh of Buckhannon the defeated candidate exchanged telegrams of congratulations. Waugh congratulated Conley on the nomination and Conley thanked Waugh for his congratulations.
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