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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1933
Page
6
Fragmented report covers a Waukesha beach shooting injuring several and the subsequent political landslide in the biannual town election. It notes Leonard Neilson, Gustave Peterson, Alvin Neilson, Irma Neilson, and Jeannette Rosack among those named, plus party gains in Jane Lew and Buckhannon mayoral races with detailed vote tallies.
Washington reports the next war debt installment of more than 140 million dollars is due in a week. The administration says debtor nations may approach creditors but must initiate the move themselves. The British cabinet will discuss the situation Friday, with no expected pronouncement from Washington.
A Milwaukee Downer College incident on June 7 ends in a death by automobile accident on campus. One person is killed and two are injured as a motor party goes awry, with the event described as a fatal campus tragedy.
In West Union the full administration ticket won re election as 1600 voters cast ballots. Cheaper Water and Citizens tickets trailed, with mayor John R Dotson leading both administrations. Other incumbents posted modest vote tallies with detailed council and recorder results provided. Nearby Tunnelton Rivesville Fairview Farmington Worthington Monongah report mayoral and recorder outcomes plus several council selections. Davis rejected the New Deal in most contests, choosing C W Raest as mayor and S Forscythe as recorder amid party race details.
The election yielded one of the era’s biggest surprises in municipal politics as the rest of the nominated slate won without opposition. C. M. Jackson was chosen recorder with 57 votes. Councilmen-elect Keck, DeHaven, Morey, Warren, and Schaeffer secured 60 to 61 votes each amid low voter turnout.
Indianapolis dispatch reports wets leading in Indiana as returns from scattered precincts show 250 of 329 delegates to the convention favor repeal of the 18th Amendment while 79 are in the dry column. With 3378 of 3691 precincts reporting, the popular vote totals 517,544 for ratification and 284,806 against.
Argument ended in circuit court with jurors deliberating in Rice vs Lucas and Haddix trespass case. Bolin and Hamilton vs Stansberry Swisher appeal ended in a hung jury. Tresler vs Reppert dismissed. Norman Elliott admitted to practice before Taylor county bar.
A list of delinquent dog taxes numbering in the hundreds was handed to Sheriff Lee Bennett by county assessor Ed N. Locke. A drive will impound all dogs running at large with unpaid taxes. Tax is one dollar for a male, two dollars for a female, plus a 1.50 restoration fee after impoundment.
Stocks traded in a highly specialized market with transfers near 6.5 million shares. Leaders like U S Steel General Motors and Allied were narrow movers while advances appeared in Radio General Electric and Montgomery Ward.
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