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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1937
Page
3
In Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania Mrs Edward J MacMullan directs arrangements for the anticipated marriage of Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and Ethel duPont. Assisted by secrecy staff publicity men and the principals, she manages this society affair from her desk.
The Morgan Studio of Dancing will present its annual junior recital at 8 15 o clock tonight in the Moose home. An exceptional program has been planned and a large attendance is anticipated. A small admission fee will be charged. The public is invited to attend.
Miss Vivian Bunner of 406 East Main becomes bride of Donald Landacre of Bridgeport in a quiet Baptist ceremony at the parsonage. Rev James E Fidler performs the ring service. The couple plan to reside in Bridgeport after June 15.
Washington report shows 6,426,614 dollars in circulation on April 30, yielding 49.74 per person. Officials say circulation exceeds normal business needs while some private hoarding remains, despite optimism from the expansion, with gold controls eased but no ban on keeping other money.
The wreckage end ed the west's greatest air hunt a hunt that cost Western Air Express uncounted thousands. Early in the search volunteer pilots were hired at $10 an hour and in one day more than 300 gallons of gasoline were used. Ground parties were hired and given expensive equipment.
John L. Lewis, head of the Committee for Industrial Organization, voiced strong support for the administration's wage and hour bill while opposing a labor standards board. He urged a nationwide minimum wage as a fundamental worker protection and cautioned that wage fixing by a government body conflicts with American precedent and practice.
Thirty two members attended the session at the Bolyards with active participation in reviewing the lesson. The group will meet next at the Murphy home on June 12 and extend a hearty welcome to all interested attendees.
In Noetsch Austria June 1 the Duke of Windsor asks a forester about gear for chasing the notorious Dobratsch wolf that roams Castle Wasserleonburg grounds. The duchess reportedly disapproves of a risky mountain hunt as villagers and locals recount sightings and long-standing wolf damage near Windsor’s post wedding retreat.
Mrs Harold Hall of Chestnut Street Phiipps and Grace Wolfe of Glenville announce the arrival of a nine and a half pound son on June 2. The father is a Barbour County school teacher. This is the second child.
Bill Cotton of Pittsburgh visits Grafton for a week. Miss Jerry Morgan of Fairmont and Mrs. Delmar Yost of Fairview stayed with Miss Lucille McCafferty. Ward Blaney Delmar Yost and George Bowles returned from a fishing trip. Howard and George Pugh of Park View hosted a weekend in East Liverpool with Frank Ash. Mrs J Lester Bush and Darwin Robinson returned from Phillipsburg after high school graduation for Mrs Bushs niece Dorothy Huge. Rose Watkins of Tunnelton admitted for observation at City hospital. Esther Keller a medical patient at City hospital. Kathryn Sang of Park View admitted for observation. Isadore Livin and son Nathan Henry left for New York to visit sister Hilda Reitman. Reitman to sail to Europe soon.
Washington June 7 President Roosevelt transmitted to congress a Tennessee Valley Authority report proposing a uniform principle for inter-territorial freight rates to aid commercial development of the valley and the nation. The TVA survey, conducted under an executive order, notes current rate boundaries hinder free commerce and limit regional development, especially in the Tennessee River drainage basin.
Reports from Hendaye say 63 insurgent planes bombed Lezama near Bilbao while fierce fighting for a highway junction continued at Lemona seven miles from the city. Mussolini receives grand cross from Hitler as Italy and Germany affirm friendship and aid to Franco's forces.
Governor Harry W. Nie will enter Johns Hopkins hospital next Monday for observation prior to an operation to remove his right eye. He injured the eye in a fall before the election and delayed surgery while state business permitted.
Mischa Ross a 31 year old theatrical agent pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of violinist Tania Lubova 24 who came seeking a career from Connecticut. Sentencing is set for June 21 with a possible 20 years to life term as the absence of an eye witness led prosecutors to accept a lesser plea. The killing occurred after Lubova attended a soundproof studio with another woman discovering the body hours later.
London reports the Daily Express denounces the decision to omit newsreels of the Windsor wedding as insulting to the British public. It condemns high authority for convincing film firms there is no interest in the ceremony that tied abdicated King to his bride, arguing Britons are treated like a mentally deficient race.
Express plane wreck continues as Alpine natives recover cargo letters and a propeller. Debris, including a mail bag torn open, is found about two miles above a ridge. The transport vanished in fog east of the Los Angeles Salt Lake course. bodies believed scattered near the cliff.
H. E. Wolfe, a sawmill operator, was fined ten dollars and costs by Squire Chidester of Newburg for polluting the Big Sandy near Fellowsville with sawdust. He promised the magistrate and Game Protector Joseph Powell of Grafton he would clean up the condition at once.
U S engineers reported final plans for the proposed Bluestone Dam on the New River near Hinton have been approved, marking a key step in the project.
One man died and four workers were hospitalized after an explosion at the Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp plant in Whiting Indiana. The deceased was Edward Kemp, 42, a pipe setter from Elmhurst Illinois.
Mr and Mrs A W Marwood announce the birth of their son Albert Willard Jr born yesterday evening at the home of the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs F A Kincaid on West Washington Street The mother is the former Miss Helen Kincaid.
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