09 Jun 1930
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1930
Page
1
Contractors Frainie Brothers and Haig Jey of Baltimore Md move 50 workers to clear old structures and relocate lines for a 45 foot engine stall extension at the round-house. Foundation surveying to follow. steam shovel and crane arrive as plans call for rapid progress on the new unit. Continued on page four.
Grafton’s Quota Club sends two official delegates to Winnipeg for the International convention with Mrs. Rhea H. Fisher and Miss Elizabeth Stuck attending, replacing Blanche Guard. Mrs. Florence Hamilton Wilkinson goes as district governor and plans to address the gathering.
Minot, North Dakota, June 9. District Judge C W Butts freed Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hikansrud and Mr and Mrs Willis Knight Remyille from legal entanglements after more than a year of attention. The four county farmers, married 12 and 18 years respectively, faced unusual accusations of wife swapping. Judge Butts said punishment would come only from conscience.
Josiah W. Dailey, 54, Raleigh attorney, defeats Senator Furnifold M. Simmons in North Carolina Democratic primary for the US Senate. With 1,514 of 1,799 precincts reporting, Bailey leads 184,390 to 121,465 with Estep at 1,073. Simmons’s fall sparks discussion over anti Smith sentiment and party unity in Washington and Chicago.
Glenville West Virginia June 9 Robert F Kidd 77 dean of the West Virginia legislature died after an illness of one day paralysis and kidney failure Funeral services under Masonic Lodge will be held at Kidds home Tuesday afternoon and burial will be in Linn cemetery Governor Conley called Kidd loss to state Speaker William Cummins named a funeral committee from the house to attend Kidds funeral in Glenville Readers note Kidd served as a member of the house of delegates and former state senator
British forces report improvement in the northwest frontier as bombing and shelling by airplanes and guns deter tribesmen. Indian nationalist patience grows awaiting the Simon Commission report volume one publication tonight with volume two due June 24. Rumors said Britain may reinforce troops with the third destroyer flotilla and Lincolnshire regiment, but no confirmation was given.
Official circles forecast an early reconciliation between King Carol II and former wife Princess Helen as their son Michael is placed with both parents. A joint coronation for Carol and Helen was predicted in October, with discussions noting the child's welfare and a possible shared domicile.
Washington reports that Senate lobby committee chair Caraway may subpoena Bishop James Cannon as mood shifts after his walkout. Cannon, who refused to answer questions, suggested he could be summoned legally. No action expected before tomorrow or Wednesday. continuation on page seven.
Shanghai reported the Chinese steamer Litung with one hundred passengers and crew drowned after it struck a rock in the Yangtze estuary near Tungchow. The vessel was navigating among shoals near Tsangming Island when it sank. unclear if any foreigners were aboard.
Grafton’s new daily newspaper shifts to a Democratic stance under the banner Daily Press replacing The Grafton Evening News. J Monroe Boyer announces the policy change while Robert H Kidd serves as editor for both daily and weekly editions.
Six men drowned when a light skiff overturned crossing the Columbia river near Longview Washington. Survivors—Nick Sami Willow Grove and Nick Koski Kelso—were rescued by fishermen. Names Wilbert Sanford and Waine Joss, brothers, were en route home from a visit to their mother.
Two Democratic Congressional nominations were filed with Secretary of State George W. Sharpy. R L Keadle of Union Monroe County filed for the fifth district. Robert L Ramsey of For Hansbee filed for the first district seeking the seat now held by Carl G Bachmann. Incumbents Hugh Ike Shott and Bachmann indicate reelection bids.
Washington reports the Federal Radio Commission asked the commerce department radio division to survey 0 0 8 calls linked to disrupted broadcasts by James A Reed. Unidentified SOS signals halted eastern transmissions from Georgia to New England for about 20 minutes. Unverified source points to Allegheny, a freighter, as a possible origin. Navy and RCA are said to be investigating.
A Detroit water works tunnel explosion near Belle Isle killed four laborers instantly and left eight more injured. Fifteen other workers were rescued. the blast occurs 227 feet below the river surface with about 36 men in the tunnel at the time.
Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Johnny Kelley Jr. 31, a Stinson-Detroit monoplane pilot from Wayne Michigan, on a flight from Newport RI. June 9. He took off in foggy conditions and had telephoned Newport seeking landing updates before disappearing near Narragansett Bay Babbo.
In Raiford Florida on June 9 the death row inmates held that a court ruling declaring the legislature's official executioner law unconstitutional has postponed executions. Attorney General Fred A. Davis said an appeal would go to the state supreme court. If the high court affirms, executions would be halted until the legislature acts in a new session set for April 1931.
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