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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1931
Page
3
The Grafton Sentinel society page lists social activities of interest to women. Contact Coral Parrie h Montgomery at phone 580 to arrange coverage or share details after the social function.
Announced marriage of Eloise Virginia Kerr daughter of Mr and Mrs Vaughn Morehead Kerr Grafton West Virginia to William Thomas Myers Frostburg Maryland at Wheeling West Virginia on May 16 1931 The ceremony was conducted by Rev John H Hess at the Methodist Episcopal Church 160 1 2 West Fifteenth Street Other attendees included Carolyn H Brown Hale Watkins and Edward Stumpp The couple will reside in Bedford Pennsylvania after Myers employment with American Telephone and Telegraph Company. wedding notices were distributed at a June breakfast in Morgantown with multiple university and sorority members present.
In Wheeling West Virginia social notes of 1931 report Red Wing Club entertained at Grand Street with Bunco prizes won by Mrs G F Mallan and Mrs A W Poling. Lindy Club hosted by Mrs Etta Warthen at Mrs Will Clark’s home with six banco tables. prizes went to Mrs J C Sturm and Mrs Mary Weekly. Upcoming events include dinners and meetings at various homes and Moose Hall activities. Eastern Star play A Pair of Sixes drew a crowded audience at the High School auditorium under Miss Mildred Ann Waters.
The Fisher Class of the Methodist Protestant Church meets at Mrs E C Waughs Knotts avenue tonight at 3 o'clock Butterfly night and all officers and members should attend. Missionary Society of St Pauls Lutheran Church convenes Thursday June 11 at 7 30 pm at the church with chairmen reports. officers and members urged to attend. Memorial services for Baltimore and Ohio Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary tonight at lodge hall with officers meeting at 7 15 pm. ladies asked to wear white dresses.
Major Maurice Campbell former prohibition administrator for New York district says he filed eight charges with President Hoover on May 7 accusing Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the treasury of insincerity in enforcement and of dereliction in office. He released correspondence with Hoover and Andrew Mellon and said Mellon called an investigation unwarranted.
Washington reports the labor department found 653 labor disputes in 1930, the lowest in 15 years aside from one year, with 903 in 1929 and 629 in 1928. Eighty percent of strikes occurred north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, 55 percent in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts, and New York City had the most strikes.
Washington June 9 only one of eleven members Miss Ada L Comstock was absent as the law enforcement commission reassembled for its final sessions before adjourning July 1. At least one of its eight remaining reports will be acted on and sent to President Hoover during this session.
At month start the commission held about 500000 dollars appropriated by Congress with most earmarked for printing as surveys wrap up. Chairman Wickersham returned to the city with no comment on Senator Davis's demand to publish a survey of the economic effects of legalizing four percent. Two members had previously said no such survey existed.
Pittsburgh district coal strike area was quiet today as demonstrators and one state policeman nursed injuries from yesterday. Few pickets near the mines this morning. Seven Negroes, one armed, were arrested near Lincoln Gas Coal Company's Lincoln Hill mine. National Miners Union officials said they were spreading the strike to eastern Ohio with leaders issuing calls at Fairmont, Rafferty, Providence and Dillonvale.
Thomas Benge and his wife Margaret and daughter Laura were attacked in their Dayton residence by an unidentified intruder. Benge died from a crushing skull fracture while Mrs. Benge and Laura were injured. Bernice Johnson escaped unharmed. The assailant fled and police pursued limited leads as the investigation continued.
In Nanking on June 9 rumors spread that Chang Haveh Ling, governor of Manchuria and nationalist military and naval vice commander, died in Peiping after a typhoid attack. Peiping hospital access was denied, doctors said he was improving, and northern authorities may suppress news. The rumor's potential political impact on northern China’s nationalist leadership was debated.
Ruth Nichols, celebrated aviatrix, set multiple women’s flight records across transcontinental routes and speed trials. She praised her faster plane for beating rivals and Lindbergh’s times, survived a near crash over New Jersey with fuel failure, and later set a record over a three kilometer straightaway at 210 miles per hour while competing against Aurelia HARhart.
Nichols argues that record flights by women prove the fragile sex can endure great feats, implying public perception of women as delicate. The remark, tied to a feature on Ruth Nichols' personality scheduled for tomorrow, invites discussion of gender roles in aviation.
Gl Locally Mr and Mrs Frank Stewart of Pittsburgh and Mrs M J Harker of Kottsville return home after visiting ill Mr W P Stewart on Maple avenue. Mrs Clara Phillips of Blueville travels home after ten days with Ak ron Massison and Zanesville Ohio. Robert E Graham weekend in Cincinnati Covington visiting friends. Dr C F Shaffer of this city and family spend days in Atlantic City attending B and O Surgeons convention. Mrs Howard H Holt motored to Morgantown and back with her son James Findley Holt a WVU student. Miss Nina Lee Waddell and father George W Waddell of Pi lipp will go to South Carolina with Wardell family for summer. Miss Carolyn Brown WVU student arrives home to spend vacation with parents W B Brown West Main Street.
Mr and Mrs Fred B Watkins and Mr and Mrs Vaughn Kerr y and Mrs H H Holt of this city attended the West Virginia University commencement today. Miss Irene Custer from Pittsburgh is visiting Mrs W G Robey and family on Maple Avenue. Mr and Mrs F D Robinson of Kirby Street will depart to Ravenswood W Va for summer residence.
Charleston W Va June 9 Action of the Nicholas county circuit court in awarding W B Cabell 10000 damages in a suit against Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was affirmed by the state supreme court today. Cabell suffered injuries when he poured an alleged mixture of kerosene and gasoline upon a fire in his home. The court held whether a person attempting to start a fire with a distillate he believes is kerosene was negligent proximately contributing to his injuries is ordinarily a question of fact for the jury.
Three people were injured when a crowd of unemployed men rioted in Santiago and clashed with police and guards. They shouted we are hungry and down with tyranny, breaking windows and putting out street lights as authorities attempted to restore order.
Soldiers and police fired revolvers multiple times to restore order, as crowds gathered during the incident. Officers used force to disperse the disturbance and regain control at the scene.
Tokyo reports a potential Red offensive against Nanchang Kiangsi province led by General Chu Teh. Dispatches claim main Communist forces plan to seize the provincial capital while Reds under General Jang Kung-Lu capture nearby towns Kwangchang and Nantén Kinngal, prompting Nationalist reinforcements to Nanchang.
Guy Williams, a Flemington barn cashier, is hospitalized in Mercy Hospital Pittsburgh with a badly shattered knee and multiple cuts after his car skidded on a wet road and crashed into a pole near downtown. He and wife Coraopolis, Pa, were visiting their daughter over the weekend. Williams was alone in the vehicle when the crash occurred.
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