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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1936
Page
1
Governor Kump calls extraordinary session for June 15 to enact a state social security program and eight other items. Measures include unemployment compensation, highway and bridge funds, and permission for municipalities and counties to receive federal public works funds. The session aims to revise and codify welfare laws to protect citizens against life’s misfortunes.
Gloucester mourns the death of 81 year old mining engineer John Hays Hammond Sr a neighbor to many He was found dead in his study by his secretary William Griffin cause given as heart ailment by Dr Harry Burril Hammond was famed for judging mine potentialities and earning millions
Governor H G Kump announced a push to ease borrowing rules to fund a county hospital via the Public Works Administration. Voters authorized a PWA loan in a prior special election, but court tests ruled the county lacked legal authority. The plan's specifics were not disclosed as a remedial bill was sought in a Sunday call for a state legislature session.
The Taylor County Safety Council cautions drivers that a car would fall 32 feet in one second, about 22 mph, and warns that vehicles entering streets or alleys at these speeds can collide with other cars at intersections, posing great danger.
Washington June 9 congresions report that House and Senate conferees met in a shirt sleeves session to study 289 amendments to the revenue measure. Chairman Doughton pressed for the House plan with a graduated tax on undistributed corporate profits up to 42 per cent, while Senator King advocated a flat 7 per cent. Roosevelt views were sought but no clear basis for agreement emerged. King said no prophecy on timing was made.
John M. Hamilton, campaign manager for Alf M. Landon, named six people who will second the Kansas governor's nomination for the Republican presidential bid. The slate includes Gasper G. Bacon of Massachusetts, Mrs. Corrine J. Alsop of Connecticut, Charles J. Moynihan of Colorado, Henry Depping of Missouri, Mrs. Ruth McCormick Simms of New Mexico, and Perry W. Howard of Mississippi.
FAIRMONT June 9. About 300 doctors and guests attend the second day of the 69th annual West Virginia State Medical Association meeting. Dr. Charles G. Morgan of Moundsville opened the meeting and Dr. J. B. Clinton delivered the welcome. Dr. G. G. Irwin of Charleston gave the response as the convention and its Woman's Auxiliary began formal sessions.
June 9 Morgantown Dean Herbert Edwin Hawkes of Columbia University warned about professionals overstepping expertise at West Virginia University's 69th commencement. He cited captains of industry and inventors who comment on economics, history, and philosophy as examples of imprudent authority. Knowledge should precede opinion, he stressed.
Washington state congressman Marlon A. Zioncheck, held for mental observation, escaped his room at Galinger hospital by kicking out window screens. He roamed the hospital grounds in a white bathrobe, shouting and puffing on a black cigar before guards captured him.
The widow of children’s poet Eugene Field, Mrs. Field aged 79, died of a heart attack at her Crystal Lake estate in Hertford Junction Wisconsin. Funeral services will be held in Tomahawk with interment later beside her husband in Kenilworth Illinois. She had suffered heart disease after losing her 155 acre estate and faced foreclosure when a $3,000 loan from Phi Delta Theta forestalled the sale.
Corporal L W Emrick, commandant of the local state police detachment, warned that punchboards and claw machines are illegal in West Virginia and subject to arrest. Complaints say these gambling devices are common, and Emrick hoped a warning would deter activity before drastic action is taken.
Ninety students enrolled for Alderson Broaddus College summer term in Philipppi. The term began last Thursday and will last nine weeks with regular faculty. Dean J A Wooster announced the current enrollment and expects more students to join this week.
Central city's principal playground opened yesterday afternoon on the school yard with 423 children enrolled for an extensive summer play program directed by Joseph B. Dryfield. Funded by the Works Progress Administration, the program continues after school hours from winter into summer with a pet show and various games taught by Dryfield and assistants Marie Rogers and Virginia Watkins.
Washington June 9 James V Flanagan of Grafton West Virginia was among Georgetown University School of Dentistry honor graduates who earned a 25 dollar cash prize for the senior class member with the best record in scholarship adaptability and neatness of technique throughout the course.
President Roosevelt leaves Washington by special train as Congress recesses for a 4000 mile tour through Arkansas Texas and Indiana. He will address Little Rock in memory of Arkansas statehood and Dallas on Texas independence day, then Vincennes dedicating a memorial to George Rogers Clark. He plans to return Monday after visiting Hodgenville Kentucky birthplace of Lincoln. Senators Robinson and Casares ride with the party.
Fourteen students at Grafton High school earned A averages for the last six weeks of the year, including two seniors Dorothy Harrison and Naomi Robinson. Six juniors, Marianna Collins, Lewis Hatch, Joseph Mahaffer, Jane Pittman, Thomas Shafferman, and Carlyle Smith, also achieved perfect averages. Two sophomores Kathleen Lake and Everett Lake, and four freshmen Florence Carroll Mary Elizabeth Clark Kenneth Knox and Sylvia Mason, secured top marks on the honor roll with A averages.
Bethany College conferred diplomas and degrees on 46 students at its 93rd commencement today in Bethany. President W. H. Cranblet handed out 38 Bachelor of Arts and eight Bachelor of Science degrees. Richard Campbell Brandon, chemistry assistant and former New Cumberland resident, received individual honors.
In Wheeling West Virginia the fifty fifth annual G A R encampment opened with business sessions by the Civil War veterans. The West Virginia Department Women’s Relief Corps and the Daughters of Union Veterans joined events. A reception featured speaker John L Arbenz. A father daughter luncheon and annual memorial services were planned as part of the program.
At Convention Hall Cleveland on June 9 the Republican gathering began with organi zational routine. Landon supporters wore sunflower emblems while opposition debated platform disputes and predicted Landon’s strong start. Senator Vandenburg attended the formalities as 15 000 seats stood mostly vacant awaiting the keynote tonight by Senator Steiner.
The Cleveland convention faces the task of writing a platform as well as choosing a candidate. Republicans grow restless as the process unfolds with talk of a preconvention feud cooling. The effort to unite conservatives and liberals under a single platform looms as a major challenge, with continued coverage on page six.
About 300 young people are expected to attend the West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union convention in Clarksburg. The four day sessions begin with Rev. Frank L. Shaffer of the Methodist Protestant church opening the first meeting, and delegates will be chosen for the International convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in July 1937.
Barbour County circuit court will not have a petit jury this term. Chancery cases were heard by Judge Herbert W. Dent, who will continue with chancery work through the week. Last week the Barbour county grand jury returned seventeen felonies and three misdemeanors, with two guilty pleas leading to penitentiary terms and probation. Other cases are continued to the next term.
Dr. Paul P. Warden was elected president of the Grafton Rotary Club for the coming year at a board meeting last night. Outgoing president 8. Guy Kuhn announced the results this morning. Cuppett named vice president, L. J. Lear secretary and treasurer. Warden has long served on the club’s board and as music director, with extensive committee involvement since beginning medical practice in Grafton. Loar continues as secretary, seven years in role. July 1 assumes new posts.
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