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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1937
Page
5
Pope Pius XII told Bavarian pilgrims in Castel Gandolfo that conditions in Nazi Germany are grave, menacing and dolorous for Catholicism, prompting weeping and consolation from the Pope. He urged continued aid to relieve sufferings and prayed for pastors and faithful.
Millbury Massachusetts reports Patrolman Elliott Hairyes shot and killed escaped patient Homer Robbins after a two day woods chase near Sutton Farm House. Robbins died at Worcester hospital. Hairyes was wounded in the hip. Robbins mother had urged surrender. Rev George L Pack dies in Kenova at 70.
Weirton June 9 The Rev Ralph C Ostergren resigns as pastor of the Weirton Baptist church to become secretary of the Boston Baptist City Mission society. He has led the Weirton church for 12 years.
In Noetsch Austria on June 9 the Duk of Windsor's equerry said the former king Edward is willing to serve the empire in any role the authorities choose. Dudley Forwood, the spokesman, hinted at a possible return to England but offered no timing. Forwood noted Edward might serve on charitable committees and described their stay at Wasserenburg castle with a brief Venice trip, adding no plans to visit the United States.
Three convicted slayers await execution after midnight for the head and hands murder of Harry L. Miller, former Cincinnati fire captain, as Indiana moves toward its first triple execution. Frank Gore Williams loses his bid for clemency. John Joseph Poholsky and William Arthur Kuhlman prepare for the electric chair while Heber L. Hicks seeks an appeal delaying his sentence. The case highlights a grim chapter of Indiana justice and the evolving state policy on capital punishment.
Senator Copeland urges a comprehensive labor approach covering shipping and steel. He notes the maritime industry faces a serious labor problem and has asked the Senate Commerce Committee to consider a plan to handle it as rail labor is handled. Senator Murray seeks a broad steel inquiry in response to censorship and interference concerns raised by Senator Bridges.
Treasury officials say future security issues could be taxable by law but require nationwide action by states and subdivisions to avoid causing high interest rates. Commerce figures show about 58.009 billion dollars in exempt or partially exempt securities outstanding yielding an average of 4 percent.
D. Woodroe, secretary of the Real Estate commission, announced that license applications were mailed to all state realtors under the new real estate license law. Licenses good for six months in 1937, then annual. Fees: brokers 50 dollars and salesmen 25 in towns over 7,500. 10 and 5 in smaller towns. Penalties include fines up to 1,000 dollars or six months imprisonment or both. Act effective July 1.
Bluefield pioneer John W. Snyder a machine shop foreman with the N and W Railroad will receive a diamond emblem for fifty years of continuous service at a veterans association meeting in Roanoke Virginia on June 12.
Miss Alice Pay, visiting health nurse for the Fairmont chapter of the American Red Cross, resigned to take effect July 15. She plans to continue as a health nurse likely in her home state of Illinois.
Fire believed to have started from defective wiring destroyed the Tidewater negro school building. Local authorities investigated the blaze and assessed the damage, with no immediate report of injuries.
Raleigh County Medical Society will honor the state board of control at a meeting at Hillcrest Sanitarium on June 17. Budget director H Isialan Smith will also attend.
In Kenova municipal ballots Mayor John T. Hereford Jr. won reelection by a narrow margin over Democratic challenger H. G. Harper amid the June 9 voting. Local citizens party candidate Hereford held a slim lead as results solidified.
Seven teen-month-old Shirley Rose Himelrick, daughter of Norma Himelrick, fell into Long Drain Creek and drowned on June 9 in upstate New York.
Kennedy warned that five years of subsidized tonnage failed to spark new construction as no general cargo ships were built in American yards for foreign trade in 1946. He cited skilled labor shortages and a glut of idle ships awaiting sale, underscoring the need to accelerate domestic ship output.
Diana Mitford is missing since June 1 from Viscountess Long's home amid threats and a mysterious letter promising harm if her guardian did not endanger her. Police probe a possible lovers quarrel as Asquith family connections and a cryptic Burns quote surface in the case.
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