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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1935
Page
8
Mrs Iva Miller of Barrett street denies a Sentinel story about E R Williams and a woman named Iva Miller being arrested and tried on drunk charges. She says the incident involved another Ivan Miller or a woman using her name, and she has only just returned from Clarksburg.
Adis Ababa reports Ethiopia delivered a strong note to Italy denying Ethiopian troops involvement in an incident near the Tafari Katama frontier posts. The Foreign Minister said Ethiopian tribesmen were attacked by Italian or native recruits while grazing near Tafari Katama and repelled the aggressors.
The Nationalist government central political council in Nanking rejected Japanese military demands affecting North China. The council, in an urgent session, ordered General Ho Ying-ching to prepare for potential actions near Peiping and Tientsin, while Premier Wang Cheng-wei rushed to Chengtu to meet Chiang Kai-shek as the crisis deepened.
Crystal Ice Company promotes a move from June 4 to July 4 1985 for Pure Artificial Ice. Phone 79.
The undersigned agent conducts a general store at 304 Walnut street Grafton West Virginia selling retail groceries meats and produce under the firm name F E Felton and Company Lonnie D Cole is the owner and principal F E Felton Agent June 12-15-17
The Logan Coal Operators Association filed a protest with the Public Service Commission and the Interstate Commerce Commission challenging a proposed 25 cent rate increase on coal shipments from Logan to Huntington for river transshipment. The PSC asked the ICC to postpone the June 22 effective date to hear protests. A federal suit seeks to block the rates, which cover shipments from the Big Sandy district to Huntington.
Washington reports the Holt seat contest in the Senate elections committee was postponed again as Holt nears his thirtieth birthday. Holt plans to take the oath next Wednesday, with committee recommendations likely then. The dispute with Hatfield over constitutional age requirements remains unresolved and could trigger a filibuster.
Charleston June 12. The Interstate Commerce Commission has filed obligations totaling more than a quartet with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
Chairman D Homer Stephenson announced a million dollar debt due at 90 days, with obligations listed at 259,136.39. He said daily income around 20,000 will cover the debt in a little over two weeks, enabling continued cash payments for liquor to secure discount savings totaling over 10,000 dollars.
Ashland Kentucky June 12 A bank robber Morris 27 and two murderers 34 taken with him last night after officers knocked out Brown 28 and escorted the four to the jail a warden says they will be tried under Kentucky armed robbery statute carrying possible death penalty.
Mr. L. T. Barrett of Bluefield Virginia declares Indo-Vin cured his neuritis after severe back neck and shoulder pains like lightning. He praises the remedy as the greatest and urges others to obtain Indo-Vin from Grafton Drug & Chemical Co and local druggists.
Raymond Curry a 19 year old black man was saved from lynching by Town Marshal Burt Hodges Dr Maher Speevack and Ernest Doutaz a railroad detective after about 150 locals gathered at the Munfordville jail. Curry was jailed in Elizabethtown awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting Esther Jolly 18 weeks after her marriage. Authorities debated identification and fingerprinting before moving Curry to safety.
Washington June 12 the work relief fund is asked to provide 3 444 132 for a national recreational survey by the national park service. estimated to benefit 4 696 persons including 3 872 semi skilled laborers the request aims to coordinate land programs of the civilian conservation corps and public works administration and other federal agencies
The resources heard recommended readjusting land use to boost recreational land to 16 to 10 million acres, including national state and local parks private recreation areas and refuges. The park service planned to use funds across states including Ohio and Illinois with specified sums.
Dr Claude EB Goodwin 53 pastor of First Methodist Church Moundsville died in Clarksburg after a wedding rehearsal. He had served in Mannington Fairmont Huntington Buckhannon and is survived by his widow Nancy Loar a daughter seven brothers. Funeral plans are incomplete and wedding proceeds as scheduled.
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