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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1937
Page
6
The Baltimore and Ohio will run a new diesel engine and streamlined five car train through Grafton at 2 20 p m en route from Cincinnati to Washington carrying President Daniel Willard and other railroad officials aboard the return trip with no stop planned here.
Texas Representative Maury Maverick is pictured addressing Ford Co workers at a mass meeting in Baby Creek park River Rouge Michigan near Detroit. He says Ford workers would be freed as the rally protests beating and ejecting union organizers and members who handed out handbills at gates of the River Rouge Ford plant on May 20.
Robert Wehn 31 of Blueville died at Grafton City Hospital at 3 AM from diabetes after a fishing expedition on Elk River with his father Charles Wehn and brother Henry. He was born in Grafton and leaves a daughter Delores nine. Funeral plans are pending arrival of his family. body prepared by G. T. Bartlett.
Providence R I June 12 Hundreds of city workers walked out amid charges of spite mass layoffs affecting 250 men. William Kane, head of the independent workers executive committee, said the strike aimed to force reinstatement and guarantees against future mass layoffs. Charles A Maguire, public works commissioner, urged incinerator crews to work, promising ongoing garbage collection as a health measure.
In Oslo on June 12 the luxury liner Stella Polaris rescued the crew of the dynamite laden steamer Nobel after a collision sank the freighter. The Stella Polaris remained undamaged with no passengers hurt, while several Nobel crew members were injured. The ship was on a North Cape cruise near Bergen when the accident occurred.
June 12 report notes separate campaigns by UAW locals against illegal slowdowns. Governors and labor leaders condemn the stop pages as a plague to industry and consumers. Settlements end recent shut downs at Packard and Budd Wheel plants. Murphy aims to prevent renewed auto industry walkouts and restore power to Saginaw valley consumers. Authorities seek to discipline officials and restart 37,000 idle General Motors jobs by Monday.
The governor denounced willful workers and urged support for every legitimate labor right. He pledged firm action against unrest while instructing sheriffs from Flint Saginaw and Bay City to maintain order amid power strikes. The note appears in a page six column discussing conference with UAWA leaders and General Moters.
UAWA leaders pledged to live up to their agreements with General Motors and promised to work toward returning all employees to work by Monday. Mortimer said two men acted without consultation, and warned that continued unauthorized strikes would require discipline.
A seven day air delivery trial across a Pittsburgh to Charleston route will start Tuesday by Tri-State Aviation. Cities along the line include Mommensen Connellsville Uniontown Morgantown Fairmont Clarksburg Weston Glenville Spencer and Charleston. Flights depart 3 30 p m arrive 5 45 p m with a pickup and delivery cable for towns lacking landing fields.
Conferees reported a cordial exchange yet no signers of a SWOC contract. SWOC leaders demanded recognition in a contract for their members, while Republic and Carnegie-Illinois rejected such terms. Inland absent, Michigan mobilized guards for Monroe mass meeting amid broader union pressure.
The municipal council selects Howard E Drum mond a roofing worker as chief of police by a six to one vote. The post has been vacant for months.
Vice President Garner leaves for a Texas vacation with fishing tackle in hand. He plans five weeks off, his first vacation during a national legislative session in 36 years, and will return if needed. He will visit Uvalde to reconnect with old fishing cronies. The capital loses both leaders as Roosevelt continues a Chesapeake Bay weekend cruise.
NORWALK Conn June 12 Dr A N Clark 76 said today he had delivered 7000 babies in his 49 years of practice Friends acclaimed him for the championship as John New York university conferred a degree on Dr Louis H Gibbs 90 of Scranton Pa oldest living graduate in recognition of having brought 4000 babies into the world
Martinsburg officials say Dunn Woolen will raise wages about ten percent for 600 workers at eastern panhandle plants starting June 16. The firm makes upholstery cloth for automobiles.
Mrs Ercell Knotts Gawthrop sues for absolute divorce from Frank Gawthrop in Taylor county circuit court clerk Frank M Hollis Jr announces. Formerly granted bed and board decree in 1931, petition seeks permission to resume maiden name. married in 1927 in Grafton, they separated three years later, original divorce begun in 1931.
Judge Robinson or Palmer participates, followed by America. Benediction by Rev John G Sirley of St Matthias Episcopal. Retreat and taps by V F W buglers. Program lasts slightly more than an hour. Final officers practice at 7:30 Sunday evening. all officers and master of ceremonies asked to attend.
Witnesses described gas smell and water surge as 50 pump men drained the shaft. Survivors include Alex Webster Joe Woshmine manager Lorne Perry and Joe Foster. The disaster adds to a century of mining deaths, with 325 killed in 50 years. The extension shaft had fatal explosion in 1909 that killed 32.
Workers at Bethlehem subsidiary railroad Conemaugh and Blacklick walk out as railroad unions back the strike. Sheriff and executives met to avert a walkout but Watkins announced the company again refused to sign a contract. The action follows a broader sympathy strike demanding contracts covering wages hours recognition and working conditions.
There will be a meeting of county Sunday school officers teachers workers and ministers in the Baptist church Tuesday night June 15 at 7 30. All interested Sunday school workers are urged to be present as plans will be made to hold district valleys leading up to the county convention in August. Rev H J Mitchell committee chairman.
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