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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
8
Warsaw reports Boris Koweera was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for the assassination of Soviet minister Peter Volkoff. The court plans a petition to commute the sentence to 15 years. Koweera said a Samara childhood trauma spurred his hatred of the Soviet regime.
Witnesses state the youth studied hard to support his family. After learning he would not be executed, Koweeda and his parents wept, while the government refused him a passport and he decided to kill M Volkoff.
American trans Atlantic aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine, after visiting Baden Baden and Frankfurt, left Frankfurt by air for Hanover to be joined by their wives in Bremen. Officials planned a luncheon with Burgomaster Menge and a banquet aboard the steamer Bremen at Bremerhaven.
Paris grants a divorce to Mrs Ivor Trezvan Morgan from Harry Hays Morgan Jr who has served as U S vice counsel at Brussels Vienna and Glasgow.
Floyd Collins body, long trapped in Sand Cave, was moved from its grave near Crystal Cave to a display in Grand Canyon avenue. Mrs. Harry Thomas said the casket is visible to visitors, while Collins brothers consider legal action. The deed allegedly places the casket in the cavern.
Chicago June 16 Radio rode over new federal charted airways last night and found the new roads better than the old. There was some confusion among set owners twisting their dials as they sought favorite stations on new wave bands ordered by the federal radio commission. Announcers requested audience opinion and replies were generally favorable. Federal radio inspectors began checks to ensure compliance with orders and found no violations.
The Examiner reports the engagement of Douglas Fairbanks to actress Helene Costello. Fairbanks denies details, suggesting Miss Costello be asked. Costello is in New York with her mother and sister.
County court members from Taylor and Barbour counties with residents of Grafton and Philippi met at Astor to discuss the Astor to Galloway road condition and plans for a four mile improvement. The winter and spring season left the road nearly impassable, affecting hundreds of residents. While no definite action was taken, the meeting yielded a clear understanding and possible immediate steps to provide a satisfactory road until a permanent concrete surface is arranged.
Grover Small of Finleyville Pennsylvania was admitted to City Hospital after an accident in the Bear Mountain region. He arrived unaccompanied on the morning train and his injuries were not serious. Hospital attaches said he rested comfortably and was not in a serious condition.
Vice President and Mrs. Dawes were guests of honor at Marietta College commencement and visited General Dawes' brother Beman Dawes at his farm near Marietta Ohio before returning to Chicago. The visit occurred June 13 during their stay in Newark.
An open air revival by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be held at 7:30 tonight in Flemington. J. H. Giles of Fairmont will preside and, with W. Griffin from Salt Lake City, will explain the religion’s tenets to the public.
New Orleans, June 16. The Red Cross announced plans to spend 500000 on health and sanitation work in Mississippi flood areas. The program includes 30 day health reconstruction after the emergency, immunization against typhoid and smallpox, water purification, destruction of flood carcasses, mosquito control, and personal health and nursing services.
General Manager Edward W. Scheer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad arrives on train No. 29 and stays several hours with local officials before proceeding to Buckhannon for a ceremony honoring a longtime Upshur County resident. He is joined by Supervisor T. K. Faherty and welfare agent John M. Garvey among others, with a public program tonight and invitations extended to railroad employees and families.
Mme Borodin wife of Michael Borodin adviser to the Chinese Nationalist government at Hankow tells the Peking correspondent of the Daily Express she is puzzled by detention and unsure when she will be tried. She recounts arrest on the Soviet steamer Pamiat Lenina and removal ashore, and dining in Nanking where General Chang whispered she might consider herself a detained guest.
West Virginia Fire Marshal department urges a safe Fourth of July campaign to prevent tetanus from blank cartridges and toy pistols. Officials warn that lockjaw follows trivial wounds, with bacilli thriving in oxygen-poor conditions and emphasize rapid anti tetanic serum after injury. Parents are cautioned that tetanus is preventable but hard to cure, and toy cap pistols pose the greatest risk.
Kronstadt military tribunal condemns Commander Klepikoff, ex Bal tic fleet ship commander, to death for espionage for Great Britain. His wife receives three years for complicity. He allegedly confessed to sending a report to a British intelligence agent in Finland about Soviet naval strength.
A rumor that missing French aviators Nungesser and Coll were found alive near the Ship Shaw River was discredited. The tale originated from a telephone chat between a corporation employee and his mother in Quebec City. Government and lumber firms found no confirmation, attributing the claim to flare sightings northeast of the Saguenay River.
Columbus Ohio June 16 Following a recommendation of the board of clemency it was announced today that Governor Donahey will not extend executive clemency to Leo Haterman convicted murderer under sentence to die tomorrow night. San Francisco June 16 The condition of John Drew veteran actor is in a hospital here was reported unchanged today. He spent a fairly easy night and was said to be coming along pretty well.
Felix Latenox remains the sole person in custody in the fatal dynamiting of Galloway miner Mich Zorko. Officials expect a second arrest soon, likely involving someone close to the slain man. Zorko was buried in Simpson cemetery. his Russian-born family could not be located.
A blaze in Montreal destroyed an old customs warehouse today. Estimated damage reached $2,000,000 with about $600,000 of seized liquor reported inside. Fire crews battled the flames as the cause remained under investigation.
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