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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1931
Page
4
A mixed page shows subscription prices by mail and carrier, ads rates, and deadlines for classified notices. It includes Salvation Army fundraising progress, sailing critique of cartoonist graft, Wilkins polar expedition recall, drought and crops outlook across the Plains, Hoover re nomination campaign notes, and political commentary on 1930s economic hard times and party prospects.
Ohio lawmakers push far reaching relief by exempting household goods from state tax and tax shifting machinery and intangible property to lean on local rates. New revenue of 27 million dollars will support municipalities and schools, while luxury taxes on utilities may rise to four percent. The Wheeling Intelligencer contrasts Ohio progress with West Virginia failures.
In the aftermath many victims remain unnamed as authorities tally deaths and describe survivors. Of the dead, 59 are women, and wind swept sheds along the shore hold many bodies. The city of Nantes alone reports 368 industrial class fatalities.
Fight young men who were saved were resting comfortably in a hospital and were believed to be on the road to health. The bodies were recovered after the incident.
The eighteenth annual convention of the Women’s Missionary Society of the West Virginia Synod of the Lutheran church opens tonight at 8 p.m. in the church rooms. Katherine Koelz gives the welcome, R. H. Hamill replies, and Rev. E. F. K. Root preaches on Gaine Party Go. Delegates and visitors have arrived. opening speeches and organization proceed tonight with business to come tomorrow. All meetings are open to the public.
In municipal court this morning three men William A. Hesser Graf ton L. H. Hays and Wilbert Jenkins were fined fifty dollars and costs after trial on an assault and battery charge brought by Mrs Naomi Drainer of Walnut street. Jenkins and Hayes received ten day jail terms for nonpayment Hesser may appeal or pay the fine The trial centered on a radio left at Mrs Drainer's home with Hesser claiming it as his He testified he tried to retrieve it with a constable present who advised against removal He later hired two Coffman men to assist and take the radio Mrs Drainer reportedly warned they would be killed if they tried to take the radio A struggle ensued and the radio was removed The case also noted L K Solomon and H A Korte leaving on a Caverns in Virginia auto trip returning Tuesday.
Special Commissioners will sell at public auction in Grafton West Virginia on June 17 1931 the coal mining property and related real estate formerly owned by The White Horse Coal Company in Taylor County. The parcels include Pittsburgh vein coal tracts near Flemington totaling about 64 acres plus mining rights, several town lots in Gates Addition, and mining equipment such as a tipple tramway loading terminal blacksmith shop powder house and mining cars.
Special Commissioners announce terms of sale for coal lands and equipment. Property to be sold with at least half cash on day of sale and remaining balance on six months credit secured by note. Tracts named One to Tenth offered in sequence, with whole-property sale to maximize bid. If not completed, sale may be adjourned as commissioners determine. Clerk Frank M. Hollis certifies bond and security.
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