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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
8
Taylor county held its second annual wool pool with J. J. Bartlett and County Agent Carroll Hawkins directing. Wool rejects dropped to 20 percent, the lowest in the state, with 6,669 pounds sold for about $1,500. M. J. Gregory of the state agriculture department and Charles Wilson of the West Virginia university extension assisted.
A Wednesday contract with Central West Virginia Hospital Service Inc extends hospital insurance to residents of the region. City officials tout low rates and a six month waiting period before coverage starts, with Jolliffe named as regional manager to organize sales and staffing.
A Cumberland Maryland memorial service honored Samuel W Keller a Maple Avenue resident and former postal clerk who died earlier in the week at Memorial Hospital. Attendees from Grafton included Joseph Keller Lewis Haymond C E Grayson E F K Roof J Brower H J Logsdon Nettie Watkins Merle Watkins Clyde Gilbert G T Vance Wittmat A W Wagner Alfred Wagner Vern Wittman and several Grafton Masons led by Donald Wagner Edward Mart L Q Dotson Charles H Payne J Lee Evans B G Brown R W Hilkey Russell Dotson James Pappajohn and H Cylan.
Helena Ellers of Blueville was arrested Wednesday night by Deputy Sheriff Joe Maske and handed to Harrison County authorities who have a warrant for her charging that she passed a worthless check in Clarksburg. Officers from the neighboring county returned her to Clarksburg shortly after the arrest.
The Tara yacht carried six weeks provisions 300 gallons of water and fuel for 300 miles as three youths undertake a perilous voyage. Mrs. Tara says the pair cause sleepless nights but hopes they remain safe while law officials weigh actions if the yacht is used.
The economics minister described Germany as a center of disturbances while noting its economy has resisted the low mood. He blamed delays in Anglo American trade pact talks on the world economic situation and warned that many nations may never repay debts to the United States.
McCall testified he carried a child with a large white handkerchief over the face and mouth. He said the boy was dead when he returned home, placed him on a bed, then carried the body to a woods thicket and left it. He described making ransom notes and delivering two more notes, including one he pretended to find.
Art Rooney, Pirates president, said Byron White will decide by late next week whether to sign with Pittsburgh for 1938 or accept a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford. Rooney spoke by phone with White at his Wellington Colorado home after meeting with the all American star of 1937. White would determine if he accepts a Pirates offer of 15090 dollars for the 1938 season.
The readable text shows a fragmentary exchange on health related transactions with mentions of a fair price and unwanted extra costs. It hints at negotiations over a 5 percent reduction but lacks clear participants or concrete events.
Clyde Jarvis, who fled a Braxton country road camp seven years ago, was recaptured at his wife’s Marlinton home and returned to the state penitentiary to complete his term.
Charleston report notes Carl L. Vickers of the PWA with over 25 million in proposed projects urging sponsors to file applications immediately. He says success depends on how fast projects can start, with 45 percent of project costs possibly government funded. Applications include Hardy county school building 110,000 Grant Mingo county 109,500 Taylor county 272,000 Mason county 272,727 Moundsville street paving 300,000 and sewer disposal plant loan grant 100,000.
A seventeen year old girl Ruth Batton claimed homelessness and was arraigned in police court on a loitering charge. Mayor P F Gillispie ordered her from the city to Wendel with admonition to start immediately or face destitution. James Fisher of Independence was fined five dollars for drunken neglect after a separate incident.
Mrs Reed seeks a restraining order against her husband and the court to prevent disposal of money or property during settlement. She cites his income and assets including a Baltimoressnd shopman husband, $2,500 60 in First National Bank, postal savings funds, an automobile, and real estate. Felonious assault charges against Mrs Reed were dismissed. peace warrants were issued for her, her husband, and two children. Hearings set before Magistrate A B Knabenshue.
Operations at the American Viscose plant in Parkersburg restarted after a June 7 closure due to a labor dispute. Assistant Manager Larue Hendrixson said output depends on market conditions and reconditioning time. 150 to 200 workers walked out June 5, and the plant closed June 7. A CIO Textile Workers Organizing Committee spokesman announced a settlement earlier this week.
Attorney W Ford filed a civil action in Taylor County Circuit Court on Thursday for Levi J Wilson of Feterman district. The suit targets Flora D Blake Hallie Poling Callie Blake Isaac Poling and Charles Taylor over costs assessed in an old right of way proceeding.
Across the Mediterranean front the insurgents pressed toward Valencia from two sides as three armies drive south toward the refugee capital. More than 2,000 wounded soldiers of the Tero division fled into France under cover of darkness, while 800 troops, described as a "death by own action brigade," faced potential isolation as insurgent forces closed the trap.
A division once about 4000 men held Maladetti Mountain fasteners for months despite being cut off from aid and facing a much larger surge of 12 to 15 thousand attackers.
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