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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1931
Page
4
The notice welcomes submissions to the editor but warns anonymous communications are not considered. It outlines ad rates of two cents per word for first insertion, one cent per word thereafter, with same day ads due by 9:00 a.m. An extra charge per inch applies for late composition after 9:00 a.m., and removals notices must be by 6:00 p.m.
A local Wild Life League outlines new projects to stock game and fish in woods and forests and to lock remaining streams from mine waste. The group urges citizen support to protect fingerlings from poachers using dip nets and similar methods, and calls for a state commission ruling to close stocked streams to protect the fish next year and prosecute unlawful fishing.
The Sentinel urges city authorities to put park ferry into service to ease bridge and pottery yard traffic during the swimming season. It notes authorities should also upgrade river access and caution about private property issues while referencing a recent large passenger-steamer disaster.
Unbelievable development shocks public as Al Capone yields, choosing to take the rap and end his gangland reign. Reportedly waning prestige, dangerous entanglements, and mounting enemies push the notorious kingpin toward seeking peace behind prison bars.
Federal officials anticipate a five year sentence for Al Capone after his guilty plea on income tax and prohibition charges. New York is named as the next target in the crackdown, with 40 agents already at work and coordinated investigations across major cities.
Investigators expect a conclusion today as the Believe Man search extends. Truesdale and Miss Woods vanished after a May 30 dance. their abandoned car was found near a quarry and Miss Woods's body, weighted with a stone, was later recovered after a beating.
President Hoover told the Illinois assembly that state legislatures are laboratories for national ideas as he praised Lincoln’s memory and urged shifts in government to better enforce principles. He spoke at the state arsenal, after visiting Lincoln’s birthplace and the mansion, with a band interruption and a tentative copy of remarks read for confirmation.
Baptists from Taylor Randolph and Harrison counties will convene in Grafton at the First Baptist church for a full day convention. Speakers include Miss Erma Wells and Miss Lula Meadows with Rev. L. B. Powers. Sessions run 9:30 to 12, 2 to 4, and 7:30 tonight with youth in charge.
The article notes instruction this year focuses on the use of the Bible in home and school. A night session will feature a program by the young people and urges a strong turnout of local workers, especially teachers from all departments.
Charleston June 17 R L Osborn superintendent of the state department of public safety announced the resignation of Trooper Jennings Skidmore, stationed at Gassaway, who left to take other work. Osborn said the vacancy will not be filled temporarily.
Plattsburgh June 17 report says the Clinton County home for aged persons was destroyed by fire. Preliminary investigation indicates all inmates were rescued.
The annual report of the society's president and secretary covers the state convention in session. Mrs. E F Joachim reports rising membership interest while Mrs. Pilson notes satisfactory income. Miss Collins and Miss Pilson attend missions events. Miss Wagner attends the Young Women's Congress.
Attorneys for Phil Ball challenge Kenesaw Mountain Landis in the circuit court of appeals over his authority as baseball commissioner. The case concerns Fred Bennett the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder whom Landis ruled a free agent after St. Louis farmed him to Milwaukee.
Oakland June 17 A court order threatens the Philadelphia Nationals batting order star Buzz Arlett as a key witness in an automobile damage case. Judge Harry W Pulcifer ruled Arlett must appear in Oakland July 1, projecting possible mid season impact on the team. The suit targets Dr A J Carns son, driver of the car involved in the accident and Arlett’s team fate hangs on the witness location.
Two notices announce public auctions by W Merle Watkins trustee on July 11 1931 for two parcels in Blueville Fetterman district Taylor County West Virginia. Each lot fronts Blue avenue 40 feet with depths 150 and 140 feet respectively, containing a one and a half story bungalow with double garage and a modern dwelling. Terms are cash.
The Board of Education of Gratton Independent School District in Taylor County West Virginia will pay its outstanding 5 percent school bonds dated July 1 1914 redeemable July 1 1924 or any year after by notice Bond numbers 47 to 113 and 121 to 220 will be paid with interest July 1 1931 at Kanawha Valley Bank Charleston West Virginia Interest ceases after July 1 1931 By order of the Board Secretary Harry Friedman June 2 1931
In Taylor County West Virginia the court orders B W Auvil trustee and B W Auvil and Lawson Starcher partners to appear within one month after first publication to protect their interest in lots 3 4 and 5 of the John L Hechmer plat in Grafton. The sale of the real estate may be decreed to satisfy a 5100 debt plus interest from December 16 1929. Publication to be in the Grafton Sentinel.
In Chancery Walter A. Woodyard on behalf of all lien creditors seeks to subject the Cohen building at West Main and St John streets in Grafton to payment of a $272.05 mechanics lien and other existing liens. Defendants Herman J. Gerber Trustee and The New Liberty Loan and Savings Association are nonresidents or foreign corporations with service issues. they must appear within one month of first publication.
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