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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1932
Page
7
Delegates from California urged the party to carry on for four more years as Hoover was renominated. Chicago Stadium crowd showed strong support with a large, loyal backing and a display of party enthusiasm.
Delegates fill a vast arena as a high screen projects President Hoover in action while loudspeakers amplify his voice. Bands, horns, and banners flood the floor with color and motion. Cameras flash and balloons rain as slogans unfold, creating a raucous, ceremonial chorus around the nomination moment.
The habeas corpus proceeding filed by Mrs. Maude Hanley Nestor of Flemington against John Hanley Sr and Miss Lydia Hanley of Dewey Avenue was continued from today in Judge Kittle's Philippi court to next Wednesday. The suit concerns custody of Carolyn June Hanley, five, held by grandfather John Hanley Sr and Lydia Hanley.
Salt Lake City June 17 Radio broadcasting of all football games ordered eliminated by the Rocky Mountain Conference. Members say broadcasts reduce attendance and they urge the NCAA to push other conferences to adopt similar rulings.
The Public Service Commission grants Baltimore and Ohio Railroad authority to abolish caretakers at six non agency stations. Stations listed include Cox's Landing in Cabell, Clifton in Mason, Newark in Wirt, Glenwood in Mason, Ben's Run in Tyler, and Willow Island in Pleasants counties.
Business conditions in the oil industry were the principal matter for discussion at a one day convention of the West Virginia Oil Tankers Association in Charleston. The meeting opened with a luncheon and business sessions were to precede a banquet.
Huntington June 17 The annual joint conventions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Grand International Auxiliary open here Monday Congressman Robert L Hogg has accepted an invitation to be a principal speaker Business sessions will be held on Tuesday
London dispatch reports Thomas telling the House of Commons that President De Valera has not deviated from his original stance on abolishing the oath of allegiance and land annuity payments. A dispatch read to the Commons highlights that the Irish issue remains as difficult as before.
New York on Bedloe's Island a mongrel named Trooper the Statue of Liberty dog was laid to rest with a military funeral. He helped soldiers show visitors the statue for years and was praised by Sergeant James P. Boyce as a great dog.
Rome reports the execution of Dominico Bovone and his assistant Angelo Bar dellotti for plotting against Il Duce. Both men were strapped to chairs and killed at dawn, as the Fascist government enforces retaliation for threats to Mussolini.
Police report a 26 year old cripple was starved by his father and brother to drive out devils believed to possess him. The body lay on a couch in the home and a diary by the brother notes death on April 4 and a predicted resurrection on June 24.
Delegates returned home from the fifth annual State Lathor League convention. At a meeting of the new executive committee last night Miss Lucille Granneman of Grafton was appointed vice secretary Morgantown chosen as the site for the 1933 convention.
Charleston June 17 State Treasurer W S Johnson was advised by the collector of internal revenue that state checks will be exempted from the two cent tax on checks effective June 21 Johnson previously had estimated that if the tax was applicable to state checks it would cost the state between 7000 and 7500 annually
Chicago June 17 a man on Long Island urges Joseph I France to head a new third party to aid the welfare of all the people after the former Maryland senator was ejected from the GOP platform and a wire signed Richard Knaust Copeague arrives proposing the plan.
Buckhannon reports that five or six Up shur county voting precincts will be eliminated after a survey to comply with new election laws. The revamping process paused last January due to difficulty and will resume to adjust lines accordingly.
The survey project faced delays due to deteriorated road conditions. Authorization to defer the work was granted by the attorney general's office, allowing the timetable to be adjusted while awaiting better access.
In Wheeling on June 17 Patrolman Leslie Harris fired at a man seen entering Behrens general store in a suburb. The intruder returned fire twice and escaped.
Elkins June 17 The May term of circuit court is expected to be concluded today when Judge H G Kump passes on final motions in several civil and chancery cases.
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