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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1935
Page
5
In Ville Md June 17 three judges failed to reach a verdict on John M Boland in a complicity plot tied to a suspected double murder. The jury discharged after testimony on a bank clerk Anne Lyddane and the possibility of charges against Boland. If Lyddane is innocent charges may be dropped against her co defendant.
Boston June 17 a man named Alex Truskolsky was angered not by a rear fender dent but when a woman involved in a slight collision asked to see his license. He handed over his wallet containing twenty dollars and his credentials she drove away with wallet and all.
A Wichita caller asked L. B. Smith, Illinois passenger agent for the Santa Fe railroad, about summer landings to California. Smith replied no. The caller then offered 18 dollars as a fare, hoping for a cheaper option, but was rebuffed.
Hearings for 46 men arrested in raids on two gambling establishments will begin tonight before a Justice of the Peace in Montgomery Hancock. Twelve state troopers conducted the raids Saturday night.
Mrs Barrymore denies any current connection with Elaine Barrie a youthful member of a yachting party. She states Elaine is “just a name in a newspaper” and focuses on her Los Angeles home in Beverly Hills.
Washington June 17 A conference named today to draft a compromise substitute for the TVA bill deadlocked in the house military committee. Committee leaders McSwain Montet and Schaefer began work after a two hour session with Democrats and Republicans. May Ky said there were prospects for a bill a little more decent than that passed two years ago, though no prediction on committee support.
June 11 report details Pi Ter emiah Findley, 42, who went fishing in the Hudson when his line tangled with another. Both men pulled to separate lines and his rival’s sinkers struck Findley, knocking him unconscious. He’s hospitalized with a fractured skull.
A fragmented exchange features questions about balancing books at a fish market and whether buying a music store is a sound investment. Voices reference Alice Scott of Wirt Minn and Bulger of Buffalo NX, with incomplete remarks about chances and a note that “we can still table it.”
Kansas City reports Billy Sunday, the former baseball star turned evangelist, urged for Alabama Pitts to be allowed to play baseball after time served at Sing Sing. Sunday criticized the decision to bar Pitts and said two major executives once served time, urging Judge Kane and Mountain Landis to reconsider.
Washington June 17 Senator Norris Neb proposed an amendment to curb the Supreme Court. It would bar invalidating an act of Congress unless at least seven of nine justices agree and the ruling starts within six months of the law's enactment.
Wichita Kansas dispatch notes the famous flying duo of Wiley Post and his plane Winnie Mae approaching a final separation. The report emphasizes their historic linkage and the journey ahead as the pair near a turning point in their travels.
Portland police report Mrs. Herbert L. Morrill, 53, admitted striking her husband with a club and later killed him with an axe. Their 10-year-old son James helped dig the shallow grave in the Morrill home at West Falmouth. The case left the boy in custody as authorities seek a permanent home for him.
Senator James Couzens was admitted to Harper hospital in Detroit for rest and treatment of a diabetic disorder after a recent Washington examination. Doctor Hugo A. Freund ordered the hospitalization yesterday.
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Sheriff Burnell described a boy, Wat James, who said his mother confessed last Saturday to killing his father. The youth hid the truth for a week amid fear, while authorities noted tax collections via land redemptions easing municipal financial distress.
Charleston June 17. Auditor Edgar B. Sims will tour West Virginia to recover 2 billion dollars in unpaid land taxes. He aims to visit every county to urge the collection of delinquent lands and prompt reception of payments.
E. K. Way of Rosemont suffered a severe eye injury Saturday at Reppert Fuel Co mine when his son Kenneth released a trolley wire. Airlifted to Davis Memorial hospital in Elkins for emergency operation. He will remain for treatment until improvement is noted.
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