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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
5
The New Dixie screens I Am a Thief a Ralph Block Doris Malloy drama of a French Surete versus a band of jewel thieves. The plot centers on the Kareninas priceless diamonds auctioned as bloodshed and murder erupt along a suspenseful chase from Paris to Istanbul aboard the Simpson Express.
Medical societies from Fayette Raleigh and Kenawha counties meet in Montgomery to hear Dr John Royal Moore of Shriners Orthopedic Hospital Philadelphia. The June 20 gathering centers on coordinated regional medical planning and orthopedic care.
Ernest J. Joachim of Charleston will serve another year as president of the Lutheran Brotherhood in West Virginia. He was reelected at a joint meeting of the Brotherhood and the West Virginia Synod of the United Lutheran Church which rejected Rev. A. B. Leamer of Huntington as president.
Charleston June 20 As assessment of public utilities for the next year will be completed this week. Members of the State Board of Public Works say they have completed their work on the valuations and turned them over to the tax commissioner s office for compilation.
A 10 cent household polish for woodwork and furniture, named Wife Preservers, is described as easy to hold and smokeless compared to cloth. The product advertisement emphasizes safety and practicality for homemakers.
Dr Logan Clendening explains safer summer infant feeding replacing old nursing dogma. Boiled whole milk, evaporated and powdered milks are safer options than unboiled milk. Emphasizes proper preparation, sterile bottles, and refrigeration. notes six pamphlets offered for ten cents each via mail.
Weather notes show June as exceptionally wet in Grafton with river stages rising to 969 feet, five feet above typical summer levels, and Grafton pump station at 41-2 05 feet. Rainfall for the first nineteen days totals 3.57 inches, versus May at 5.48 inches for the same period. May was the rainiest month with 6.93 inches. Temperature reached 91 degrees, the highest yet for Grafton, while the low dipped to near 63. The report explains two-thermometer method used by Mr. W E Clayton, a 30 year government observer, for max and min readings.
Community and city leaders press for hospital expansion and better outpatient care as the 12,000,000 Tygart Valley dam project advances. Officials note current hospitalization capacity is well below the city’s needs and seek sustained funding to support construction and related health services.
In Leavenworth near Lansing a mutinous group of convicts held twelve guards as hostages during a tense escape attempt. Warden Lacey oversaw the scene as inmates forced the mine shaft action, while authorities deployed gas masks and tear gas to quell the disturbance.
Government requirements proposed two bills to fund a new city hospital. One would set aside 5000 dollars yearly from general revenues, the other would redirect charity funds from the city hospital toward loan repayment. Washington rejected both for insufficient security. A bond election by voters was proposed as an alternative to obtain loan funds. The plan envisioned parking revenues at Greffen City Park and county funds to cover the rest, with revenue projections and future details to be announced.
Dr. C. H. Koon, a local chiropodist, was chosen to represent the West Virginia State Association of Chiropodists at the national convention in Louisville Kentucky this August. He just returned from Charleston where he attended the state meeting and was elected to serve as WV representative.
The State Board moves toward choosing a new president for Marshall College in Huntington after Dr Morris P Shawkey’s resignation. Secretary David Kirby says final action on college presidencies, including Concord Fairmont Glenville Shepherd West Liberty New River Bluefield State and West Virginia State at Institute, will come late today or tomorrow morning.
About two months earlier effective July 1 the college trustees will appoint roughly 500 faculty members and consider keeping the retiring president as president emeritus. The board will also choose superintendents for West Virginia schools for the deaf and blind. Ten candidates are in consideration for Marshall’s presidency, with interviews set for Dr W H S White, Dr James E Allen, and Dr Otis G Wilson among others from Shepherd, Elkins, Glenville and Kent State affiliates.
Scientists study a mummified pre-Columbian miner found in Mammoth Cave. The lone discovery suggests tools and digging habits of ancient inhabitants, with questions about his death, purpose, and what he was excavating for. Engineers may need a tall tower to lift a five ton rock to uncover further clues. Meanwhile, 120 laborers begin concrete pouring for a dam project above Grafton City park.
Megantown hosts the Know West Virginia tour by the State Farm Women's bureau starting Thursday June 20. The 290 mile educational journey covers eight counties with stops at historic and scenic sites.
Martinsburg hosts an Eastern Panhandle auto caravan tour scheduled for Monday and Tuesday June 24 and 25. The event aims to acquaint other sections of West Virginia with activities in Philippi Grafton Clarksburg Fairmont and Morgantown as part of regional association efforts.
Wallace Henderson manager of the federal housing administration said local canvassers pledged 50 repair or modernization jobs in the past week. The value reached 17,675 bringing total pledged to 88,559 for local housing drive with painters and carpenters expected to stay busy all summer.
Cambridge mass June 20 Harvard University awarded honorary degrees to Albert Einstein Henry A Wallace and ten others across science craft literature education and public service Einstein received the honorary doctor of science and Wallace the doctor of laws from President James B Conant at the 209th commencement ceremony
In Trenton Utah on June 20 R E Butler faced a worm infestation in his beet patch. He released 2,000 chickens into the field, hoping the birds would eat the pests and protect the crop. The approach reflects a practical, unconventional farming method used locally.
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