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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1929
Page
8
Boothaville Methodist Church to host homecoming with Dr Walter M Gir preach recalling 25 years past. Civil War era church site rebuilt 1866. long pastorate history listed, including Briscoe and Bowles. Also note Sweden demand for high priced American motor cars from commerce department.
Judge Harold Brennan ruled the case over the 1914 sale of the National Telephone Company to American Bell Telephone Co. and dismissed claims for 2.8 million dollars in profits and interest. The suit, filed in 1926, involved J Edgerton William and Nelson Vange alleging advances to Samuel W Harper.
Two boys Willie Fowler and John Lobis, described as organizers of a local youth group, attracted police attention for after dark rides around the Tygart Valley. Police and city officials say the youths engaged in misbehavior, not crimes, prompting Mayor Charles C. King to sentence them to pull grass on vacant lots. Seven other youths faced city court after a daytime swimming incident, with varying stories about what occurred.
Mayor Charles King and Chief Homer Selvey discussed a recent youth prank saying boys will be kept busy by police. The pair expressed sympathy for boyhood days and suggested youths swim or visit the park instead of misbehaving, amid talk of punishment for offenses.
Arrangements announced for the funeral of Ida Squires who died Thursday afternoon from a paralytic stroke. Services set at two o clock tomorrow at the home of her daughter Mrs Ethel Miller 319 Harrett street with Rev H B Workman of St Pauls M E church officiating. She was daughter of Aaron and Jane Emerson Richards and widow of the late H B Squires. Interment in Simpson cemetery announced by Bartlett Funeral Company.
Louis B Brydon aged about fifty two died in Bloomington Maryland after years of business decline linked to West Virginia coal trades. He leaves widow Grace Rebecca Blue and four children Susan a nurse, Mrs Frederick Warder, William and Rebecca. Funeral at Westernport Episcopal church on Monday June 24 with burial in Cumberland Maryland. He was survived by sister Edna Brydon and five brothers.
Berlin reports a steady rise in female police applicants since eligibility widened for police commissioner posts. The Civil Service League notes 70 women are now performing police duties in Prussia.
Washington June 22 P The interstate commerce commission prescribed a revised scale of freight rates on iron and steel carloads east of Chicago and west of the Ohio river to take effect October 20 The new scale sets maximum rates from six cents per hundred pounds for five miles and under to 56 cents for 1200 miles Higher rates were allowed for New England up to 65 cents per hundred pounds for 8 5 miles and under to 45 cents for 700 miles Commissioner Eastman explained the higher New England rates were logical due to unfavorable transport conditions Woodlock dissented saying the tariff would reduce railroad revenues by at least 2 5 million The majority argued for a thorough revision based on a distance scale and uniform rates across the territory
Windsor Ontario June 22 Alfred E Cuddy deputy commissioner of Ontario police urged reinforcement of the waterfront patrol and search of rum craft for weapons as the United States offensive against Detroit river liquor smuggling began after inspectors evaluated export docks and waterways.
Cuddy asked Attorney General A H Price to station more officers along the Essex county waterfront from Lake Erie to Lake St Clair. He favored cooperation with Dominion customs inspectors to search rum runners and their craft for weapons and contraband. He noted a U S customs patrol boat fired on a Canadian pleasure craft, which he said was not used for liquor smuggling. Charges of attempted murder loom on both sides, with Cuddy convinced the gunmen were Americans.
Government circles say no date fixed yet for Premier MacDonald's planned Washington trip. A later date than some anticipate is considered likely. In Akron the dirigible Mayflower departed toward Lakehurst with pilot W. L. Smith and aide Robert P. Diemer, expected to reach Lakehurst tomorrow.
London reports yesterday to Hong Kong claimed a disaster at the East Bund hospital in Canton. Officials stated no hospital disaster occurred, noting the explosion likely came from a nearby ammunition dump. Five killed and 100 patients moved when hospital electricity failed due to the blast.
Des Moines police prepared to execute a search warrant for the seizure of up to 10 carloads of near beer. The warrant, issued by Judge H. H. Sawyer, followed an information sworn by John Hammond, former police chief and dry worker. It authorized searches for intoxicating liquors.
Charleston hosts the annual outing of West Virginia publishers and editors with a Kanawha valley sightseeing tour and a banquet to close the event. Governor Conley is slated to deliver the principal banquet address. In Wheeling, Mr and Mrs John Cox welcomed triplets two boys and a girl born that night. Cox works in the faculty of a local commercial school.
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