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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
5
Mrs. Frank L. Whitaker widow of F. L. Whitaker a prominent Huntington real estate operator has died.
District Attorney L Bar ron Hill of Suffolk County announced a full probe into the mysterious disappearance of society matron Mrs Alice McDowell Parsons. He plans rapid witness interviews from Brookhaven headquarters after the June 9 vanishing, with possible state-law violations to be examined. FBI involvement began after a ransom note was found several hours later demanding $25,000.
INDIANAPOLIS June 24 Delegates elected F Trafford Taylor of St Boniface Manitoba as Kiwanis International president the first Canadian in the role since 1922 23 he was chosen by acclamation HG Hatfield of Oklahoma City Okla was renamed treasurer Delegates also tabled resolutions on President Roosevelt s court reorganization plan.
Bluefield June 24 report of the hacked body of James Garland, an elderly handyman for leading families, found by berry pickers near the city’s most exclusive area. Magistrate McNeal and Corporal Hampton thought a maniac killed him, with the body likely dragged to the edge of the district and dead 18 to 24 hours prior.
Wheeling June 24. The West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police and county sheriffs will hold their joint convention at Charleston in 1938. Firemen who joined in this year’s convention which closed last night will meet separately next year.
Truax-Tract Coal company with mines in West Virginia declares a quarterly dividend of 20 cents on common stock payable July 31 to stockholders of record July 15. A prior 25 cent dividend was paid March 10.
Harry P. Lord, a Providence dealer, reports four of his horses worth about 1000 dollars died after drinking water contaminated with arsenic used in fruit spray preparation. Hospital tests are planned as authorities investigate possible poisoning.
An agent for the Duke of Windsor is reported to have bought Harlaxton Hall estate in Lincolnshire, a 4,090 acre self supporting baronial property near Belvoir castle. The deal fuels speculation that Edward VIII may live there after abdication turmoil. The estate includes a 10 room manor house built in Elizabethan style and villages within its grounds. Nearby, Belvoir Hunt headquarters lie three miles away, and the region lies about ten miles north of London.
Boston June 24 Post master General James A Farley predicted a court plan satisfactory to the pivot would be passed at this session of Congress He declined comment on Governor George H Earle's suggestion that President Roosevelt run for a third term He said it was too early to discuss 1940 plans or his own future Evidence in six cases of alleged
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