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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1928
Page
8
A Missouri Pacific Southerner bound from New Orleans to Kansas City derailed near Durand Kansas, injuring about forty people with five in serious condition. Twenty six were hospitalized, while fourteen others continued to their destinations.
A broken rail caused a wreck ripping up track as a steel chair car plunged 20 feet between the Owl Creek banks. Two Pullman cars overturned while courageous passengers aided the injured. Doctor C E Shaffer of Moline Kansas treated victims after cutting his feet on shattered glass. Mrs J M Rows of Hot Springs Arkansas also administered aid amid injuries. Most victims were locals from Kansas City and other points in Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas.
President Coolidge remains in quiet country life at Cedar Island lodge near Superior Wisconsin on June 25 with no plans to alter his routine. He attended Brule church with Mrs Coolidge who looked better after illness. He listened to blind lay preacher John Taylor and spent a sunny afternoon at the lodge.
In a procedural note, Bier Tobias by the Fonyn ties Corporation, an out of state defendant, was dismissed at the plaintiff's instance without prejudice. The docket references a state case against A Cleavenger and John Volf, with a trial slated for the October term. Chancery orders include an injunction by A M Hughes against Howard F Glenn restricting sale or encumbrance of a specified automobile. the vehicle must remain in county custody or with Hughes. Temporary alimony granted in Rosa A Simmons v George F Simmons and Jesse Ruth Lucas v Wm Mraneis Lucas, with suit money awarded in the latter. The divorce action Lucas Leas was reformed to Chancery Commissioner Samuel M Musgrave. Jury service and court expense orders issued. Repair work underway on the east tower of the courthouse to remove falling slate and safeguard pedestrians. pieces of slate have fallen, narrowly missing several people.
Mrs. Earl Westerman of West Milford Street leaped from a moving car on Hill Street when brakes slipped. She received painful contusions to arms and legs after jumping onto a fire plug. She improved after medical care and rests at home.
Beckley West Virginia June 25 Up Mrs Earl Akers 27 died hours after being discharged from hospital where treatment for a bullet wound from an April assault had been given Police said death cause undetermined The alleged assailant Henry Grivan a Negro youth was sentenced to be hanged August 16 for the assault and murder of Mrs Akers The body was found in her bed after waking for water at her mother’s home in Gid Ruler county
Last evening the commencement exercises of the vacation church school at the Presbyterian church were presented to a large audience by the pupils. The school had been in progress for two weeks from Monday through Friday each week.
The two week curriculum included seven departments with diplomas for attendance and efficient work awarded to 21 students. Top boys William Fisher and Frank Cotton. top girls Betty Kyle, Barbara Whiteford, Helen Jean Campbell. Programs featured hymns, scripture readings, prayers, and mission stories. The color guard led closing exercises with pledges to the Christian and American flags and a community craft display drew audience interest.
A large audience watched color pictures of mission work in foreign fields including hospitals schools and leper colonies at the First Christian Church last evening. Rev O J Howearth preached a sermon tied to the films, delivering a notable service focused on missions.
May term of circuit court adjourned Saturday after several law and equity orders were disposed of by Judge Warren B. Kittle. A judgment of 4340 was entered against John Hite of Fairmont and Eugene Summerville of Grafton in the Holden case, brought by Sidney H. Summerville on notes held by the plaintiff. Neither defendant appeared when called, and the judgment was summarily entered after court examination showed it to be good. A motion for judgment against
Washington reports Robert W. Stewart head of Indiana Standard of Company was indicted on three counts of perjury tied to his Continental Trading Company testimony before a Senate committee. The charges arise from his earlier acquittal and relate to Liberty bond profits and distribution. Stewart's lawyers call the indictment a political weapon and say he will seek immediate trial.
Overnight talks among party leaders set a resolutions committee to craft a strong law enforcement plank likely naming the eighteenth amendment. Proposals for Prohibition repeal and farm parity measures were discussed by senators and leaders to frame the platform for the national convention.
In Moundsville on June 25 Paul Seder, 32, drowned while rowing toward the Ohio side in a boat with two companions who were later arrested for intoxication. Authorities said the men had been drinking at a river camp. Seder’s companions Y Plesko and B Prank narrowly escaped, were rescued, and jailed to be summoned before the coroner.
In Kaw Nation at Kaw, Oklahoma on June 25, elders and eight full blood braves welcomed Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas with a pioneer era dance. Mrs Elizabeth Curtis Colvin of Topeka spoke briefly thanking him as he arrived from the campaign. Bells and drums accompanied the procession as garish regalia and motor cars brought spectacle to the tribute.
A Chicago West Side apartment death today left a family of five asphyxiated, apparently from gas escaping a hot water heater. Police consider accidental death but explore murder or self harm theories after reporting marital quarrel and a threat by the wife. Victims are Joseph Noel, age AG, and his wife Iola, 40, plus three children aged 6, 6, and 6. Bodies found in bed and on the floor. investigation began after a jeweler in the building raised suspicions.
American advisor to the late Northern Chinese dictator Chang Tso Lin drowned today at Kamakura while swimming. General Swineheart, once linked to Colorado, had been in Tokyo for a month, possibly on a mission. In the Democratic National Committee action, six Smith pledged delegates from the Canal Zone were seated, along with six from the District of Columbia and three Philadelphia delegates, while an uninstructed slate led by Frank T. Hamlin was rejected. all decisions appealable to the credential committee.
Standbereh McGreevy & Company manager Cormnel Larsen was shot in the back by a disgruntled customer in his Wichits Falls office over securities. Larsen identified Clarence J. Nv as the assailant. An X-ray was taken to assess the injury.
In Clarksburg on June 25 10 year old Jared Hanley drowned after slipping from a rope swing over Elk Creek. Police investigated as a fatal boating type accident near the creek bank with no immediate witnesses.
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