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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1932
Page
1
West Virginia legislature prepares for an extraordinary session July 12 called by Governor Conley to address a $1,750,000 deficit. Proposals include unemployment relief and a $500,000 fund, funded by indirect taxes on cigars and luxuries, with no direct property tax. The call also aims to balance salaries and fund the session, with cross party backing anticipated.
By order of the Commission I am directed to enforce Sections 23 and 24 of Ordinance XVIII, water works, adopted before 1916 and still in force. Owners must sign agreements making premises liable for water rents and charges. When multiple tenants share a hydrant or service pipe, the owner is responsible for payment. Beginning after July 1 1932, owners and water takers must comply. Fred V. Kunst, Clerk and Collector, City of Grafton.
Chicago June 27 Members of the new Democratic National Committee include Kentucky A W Young and Mrs Sam Cormer Ohio W A Julian and Mrs Bernice Pyke Pennsylvania Sedgwick Kistler and Mrs Emma G Miller Virginia R F Byrd and Mrs R C Watts West Virginia Herbert Fitzpatrick and Mrs J C Burchinal Maryland Howard Bruce and Mrs Elizabeth R Menafee
In Flemington New Jersey Colonel Charles A Lindbergh attends as John Hughes Curtis faces trial for expediting justice in the Lindbergh baby case. Prosecution wins a key ruling denying defense removal of prosecutor Harry Stout and seeks a bill of particulars on Curtis indictment.
James Mattern of Fort Worth and Bennett Griffin of Oklahoma City plan a globe encircling flight from Floyd Bennett airport aiming to beat the record eight days and 15 hours set by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty last year. Their monoplane is nearly ready with all modern gear including ice indicators.
Morgantown June 27 One man was killed and seven wounded in a shoot ing at the Maysville mine of the Kelly Creek Colliery Company during a coal mine strike. The dead man was James Schaffer a striking miner about 50. Two wounded men were in danger. The others were hospitalized at Monongalia County Hospital. State police arrested guards Herbert Vance and J R Thompson and jailed them. Dr W H Howell a surgeon at the scene assisted victims and called for ambulances.
Washington reports renewed communist activity among bonus-seeking veterans. Six members of the Workers Ex-Servicemen's League were arrested at a veterans encampment for distribution of a two-page bulletin attacking leaders and urging increased street panhandling, amid disputes over rank-and-file control and the resignation of Walter W. Waters.
Washington June 27 Congress faced a tight timetable to pass vital appropriation bills before the new fiscal year starts Friday. A major sticking point remained unemployment relief legislation amid a clash between President Hoover and Congress over House and Senate positions. Leaders aimed to adjourn by Saturday but paused plans to address the immediate funding issue.
Chicago June 27 Roosevelt forces split and quarrel over the Democratic national convention opening session. Opposing rally groups and internal resentments keep leaders and delegates uninterested as preliminaries unfold. Real business to begin tomorrow with keynote and parliamentary setup. Continued on page eight.
Rain drenches delegates at a lake-front hotel gathering as they tour town in a holiday mood. The piece notes 1916 politics with mentions of Mrs Clarence N Goodwin Genevieve Clark Thompson and Taft connections and ongoing Democratic social events.
C E Smith of Fairmont was elected chairman of the West Virginia delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Senator Matthew M Neely named to the resolution committee. Other committeemen and delegates chosen amid a caucus that included a tense moment when a delegate fired a gun, causing injuries. Bumgardner withdrew a resolution on repeal of the Eighteen Amendment after Neely signaled delegation support.
After a quarrel with Mrs Smith over mining conditions the despondent man fired a bullet at his heart. The wound perforated the left lung and exited the shoulder blade. He was brought to City Hospital unconscious, later resting as comfortably as possible under the circumstances.
Swollen by heavy rains the Yangtze rose two feet and stood 38 1 2 feet above normal in Hankow. Large areas of the Yangtze valley are flooded and the flood danger mirrors last year’s destructive levels.
The Democratic National Convention opens at Chicago Stadium with remarks by John J. Raskob and routine procedures. Evangeline Booth delivers invocation, Rose Zulatham of Massachusetts sings, Isadore Dockweiler reads Jefferson, and Alben Barkley gives the keynote as temporary officers are elected. The day ends with roll calls and committee confirmations.
In Chicago a Kentucky senator urged the Democratic National Convention to back a vote by the people on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment and to remove Republicans from office. He blasted the Smoot Hawley tariff as oppressive, called for tariff reform, criticized farm policy, and warned of economic collapse. Delegates from West Virginia noted undecided positions on prohibition change as they head to Chicago.
A distorted excerpt critiques Republican leadership as short sighted and unable to grasp the republic’s havoc and misrule. The speaker condemns decades of mismanagement and exploitation, urging recognition of the republic’s failings and seeking corrective statesmanship.
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