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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1935

Page

7

Woman in Weyerhaeuser kidnaping case awaits forced trial

Mrs. Margaret Waley, 19, wife of Harmon Waley, who faces 45 years for the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping, awaits her forced trial date in Tacoma Washington. She leaves court with jail matron Mrs. Edward O'Brien after authorities refused to let her plead guilty as her husband did. Investigators told the court she was merely a dupe.

Margaret Waley Harmon Waley Weyerhaeuser Tacoma Wash Waley Edward O’brien

Judge Pardons Drunk Driver and Pauses Jail Time

Everett Stemple faced jail after a Justice of the Peace conviction for drunken driving. Judge H W Dent granted a pardon suspending the sentence upon payment of a $25 fine in five monthly installments starting July 1, with a $200 bond. Stemple’s attorney Eugene Sommerville cited his farmer father’s need for assistance. An additional order in Rosa B Poe vs Harrison Wolfe and D R Shafer ratified a real estate sale to Harry L Baker Ollie Wolfe and Olaf B R Lawson.

Everett Stemple Justice of the Peace Bydge H. W. Dent Temple Ona C. Jefferys Dent Stemple Eugene Sommerville Wickwire Rosa B. Poe Harrison Wolfe D. R. Shafer J. Guy Allender Harry L. Baker Ollie Wolfe Olaf BR. Lawson

F R Seeks Continued Row On Government Payments

The discussion centers on cash payment for securities with accrued interest and exchange for nongold securities at the same rate and maturity. The president asserts no constitutional right to sue the government and emphasizes sovereign immunity. The piece notes the policy of equal dollar for dollar payments and potential congressional action.

F. R United States Congress

Automatic Shocker Eliminates Harvest Hands In Kansas Field

Peter Ketelson of Wichita proclaims an automatic shocker perfect after 12 years of trial on Will Schweizer’s 280 acre wheat field near Wichita. The device shoots bundles, retrieves them and replaces harvest hands normally needed to shock bundled grain.

Peter Ketelson Wichita Kas Will Schweizer

Congress Oversight Proposal on Securities and Money

The text asserts that the United States government will not allow its courts to aid efforts to sabotage government operations or private speculation. It emphasizes reaffirming and defining congressional control over securities and money issued by the United States of America.

United States Congress United States of America

Constable Continued From Page One In Courtroom

Totten arrested the alleged robber on a driving charge while the writ was refused. Claude Carpenter was present in court to intimidate Albert Casto, whose testimony linked Carpenter to the hold-up of 11 cases of whisky. Casto identified the prisoner as one of three men responsible.

Totten I. H. Totten Carpenter Claude Carpenter Albert Casto Casto

Brothers Seek Record Breaking Streak Amid Rain Fears

James H. Skewes, Chamber of Commerce president and newspaper publisher, offers publishers 100 dollars for every day the Keys stay up after breaking the record. Officials fear rain may interrupt attempts to beat the unofficial mark of 647 hours 29 minutes set by Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine in St Louis in 1930.

James H. Skewes Chamber of Commerce The Keys Dale Jackson Forest O'Brine St. Louis

New Agency Aims To Help Youth Through School And Work

The passage describes a new agency to aid youth by enabling completion of high school and college, and by providing work on relief projects. A national advisory committee will coordinate with state and local committees and with industry, agriculture, and commercial groups. Williams becomes executive director and has a varied background, with Miss Roche chairing a special executive committee.

Williams Miss Roche Harry L. ‘Hopkins

Woodsdale Cemetery Beautified With New Four Acre Lawn

Woodsdale Memorial Bar, improved by W H Young over six months, gains a four acre lawn section in Section B, with graded landscaping and fenced driveways. A trust fund ensures perpetual care, and plans include hedges and landscaping at the Route 50 entrance and around the Woodsdale Memorial park block.

Woodsdale Memorial W. H. Young Woodsdale Cemetery Association Young Woodsdale Memorial Park

Classified rates and rules for Sentinel ads

Classified Sentinel lists rates: 2 cents per word for the first insertion, 1 cent per word for each additional insertion, with consecutive insertions in the regular column style. Minimum charge 45 cents. Each initial and each figure counts as a word. Example 421 equals three words. Ads must stay within proper classifications. report errors immediately. Sentinel bears no more than one incorrect insertion.

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City to Open Railroad Street for Parking Plan

City commissioners seek to reopen Railroad street and convert it into public parking to ease acute parking pressure. Proposals include moving the Baltimore and Ohio fence, filling embankment, and directing traffic from Latrobe and Main into La Fayette alley with exit on St Johns street, potentially adding space for 100 to 150 cars.

Railroad Street Main Street Main Latrobe Street City Solons Washington, Boyd St. Johns Street Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Latrobe and Main Streets la Fayette Alley Bonafede’s Archdeacon’s Wehn

Early Filing Projects Qualified Under New PWA Program

The text discusses earlier filing projects that qualified under the new program by calculating the cost per man per year to the government with a 45 percent grant. It notes good PWA projects should not be excluded from consideration.

PWA

PWA study finds federal cost to keep a man at work at 959 a year

The PWA economics division reports that with a 45 percent grant, the federal cost per worker per year on completed projects averages 959 dollars. The study covered 72 construction types and used direct site employment data, excluding indirect labor. State officers will review non federal project applications locally before forwarding to Washington to speed approvals.

PWA Division of Economics and Statistics PWA Washington Advisory Committee

Two Trials Conducted In City Police Court

In city hall this morning Mayor E Otto Waugh disposed of two docketed cases. Robert Fry was arrested on drunkenness in public at the west side carnival at 11 05 pm and found guilty receiving two days work on city streets. Mike Tucker faced drunkenness and public indecency charges, posted 5 bond, failed to appear, bond forfeited.

City Hall E. Otto Waugh Robert Fry Mike Tucker

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