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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1937
Page
3
Seventy seven workers were entombed today when a new railroad tunnel collapsed. Fifteen others were pinned under debris as rescue teams awaited fresh details amid the disaster. A second deadly gale off the coast raised fears of additional losses with about 200 fishing boats reported missing.
Pittsburgh June 28. Philip Murray chairman of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee accuses Ohio national guardsmen of acting as company police to break the steel strike. He says federal court action has begun in Columbus and cites alleged collusion between guard officers and steel firms. Murray notes low return-to-work figures and cites a secret meeting in Youngstown aiming to deploy guards to Cleveland.
Sutton on June 28 1937 Frank Amos Jr 19 died from burns after a pan of cleaning fluid exploded while he tested a liquid. He lit a match to the fluid his clothing caught fire and he ran from the shop to the street collapsing. Owner William Duffield is hospitalized with serious burns.
Announcement lists the marriage of Miss Gloria Arlene Preston daughter of Mr and Mrs M L Preston Downey California to Charles Joseph Weaver son of Mr and Mrs T H Weaver in a single ring ceremony at the bride's parents home officiated by Rev James Robertson. The report includes wedding day details reception seating and later notes about the couple's backgrounds and future plans.
Washington June 28 Senate and house conferees reached a speedy agreement on the administration relief bill totaling 1.5 billion dollars. They trimmed eight million from Public Works funds and eliminated miscellaneous projects reducing PWA funds to 359 million. The bill includes no full public disclosure of WPA administrative salaries and the National Resources committee was exempted from a five percent cap on administrative costs.
The body of Sanford Coffman 36 attache of the Charles Town Jockey club race meeting died Saturday and was sent to Fort Worth Texas for burial Beckley June 28 Mrs Ward Wylie wife of one of the
Friends learned of the death of Elizabeth Johnson in Jackson Tennessee while she traveled with her father to attend her grandmother's funeral. The pair were en route from Welch on June 28 when word arrived.
William Davis of route 3 was discharged yesterday from City hospital. Carrie Fast of Independence had a tonsil operation this morning at City hospital. Manfred Shafer son of Dr and Mrs C F Shafer of Walnut street had a tonsil operation at City hospital this morning. Margaret Skinner of Blueville is a surgical patient in City hospital. Etta Warthen of East Main street returned Saturday from Thornton after visiting friends. M J Kinney left Saturday for Washington DC to visit her son James Kinney and daughter Mrs Sarah Evelyn Minor. Mr and Mrs Pat McGrady and daughter Nellie of East Main street are vacationing in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Mrs L J Werthen of Friends-
Unsuspecting readers are urged to suspect kidneys as the cause of backaches and other symptoms. An old remedy, Donn's Pills, is promoted as relief trusted for over 40 years, claiming to purge poisons and waste from the blood and ease swelling and eye irritation.
Washington June 28 The senate judiciary committee agreed to consider on July 12 all pending constitutional amendment proposals affecting the judiciary. The Roosevelt court bill seeks to enlarge the Supreme Court unless current justices retire. Subcommittees handle varied amendments while debate stalls. Senator Burke warned of a special committee to study the system. Opponents discuss sidetracking the measure by sending it back to a committee.
The Taylor County Board of Equalization and Review, which adjourned last Friday, will resume deliberations at 9 o clock tomorrow morning in the county courtroom with Chairman Harvey B. Scranage presiding. Most matters have been presented by Assessor Harry Batson, who left these cases where taxpayers protested directly to him.
A bomb exploded early today destroying the automobile of Aaron O Laughlin, an American Federation of Labor organizer and business agent for a truck drivers local, injuring sleeping women and children as it shattered the car front and rocked the neighborhood.
Wendel men were picked up at 11 30 Saturday night by Sheriff Herbert Evans and state police Corporal Fred L Strader for disturbing the peace and taking part in a fight at the White Front. Leroy Mills 21 was fined five dollars and costs for drunkenness by Justice of the Peace A B Knabenshue. John Hricik 23 of Wendel faced arrest for a similar charge and had not been tried by late today.
City commissioners rejected Lloyd Saffel of Market Street in a regular weekly meeting this morning as he objected to a city street over his private property. Attorney W P Samples attended for Saffel. outcome of any suit was not disclosed. Present were City Attorney Watkin, Mayor Waugh, Street Commissioner Reed and Finance Commissioner Rau.
A 51-year-old county resident named Yates died from injuries after a fall at Wheeling park. Pauline Deprospero, described as a Mary inmate, was critically injured in the same incident. Doctors indicated an operation might be needed for further treatment.
Buckhannon June 28 rescue workers ill from carbon monoxide completed a third trip into the Adriar Fuel company mine before recovering the body of Charles Christopher, the second victim of a gas blast. Sherman Davis died en route to the hospital after being rescued yesterday. the blast may have been sparked by fans reactivated after a brief shutdown.
Howard McDonell Parsons, brother of missing Alice McDonell Parsons, rejected theories of any contact with the ransom note author after her disappearance from a Long Island home on June 9. Federal, state, and local authorities closed the special headquarters and will continue the investigation from their offices. The family denied knowledge of several notes found in classified ads claiming to establish contact.
MEMPHIS TENN June 26 A criminal court jury convicted Stanley Puryear 43 of second degree murder for the ax slaying of his wife and daughter and fixed the penalty at 20 years imprisonment The state charged Puryear hacked his wife and daughter Aurelia to death with an ax at the Puryear home May 2 1932 and that he fatally shot Will Jameson whom he had lured to his home to shift suspicion from himself
The Morgan Morgan chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will dedicate a monument to Nathaniel Cochran, a revolutionary war soldier and Indian fighter, in a July 4 ceremony at Monongsh.
William Chaney Daniels, 90, a retired farmer who operated a Shenandoah Junction farm for many years, died in a Martinsburg hospital on June 28. The obituary notes his long farming career and local residence.
A long OCR derived list appears to catalog names and addresses tied to a Love Drug Company event. The compiled entries span numerous streets such as Main, W Main, Barrett, Boyd, and Wilford with many individuals including Austin, Marjorie. Bennett, Earl. Baker, Billie. Dwyer, Franklin. Dalton, Charles. Davies, Mary Jane. Collins, Paul among others, showing broad coverage of local residents and addresses.
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