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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1937
Page
6
Princeton reports Ed Kade owner of a road house was jailed after Grover Keeney, 23, was shot during a disturbance at the establishment. Prosecutor Roscoe Pendleton said he would likely file charges today.
In Taylor county, a mother Susan Croston and her son Naama Croston were arrested on a felonious assault warrant after allegedly attacking dog catcher J. T. Moore who was seizing a stray dog in Wendel. Court records show additional charges of interfering with a dog catcher and pending grand jury review.
Four men pled guilty to drunkenness and faced jail terms after arrests on Wilford Latrobe Lincoln and Boyd streets. Two Black men, Ace Kidd and John Brown, faced fighting charges. Brown paid a $10 fine and jailed five days. Others, including John Chuck from Hardman camp, pleaded guilty to drunkenness and were fined.
H A Dunbar of Charleston was elected president of the State Gideons at Huntington on June 28. Other officers include J E McMullins of Bluefield as second vice president and Miss Lula Hundley of Charleston as secretary treasurer of the auxiliary.
Charles Trusty Tallman arrives in Charleston to assume leadership of the state police. The 37 year old former WVU football coach and legislator plans a swift swearing in and a briefing with Captain H N Rexroad as he starts studying department activities and meets executives. Tallman will operate from his Beech Hill home in Mason County, succeeding P D Bilston who left last March.
The article recalls several tragedies including the 1930 mine disaster as well as drownings at Coal River and the Ohio River. It mentions Goldie Harper and Otto Fazio’s deaths near Charleston, Rey Davis in Huntington, Sarat Urschel’s bullet wound, Evra Yates’s fatal fall, and Ed Kade being held for questioning over Grover Keeney’s shooting.
President Roosevelt may issue a pronouncement on farm legislation as Congress adjourns. Representative Robison commented that adjournment is likely but unsettled while Rayburn of Texas described the trip as purely social. Roosevelt left for Washington after a weekend on the island amid varied views on adjournment.
Johnstown Bethlehem Steel Cambria works resume activity after martial law lift as unions clash with back to work campaigns. Republic Steel Monroe Michigan and Youngstown sheets and tube also reopen while CIO leaders allege rights violations. Governors and SWOC officials argue over troop use and potential broader actions, with Weirton warned of possible strikes.
Treasury officials expect the current year to finish with a deficit around 2.67 billion and debt at about 36.3 billion. Declines from January estimates are blamed on shortfalls in income tax receipts, rail retirement litigation, windfall tax recaptures, and lower gift tax revenue.
PROBE OF STEEL continues as senators oppose a special inquiry while weighing proposals to amend the National Labor Relations Act. Senator Vandenberg urges a fair practice code, banning sit-downs, penalizing contract violators, and allowing strikes only by majority vote. Chairman Black convenes a labor panel as House committee prepares to study the administration wage hour bill in Morgantown.
Johnstown Pennsylvania reports hundreds of workers return to the Bethlehem Steel Cambria plant as a 17 day strike by the steel workers union ends for now. State police guard six Negro workers amid a jeering crowd while pickets total about 250. Plant operations resume with departments in substantial operation after martial law was lifted.
In Hedgesville West Virginia beer will be legal for the first time since the new state statute. The retiring municipal council authorized a $100 license fee for all dispensers with past permits previously denied.
Eight negro convicts tunneled through a floor to escape the state prison camp near BurgaW North Carolina during the night authorities pursued and searched the area for the fugitives on June 28.
Riots across three Polish towns broke out today in a wave of anti Jewish violence. Jewish shop signs were daubed and 50 homes windows were broken. One Jew was badly beaten. In Myszkow and Zarki Jews were barred from the public market.
Lewis D. Phillips Jr states in a public notice that he will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his wife Delta E. Phillips who has left him. The notice is dated June 28 and references July 6 and 12.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Runyon said Mrs Pauline Ramey was in custody as her husband Willie Ramey lay in critical condition after a family quarrel at English near Welch. Hospital attendants reported his condition as critical.
The article describes a Morgantown visit by the Grafton Drum and Fife corps and auxiliary Veterans of Foreign Wars members parading to the Morgan hotel. Grafton junior drum bugle corps received praise for performances and union approval for plans to travel to Buffalo. F. G. Spracher of Coalwood elected department commander to succeed Smyth K. Biggs as the two day state VFW convention opened in Morgantown with next year in Parkersburg.
From the president's box at Wurzburg, Hitler addressed a Reich shortage of raw materials and welcomed an insurgent victory in Spain to secure ores. Goering, founding the Nazi colony keynote, declared it intolerable for the Reich to be economically dependent on others. He added Germany will press colonial questions, now 18 years after Versailles stripped its empire.
Family of Mary J. Painter thanks neighbors and friends for help, condolences, and floral offerings. Special thanks to Rev Marquesa Rev Phillips G T Bartlett and those who stopped cars during this difficult time. C A Painter and family.
Mr and Mrs Lee Knight and family express deep gratitude for the kindness shown after the death of their daughter and sitter Beulah Knight. They appreciate sympathy, floral offerings, and car use, and thank Rev D N Taylor and G T Bartlett May. God bless you all.
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