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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1937
Page
5
June 29 report notes 27,000 teenage scouts arriving for a ten day national jamboree in a tented city near Washington. A parade of flags, bands, and nightly pageants leads to a Roosevelt review next week as 1,634 American and foreign flags are unfurled with a mortar signal.
Washington reports from June 29 say national income rose since 1933 and will total about 35 billion dollars in the first half of this year. Despite higher prices and strong activity, the outlook remains uncertain due to labor disputes and possible armament demand shifts.
MOUNDSVILLE June 29 A long illness caused the death last night of Mrs Mollie Maddox Hibbert wife of the Rev R W Hibbert rector of Trinity Episcopal church Funeral services will be held Wednesday and burial will be made Thursday at Charlottesville Va Mrs Hibbert for 20 years was a missionary at Ragged Mountain Va where she founded several Sunday schools and the Hibberts came to Moundsville from McDowell county in 1931
Louis T Klauder outlined a 211000 REA financed project to bring electric lines into Barbour Doodridge Lewis Marion Taylor Tyler Upshur and Wetzel counties centered on Harrison County Clarksburg with a survey and bids to follow. The plan may expand to 1200000 for central West Virginia and could include a generating plant contract with Hardy County Light and Power.
Logan's post office has moved from its old quarters after lease expiration. It is now in the Elks building and will stay there until the new federal building is completed, about September 1.
A court directed that Andrew Lasak of Coatesville have his application accepted after the speedster confessed to paying a fine. The report, from Chestfr, Pa, notes the incident occurred in June and involves a horse and buggy speeding case with a fine paid.
The town reels from a lost mine motive as Johnny Mark Brown western Trails of Vengeance tours Opera House tonight and Thursday. Reported cash from the famed Peg Leg mine near Palm Springs draws grizzled prospectors and city financiers alike in a long chase through desert hills and hidden ore.
In Wheeling in June 2004 the Ohio county school board rejected a plan to raise local taxes to fund proposed teacher salary increases and school building maintenance.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a man who hunted desperately until his death, with unclear names and phrases suggesting a tragic pursuit or confrontation. The readable bits point to a pursuit and fatal outcome, but precise identities and events remain uncertain.
The first Chinese girl chorus performs in Republic's Happy-Go-Lucky starring Phil Regan at the Opera House. Recruited from Los Angeles Chinatown, the 50 dancers trained in three days under Arthur Dreifuss, delivering three ensemble numbers including a jazz theme song and a humorous finale.
In Philippi the Rev Durward B Brown announced licenses to preach for Grace Graham Fred Mouser and William Latham and recommended others for admission on trial Don Taylor Paul Ward James Fisher. Renewals and exhort licenses listed. next conference set for Clarksburg in September.
Chicago June 29 Publishers and editors of daily newspapers met at a special session called by presidents of 10 associations to discuss the American Newspaper Guild. They note the Guild has voted to affiliate with the CIO and demand closed shop contracts. The issue remains whether newspapers should submit to such a closed shop demand.
Charleston June 29 The public service commission today grants the first permit under the act effective June 11 for Welch Transit to operate a motor carrier between Premier and Welch in Mc Dowell county One opponent Roy Fly a Premier barber who also runs a taxi protested the application.
Mayor George R. Seamonds names R. E. Morgan former Cabell county assessor as city secretary in a June ceremony. The appointment follows Seamonds’ move to staff the administration with experienced local officials.
John Rees of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad suffered internal injuries after peering under his engine to check stoker trouble. The engine started unexpectedly and knocked him against an abutment along the rails near Charles Town on June 29.
First Lieutenant C. T. Tench now with the United States Army in the Panama Canal Zone has been ordered to duty with the Huntington district United States Engineers.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Updegrath observed their 40th wedding anniversary. The Rev. Mr. Updegrath is pastor of the Church of God.
Funeral services held at Criss Methodist Episcopal church for James Monroe Wood 81 retired farmer and cattleman who died Saturday night at home near Philippi after brief illness. Survived by widow Margaret Reger Wood daughter Mrs Kenneth Stone Washington D C and sons Glenn Morgan Town Guy Volga John Marion Ohio Charles Washington D C brother John D Wood Ravenna Ohio Interment in church cemetery Rev H G Soward led rites
Reports say Manchoukuoan state and Siberia border disputes intensify after protests from Manchoukuo are dismissed in Moscow. Fear of an open break grows as border incidents rise, including a June 27 shooting of a river worker on the Ussuri near Chaimsu.
The Somerset Cambria water system faced a tunnel blockage near Carpenter Park as a rush of water flooded the section under the park. Hugh Robers at Border dam reported the drop in pressure, and Bethlehem executives were alerted after the line failed. Repair trucks were dispatched while mill gates remained a point of contention.
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