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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
1
Gov Alf Landon signaled a vigorous race if he wins the Republican nomination. He criticized the Roosevelt New Deal as wasteful and casual, urging a revival of confidence and a shift from “happy-go-lucky” experimentation. The remarks came during a nationwide CBS radio interview with H V Kaltenborn.
May 8. Senator Rush D Holt spoke to an audience in Neelys home city urging defeat of Neely and naming three reasons for his opposition. He backs Ralph M Hiner for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Public letters released reveal one asking Holt to appoint a man and a confidential plea to avoid antagonizing the apple.
We pay a large accident toll because we believe accidents are necessary. This belief must end. accidents are not unavoidable. The Taylor County Safety Council urges safer driving to reduce the national mobility toll.
In a Chicago courtroom Floyd Faxon counsels Emil Reck and Michael Livingston as two youths await verdicts for the January slaying of Dr. Silber C. Peacock. Two accomplices pleaded guilty and drew 199 year sentences each.
Two youths named Harry Stevens 18 and Charles Waterbury 20 were questioned by state police in Oneida about the shooting of Lacona National Bank president Charles M Salisbury. They were captured in the Adirondack foothills after the holdup in which Salisbury was slain. no money was taken. Victim was Deaf teller Raymond Widing reported the gun was aimed during entry as Salisbury and cashier H N Sprague talked in a corner.
President Roosevelt said the London naval treaty signed by the United States Great Britain and France would likely be submitted to the Senate early next week. He did not state whether he would urge ratification during this session which has only a few weeks remaining. The pact limits certain warship types without restricting overall numbers.
Edward B. Vreeland, 78, once a national figure championing currency reform in Congress, died today in Salamanca New York. He helped push the Aldrich Vreeland emergency currency act after the 1907 panic, seen by some financial authorities as a forerunner to the federal reserve system.
Principal Tor lock Rasmussen announced the selection of eight seniors for the National Honor Society at Grafton High School. The group chosen at yesterday’s faculty meeting forms the nucleus for next year’s honor society and includes Junior Ball, Joseph Mahaffey, Vivian Peters, Mary Grace Yates, Jane Pittman, Clyde Wilson, Em Murray, and James With. (Continued on page six)
Hochubenbury juror Philip Hockenbury aged 66 was killed by a train near High Bridge New Jersey while walking the track. He was one of the twelve Hauptmann jurors who had convicted Bruno Richard Hauptmann of the Lindbergh baby murder. Liscom Case previously died of a heart ailment in February.
Troopers hunted today for the man who stole a shotgun from Sue Page’s home for questioning in the slaying of a 60-year-old miner. Page died from chest and neck wounds said to be from ambush. The stolen shotgun was found nearby. Dr William H Gunn broke his leg rushing to a patient call after tripping in bed clothes and falling.
In New York on May 8, United Mine Workers vice president Philip Murray hailed a new anthracite contract as a remarkable victory. He cited a seven hour day, equalization of work, and a complete checkoff as forward steps, noting the industry and workers gain from the agreement. Murray, acting in place of John L. Lewis, said the 1937 shift to a seven hour day and five day week will spread nationwide in coal fields.
President Roosevelt told reporters he seeks suggestions from industry leaders to expand sectors with large growth potential, notably railroad equipment and housing. He cited talks with Baruch Young and Walter Chrysler as part of this effort, noting railroads’ financial burdens limit equipment purchases.
Aboard the Hindenburg en route to America the crew said Lakehurst would be reached by 7 a.m. EST, completing the 63 12 hour crossing from Friedrichshafen. Passengers captured a view of a gigantic iceberg as the voyage continued amid sunshine after a stormy night and a 40 mph headwind. Captain Lehmann steered for optimal viewing while Eckener noted five tons of water was taken aboard, easing a loss.
Charles E. Hodges, president of the West Virginia state senate and Democratic candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, was in Grafton today consulting party leaders in interest of his campaign. Hodges represents the 11th senatorial district and has friends in Taylor county who resent Governor Kump’s support of Homer A. Holt.
James Edmund Gaujot aged 16, son of a Mexican border raid hero, was ordered by Judge Beno F. Howard to serve a reform school sentence until age 21 for killing his uncle Col A A Gaujot, a Medal of Honor recipient. The shooting followed a dispute over a $12 check. the youth claimed abuse and that his father Col Julien Gaujot was critically ill in hospital.
In Morgantown on May 8 Lemley testified that elderly Clark Lemley a well to do farmer was released after being declared mentally competent and able to run two Virginia and Ohio farms The hearing questioned conditions under which mental patients are held in West Virginia jails Judge Charles G Baker freed the man after adjudging him incompetent and held him in jail since December 9 Detention conditions in state institutions were also discussed as overcrowding and care concerns were raised during the inquiry.
William Mahan, 33, an ex convict, returns to Tacoma scene as federal officials announce plans to try him immediately for the $200,000 abduction of George Weyerhaeuser. He faces federal charges of kidnapping and mail fraud, with the youngster as key witness. Local officials consider state options, including death penalty if tried there.
Sue Ulric of Los Angeles, a trapeze artist with the Conklin shows, died from injuries after an 80 foot fall during a performance in Kitchener Ontario on May 8. She was leaping between trapezes when the accident occurred.
In Fairmont on May 8 a 32-year-old glass worker opened fire, killing three women. Victims identified as Mrs Yanus Dudley, 50, Mary Sue Brown, 26, and Mrs Lucille Limer, 30. Dudley died instantly. the others died later in hospital. The suspect Nick Lacamera claimed memory loss.
Charleston May 8 The state continues a parade of witnesses in the murder trial of Ronald Parsons 24 a chemical worker charged with the mutilation slaying of Dorothy Fee. The charge stems from an automobile ride last March 7 her body found next day in a ravine near Kanawha County club. Coroner Dr James E Roberts said she died in agony after being mutilated.
Authorities narrowed to a 35-year-old Show shegan man after ruling out two other men in the death of seven-year-old Mary Proulx. Investigators checked the Lewiston area for a former reformatory inmate on parole who may have fled to work on farms. A twist cited by police linked twine found at the suspect’s home to the bindings on the murdered girl’s body found Tuesday.
In Haifa on May 8 Haile Selassie the Ethiopian emperor arrived with his family and two generals aboard the British cruiser Enterprise en route to refuge in Jerusalem. A guard of honor was inspected amid a martial welcome as a marine band played the Ethiopian anthem. Dozens of cases of personal baggage and liquor were offloaded, with one broken case spilling red wine.
Sutton May 8 L R Via accused Governor Kump of un dignified expletives while portraying personal hatred toward Van A Bittner a United Mine Workers spokesman backing Via for the Democratic nomination Via called a class candidate denied any political theory of class consciousness he said many citizens told him friends warned them not to support him or Mr Bailey due to orders from the boss to back the administration candidate
Federal agents nabbed two top kidnapping fugitives in swift raids, signaling a crackdown on intercity crime. William Mahan, linked to the $200000 Weyerhaeuser case, was seized in San Francisco, while Harry Campbell of the Barker Karpis gang was rounded up in New Orleans after a Toledo raid. The hunt focused on Thomas H. Robinson Jr., the last major kidnap suspect at large.
Federal agents question Harry Campbell, last major member of the Karpis Barker gang, in St Paul after his Toledo seizure. Campbell’s capture followed a five day probe of Alvin Karpis. officials declined comment while the Minneapolis Tribune cited a clue from Karpis linking Campbell to gang activity.
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