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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1932
Page
5
A county ballot roundup shows candidates and vote counts by party for executive committee positions and local offices. Key figures include Gail Goodwin and Jnc R Beall for Republicans, and L Meade Ford and M D Allender for District Justice of the Peace, with various counts across Republican and Democratic lines.
Returns show State Treasurer W. S. Johnson leading by over 35,000 and Attorney General Howard B. Lee ahead by about 25,000. W. C. Cook and R. Worth Shumaker contest for superintendent of schools. J. B. McLaughlin leads Democrats for agriculture commissioner. Edgar B. Sims tops 10 for auditor with a 10,000-plus plurality. W. W. Trent leads in school superintendent Democratic race. Richard E. Talbott leads treasurer. William S. O'Brien ahead for secretary of state. Congressional contenders include Haymond in the first district and Wolverton in the third with varying precinct returns.
Berlin May 12 four National Socialist members refused to leave the Reichstag after the speaker ordered them suspended for thirty days in response to mauling a newspaper man in the lobby who was a Social Democrat. The session adjourned during the investigation and a government no confidence motion was defeated 280 to 287 as the chamber resumed.
Washington May 12 John P Palmer for the Baltimore Association of Commerce told a Senate committee the Davis-Kelly coal stabilization bill would set a precedent for restrictions of the freedom of contract He said the bill unconstitutional and would adversely affect railroads coal piers operators offices and large exporters in Baltimore by raising coal prices in the city
About 25 000 drenched Masons gathered at Shooter's Hill as President Hoover and officials attended the dedication of the George Washington Memorial Temple. Rain delayed trains and forced indoor rituals while Alexandria’s parade and ceremonies proceeded under foul weather.
Gaston B Means, freed on bond, prepares his defense against embezzlement charges in DC District Court. He allegedly diverted 104000 dollars from Mrs Edward B McLean, claimed as ransom for the Lindbergh baby, and denied the accusations while vowing to fight.
Means rejects allegation he extorted money from Mrs. Finley Shepard of New York and confirms no employment or payment from her. Ralph M. Easley of the National Civic Federation corroborates that Means did investigate Soviet Russian activities for her, but finds no truth in the Shepard story.
Washington May 12 A large number of subpoenas have been issued by the Senate Banking Committee to compel an appearance tomorrow of brokers who have refused to let the committee examine their records in the stock market inquiry. A meeting of the steering committee in charge of the investigation has been called by Chairman Norbeck for tomorrow morning, at which time a decision will be made as to the procedure against any brokers who may refuse to turn over their records.
The senate debates the Glass banking reform bill while the agriculture committee studies farm relief plans. The manufacturers subcommittee continues hearings on the Kentucky coal fields investigation. The banking committee opens hearings on the Goldsborough bill to stabilize the dollar. The foreign relations committee acts on the world court and a special economy subcommittee works on the omnibus bill.
London May 12 The British government warned the Irish Free State not to abolish the oath to the crown or risk losing the Anglorich trade agreement at the Ottawa imperial conference this Summer. J A Thomas secretary of dominions issued the reply in the House of Commons.
May 12 Harbin Manchuria Chinese and Japanese police guard the League of Nations investigating committee. Also Wheeling obituary: Rev G W Amick dies aged pastor father of Rev Howard Amick of Warwood Lutheran church.
The Maryland state convention selected sixteen delegates securing Albert C. Ritchie’s official entry as the Democratic favorite son. The District of Columbia Republican convention instructed the capital’s two delegates for Hoover, bringing his pledged total to 921 of 1,154. Roosevelt’s Montana opposition collapsed with eight votes to be instructed for Roosevelt next Tuesday.
Mrs. Loretta Jenkins about 61 died at her sister Mrs. Martha Lanham's home in Independence at 10 30 this morning from complications after a fall that fractured her hip. Funeral plans are incomplete but likely Saturday rites with Bluemont burial. She was widow of William Jenkins and survived by her mother Lydia Tasker Collins three brothers Herman Clyde Collins of Independence Wayman Collins of Morgantown and her sister at whose home she died.
Paris May 12. President Paul Doumer, fatally shot, was buried beside his four sons lost in World War. The body was removed from the Pantheon where a lengthy funeral was held.
A vintage advertisement touts Allenia as a swift prescription freeing a wife from rheumatism in 48 hours. It claims no addictive opioids, targets pain then removes uric acid deposits, with money back guarantees and availability at Grafton Drug & Chemical and Red Cross Pharmacy.
Vitangelo Cassato set 1,000 in bank notes afire as savings from the United States, then threw a bomb into his estranged wife’s house before retreating to his home and dying in a blaze. His wife was unharmed. The report also notes Virginia captain Frank Shipley’s strong batting run with 20 hits in 46 at bats for 29 bases this season.
Opera House presents A House Divided a swift moving drama starring Huston in a brutal tale of a man torn by love and rage. Helen Chandler and Kent Moncrieff co star directed by William Wyler with an original story by Olive Edens.
Strand Theatre locals await a rare treat as the Page Kiddies Band of American youngsters ages five to fourteen performs with the regular photo play program. The group, famed for vaudeville circuits, features Ethel fourteen on saxophone and piano, Harvey eleven on the bcene, Alma ten on alto, Mariner six on sax, Mildred five on mer, and a knockout act by Mariner. The band is billed as the most juvenile attraction yet offered in Grafton with comic numbers, duets, solos, and vocal work in a spacey two younger children program.
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