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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1936
Page
1
Ohio's statewide primaries draw major party battles as voters head to the polls with an expected 1.36 million turnout. Republicans wage a Borah Taft clash while West Virginia, Delaware, North Dakota and Vermont hold conventions or slates for delegates and state offices.
Charleston voters face a factional contest to name 16 delegates from 54 candidates to the national convention and to decide if Walter S. Hallanan will be reelected national committeeman. Also an Open ticket with 20 delegates from 51 candidates gathers support with no strong contest.
Taylor County Safety Council notes the Virginia highway provision: any person who drives a vehicle on a highway with willful and wanton disregard for the rights or safety of others or without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or manner endangering persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
Sheriff James O'Reilly of Lucas County Ohio says he will not resign after admitting he knew gangster Harry Campbell under another name and drank with him recently while government officials plan further action. Police Chief Ray Allen to question Toledo department members about Campbell's stay in the Poted period.
Passaic New Jersey May 12 The Kasper quadruplets Frances Frank Ferdinand and Felix were doing fine today both physically and financially St Marys hospital reported the babies made a brief scare for doctors and nurses yesterday The quadruplets had a business manager Mayor Benjamin F Turner of Passaic to look after their economic welfare (Continued on page four)
Senator Hayden introduced in the senate an amendment to the relief-deficiency bill to add 700 million dollars for the Public Works Administration. The measure would supplement 1.425 billion for work relief and social security programs and TVA. Hayden noted 6,204 PWA applications exist and 2,976 projects have been approved.
Charles Town May 12 Judge D H Rogers upheld the validity of a second indictment charging Dr Chester Wainwright with possession of stolen goods He ordered trial to begin May 27 A special grand jury had been convened after Wainwright claimed the first indictment was faulty due to systematic exclusion of negroes from Jefferson County jury lists
The Italian delegation announced they would quit Geneva as the League of Nations debated a resolution condemning Italy’s Ethiopian annexation. Mussolini reportedly ordered the walkout to protest treating the Ethiopian issue as part of council business, signaling a grave Geneva crisis with Haile Selassie’s government recognized despite Italy’s motion.
Martinsburg dispatch reports A Stuart Peery building contractor was unanimously nominated by Democratic ward delegates for mayor of Martinsburg. Republican delegates meet tonight to nominate H Dailey, completing his third term, and had been previously selected for the councilman ticket.
Representatives from all parishes gather for the 59th West Virginia Episcopal diocese opening session in Weston. Randolph Bias of Williamson presides as temporary chairman during the Laymen's League organization. Council sessions at St Pauls Episcopal Church feature Bishop Gravett of Charleston and Bishop Strader of Wheeling.
Dr G Bromley Oxnam president of Depauw University Greencastle Ind withdrew after second ballot with 327 votes short of the 374 needed for election as bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church His withdrawal leaves Dr Wilbur E Hammaker of Youngstown in first place with 277 votes on the second ballot A third ballot was held and results were not yet reported late today
Halifax Nova Scotia May 12 The giant German Zeppelin Hindenburg returning from Lakehurst New Jersey to Friedrichshafen was sighted along the southern Nova Scotia coast at Barrington and Lockport by early risers. Dr H L Mitchner of Barrington saw it head northerly and expect it to pass Halifax before crossing the Atlantic. The airship left Lakehurst last night with 48 passengers aboard and benefited from a 12 mile tail wind as it began the return voyage among ten round trips planned for the summer between Germany and the United States.
Dr Hugo Eckener's name reappears in Nazi papers as district leaders plan to honor him with a silver cup when the Hindenburg returns from its North American flight. Indications point to improved reception for the veteran zeppelin builder and his crew in parts of the Reich.
Part of a human skull found floating in the Dan river is a possible clue in the search for Claude Bolt, a West Virginia produce merchant missing since April 22. The fragment shows a crushing blow, with grey hairs on the scalp, and Commonwealth's Attorney Frank P. Burton of Patrick County planned to view the object. Bolt vanished after telling an associate he would view a load of potatoes in Patrick County.
Voters marked long ballots today to select party nominees for state executive and legislative offices and to express preference for the presidency. With 15 candidates on state and national tickets, plus thousands for county and party posts, 1,001,569 eligible voters faced a wide choice. The presidential contest centered in the Republican party with Walter Hallanan as national committeeman and Grant P. Hall leading the opposition. Senator Borah faced little resistance with Leo Chassee as the lone challenger, while Landon supporters highlighted the campaign. All Democratic delegates pledged to back the popular choice. Roosevelt opposed by Contermarsh in New Hampshire. Democratic interest was centered.
Commonwealth and defense attorneys wrapped closing arguments in the trial of David Riggle 47 accused of killing his friend and lodge officer James C Algeo 59. Prosecution says Riggle shot Algeo after a ride to divert suspicion from lodge fund shortages. Defense argues Algeo stabbed himself amid personal entanglements.
Ronald Parsons, 24, a chemical worker, was sentenced to 18 years for second degree murder in Kanawha County for the mutilation killing of Dorothy Fee. Her body was found March 8 in a ravine on Davis Creek after a fall from an embankment is debated in court.
Rockefeller Institute plans to test a newly discovered preventive for infantile paralysis at the upcoming summer and fall campaigns. Dr Thomas M Rivers of Rockefeller Institute described the virus as the cause and noted nasal sprays showing promise in recent experiments. The report indicates further details continue on Page Seven.
Three people die in a Martin Wood farm plane crash near New Lisbon Wisconsin. Pilot Herman Underdahl 42 and Carl Ristow 29 die at the scene Caroline Ristow 8 dies later in hospital. Underdahl flew from Los Angeles and invited relatives on sightseeing flights.
J Edgar Hoover announced Thomas H Robinson Jr 17 confessed to kidnapping Mrs Alice Speed Stoll of Louisville Ky He initially planned to kidnap C C Stoll then killed Tim McAbee and his father John Combs after a pistol was drawn The youth was arraigned fined 200 and sentenced to a year in jail for carrying a pistol
J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of Bryan Schwab described as a Georgia chain gang fugitive. Schwab and a woman were taken from an eastbound train at Ogden Utah. He admitted blowing a safe in a Western Union office in San Francisco in late April to obtain travelers checks.
Thomas H. Robinson Jr was brought to Louisville by plane from Glendale California after his capture for the $50 000 kidnapping of Mrs Alice Speed Stoll. Federal agents met the Wil O The Whisp fugitive at the airport and rushed him to downtown Louisville amid armed guards. Mrs Stoll praised the FBI for the lengthy 19 month hunt. Continued on Five.
Manchester May 12 Dr Buck Ruxton died on the gallows at Strangeways prison for the Devil's Beef-tub murders of his wife and nurse maid Violet Van Der Elst. A hostile crowd gathered outside the jail as police kept back vehicles and loudspeaker trucks.
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