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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1935
Page
1
Washington May 15 farm supporters gathering to plan a national agrarian organization aimed at unifying farm interests beyond sectional lines. President Roosevelt defended the New Deal farm program and attacked critics as lying, while Secretary Wallace introduced the heart of America in a speech behind the White House.
Wheeling May 18. Joseph Handlan prominent Wheeling family member and longtime lawyer dies at his home. Native of Wheeling he was among Ohio county’s oldest practicing lawyers and served as West Virginia chair of the Progressive party in 1912. He later held executive posts in the state Democratic organization.
Bluefield May 15 Rotaryans from West Virginia gather for the seventh annual convention opening at 1 30 p m with Gov Gill R Wilson presiding. Dr Edwin C Wade of Bluefield College offers welcome and Vanderbilt economist Guy Dyer leads opening speakers at a banquet. About 700 Rotarians registered. district governor reports and nominations follow. governor’s ball to conclude the day.
Thirty girls and boys of the senior class have been chosen to present the annual senior play The Crisis a four act Civil War drama Friday night at the high school auditorium. The production honors fallen soldiers and features Francis Flanagan Fred Flanagan Wilfred Curry and Georganna Bennett with others from Grafton and Taylor county in supporting roles.
Secretary C A Itzinger says the Moose lodge will hold two meetings Thursday night at 7 o clock with a large turnout expected. The brief session precedes a civic project at the courthouse. William J Hussion, recently appointed dictator by the Supreme Lodge, leads the meeting to launch the campaign. he is a past dictator of Fairmont lodge No 9 and a member of the Fellowship degree.
Tickets go on sale for Sun Up at the Grafton high school auditorium on May 24. Izzy I si n, Kiwanis Little Theatre chair, urges 250 tickets to save the group. Cast rehearsals ongoing. the play is expected to be among the best offered locally.
San Jose California May 15 The state debated retrying David A Lamson for wife murder after a nine to three deadlock in the second trial. Superior Judge Robert R Syer dismissed the seven men and five women jurors who failed to reach a verdict in the Memorial Day death of Allene Thorpe Lamson at the campus home.
Dr. Joseph Rosier of Fairmont State Teachers College will speak at the Upper Monongahela Valley Development Association meeting at 7 30 p m tomorrow in the court house front room. County directors will be chosen and a large turnout is expected as citizens bolster Grafton Taylor County and the valley. Mayor E O Waugh heads the organizing committee urging attendance.
Equipment for the state liquor store in Taylor County Bank building arrived from Moundsville where produced in the state penitentiary. Installations began immediately and should take one day. Opening of the store is slated for early next week pending shipment of wet goods from Charleston and final staffing. Inside information hints at several Democrats named for the manager post.
The Sentinel reports an intimation from an authoritative source that concrete pouring for the Tygart Valley flood control dam above Grafton City park could start by the end of next week, weather and delays permitting. Frederick Snare Corporation officials of New York are expected to announce the definite date soon.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted authority to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to abandon part of its Grafton Belington branch in West Virginia and to acquire and operate a replacement line between Berryburg Junction and a Parkersburg Grafton connection. The action follows a finding that conditions warrant abandoning the section between Grafton Park and Berryburg Junction.
In Washington on May 15 the delay of sending the Patman cash bonus bill to the White House for a veto was expected to stretch several days as absent lawmakers return. Vice President Garner would not comment on reports that he urged Senators to back overriding the veto. Administration leaders favored allowing the issue to ride, with the Senate having passed the measure earlier.
Philippi May 15 The Barbour County unit of the Upper Monongahela Valley Planning Association held a meeting at the courthouse. Directors named committees for Educational Development with W D Zinn as Agriculture chairman and other members including G Hathaway A M Stansbury J Carney Boggess and Blenda Hollen.
Chicago, May 15. Coroner's inquiry into the deaths of Verena Lewis, 44, and her two daughters Martha, 12, and Catherine, 10, shows the widow may have plotted the killings in a fit of emotion on Mother’s Day. The bodies were found last night in a garage near their home after friends failed to reach them for two days. The mother was despondent, a World War II era lieutenant husband referenced as Frank Lewis.
Fairmont May 15 John K Hartley son of Mr and Mrs W E Hartley of this city has been chosen by the Social Science faculty at Fairmont State Teachers college as the most outstanding senior in the field This is the second year the award has been given and the prize is a gold key.
In Fairmont May 15, the city Board of Directors will see one change after the primary. Incumbent Mayor A. C. West and J. Clyde Morris, both Democrats, were renominated. Paul Amos, incumbent Republican, retained his seat, while George Shumaker was replaced by Fred T. Pai, a labor advocate. The results reflect Neely’s wing of the Democratic party remaining influential locally.
West Virginia's state liquor store No. 3 to open at 622 Tenth street Huntington at 10 a m tomorrow, manager Joe L McDaniel named. Commission notes another Huntington outlet at 2013 Third Avenue will open in a few days with no other dates fixed.
In Horicon Wisconsin on May 15 a gift of 285000 to 89 former Willard A Van Brunt workers and six widows spurs immediate use. Each recipient receives three one thousand dollar federal baby bonds with a personal note from Van Brunt. Bank officials say the distribution prompts bill payments mortgage payoff and account settlements as the community reacts to the large gesture.
Washington May 15 A deadlock loomed over extending the NRA with Senate leaders seeking ten months and House Democrats demanding a two year extension as President Roosevelt urged. Speaker Burns said the House would insist on two years if the program is to be extended, else it should be junked. Indications pointed to a week of delay before final action before the June 16 expiration.
Kiwanis Ladies Night was observed at Debendorf er’s Cozy Rest with reels of talkies shown courtesy of the Portland Cement Association. A 6:30 p.m. sorority banquet preceded a program announcing the engagement of Miss Wilma Bunner to Joseph L. Evans Jr. The groom, pressed by President Paul E. Malone, finally revealed the couple’s cherished secret.
In Hinton on May 15 the Democratic candidate Julian G Fredeking and Republican W F Zickafoose were named their parties nominees for mayor in the June 11 biennial election. Fredeking won a three way contest over H G Hughes and J D Stennett while Zickafoose was unopposed. Each party also nominated four council candidates without opposition.
James T. Galloway, 39, chief engineer for the Simpson Colleries Company of Galloway, died yesterday after an operation. He was a cousin of C. W. Galloway, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Company. The funeral will be in Lonaconing, Maryland.
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and crew aboard the Southern Cross survive a storm midway to Wellington. The tri motor plane suffered catastrophic propeller failure and engine loss, with 34,000 pieces of jubilee mail tossed overboard as they battled to keep the craft aloft 960 miles from land aboard a 1,300 mile hop. The navigator Captain P. C. Taylon and wireless operator J. Stannard were aboard.
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