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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
1
Unidentified woman aged 20 to 40 is found charred in a oil soaked body, with a .22 pistol nearby. Police cannot determine if she was shot as medical examiners note no wound and fire likely started by the woman's body. Recovery and autopsy planned after removal to Hinsdale.
Tomorrow in Grafton and across the United States millions will wear memorial poppies to honor World War dead. About one hundred thousand Auxiliary women will distribute the flowers and collect funds for disabled veterans and families. The Taylor county unit leads the observance with Mrs Jack Dahmer as chair. Volunteers will start downtown at dawn to ensure most residents wear a poppy by night and to raise money to support veterans programs.
Weather warm increases wear on worn tires and can cause blow outs leading to fatal accidents. High speeds on bad tires create serious danger to all travelers. Taylor County Safety Council issues warning about tire safety and road risk.
Wayne West Virginia May 22 1930 Buster Radcliffe a 23 year old farmer was ordered arraigned on a murder charge in the slaying ofEdward George Bailey 56 a boundary line dispute County Prosecutor Milton J Ferguson said Radcliffe will waive hearing and seek bond pending grand jury action He stated Radcliffe shot Bailey claiming he believed the man was stealing his land after hearing a survey was being made and buying 25 cents worth of .38 pistol shells before returning home Continued on page two
Aboard the Zeppelin Hindenburg the airship closed on European shores after a swift north Atlantic flight from Lakehurst New Jersey. Officers expected completion of the America Germany voyage within 36 to 48 hours with a landing anticipated at Frankfurt am Main tonight. Captain Ernst Lehmann reported speeds exceeding 100 knots at times during the overnight crossing.
New York May 22 The National Labor Relations Board ordered the Associated Press to reinstate Morris Watson vice president of the American Newspaper Guild who the guild says was discharged last October for guild activities The order announced by regional director Elinore M Herrick affirms findings of Dean Charles E Clark who weighed evidence in the case
The senate finance committee agreed to reopen its compromise plan for taxing corporations after discovering the plan taxed taxes, promising a potential revenue drop from 500 million to 600 million. Some suggest raising undistributed earnings tax from 7 to 9 percent, but opposition arises. The panel moved to revisit the entire proposal, hinting at broad changes ahead.
Charleston May 22. Dr M S Holt father of Senator Rush D Holt joins Townsend old age pension clubs in West Virginia backing recruitment. State organizer E B Thornton says Holt offered to speak for the Townsend plan any time. He cites enemies Hearst Knox and Brisbane and says the plan is alive with 200 new members an hour and a club every 30 minutes while congressional inquiry prompts renewed vigor.
In Geneva on May 22, Italy charged that Ethiopian prisoners captured in the south bore soft-nosed dumdum bullets allegedly made in Britain. The Fascist government submitted a League of Nations communication claiming several thousand bullets were found and marked to suggest British origin.
Louis Mabileau of Tours committed suicide after a failed gunshot, then swam ashore from the Loire and later returned home and drank poison before hanging himself in his barn. This disturbing sequence ended his life amid a series of self inflicted acts.
AUGUSTA Ga May 22 A new moderator presided as the Presbyterian Church in the United States held its southern assembly diamond jubilee. Dr P Frank Price 71 of Richmond Va was elected moderator to succeed Dr Henry H Sweets of Louisville Ky The report urged the United States stay out of the next war and attacked gambling liquor child labor lynching and obscene motion pictures It called attention to unemployment and the plight of Southern sharecroppers Old catia
A blast and fire at the Republican Bronze Powder company plant in Painesville killed Kenneth Brown, 23, and seriously burned William Kish, 23, of Fairport. The explosion blew out walls as about ten tons of aluminum and bronze powder were stored in the building. both men were on the night shift.
In Gjorvik Norway May 22 rival Nazis and Communists clashed in a pitched battle. Six Nazis were seriously wounded and another injured, with several hundred Communists raiding a Nazi meeting place. Reinforcements arrived from Oslo to halt the conflict and rescue Nazis besieged in a house after a siege of six hours.
Boston May 22 A striking young woman who refused to identify herself to doctors after attempting to leap from a plane over Boston harbor was kept from talking further at Boston Psychopathic Hospital. Pilot Charles W Sutherland described a high altitude sight seeing flight lasting about an hour before the passenger, about 24, clung to the craft and cried, asking for a gun when questioned by police. The ship landed safely at East Boston airport as officers arrived.
C W Carlyle of 113 Addison Street possessed the key that opened the Jack Pot at Taylor County Hardware this week. He won $15 cash, a $10 down payment on a Crosley refrigerator, and a gift from Grafton Drug and Chemical Co. The store will continue a new Jack Pot seed and accept keys until the correct one is found, announced G E Headley, progressive manager.
William A. Beavers Sr a prominent Masonic leader in Grafton was named deputy grand commander of the Knights Templar of West Virginia at Huntington as the two day meeting concluded Charles E Morrison of Parkersburg was chosen grand commander and Beavers will advance to grand commandership next year.
E K Harris, 23, Black, once saved from a mob during clashes with guards that left four dead 17 months earlier, was electrocuted in Nashville for attacking a young white girl near Shelbyville in fall 1934. The mob stormed the courthouse December 19 1934 as a trial proceeded, and a full confession followed after guards failed to subdue the crowd.
Washington May 22 A sharp new struggle over the omnibus flood control bill looms as the House weighs the Senate approved measure for 384 million dollars. The Senate passed version includes 216 flood control projects and cost sharing with states and localities, while critics in the House push to retain its provisions. Senate House conference planned next week.
CLARKSBURG May 22 Mrs Mary C Fairchild a National W C T U worker will speak at the opening session tonight of the Youth Temperance council A state organization will be effected W T U secretaries of this section arranged for the two day meeting with Mrs Robert E Hall in charge
Huntington May 22 Prosecutor Ernest E Winters Jr lists seven manslaughter in automobile accidents cases for grand jury hearings June 1 One other death Roy Blake 30 is under investigation He miner Elmer Field 25 nephew of Milton mayor is held on manslaughter charge in the case
In Geneva New York on May 22 Philip S Cooke a 22 year old senior at Hobart College and son of Reverend Allan W Cooke was found fatally wounded in his Sigma Phi fraternity room by a 22 caliber rifle bullet to the head The police called it death by own action while an inquest was ordered by Coroner Frank H Snyder Students in the house reported hearing a shot and a fall before discovering Cooke on the floor Segment ends abruptly in readable text
Speaker Byrns said the House will back any committee actions against old age pension leader Dr F E Townsend. Townsend, in Baltimore, said he would rather go to jail than submit to further investigation into a plan to pay $200 monthly to everyone over 60. Gerald K Smith aligned with Townsend, denouncing a Communist dictatorship and urging action reminiscent of Huey Long.
Police announce four men tied to the Black Legion confessed to the execution style slaying of Charles A. Poole on May 13 after Poole was accused of beating his wife who was in hospital. Eight bullets struck Poole as he crouched before the group’s leader and the body lay by the road with spent cartridges nearby.
Doddridge county officers identified the man killed by a state police automobile as William McGill, 80, an inmate of the county infirmary. Police sought information about him in Cumberland, Maryland, after finding a charity ticket from that city in his pockets, the only clue to his identity. Sergeant E R Martin of the state police drove the car.
Mrs Ira Jackson 38 of Newton is in serious condition after leaping from a runaway car. Her husband says she tried to jump to safety as the vehicle sped away.
Mt Vernon Ohio May 22 A $5 000 verdict for Margie Heaton Dill in her 25 000 alienation of affections suit against former Senator C C Dill and Mrs Grace Dill headed the case toward higher courts The defendant vows to appeal to the highest courts of the state before paying a penny in this case Counsel L C Stillwell said the case will undoubtedly be appealed Judge Wilks accepted the verdict after ruling the jury inadequately answered an interrogatory linking the former senator to the case if judgment was against him Continued on Page Seven
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