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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1933
Page
4
County court considers a special levy to cover outstanding debts rather than a bond issue. Proponents say bonds would deliver a lump sum and immediate debt clearance, while levy spreads payments over the year and raises taxes, challenging the new constitutional tax limits and broader precedent.
A humorous reflection on political campaigning during a hot day. The author jokes about signing up for support and distributing promotional materials while noting the heat, public fatigue, and the county court exploring a special act to manage debt. The piece blends satire with civic commentary and local concerns.
Boulder City Nevada July 31 The Boulder canyon project rises as a monumental dam to harness the Colorado river. Cost pegged at 385 million dollars, creating 1 800 000 horsepower and 2 100 000 acres of reclamation. Dam height 750 feet with a 115 mile reservoir. Concrete pours began in June ahead of schedule as the project powers its own completion.
Cecil High land warns that the West Fork River dam planned by the federal program would flood vast tracts of Harrison and Lewis counties, uprooting thousands of families, submerging farm lands worth millions, and shifting ownership away from private taxpaying lands. He argues development should stay with private enterprise and cautions about forestry acquisitions and broader government dam projects diminishing local tax bases. A republished editorial on prohibition and liquor laws accompanies reflections on youth access to alcohol and a young trip to Chicago by local youths.
Twenty seven of thirty students completing a two week first aid course at the M C A under Dr W F Fenton will receive instructors cards. The program led by the local Red Cross chapter chaired by Frank C Collins includes high grades and many under twenty one. A public graduation demonstration is planned with final arrangements pending. Participants include Haymond Barcus Carrie Brendel Mary Cockrell Guy Cole Anna Cotton Zelma Diamond James Foy Joseph Helms Wallace Henderson Wilda Knight Anna Korte William Manley O J Mathes Alta Murray Charles McDade Mary Rasnic Cedric Reynolds Eva Renamon Marie Rogers Ruth Rose Luke Ross Mary Shields Russell Smith Ruth Turner Klayde Spaur Roy Warne Aileen White Florence Wilkinsonson.
Newsies Pykon Nicola and Glenn Swish from the Sentinel return from Chicago after attending the Century of Progress. They arrived in the city this mid afternoon aboard a friendly freight. A week earlier the boys and other newsies were awaiting press hour when a freight train headed west passed by.
About fifty people queued outside the federal Home Owners Loan Corporation state headquarters in Charleston as the opening day began. Early activity centered on handing out loan applications and answering questions, with no loans approved yet. State manager Walter Virgil Ross was away from the city.
Dr Paul P Warden who has been at Mercy hospital Baltimore Md for weeks for an intestinal disorder will leave the institution Wednesday and arrive in Grafton Thursday morning His father Dr A R Warden says he will not resume his strenuous practice for some time beyond some office work.
Charleston August 1 The county court boards of education and municipal councils gather to draft next year’s budgets. They list expenditures before actual tax levies, to be set two weeks after budget publication. This marks the first year under a constitutional cap on levies, forcing new revenue estimates across classifications. Levies range from 50 cents to 2 per hundred, with varying effects on farm, owner-occupied homes, and municipal properties. The state board of...
The Commissioner of Accounts J Guy Allender notes final settlement before him for the personal estate of Emily Saffle deceased, with J C Smith administrator de bonis non and T A of the estate, dated July 24, 1933 and published July 25 to Aug 1.
Public works increased public utilities assessments by about 35 million dollars. Levying bodies must keep operating expenses close and prepare to handle bonded indebtedness. Tax Commissioner Fred L Fox said they may have authority to levy beyond limits to address existing debt from last November’s amendment. Rio Grande City Texas, incorporated in 1925, will cease being a city by residents’ vote.
Weather bulletin promises relief for West Virginia with showers within 24 hours as heat wave pinches the nation. A high near 98 is reported in Charles Town with temperatures near 90 elsewhere. Rain is expected to arrive in the northeast tonight or tomorrow, with lighter showers in the south.
In a dim New York hallway Colin Hewitt faces a masked assailant as he retrieves a hidden envelope from a curtain pole in the former Reddy Connal room. A tense standoff unfolds with threats and pursuit, hinting at a larger criminal web behind the scene.
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