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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1936
Page
4
A critic argues that after three and a half years of the Roosevelt program and $11 billion added to the public debt, private employment remains at 11,000,000. The piece claims continued government spending will manufacture work and deplete American assets, warning that relief will persist until a crisis ends. The critic asks what will happen when assets are exhausted.
The Waynesburg Democratic Messenger urges careful driving to protect wildlife on roads as deer and small game have been injured or killed by autos. It warns against excessive haste and praises obeying Highway Department signs while noting wildlife recovery after a severe winter and urging public cooperation to save furred and feathered creatures.
In a tense confession sequence, Dow Van Every’s plan unravels as Keyes and Maughan expose the killer. The murderer, a polished manipulator, used sentiment and lies to trap Joyce, Edith Bryce, and Ward. Van Every dies from a concealed air gun in a flask as the truth surfaces.
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports the Roosevelt administration will require that 45 percent of project funding on WPA jobs be used to hire relief labor. The editorial questions if this focus on jobs over value serves voters, noting long spending and propaganda since 1932. It asks whether prosperity claims match reality.
In Morgantown Post coverage a radio attack against Governor London by New Dealers is described with reference to Harold Ickes nicknamed Honest Harold. The piece notes Hugh Johnson, former NRA head, quickly spotting through the label amid the political sparring.
Political probabilities loom in labor’s role in the Roosevelt reelection. John L. Lewis may wield power if he helps deliver union votes, with labor leadership seen as highly concentrated. The piece notes AFL reach of about 3,000,000 and Lewis faction aiming to absorb roughly 39,000,000 more, threatening the AFL’s cohesion.
William Ritt mocks political rivalries and social trends, noting Landon’s horsemanship and Roosevelt’s swimming, while joking about golf scores and American speed. He riffs on London fashion, slot machines invented by undertakers, Mussolini’s statue, new radios, and big mountains as symbols of American pretensions.
Charleston Aug 3. West Virginia moved toward acquiring Ohio river toll bridges at Parkersburg Williamstown and St Marys with condemnation actions in Pleasants and Wood counties courts. Governor Kump said the state aims to free three interstate bridges and make them toll free once revenue bonds are retired. Ohio officials including Martin L Davey were apprised and concur.
Sixteen year old James Lee Bryant was injured seriously when he fell beneath a truck after jumping onto it with a companion. State police Trooper Mike Green said the incident occurred in Logan on August fifth.
A Central Press piece by E V Shepard extols contract bridge as a blend of skill and luck, noting its broad popularity and social value. It compares bridge to sports, explains signaling and strategic play, and describes duplicate bridge as minimizing luck by using identical hands for all contestants.
Beaver Pa August 5 77 Judge Henry H Wilson says he is a duffer at golf but his official decision denying a new trial in a civil damage case drew eyebrows. In reducing the verdict or granting new trials for excess we cannot strike a balance of pounds and pence there must be a fair way with the verdict into the rough before the court can be called to retrieve a sliced drive by the defendant.
The body of Thomas Briggs, a former Northfork hotel owner and well known in the southern coal fields, was found in a partially filled bathtub at a Bluefield hotel. Magistrate H. B. Kitts and W. W. McNeal ruled the death an accident.
George Thomas Goodwin, 32, of Flemington, pleaded guilty to assaulting Miss Etta Belknap after officers found him hiding from a arresting constable. Magistrate Ona C Jefferys noted the incident stemmed from a car ride when Belknap was taken from the vehicle.
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