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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1929
Page
4
Pricing and terms for daily and weekly subscriptions by carrier and mail are listed. The Associated Press holds republishing rights, with editors welcomed but anonymous letters discouraged. Inquiries to the business office at nine in the morning incur extra charges for late composition. removal notices must be received by the evening prior.
The article opens with a biblical Easter message then shifts to the Paris conference on Young reparations. It notes that talks merely set payment amounts and division among Allies, with The Hague meeting expected to decide mechanics. It warns of weeks of fierce bargaining over distribution and repayment terms. It then reports multiple prison uprisings across the United States and abroad, tied by overcrowding and harsh conditions, with fatalities and escapes.
President Hoover announced a $5,000,000 program to enlarge the two main federal prisons at Atlanta and Leavenworth and to build a new large prison in the northeastern United States near New York City. He cites overcrowding at Atlanta at 120 percent and Leavenworth at 87 percent, noting 47 percent of inmates are narcotics or prohibition violators and suggesting further impacts from other federal statutes.
In a critique of modern criminal codes, the author argues reforms created more felons than prior statutes, citing swollen federal and state prisons. The piece condemns idealistic laws while urging conservation of streams, public health, and balanced growth of industry and recreation aided by improved roads.
The United States Senate patronage committee probes alleged irregularities in Texas GOP patronage and campaign fund donations. Chairman Smith W Brookhart signals forthcoming hearings as witnesses in San Antonio and Dallas previously alleged five cases of office-buying by contributions.
A newspaper piece calls West Virginia to embrace road expansion and an outdoor lifestyle, praising Pennsylvania’s conservation laws and warning against pollution. It critiques hitchhiking, lauds temperance stance, and notes Hoover’s enforcement of Prohibition amid debates on school propaganda.
A fragment cites a critic arguing against propagandizing by schools, stating that true enforcement should follow sound education ideals free of prejudice as reflected in Fairmont Times commentary.
R B Cor Texas national committeeman tied to patronage in several Texas GOP circles. Eugene Nolte Bullington and Leonard Withington also named. John Hartman and Roy Campbell cited in widening scrutiny. Senator Kenneth McKellar urged Campbell to act on removal. Donations to a $100,000 campaign fund under fire as probe resumes. Creager leaders defend voluntary donations while Brookhart calls it a reminder to terming officeholders.
An editorial argues that newspapers must serve the community over party interests. It criticizes politically driven papers run by officeholders and lawyers, saying they fail public trust, attract graft, and falter as stockholders doubt the treasurer.
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