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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1934

Page

4

Grafton News Office Contact and Policy Notes

Editorial offices at 102 Latrobe Street in Grafton West Virginia outline phone numbers for business and editorial use. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reserves rights to news dispatches and local content. Letters are welcomed up to 500 words with nonanonymity required. Advertising rates and deadlines are given with additional charges for late composition.

Tess Latrobe Street Grafton W. Va Grafton Printing Co Associated Press Sentinel Erros

Hatfield Holt victories mark WV primary results

The primary produced a clear Hatfield win for the Senate seat and a dominant showing for Rush D. Holt despite eight challengers. Analysis notes party lines, county votes, and dynamics within the Democratic and Republican contests, with focus on turnout in Monongalia and Taylor counties and anticipated shifts in Congress and state leadership.

Hodges Hussion Holt West Penn Haymond Congress Shaver Senate Democratic County Committee Hussian

Factory safety versus highway recklessness

During recent years the accident rate in industry has gone steadily downward. A growing list of manufacturing industries employ thousands of men who operate for month after month without a single serious mishap. The accident experience of individuals, measured by the automobile toll, is the direct reverse of this. Men who never lose sight of safety when at work become careless and

White House Renovations Highlight Safety Message

Washington reports President Roosevelt drives safety campaign as White House interior work resumes. Clerks, painters, and movers adapt to renovations while urging motorists to adopt factory like caution. press commentary recalls constitutional rights and warns against reckless driving amid a broader dialogue on liberty and happiness.

Washington Roosevelt White House Householder James Hoban Fine Arts Commission Odvinus

ELOPING PAIR CONTINUES IN OHIO REFUGE TALES

The report details an eloping couple seeking refuge after their stolen car broke down en route to Grafton. The woman, in precarious condition with four children and a husband elsewhere, was cared for by county health officials. A broader discussion follows on tax figures and evolving White House plans during rebuilding, including expanded offices and garden terraces.

Ohio Lo Grafton Butler Columbiana County

Familiar River Figure Dies From Burns on Kanawha River

John Arbrey, 38, a well known steamboat engineer on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for 15 years, died in a hospital yesterday from burns suffered on a boat in the Kanawha river at Point Pleasant Wa. The report notes his long river career and passing after the incident.

Gallopolis John Arbrey Mississippi Point Pleasant

Press Freedom and Editorial Duty in a Free Nation

The essay argues editors serve the public by awakening citizens to governmen tial power and stresses the constitution as life liberty and happiness guarantor. It condemns censorship and political terrorism in Europe and defends press freedom as essential and necessary against any code that limits constitutional guarantees.

Europe

Report Made Continued From Page One

The fragmented text lists state budget figures: Illinois and California totals 12,951,149. Wisconsin 12,581,382. Kentucky 11,596,375. Indiana 8,641. Ohio 8,551,311. Michigan appears incomplete. The items reflect financial tallies or appropriations across multiple states with missing context.

Linois California Wisconsin Kentucky Indiana Ohio Michigan

Protests Fictitious Names in Virginia Liquor Purchases

Leesburg, Aug 9. Delegate Wilbur G. Hall, in a letter to ABC Board Chairman S Heth Tyler, denounces the board for accepting fictitious names on liquor purchase slips as an empty subterfuge and hypocrisy. Hall, a veteran legislator and ABC act drafter, criticized the regulation requiring purchasers to sign a slip before delivery as militating against Virginia and serving no useful purpose.

Leesburg Wilbur G. Hall S. Heth Tyler Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Hall Virginia

Punishment Promised for Ridiculing Victims in Berlin

Baden state warns of punishment for ridiculing sterilization subjects amid a campaign that has conducted 572 procedures since January 1. Wilhelm Frick, interior minister, orders centralization of health records for a national eugenics index across states.

Berlin Baden Wilhelm Frick Interior

Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clues Mixed With Answers

Clues and partial solutions for a Saturday crossword include references to muscle tissue units, musical terms, tools, and place names. The list mixes definitions with mismatched letters and scattered answers, showing a printed puzzle page undergoing incomplete completion and garbled text.

Commissioner Sale of 17.82 Acre Taylor County Lot

Special Commissioner to sell at public auction on August 30 1934 at 2 PM the real estate in Fetterman district Taylor County tied to Harry L Rogers deeded by N C Musgrove on August 3 1920 and recorded in Deed Book 60 page 227 description 17.82 acres with terms at least half cash and one year credit secured by notes. Also trustee sale on August 11 1934 at 10 AM for Lot 273 Brown Ver and Fetterman plat in Grafton West Virginia with cash terms as per trust deed recorded in Clerk's office.

Circuit Court of Taylor County I. Greenland Bolyard R. H. Sawyer Harry L. Rogers Fetterman N. C. Musgrove Taylor County Court G. W. Ford Frank M. Hollis, JR George R. Barnhouse Laura B. Barnhouse West Virginia Court West Min Street Grafton West Hit George BR

For Sale Auction Items and Piano Lease Balance

For sale items include two outboard motor boats, a Smith bicycle motor, and a saxophone all in good condition. Also offered is paying the small balance on a piano. a beauty medium size from a well known maker to be kept on lease with weekly payments of two dollars. Also a on e fot two on hand. Credit Manager Locklid Staunton Virginia 1642 asks to contact for details.

Staunton Virginia

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