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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1936
Page
4
An ambitious Dream Coach design by Count Sakhnoffsky promises a practical yet stylized lightweight bus with streamlined exterior, reclining airplane seats, and large spacing. Transportation officials see it transforming comfort and fuel economy on upcoming super-highways, potentially rivaling rail service for long trips.
A devotional excerpt from Romans 12 9 10 urges believers to abhor evil and cleave to good be kindly affectionate with brotherly love and honor others above themselves reflecting a call to virtuous conduct and mutual respect.
The West Virginia Geologic Survey, led by Paul H. Price, reports on The Springs of West Virginia. The bound illustrated volume surveys springs with high water volume or notable taste and medicinal value, highlighting Berkeley Springs White Sulphur Springs Old Sweet Springs Howard Lick Salt Sulphur Capon Shannondale Blue Sulfur and other sites. The project began June 1938, despite a near year interruption, and is seen as a valuable historical resource and guide to the state’s natural springs.
The excerpt notes a strenuous push needed to persuade Maple Avenue residents and the numerous motorists involved as the general election campaign continues.
A local critique denounces WPA and earlier relief agencies as parts of a Tammanized political machine aimed at Roosevelt’s reelection. The Maple avenue repaving drags on, funded unreliably with estimates between 100000 and 200000 dollars. Citizens demand transparent costs and timely completion, warning the issue reflects a national scandal impacting Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The Dream Coach of 1950, shown at the Great Lakes Exposition, offers a fully air conditioned isolated cabin with double glazed windows and complete sound insulation. Designed by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, the coach promises greater safety, speed, and comfort than prior highway transport.
Chicago Tribune outlines a six month total of 500 million dollars in railway purchases for early 1936, largely for new rolling stock and locomotives. The upgrade spurs job creation, diesel modernization, and necessary track and service expansions, amid higher speeds and growing maintenance needs.
Shott asserts Republicans hold advantages in the fall campaign while attacking New Deal policies as harming business and economy. He argues the charges against the New Deal prove themselves to citizens touched by its policies and urges voters to align with traditional principles over current government actions.
Joan Spencer a schoolteacher from a small town pretends to be Jane Spencer to interview for a secretarial post with Julian Sloane at his luxurious home. At the pool she is watched by actors directors and critics who mingle around the party, while a mix of gossip and hesitations tests her nerve before she must decide how to explain the ruse to Sloane.
In a heated critique, speakers claim the New Deal caused prosperity of errors and advocate for fiscal restraint. They accuse liberal policies of draining taxpayers for unfinished projects and unproductive work while giving away national assets and markets. In Mar4 county, C B Allman reported 19 school buses covered 930400 miles in three years without an accident.
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