Grafton Sentinel Reports on Tax Action and Huey Long
The article notes a tax bill spurred swift action by Congress as taxpayers fear higher costs. It discusses Huey Long entering Democratic primaries and shaping possible Roosevelt opposition, while praising Senator Borah as a strong Republican candidate capable of appealing to broad voters.
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Washington
Long
Huey Long
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Old South
Gulf
Borah
Senator Borah
The Hospital Project: County faces special levy for new hospital
Civic leaders back a three year special tax levy to secure federal loan funds for a modern county hospital. The plan aims to meet federal requirements and ensure adequate emergency medical and surgical services, arguing current facilities deter growth and industry. The issue now rests with voters.
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Board of Trade
the Sentinel
Federal Financial Authority
Grafton
Radicalism Check In Senate Bill Amid Tax Debate
The senate committee accepted a plan tied to La Follette’s income and inheritance tax idea but then withdrew it, returning the measure to the house form. The revised proposals would cut rates in the lowest brackets and lower exemptions, expanding the pool of income taxpayers.
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Senate
House
la Follette
Three man State Road Commission favored over one
Editorial argues a three member State Road Commission provides better representation and continuity, reduces political manipulation, and better handles WV road program oversight than a single commissioner. It contends economies are illusory and policy should be debated among three to share workload.
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Hotuigouvuwis
West Virginia
Kump
Ernest Bailey
Threeman Commission
State Road Commission
The New Rag-Picker Nan and State Road Debate
The article argues that State Road Commission lacks direction and anticipates wider acceptance of these views in the next legislative session. It contends that European war risks and treaties shape policy and that Ethiopia relations influence broader conflicts, warning of inevitable consequences from aggression.
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Nan
State Road Commission
Ethiopia
Austria
Germany
Healthier living and changing American diet in 1935
Parkersburg News notes a shift in U S drinking habits after prohibition repeal with soft drinks rising in early 1935. Flavored drinks up 14 percent fruit juice 15 percent while candy sugar ice cream and citrus use increase. Meats and wheat per person decline signaling lighter healthier food trends.
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Parkersburg
United States
League impotence over Ethiopia war threat
The piece condemns the League of Nations for inaction as Mussolini prepares Italy’s attack on Ethiopia. It accuses European powers of cowardice, vows military aid curbs, and predicts a war outcome uniting world colored peoples and triggering unrest in colonial possessions.
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Snowden
Ethiopia
League
Italy
Mussolini
Council of the
League of Nations
Paris
Munsolini
Reminiscences of Ford voyage tale and Henry George piece
The column recalls the Ford peace ship voyage marking its 20th anniversary with a spoof saints and the press room antics. It includes a humorous verse about the peace group and a satire led by the Vacillating Bons and Sisters of St. Vita. It also reviews Henry George’s Progress and Poverty arguing taxes on land could replace all taxes and lift production. The piece cites Theopholis D. Montgomery and notes future installments.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Ford
Ho- Doken
Europe
St. Vita
Joy Riders
Oes x
Sons and Sisters
Theopholis D. Montgomery
Theopholis
Leslie Eichel
New York
Henry George
Romance PSTORMY LOVER continues in secret couch scene
In a tense bedroom interlude Val and Lia discuss escape and forbidden longing. He wrestles between duty in the navy yard and a consuming impulse to forget through Lia. Her sultry insistence, past memories of Shanghai and China, push him toward a dangerous, intimate surrender as the chapter ends with a kiss.
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Lia
Val
Jan
Shanghai
Andre
China
Navy
Man NabbEd At Latrobe Street Drunk Charge
Otto Curry pleaded guilty to being drunk on Latrobe street in police court before Mayor E. Otto Waugh. He was arraigned yesterday afternoon, fined five dollars, and paid the penalty this morning.
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Latrobe Street
Otto Curry
E. Otto Waugh
Classified Rates and Rules for Sentinal Ads
The Sentinel lists classified ad rates: two cents per word for the first insertion and one cent per word for each additional insertion. Minimum charge is 45 cents. Each initial and each figure counts as a word. Ads must be consecutive and in regular style. FOR RENT.
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Sentinel
RENT
Fiduciary accounts of O C Spencer before commissioner of accounts
Notice states fiduciary accounts of O C Spencer as executor of Elizabeth Spencer's will are before the commissioner of accounts for settlement. Dated the 9th, indicating formal probate proceedings and oversight of the estate.
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O. C. Spencer
Elizabeth Spencer
Commissioner of Accounts For Settlement
Public notice of accounts in Taylor County West Virginia
On the day of August 1935 John K. Burdett Commissioner of Accounts for Taylor County West Virginia gives notice of hearings on Aug 8 and Aug 15. The announcement specifies schedules for account review and related proceedings.
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John K. Burdett
Taylor County
West Virginia
Ted McDowell Loses City GOP Chair in West Virginia
Ted McDowell editor of the Beckley Post-Herald lost the chairmanship of the Beckley Republican executive committee by moving outside the city. Floyd M. Sayre succeeds him as the new chairman.
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Beckley
W. Va
Ted McDowell
Beckley Post-Herald
Republican Executive Committee
Floyd M. Sayre
Big gamble in contract bridge lesson from central press
A bridge analysis by E. W. Shepard discusses a bold South bid in a rubber and duplicate game. South's 5 Diamonds over East's 4 Spades risks a dangerous contract, with West doubling and defensive tricks looming. South ruffs the opening spade and, after plays, faces potential loss of diamond and heart tricks, questioning whether the 4 Spades would have yielded a safer path.
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South
East
West
Dummy
North
Declarer
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W. VI
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God
Bullitt
Bounding Main
Jena Ate
Sourees
Walnut Street
Central Hotel
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Box NI
Harold. Trimble
E. Main Street
Ted
Joe
E. W. Shepard
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