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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1935
Page
4
Rates listed for carrier delivery at 75 cents monthly and 8.40 yearly. Mail subscriptions in advance include one year six months and three months options with set prices. Includes postal and advertising notices and a biblical quotation fragment.
A Los Angeles Herald and Express clipping argues that heavy taxation under the New Deal seeks to confiscate private property, wreck private business, and soak workers and consumers. It denounces critics, claims radical Sovietizing aims, urges Americans to organize against the administration, and claims government policy will destroy jobs without business and industry.
The Baltimore Sun notes GOP and Democratic gambits to gain or hold seats in 1934 with Bolton predicting 75 to 100 gains while Democrats boast no losses. The New York Sun analysis shows 117 Democratic districts with narrow margins and five districts in 1934 that were decided by slim margins, underscoring forecast uncertainty.
Editorial from Ine Providence News, owned by U S Senator Peter G Gerry, cites Rhode Island voters as warning Roosevelt to slow policy. It credits Republican gains to disapproval of lavish spending, utility holding company actions, and a tax plan taxing large estates.
A Newark dispatch frames Rhode Island congressional by election as a sharp rebuke to Roosevelt policies. Voters rejected public works bonds with federal aid and signaled discontent with New Deal experiments, reflecting broad state and industrial-state skepticism toward the administration. The Sioux Falls item hints at a relief policy climax with near suspension of anticipated programs.
State and federal relief measures this week forced drastic steps as farmers struggled to hire harvest help while many on relief preferred to stay idle. The piece notes relief’s easy appeal, shifts in worker attitudes, and politicians’ role in prolonging dependence, illustrating evolving labor and fiscal tensions statewide.
Broaddus College will begin operations on September 10 with Dr. Walter Scott Dunlop as president in his fourth year. The entire prior faculty is retained with assignments including Dr. James A. Wooster as dean, Hobart Beeghley English, Mrs. Pearl Jones dean of women, and others covering history biology chemistry music art and teaching supervision.
Officers and employees of the Charleston group of subsidiaries of Columbia Gas and Electric Company in Southern West Virginia Southern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky held an outing at a Huntington amusement park today.
Washington report details a fierce clash between Senate and House over Howard C. Hopson ownership amid a death sentence clause targeting holding companies. Two investigations by Black's Social Committee and O Connor's Rules Committee probe lobbying ethics, with divergent aims and no joint action.
Central Press reports on Chairmen Black and O'Connor as rival lawmakers and publicity seekers. Basil O'Connor, brother of a rival chairman, allegedly earned large legal fees from Associated Gas & Electric as the era of high prices prompts talk of prosperity, income gaps, and growing opposition to Roosevelt.
The piece argues that a fifth of the population remaining unproductive and manipulated prices threaten broad wealth. It canvasses three economic schools cooperative nation, free trade, and unrestricted competition, noting isolationist and protectionist views. A middle course is suggested, asserting economic laws are natural. The issue is posed to political readers and the public.
Jan argues with Val over Lia and Lia’s role in his life as Stephen Garenne confronts Lia about Cordray’s studio. Preston is warned away. Garenne asserts control, while Lia resents the spying and hints at a past that shaped her. The scene ends with heated accusations as the confrontation nears.
State police reported 17 year old James Fry of Pemberton West Virginia died from bullet wounds after examining a revolver display handled by a younger boy. The incident occurred August 20 and is under investigation.
In Taylor county Circuit Court the case Charles A Carr versus Mariah Carr and others seeks partition of Lot 8 Knotts plat and Lot 28 Fetter man plat in Graf ton. If partition in kind fails, real estate may be sold to pay costs and distribute remaining proceeds. non resident defendants Jow it Archie Carr and Willie Carr must appear within one month. The notice runs four weeks in The Grafton Sentinel.
In the chancery court Lee Bennett sheriff administrator of Adelaid Richardson deceased files a suit against H E Richardson and others to settle the administrator’s accounts and determine debts liens and heirs. The case seeks decree of sale of 67 acres in Booths Creek Taylor County to gather proceeds and settle priorities for West Virginia residents.
A condensed excerpt by E. V. Shepard discusses informatory doubles in contract bridge. It explains how doubles signal minimum required tricks and how partners raise bids if additional tricks are won, with sample holdings and normal-score scenarios illustrated.
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