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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1936
Page
4
With fall term opening September 8 Graf ton anticipates renewed high school football excitement. The town takes pride in the new stadium and its well supervised contests. A large scoreboard is requested to be visible from all stands, completing an already fine athletic facility.
The Roosevelt era sought to aid cotton growers by reducing acreage and boosting prices. In 1933 the government paid 110 million dollars to plow up 10 million acres, with similar sums in 1934 and 1935 to maintain price levels. This year the plan shifts funds toward crops other than cotton as a change in policy unfolds.
The piece cites the Supreme Court invalidation of AAA and says the administration shifted to soil conservation as a restriction. It argues nearly half a billion dollars aided cotton growers to shrink U S output while foreign producers expanded, eroding America's world cotton market dominance and worsening unemployment. It calls this agricultural planning under the New Deal.
Morgantown Post reports Commander Stathers of the American Legion in West Virginia opposes a general pension law for World War I veterans, urging the group to seek broader service goals. He notes the 1922 stance against pensions but acknowledges rising veteran sentiment, urging active resistance to pension advocates. The piece highlights tensions between wartime service aims and potential social safety measures.
The passage discusses how veterans' organizations aim to gauge the level of respect and confidence the nation holds for them after serving years ago, emphasizing the need to assess public perception and esteem.
Germany moved toward a neutrality pact by warning it would ban arms shipments to Spain as Franco’s rebels executed five French volunteers fighting for Madrid. Rebels claimed French planes bombed targets and disputed denials while British ships faced friction with Spanish Loyalist authorities near Melilla. Reports tied to Mallorca battles, Navalmoral, Cordoba, and Uzcudun rumors injected into a broader clash marked by sparse confirmations from Madrid.
Washington commentary by Charles P Stewart weighs Roosevelt versus Landon prospects. Assessments note relief politics, business revival, and inflation fears. The piece cites Roosevelt relief impact, fears of tax hikes from Smith and Lemke, and price rises offset by higher farm prices, shaping voters' views.
A Central Press column by William Ritt riffs on politics sport and culture. It satirizes Reformers in Utah crowding a meter post, mocks feathered protest tactics, cites Peltier and Owens, notes baseball’s Yankees and seven others, and lampoons Hollywood court intrigue and war minded leaders.
Joan Spencer, a schoolteacher turned secretary to Julian Sloane, frets over missing book chapters and a rival, Sheila True. Joan suspects Sheila and hides her clever handling as jealousy flares. At Beatrice Hil’s wedding to Stephan Winsloe, Joan endures the pain of seeing Win marry another woman, clinging to a memory that safe keeps her heart.
Landon spoke at a Tom O’Shanter golf course event near West Middlesex, then attended a Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia Republican dinner. He emphasized an American way of life rooted in freedom and opportunity and worshipped at a 100 year old church where his grandfather once served. A sermon warned of atheistic and communist threats and urged Christian civilization to return to Christ. Arthur E Kerr, 63, prominent meat man, died of apoplexy in Sistersville after two years’ service.
The eighty second annual session of the West Virginia conference on the Methodist Protestant churches will convene tomorrow to transact church business. Conference officers will be elected Thursday. Sessions will conclude August 31.
Police found two notes with phrases about dying and fear and two unsigned or similarly written signatures. One note ends with I am what I was afraid of going now signed E. The other quotes This mess is too much and I quit signed Emelia Art but officers say the handwriting appears the same feminine style.
A wreck overturned killing Mrs. Sanford Wandling a 55 year old mother of three and injuring four other companions. Fifteen others suffered injuries in a series of accidents throughout the state.
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