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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1930

Page

4

Grafton Daily Sentinel details and publication info

The notice lists publication details for The Grafton Daily Sentinel including publisher Howard H. Holt at 102 Latrobe Street Grafton W V A, printing and job department numbers, postage class, and office locations. It notes Associated Press rights and policy on letters to the editor, plus advertising rates and deadlines.

Grafton Daily Sentinel Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company Grafton W. VA Howard H. Holt Latrobe Street Pontoffhce Athons and Phon Mail

Ten Years of Suffrage and Road-Way Prisoners

A column reflecting on ten years of women’s suffrage, contrasting rights with privileges and noting varied leader opinions. It also discusses federal road-work camps, convict labor on roads, salary and time allowances, and calls for productive work to aid rehabilitation, with emphasis on public cost and taxpayer support.

United States Wheeling Intelligencer

Wanted 50,000,000 Automobiles Across Markets

The piece notes the United States may export about 1,000,000 motor vehicles this year. If exports shift by 100,000 or 200,000, industry reactions could trigger calls for political action as smaller nations demand far more autos.

United States

Reapportionment and crime politics in wartime readers

A rough compilation discusses prison reform via road camps in West Virginia and other states, urging nationwide reapportionment adjustments based on the 1930 census. It notes urban rural shifts within states and criticizes Congress for unrepresentative representation. The piece also covers Franco Italian tensions and Italian diplomacy, plus skepticism about Chicago politicians’ explanations regarding funds from a gangster.

West Virginia Tate T Hose Congress

A Miracle On The Sea Pages Of Maritime Life

A fragmented observance notes how modern inventions alter seafaring lore long tied to Phoenician practices. It laments changes in routines though acknowledges periods when progress might aid sailors, while remaining wary of glamour diminishing traditional seamanship.

Tre Sea Mhiptina

Wireless Rescue Lights Ocean Peril Aboard Tahiti

An aboard Tahiti in the Pacific near the Cook Islands the crew abandoned ship as lifeboats rode out the sinking vessel. A Norwegian and an American ship answered distant calls, taking all 317 aboard before the Tahiti vanished, a dramatic testament to modern wireless rescue.

Dan Tger Pacific Tahiti Morgantown Pentress

West Virginia University and town briefs

Morgantown Mrs F M Hereford of Charleston, a WVU summer student, died after accidentally shooting herself while examining a revolver. Grantsville seven Nichols family members held after alleged fight left Arthur Carpenter fatally stabbed in Henry's Port. Morgantown Dr John Roscoe Turner, WVU president, to deliver address at opening day of Freshman Week on Sept 11.

Associated Press Morgantown F. M. Hereford Charleston West Virginia University Grantsville Alva Nichols Arthur Carpenter Henry John Roscoe Turner University

Interstate Commerce Commission Holds 10 Million Rail Fund Untouchable

Washington August 26 The Interstate Commerce Commission has 10 million dollars in its railroad contingency fund but cannot use any of it now. Prosperous railroads contributed the sum after earning over six percent under the 1920 railway transportation act. Funds were to be loaned to weaker lines but Controller General McCarlbars use until a final valuation of railroads earnings is fixed. A tentative valuation shows the money collected from strong roads, with protests, and McCarl ruled against expenditure pending the valuation. Radio telephone service expands to England Scotland Wales and to Argentina Chile and Uruguay.

Washington Interstate’ Commerce Commission McCarl

Four Piece Walnut Bedroom Set at Trustee Sale

Sale notice for Hore' Furniture Company on Main St Gratton West Virginia offering a four piece walnut bedroom set at 125.00 and total sale price 295.00 at a trustee sale location just above the stop light on Main St Gratton.

Hore Main St Gratton W. Va Hong, Furniture Company All Light Grafton

Haymond Seeks Tax Repeal In January 1931 Election

A political advertisement from Haymond, a retail music businessman, pledges to repeal the gross sales tax. He argues the tax is unfair, doubles taxation on articles, and harms industries in Taylor County, urging voters to elect him to the legislature to push repeal and broader tax reductions. Pol Adv.

Lon Chaney Career Highlights and Landmark Roles

Lon Chaney moved from slapstick to grotesque character work after 1912, gaining screen credits starting in 1914 with Hell Morgan's Girl. He directed Warren Keprigen, later starred in The Miracle Man and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Phantom of the Opera, Laugh Clown Laugh, and The Unholy Three, and wrote the Encyclopedia Britannica chapter on screen makeup.

Warren Keprigen Wesern Chaney Notre Dame

Chase Widens in Brooklyn Arsenal Raid Case

Police raid uncovered a sizable arsenal in a Brooklyn apartment tied to Diamond and Klein. The suspect operated a car from Diamond's Acroplace to Brooklyn for a pier drop. Diamond, with a long arrest record, is believed aboard the Baltic due to land at Cobh, Ireland, where authorities were asked to hold him.

Beer Runt Diamond Brooklyn Klein Cobh Ireland

Fire destroys Pt Marion buildings in $60,000 blaze

Uniontown Pa Aug 26 A fire swept Pt Marion destroying several buildings and damaging two homes and a grocery store. The loss was unofficially estimated at $60,000. One man suffered a slight burn while driving a truck from a burning shed.

Uniontown Pt. Marion

Local man arrested on criminal tack charge alleges delusions

You" Daugherty, a former soldier, was arrested by city officers yesterday afternoon and handed to state authorities on a charge of criminal attack against a boy, Laurie. A charge of intimate delusions against Joe Shaffer and Eva Gillum, both of Thornton, was dismissed this morning. Mrs. Laura Reed of Blueville is spending a few days in Simmons visiting friends.

You" Daugherty Laurie Jaco Joe Shaffer Eva Gillum Thornton Laura Reed Bluevill Srnmose

Fiduciary notices and court publication in West Virginia

Legal notices list fiduciary accounts before a county commissioner ending April 1990 and guardianships or trusteeships for named individuals. The West Virginia chancery suit against Mary Hechmer requires appearance within one month after first publication, with publication ordered in The Grafton Sentinel. Frank M. Holt Clerk. W. Merle Watk Turner Attorney for Plaintiffs.

West Virginia Circuit Court Taylor County West Va C. B.lawhead Merchants “and Mechanics Savings Bank Gratton W. Va Mary B Mary B. Hechmer Rhs Geo. A. Hechmers National ° Bowery Co Corporation W. Vai Midland Railroad Co Mary Hechmer Geo. A. Hechmer Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Grafton Grafton Sentinel Frank MN. Holt W. Merle Watku

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