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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1932

Page

8

Pastors Plan County Group To Lead Religious Welfare

Ministers of city and county churches and Sabbath school leaders will meet in Grafton in September to form an organization to replace the Taylor County Council of Religious Education. The plan, arising from Wednesday’s county council session, aims to conduct a thorough religious census, revive welfare work, and address lax religious training, with Dellett Newton noted as a former president and key organizer.

Grafton Taylor County Council of Religious Education County Council Dellett Newton Taylor County

General Salary Bill Face Push to Exempt Institutions

Charleston reports the House rejected a motion to instruct conferees to exempt state educational and eleemosynary institutions from a proposed 20 percent personnel slash. The defeat leaves conferees uninstructed while a special session spent $26,745.89 from July 12 to August 25, per State Treasurer W. S. Johnson.

Mittee House W. 8. Johnson

Masterbill Passed by House in Cost-Cutting Push

Still The Master ad the backbone of the legisla ture's economy program, was pass ed finally by the House of Dele gates. The vote was 57 to 1. A two-hour fight preceded the vote on the bill which would cut down the incomes of employes of the state and its sub-divisions. The principal opposition was to provisions for abolition of the state board of education and the inclusion of municipalities in the bill. The measure was passed after the House voted down a motion by Delegate Wilkinson to recommit it to the joint conference committee and go with instructions to conferees not to recede from House amendments on education board and municipalities.

House of Delegates State Board of Education House Wilkinson Cabell Joint Conference Committee Board of Education and Municipalities Conference Committee Board of Education Board of Public Wo Senate Joint Legislative Economy Committee Conley Auditor's Office Nudete Board of Public Jisary Board of Reconstruction Finance Corporation White R. Mingo Herold D. Braxton West Virginia State Department of Mines Charleston Holt Randolph D Harrison

West Virginia lawmakers cut state payrolls and set salaries

The special session approved a 20 percent general pay cut for state workers with exemptions for police and those under fixed contracts. Salaries for key posts such as the university football coach and athletic director were pegged at 4000 dollars annually, with other athletic staff likewise capped. The bill aims to reduce public expenses while preserving essential services and forbids hiring spouses in public offices. The measure moves to the governor for final action.

Board of Public Works Supreme Court Public Service Boards of Control State Police Department of Mines West Virginia University Weston Spencer State Hospital Huntington State Hospital Rutherford Sanitarium Denmar Sanitarium Welch Emergency Hospital McKendree Emergency Hospital Hopemont Sanitarium

Saturday Specials Veal Roast to Lamb Leg at Jacobs Market

Veal Roast Veal Stew Veal Chops Lamb Roast Lamb Leg Lamp Stew Old Chickens full dressed 23¢ Ib Young Chickens full dressed 300 call 459 C. D. Jacobs Meat Market formerly Bush Market 19 West Main Street.

CALL C. D. Jacobs Meat Market Bush Market West Main Street

Pennsylvania Governor calls for clean Republican ticket

Governor Gifford Pinchot urged Pennsylvania Republicans to abandon Davis amid federal racketeering indictments. He pressed the state committee to preempt a ticket with a candidate free of suspicion and warned Davis could be defeated or refused seating. Senator Davis, at a Loyal Order of Moose gathering, declined to comment on the demand.

Sylvania Republican State Committee Pennsylvania United States Senate Commonwealth Davis William S. Ware Vare Pinchot Ware Clevald James J. Davis Gifford Pinchot the Loyal Order of Moose

Returning to the Stage Doris Vinton Dance Star Returns

Doris Vinton, once a Broadway dancing star, is back on stage after a retirement sparked by her 1929 marriage to a Wall Street broker. Associated Press photo.

Doris Vinton Wall Street Associated Press

Coal rates argued to save road in hearings

Washington August. S Bronson general counsel for the Pittsburgh and West Virginia railroad told the Interstate Commerce Commission suspension board he could not see coal kept from receivers if rate cuts are not allowed. He urged restoring a 10 cent per ton differential between eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania to the Lake Port locality during the hearing on the Pennsylvania Ohio rates dispute.

Washington Aug Upar S. Bronson Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railroad Interstate Commerce ‘Commission Suspension Board Pittsburgh & West Virginia Pittsburgh Cleveland Lorath Huron Ohio Bronson Pennays

Air derby legs tighten as Cessna edges Jefferson City

At Parks airport east of St Louis sixty six of about 190 planes entered the transcontinental air derby. El don Cessna of Wichita Kansas won the leg from Jefferson City by a fraction of a second. County Clerk Frank Bennett, bedridden by illness, managed a brief appearance yesterday.

East St.Louis Til Parks Airport Eldon Cessna Wichita Kan Jefferson City Frank Bennett

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