Grafton Sentinel Details Daily Publication and Rates
The Grafton Sentinel announces weekday publication from 102 Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia with offices for business and editorial at 680. It notes daily single copy and subscription rates, advertising charges, and deadlines for notices. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reserves rights for news content and reader submissions.
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Biblical thoughts and prison policy sideshaft debate
A mixed article discusses a broad range of topics from religious themes and a tax on treasure to a multinational call for easing wartime occupation and troop removals. It notes prison crowding and a U.S. program for prison construction, plus the vast scale of life insurance in the United States and its relation to economic health. The piece frames postwar relief, fiscal prudence, and moral reflections amid policy debates.
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United States
County youths urged to repair mail box racks
The writer urges Blueville students to fix damaged mailbox racks as school opens. Park View youths already built a neat rack along the road and countywide rural route crews are invited to compete for the best looking and most serviceable racks.
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Giant Airlines Derby Leaders Clash In Cross Country Race
The Philadelphia and Oakland cross-country derbies closed today with pilots signaling intentions to depart. Errett Williams led Philadelphia's Syracuse control point with 4 hours 16 minutes elapsed. Oakland's race paused overnight at Fort Wayne with only three pilots remaining, Loren Mendels of Los Angeles atop elapsed times.
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Repeal Sought of West Virginia Gross Sales Tax
Speaker urges repeal of the gross sales tax to revive industry in West Virginia. He argues the tax drains products to neighboring states and harms Grafton industry, calling for a complete revision to restore Amber and other products to state markets. Bartlett cites plants relocating, urging broader tax reform to attract industry.
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Bartlett
Grafton
Bowman warns on tolerance at Junior Order meet
Morgantown Aug 28 Representative Frank L Bowman spoke at the state convention of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics on The Treason of Tolerance He warned that passive indifference and excessive tolerance toward forces shaping national and international relations threaten America's stability He described tolerance as a virtue misused to the point of numb national conscience and loyalty He said tolerance can amount to treason if not constructive and loyal to the nation.
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Morgantown
Order of United American Mechanics
Frank L. Bowman
America
Menace of Gang Continues In Rhetoric At Rally
The governor denounces gang violence and urges citizens to re-enlist in the battle for peace and law. He compares today’s fight to 1917 1918, calling for moral courage and active defense against crime and disorder.
American Legion elects James A Duff WV commander
In Charleston on August 28 a surgeon from Martinsburg Dr James A Duff was chosen commander of the American Legion department of West Virginia at the eleventh annual convention. He succeeds Stanley Morris of Charleston who led the department in the voting plan. The Reich delegation chief noted Germans in Paris faced new sacrifices under the Dawes plan context.
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Germany
Rescue Party Faces Delays In Mine Squeeze Incident
Rescue workers pursued two trapped miners after a squeeze yesterday but progress paused at night due to debris and rock chippings from pillars and gangways. Debris settled temporarily, reopening access as conditions improved.
Tax Estimates Continue From Page One With Small Differences
The article compares 1928 and 1929 valuations for Booth's Creek Court House and other districts. It notes slight changes for outlying districts, listing 1928 valuations and 1929 projections for fifteen cent levies and the resulting amounts. Specific districts include Booth's Creek Fetterman Flemington Knottaville and the Road and Linking Fund with their respective valuations and levy totals.
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Knottaville
Germany's surrender of surplus Dawes plan share noted
Germany's acquiescence is considered necessary as it involves surrendering its share of the Dawes plan surplus payments due between April and September this year, addressing the payments call and continuing the financial arrangement.
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Germany
Secret Conference Shapes Navy State Duties
MacDonald withdrew with aides after a three hour talk with President Wowrer and state and navy department officials. Cotton refused to disclose the nature of his task, saying details would be determined later.
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Wowrer
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Navy Department
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Changes In Lyon School District Staff Announced
Newburg announces reorganized Lyon district teaching positions by Secretary Joe Van Zandt. Mildred Zinn moves to Irwin School, Mary Wilson to Mird's Creek. Geraldine McBride from St Mary's goes to Gladesville Junior High replacing Anna Ridenour. Medride taught two years at St Mary's High and studied art in New York City.
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Newburg
Lyon
Joe van Zandt
Board of Education
Mildred Zinn
Hrwin
Mary Wilson
Mird's Creek
Geraldine McBride
St. Mary's
Gladesville
Anna Ridenour
Medride
St. Mary's High School
New York City
Shuttle Plane Races Onward To Cleveland
Boeing air mail endurance plan Shuttle moves eastward after refueling at Omaha. Tanks replenished with a full load of gallons of gasoline. Cleveland set as next refueling point as it continues its trans continental course.
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French Order Battleship to Syrian Waters
London reports the French government has ordered the battleship La Mottex Piquet to Syrian waters in response to tensions in Palestine. The move follows the Aig order in the region, signaling increased French naval presence amid the Middle East situation.
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Exchange Telegraph Company
Palestine
Graftonians Attend K of P Convention in Huntington
Frank Bennett Lawrence Sinsell and W L Garrett residents of Simpson attend the K of P convention in Huntington this week as listed by the Clerk of the County Court.
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K. of P
Frank Bennett
Lawrence Sinsell
W. L. Garrett
Simpson
Huntington
Dempsey Placed On Suspended List By Actors Equity
New York city August 28 Jack Dempsey was placed on the suspended list of Actors Equity charged with disloyalty to the organization during its drive to unionize actors in sound films Equity council suspended Dempsey and declined to explain the move His wife Estelle Taylor also an Equity member was not suspended
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Jack Dempsey
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Estelle Taylor
Intervenes Granted in Wabash Acquisition Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the Chicago and Illinois Midland Railroad Company and the New Jersey Industrial Traffic League to intervene in Wabash railroad's application to control several carriers. The filing outlines a six-railroad consolidation plan, with Chicago and Illinois Midland named among the involved lines and New Jersey traffic group tied to a Philadelphia territory entry.
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Philadelphia
Pantages Accuser Guarded Ahead of Trial
Eunice Pringle, 17, who accuses Alexander T. Pantages, 54, of statutory assault, rests under police guard at Los Angeles police headquarters. District Attorney Baron Fitts vows careful protection and readiness as the defense gears up with Max Steuer to lead the legal team for the September 23 trial.
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Eunice Pringle
Alexander T. Pantages
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Pantages
Defense Council
Max Steuer
New York
Pantage
Pola Negri Plans Paris Divorce In November
New York Aug 28 film actress Pola Negri announced plans to obtain a divorce from Serge Mdvani in Paris in November She declined further marriage questions replying that the mystery of love is greater than death. In Pequot Minnesota on Aug 28 the Farmers State Bank was robbed of 7500 by three men who locked the officers in the vault and fled.
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Pequot
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Ice Cream Consumption Rises in United States
Washington reports rising ice cream consumption with 348,048,000 gallons sold nationally last year. Bureau estimates place per capita use at 2.90 gallons in 1928, up from 2.49 gallons in 1919 and 1.04 gallons in 1910, reflecting a steady increase in appetite for frozen dessert.
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Washington
America
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Notice to lienholders in McPherson real estate case
A legal notice informs lienholders of L M McPherson real estate to present their claims by September 4, 1929 for adjudication under a Taylor County circuit court decree. It directs claims to be filed at the Loar building in Grafton West Virginia, with officials Musgrove and Wyckoff listed.
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Circuit Court
Taylor County
L. M. Mc Pherson
Loar
Grafton
W.va
M. Musgrove
B. Wyckofy
Atty
Ships Collide In Atlantic Collision Report
Ships collide as tsun? attempts to cope with the inflow using all pumps. Lifeboat searched for the unknown slip and could not locate it. Canadian vessel Callidia Bus was believed undamaged and continued its voyage.
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Callidia Bus
Former Steel Chief Passes Away In Paris
Lee Burroughs Woodworth, former executive of United States Steel, died in Paris after surgery. He was traveling on a health tour with his wife when the death occurred.
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Newtown
Conn
Lee Burroughs Woodworth
United States Steel Corporation
Italy to enter Blue Ribbon air race on schedule
Rome August 28 Italy will definitely take part in the blue ribbon air race on the scheduled date September 7 after requesting postponement of the Schneider cup races in England due to the death of a top pilot. Balbo, Undersecretary of Aviation, announced the decision.
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Granddaughter to wed New York financier’s son aboard Homeric
London reports Misa Valerie French, granddaughter of the late Earl of Ypron, sailing on the liner Homeric to marry Henry Bradley Martin, son of a New York financier. The match blends British aristocracy with American finance, signaling a high society alliance across the Atlantic.
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