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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1941
Page
4
Last night, police and Prosecuting Attorney Warder conducted well planned raids halting open gambling in Grafton and Taylor county. Equipment and cash seized amount to hundreds with nearly $300 in city fines, signaling a broad clean up and future action against bootlegging.
The 1940 census prompts shifts in representation as states gain or lose seats. Illinois faces a Daly suit to redraw districts after 1901 boundaries, arguing unequal population. a ruling could force special sessions or at large elections. Other states may follow this route to comply with constitutional apportionment.
Axis officials declared England cannot join a Europe’s new order and demands Britain stay out. US claims of an American Century are dismissed as plutocratic meddling. Germany praises a five day summit while heralding a Serbian state and Europewide living space.
Charleston August 29 State Labor Commissioner says mediation offer to settle a strike at the Belle plant of E I du Pont de Nemours was declined by the management stating it has no part in the dispute. The issue regarding collective bargaining agency election is before the NLRB.
The event features visits to tomato exhibits and a state patronized clinic for crippled children and infantile paralysis sufferers. The visitor was introduced to local mineral waters famed for 150 years as part of a health resort. A rehearsal for the coronation precedes the tomato crown ceremony to be received from West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin this afternoon.
The aviator was greeted with applause and scattered boos when introduced by Herbert K. Hyde, former U.S. district attorney and state chairman of the America First committee that organized the rally at the lot park where semi pro baseball teams normally meet.
Miss Otto of Wheeling, visiting from Africa, gave a detailed address on her African missionary experiences to a large St Pauls Lutheran audience on September 14 1923. The event was supported by the West Virginia Synod and local Lutheran missionary society. The report also covers a mayoral court fine for speeding a man named Nick Bananas and a grand banking opening at First National Bank with a modern vault and new municipal offices in the former Grafton Bank building.
Ylena learns Francie is Tate's wife and clashes erupt as secrets unfold. Francie airs bitterness while Ylena confronts guilt, fear, and possible repayment. Diane Cromwell O’Neil arrives to witness the tense scene and tension thickens the Cromwell circle.
Eighty officers kept order as Lindbergh warned of two great air powers and warned against cross ocean invasion. He questioned interventionists and warned of fighting many nations and England possibly turning, while Wheeler defended free speech and Hyde urged a heckler to speak. Everett Gwin, a former guardsman, volunteered to return to duty and crowd applauded.
The piece outlines differences between senate and house tax plans. It describes automatic return forms for those earning up to three thousand and compares tax amounts at various income levels. It notes changes to surtax rates, amusement taxes, and other levies in the Senate Finance Committee proposal.
Seven victims are named in Catoe’s statement including Jessie Strieff a 24 year old War department clerk from Des Moines and Evelyn Anderson a Bronx waitress. He admits slaying four Washington negro women since December 1939 and claims remorse while facing a possible death sentence as DC coroner holds an inquest next Tuesday.
Classified Sentinel presents an insertion rate note for a two cent initial and one cent per additional word, with consecutive insertions. It references an Esso station and allied property near Route 73 five miles from Palmont on Morgantown Road, detailing a six room house with bath and four acres of ground.
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