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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1939

Page

4

Lorena and Shot Plan Private Detective Work in Arizona

Lorena Kerena visits Uncle George Brazee at Pnastom ranch in Arizona where Jerry Dale and Shot Rogers discuss a private scouting plan to track cattle raiders. Lorena presses for joint field work to gather inside info on the raiders led by Escobar, hinting at romance and courage as they debate methods and dangers.

Linciss Orena Hamilton Arisons George Brasee Pnastom Ranch Sysco Jerry Dale Lorena Shot Rogers Kerena Rogers Jared Jerry Escoba George Brazee Escobar George United States Young Rogers Sally Arizona Kentucky Daddy Jong Sally Brazee Henry Anderson L'Bar 9 Ranch Andersons Mr. Brazee Shot Big George Ani Jie H Tolly

Lord's Watchman and City Police Debate in Grafton Chronicle

The page quotes biblical warnings from Ezekiel 3 17 19 and discusses Mayor s push for shorter police shifts in Grafton West Virginia The writer critiques the plan advocating two officers per shift and suggests a one hour day compromise while reflecting on financial strain and public safety in the city.

Grafton Aise Fairmont

City seeks broad payroll cuts across municipal departments

The speech stresses that the police are only a sample of broader cuts needed. It calls for drastic reductions in payroll lists citywide, arguing the municipal payroll is inflated and must be pared to revive the city’s finances.

Police Department

The Free Press Serves Nation in European Crisis

Morgantown Dominion News lauds newspapers for accuracy and speed in reporting European events. It warns against rumors and emphasizes self-imposed codes of fairness to prevent propaganda and preserve public trust while letting readers judge the facts.

Morgantown Dominion News United States Europe

Newest Americans Foretells Europe Future Fears

A Clarksburg Exponent analysis argues predictions fail before spoken or printed. It notes events abroad change rapidly with Mars like tension over daily life. The piece warns ten million under arms and The Day threat looming for homes and activities.

Clarksburg Europe Mars

New Citizens in West Virginia Federal Court

Fifty or more sons and daughters of lands across the seas became American citizens in the Northern District of West Virginia. They join all citizens in upholding democracy, liberty, and the duties of American citizenship, praying for loved ones abroad and pledging patriotism and national defenses.

America Federal Court West Virginia Europe United States

Fortune straw poll signals call for economic self sufficiency

Fortune finds 64 percent favor developing U S industries to avoid buying foreign goods. 26.6 percent oppose. Wheeling Intelligencer notes the stance implies repudiation of reciprocal trade and a high tariff, arguing Republicans favor only high tariffs not isolation. The piece labels Fortune’s view as more extreme than any prior protectionism and counters with Republican nuance.

Fortune United States Republican Party

Helsingfora hosts 1940 Olympics at smallest city level

Factographs note Helsingfora Finland as smallest city to act aghost since Athens 1806. United States research farms breed turkeys weighing six pounds with chunky dramaticks and white meat for two member families. A World War spy smoked a pipe hiding value notes between the bowl walls. The jazz era popularized the saxophone after 1620s when used in bands as a substitute for lavinetas.

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Youre Telling Me from Worcester Style Sentences

A garbled column of quirky statements mocks modern life from a Worcester page. It quips about weight loss by flying, hair graying, pet turtles fed fish, and global crises. The piece mixes humor and social satire with clipped, outlandish lines.

Doctor Thomas Kennedy of Grafton A lasting civic healer dies

Dr. Thomas Kennedy a prominent West Grafton physician and civic leader died at his Maple Avenue home on September 23 1881 after a life of service. He served as mayor in 1866 and aided in hospital care during smallpox outbreaks while advancing agriculture and church work.

Thomas Kennedy Grafton Upper Maple Avenue Preston County Main and Luzadder Streets Taylor Kennedy Maple Avenue United States Hospital West Grafton W. Hazlett Taylor County Agricultural and Mechanical Society Taylor County Methodist Episcopal J. L. Clark Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church Baltimore and Ohio Grafton-Piedmont New York-St. Louis Express Collins Hepburn Maine Alpheus Shaw Julia A. F. Haymond Fairmont Alice Paul Jennie Coole Anna Robert Monroe Kingwood L. H. Pike Clarksburg Academy Nellie Robert White Wheeling Alice Rector Clarksburg J. C. White William Loftus Miss White Church Francis Jenkins Washington Street Jenkins Moore Nashville Tennessee Mary Jane Painter Thomas M. Lanham and Dent Newbury Thornton John T. McGraw Rector White Monroe Fike Baby Piedmont

Bremen Is Continued From Page One

The Normandie remained in New York on Paris orders as the Transylvania with 300 passengers carried sandbags in case of bridge displacement. Five of nine Labor Day cruises from New York were canceled. Capt. William Drechsel of Hamburg American and North German Lloyd estimated Bremen bound for Bremerhaven at 20 million dollars, aiming to keep the ship safe rather than use it for war. Queen Mary sails from Southampton with 2,386 passengers, exceeding the usual 1,800.

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