Grafton High football profits fund broader athletics
Principal Torlock Rasmussen reports 1936 profits of 1174.30 after expenses, funding basketball relief, junior high football costs, and a surplus for new physical education programs. The report credits a winning season with crowds from 1,100 to 3,500 and anticipates expanding to swimming boxing wrestling and gymnastics in the field house, stressing football as a financial patron of broader activities. The note links broader participation to healthy education and economy in athletics.
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Grafton High
Bearcats
Torlock Rasmussen
Kuhn
Grafton
Board of Education
Christmas Seals Aid Community Health Effort
Citizens are urged to buy Christmas Seals to aid the National Tuberculosis Association. Funds support local preventive work and treatment facilities in Taylor County, emphasizing that charity begins at home through the Christmas Bear program.
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Tuberculosis Associaion
National Tuberculosis Association
Taylor County
West Virginia considers state nursery at Pocahontas land
At the West Virginia Newspaper Council meeting in Morgantown on November 7 a resolution approved establishing a state nursery on state land in Pocahontas County. The plan noted possible savings with a prison camp and trustees from the penitentiary aiding construction and operation.
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West Virginia Review
West Virginia Newspaper Council
Morgantown
Pocahontas County
State nursery plan would beautify roads and ease prison crowd
A proposal urges establishing a state nursery to raise shrubs trees and vines for highway landscaping and grounds around state institutions. The plan aims to prevent erosion attract tourists and relieve prison congestion by enhancing facilities over ten years.
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West Virginia
Escort Bureau Fee Business Moves to Chicago
The New York style escort bureau idea is being tried in Chicago by a group of young women charging $10 an evening. Guides say the service helps pay college, with strict conduct rules and collective expenses. The bureau requires two people present for a visit, limits drinks, and requires the escort to report homeward.
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Moundsville Journal
New York City
Chicago
Daily News
New York
Ted Peckham
Escort Bureau
Ship Wrecks Disaster: Plane Crash in England Nearly Wipes Town
Reports describe the worst air crash of the year in England with multiple nationalities among victims, including two Britons and a German baron aboard the doomed plane. Flames engulfed nearby houses and witnesses recounted a terrifying scene as ambulances removed survivors and authorities investigated the Aug 10 disaster near Imperial.
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de la Cierva
Amsterdam
Berlin
Admiral Lindman
Masonic Lodge
Edinburgh
Pole
What's What at a Device Washington by Charles P Stewart
Washington column argues federal relief cuts spark local outcry but Congress is absent. It notes permanent commissions often outstay their purpose and warns WPA expansion continues despite calls for budget cuts. It stresses lawmakers demand economy while seeking funds.
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Congress
Washington
Morganthau
The
Treasury
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
WPA
Youre Telling Me by William Ritt column spoof
A humorous column mocks Hungarian duelists and publicity gripes, pokes fun at Roosevelt era policy on liquor bars and Europe travel ads, and jests about postwar social scenes. It notes Farley traveling in Europe and jokes about Adolf Hitler and American Indians calling the president the Great White Father.
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Hitler
Washington
Nordic Adolf
Berlin
Dinner at the Scott mansion ends in tension and pleas
Louise Jerr charts a tense chapter as Gay endures a lavish Michigan dinner with Christian Scott and family. He resists her plea to move to Detroit or redecorate, insisting his home is his identity. Gay battles panic and a cold, controlling kiss as the troubled couple faces an unsettled future.
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Gay
Scott
Christian
Serena
Clarence
Clarence Scott
Arizona
Carter
Wayne
Adams
Breck Carter
Peggy Pennell
Wayne Adams
Charles Pennell
Jean
Christian Scotts
Christian Dear
Detroit
Jefferson Avenue
Michigan
Gray
Mr. Adams
Ian
German Shepherd Mother Delivers Growing Litter In San Leandro
In San Leandro California Mrs M J Morrissey rushes in to announce six pups from their German shepherd. Her husband checks and finds eight then ten then twelve pups, prompting a lighthearted family moment as they recount the count.
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San Leandro
Calif
M. J. Morrisey
Gibson faults six hour day plan for railroads
Gibson told civic club members that railroads exist to haul freight and passengers and that a six hour workday is impractical. He urged government nonintervention and argued experienced railroad men should run the business, tracing early history and noting slow, steady improvements.
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Gibson
Civic Club
Needless guessing in a long island contract play
A Long Island lady on a West hand in a small slam in spades went down a trick by losing a spade and a diamond. The article invites reviewing the bidding and play to determine the correct finesse to capture the missing queen of diamonds.
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Long Island
Bridge Bidding and Play in 6 Hearts Contract
South as declarer faces 854 Qt. U3se bidding sequence and opening heart lead. The article explains how to avoid needless finesses, suggests handling dummy, and outlines play to reach a small slam by leading clubs, managing diamonds, and discarding from declarer's hand.
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Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
W. Va
Grafton Printing Co
Hind
James F. Holt
John 8. Palmer
H. J. Gatrell
Associated Press
National
A. E. Clayden Inc
Lexington Avenue
North
Michigan Avenue
Hark
Welch
Norfolk and Western
Henry Jackson Cazzell
Fall River
WPI A
Aeteat
Agsunsuston
William Ritt
Europe
London
Paris
Rome
New Yorker
Farley
Louise Jerr
His Arms
E.V. Shepard
Ava
Ace
South
Declarer
Oas Kis Ost
Ak Qing” Skies
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