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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1937

Page

4

National debate on Roosevelt program and aviation crisis

A letter to the editor criticizes President Roosevelt and the New Deal while urging production-led prosperity. It contrasts fiscal policy with private enterprise and questions government spending. An attached aviation report warns American airlines face red ink, cuts, and potential receivership without repeal of the 1934 Act and passage of McCarran plan, calling for ICC regulation and industry modernization.

Roosevelt Stytie New Deal J Natural Association Ital Repub Four Square America Sal Elkins Inter-Mountain W. P. Redding Washington Interstate Airways Committee Post Office Department McCarran Air Transport U. S. Chamber of Commerce ICC Post Office Commerce Department McCarran Maritime Commission Senate House

Cost of a job and aviation regulation debate

An editorial excerpt contrasts aviation’s growth with safety concerns and urges Congress to free airlines from political control. It notes commercial aviation plays a key transport role and cites intercity regulation parallels with rail and bus lines. It also discusses job creation costs, citing factory data from 100 plants employing 112,000 workers and an $8,000 per employee capital investment to sustain employment.

Congress Inter-State Commerce Commission Morgantown Post Lammot du Pont

French Death Ring Sheds Light On American Aid

Investigating magistrate Georges Berry heard that an American man contributed 40,000 francs to back theatrical ventures linked to Le Blond. Weidmann, the killer, mentioned Million and his mistress as connected to multiple murders. Police found a trunk of women’s clothing at the St. Cloud villa and press on possible additional graves.

Weidmann Miss de Koven Frits Frommer St. Cloud Villa Million Jean Leblanc

Roosevelt as Pilot in Congress News Wobble

Central Press column argues Roosevelt is a political pilot in choppy waters with Congress. It compares his uncertain philosophy to a Mississippi helmsman steering through snags, noting left and right factions fear his experiment driven approach and may doubt his course.

F. D Congress Allon Roosevelt

Ed Markoff Involved In Beach Kidnapping Case

Ed Markoff faces investigation after a girl was abducted from a beach last month. Police say a suspect description matches Markoff, with witnesses placing a vehicle near the scene and a search continuing near the coastline.

Ed Markoff

Express Collision Near Grafton Injures Multiple

Train No 29 traveling from Grafton collided with a light automobile, injuring Rush Jenkins and several occupants. Jenkins was rushed to a Clarksburg hospital as responders and officials investigated the scene. Eyewitnesses described crushed bodies and the crash occurring at 1 26 p m as the train left the station 1 10 p m, over half an hour late.

Page Oime Rush Jenkins Hospita Jenkins Clarksburg Grafton l@tation Herbert Evans Paul P. Warden Supt John Edwards, Jr Robert Taylor Acdla

New Year Resolutions That Do Nothing

Zadok Dumbkupf pitches a satirical plan to resolve on January 1 without changing habits. He suggests banning reading government statements and political speeches while proposing a paid list of resolutions, promising a lucrative scheme for himself. The editor acts wary as the column lampoons self help and public fads.

William Ritt Central Press Zadok Dumbkupf

Portraits and secrets in a city drawing room

In a crowded drawing room Bernice and her mother discuss Lionel and finances as Mimi fears for her future. Jerry comforts Mimi amid plans for a winter with Lionel while her mother worries about money and marriage, and Olga urges a private talk in Mimi's room.

Katherine Merrill Stiles Jerry Bernice Lionel Father Rhe Lion

Kramer, Former Stationery Engineer, Dies in Blueville

John H Kramer died after a railroad accident with injuries described as bruised but not severely cut. Survived by widow Mrs Perie Watkins Kramer and sons Harold and George Maxwell Kramer. George preceded him in death. He lived 29 years in the county, moved from Kingwood, formerly a stationery engineer and later a general store operator in Blueville. Funeral at Bartlett Funeral Home with Rev Turvander officiating. interment Webster Cemetery.

McGrumphy Flemington Bartlett Clarksburg John H. Kramer Prederick Anna Gerkin Kremer Perie Watkins Kramer Harold F. Kramer Fairmont Kingwood First Presbyterian Church of Gratton Bartlett Funeral Home McGrary Avenue F. J. Turvander Presbyterian Church Webster Cemetery G.T. Bartlett

Barclay on on Bridge slam material and bidding notes

Barclay on on Bridge discusses a conservative slam approach to a high level bid, advising against positive responses to strong suit openings without substantial tricks. The dealer South faces a 6 Hearts contract after an 8 Spades misread, with trumps and a potential ruffing strategy guiding defense and misdirection in the play.

South

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