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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1932
Page
4
Fragmentary notices advise on letters to the editor and classified ad rules. It mentions word limits anonymous submissions, inquiry at the business office, same day insertion deadlines, composition charges after a time, and removal orders by evening deadlines. The text appears as a garbled archival notice from a newspaper.
The lower house saw a heated clash as Representative McFadden urged impeachment of President Hoover over the Germany moratorium. A Southern Democrat moved to table the resolution, defeating the bid. The episode highlighted strife over Hoover policies and McFadden’s volatile stance.
Judge John Barton Payne has completed fifteen years of public service in Washington and twelve as director of the American Red Cross. Reappointed by President Hoover, he led disaster relief operations including the 1927 Mississippi flood and 1930s droughts while serving as chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies. The article notes his prior roles under Wilson and Harding and mentions his Virginia farm life.
A fair haired dark eyed woman born into a bourgeois French family marries a 57 year old Aga Khan III figure and plans to stay in a hotel until January then a nursing home. She resists England travel, postponed India trip, and remains Catholic while leading a high profile social life in European capitals. The Aga Khan III, 48th in line from Fatima, commands a vast influence, racing stables, and political activity, while debates over his wife’s background persist.
A daily cross word puzzle list presents scattered clues for across and down entries. readable fragments include biblical references plants animals numbers and foreign terms, with several garbled words and missing letters. The text resembles a puzzle page with partial entries and misprinted lines.
The Wheeling Intelligencer discusses a supplemental Farm Board report to Congress. It promotes enabling the board to loan to cooperatives, bolster loans, and elevate farmer returns from exportable products, while criticizing the board's grain-buying efforts as fostering overproduction and urging limits on future public farming roles.
War Secretary notes that France spends 47 percent of its budget on armaments and only 3 percent on war debt discharge. Italy uses 51 percent on armaments and 2 percent on debt. Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Romania allocate about half to armaments and 7.2 percent to war debt. England reportedly spends less on armaments and more on debts than other debtors. Wheeling Intelligencer reports.
Following the resignation of Dr. W. W. Frees who will become State Superintendent of Schools in March, Dr Wm Dunlop of Alderson is offered the presidency of Alderson-Broaddus College. The board discussed the invitation as Dunlop weighs the merger and other senate actions. A stray text notes a tainted animal parasite on a walking stick, mentioning whale lice among assorted content.
A public notice states Cog House District Taylor Court offers for sale four at a unit price a ton twenty four head of sheep from the late Robert B. estate. Terms are cash. Ernestine 2207 9142014.
Public health service reports the influenza epidemic reaching peak in December with rising cases and heavy spread. Officials note the crisis in the capital region and urge precautions as doctors battle to contain the illness amid increasing numbers.
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