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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
4
Classified ads rates are listed with 2 cents a word for first insertion and 1 cent thereafter, with 5 cents per inch for composition after 9 am. Notices due by 6 pm. The column then criticizes government spending on power and lands, mocks the Lindberghs return, and discusses Pennsylvania liquor stores in bank spaces, plus primary election fees and reform.
The speaker argues that requiring $5 to $10 to place a name on the primary ticket screens out idle clubs and gamblers. He notes willing donors would cover the expense, reducing taxpayer burden and deterring nonserious groups from entering the race.
The City of Grafton plans levies of 125 cents per $100 on Class 1 property, 25 cents on Class 2, and 50 cents on Class 4 to raise $31,693.29, plus a universal 28 cent levy for contractual debt. This would leave $22,285.85 of obligations unpaid after revenues, with a supplemental statement proposing specific levy amounts to cover the fiscal year 1933, including $326.60 for delinquencies.
The legislature pressed a registration bill with a $10 fee and fines up to $5,000 or two years, backed by Delegates Shahan and Neal. Banks must report deposits to county assessors annually, while Wetzel County borrows $60,000 for a New Martinsville hospital. The House approved state cooperation with the national recovery act amid Democratic pressure, despite some calls for more study.
A child asks if Santa is real and is told by mother that Santa is the true Christmas Spirit, guiding belief with love. The narrator reflects on the idea of unseen helpers like brownies or sprites as part of the seasonal mystery, and a resolve to keep faith in Santa.
Charleston December 21 news reports a Senate bill passed by the House would ban public officials from employing relatives by blood or marriage, down to first cousins, with penalties including loss of salary and possible removal. The measure, backed by Delegate Neal, passed the House 49 to 28 though opposition existed.
Crown Point Indiana December 21 warrants charge Samuel Insull Jr and six others with conspiracy to commit a felony and with embezzlement and larceny from the Northern Indiana Public Service Company valued at up to 100 million dollars. Indictments allege they controlled the utility to bolster financing for Insull related firms. Indictments not public until all defendants are captured. Authorities withheld amounts and names beyond those mentioned.
The article lists John H Gulick Edward W Lloyd Morse Dell Plain Charles W Chase Bernard P Shearon as former directors and officers facing bond at 18000 each. Pred Cruspacker represents the defendants asserting extradition to Indiana. Dell Plain ties the charges to a plot by Howard Duncan who pleaded guilty to embezzling 192000 and awaits sentencing. Thomas G Hamilton, former director and now general manager, reportedly fled on a Gary Indiana street railway ship amid a Hawaii judge's remarks.
Byron Wy and Ralph Nichols race a dangerous missing trek in the Canadian Northwest. Sonya Nichole, bound to the peril, seeks clues as Curt, under A K Marlit, pursues a lead while Nor Karakhan the crook looms. Baldiwin confirms a time on Ralph Nichols.
Curt learns Sonya Volkov is tied to a prince and exile history as Baldwin outlines a path to influence a provincial police post. They meet Feodor Plekhanov in a Vancouver apartment, a wary reunion that reveals Sonya’s noble lineage and the Volkov family’s troubled past during the empire and Siberian era.
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