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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
4
A terse WPA poll overseen by Mr Hopkins shows broad public interest in changing the current set-up, though Mr Gallup stops short of a firm conclusion. The item notes few supporters for the existing arrangement and widespread desire for reform.
The piece blends holiday scripture with WPA funding concerns and local civic issues. It discusses WPA continuation or reform as Congress convenes, the status of Gratton’s hospital project, and local debates over parking meters and police courtesy, urging better police training and consistent enforcement.
Trig argues police cannot teach courtesy as essential to authority without publicity. He questions rough tactics and emphasizes that officers should use force only when necessary to maintain respect and public trust in a government of the people.
The Morgantown Post argues the Wagner act codified collective bargaining as a policy and explains three core elements. It asserts workers must freely organize, bargain only with the employer, and designate representatives chosen by the workers themselves.
A Cumberland Times report from the recent census of unemployment notes a growing army of women and girls entering the labor market since 1930. It highlights shifts from home life to wage earning, citing demands for education, medical care, and leisure, and argues that women’s work could boost production and purchasing power if the labor machine runs smoothly.
A Baltimore Sun survey reports 75 percent oppose petty politics in relief and favor civil service for WPA officials. Democrats and Republicans show little difference, while 25 percent remain split, some fearing permanence of the WPA under civil service, others preferring local control.
The article notes the farm problem remains central to business concerns with potential farm legislation changes while the administration favors keeping the current crop control framework with tweaks. Debate over processing taxes to fund farm benefits resurfaces as experts work on legislative suggestions for possible blended solutions.
In Beckley last night a head-on crash between a truck and a car killed two youths, Bill Bennington, 18, and Cupie Clyde Lilly, 19, both of Cool Ridge, and injured four others. Jake Lilly, 17, a passenger in the truck, suffered head injuries and a fractured leg. State Troopers said the truck carrying the three youths passed troopers near Cherry Creek Glade on U S Route 19 shortly before the collision.
Berlin reports Nazi controlled papers mocked President Roosevelt while awaiting Chancellor Hitler's next move amid U S German tensions over Interior Secretary Ickes' remarks. The press held off on judging the Ickes affair, focusing on reactions to Ickes' Cleveland speech and Welles' rebuke of Germany's request for an apology.
Floyd County ends four months of non fatal gunfire with a deadly shooting at Mrs. Mattingly's home. Bill Halbert 46 and Jailer Will Halbert are dead. Claude Lowder 25 and Mrs Julia Mattingly 35 are held without bond on murder charges related to the Halbert killing. Robert Salisbury is also named in the case.
Magistrate C A Harler announced a coroner's jury would be impaneled to investigate the death of John Papadich aged 50. His body was found in a wash house near the boarding house with a bullet wound in the temple and a pistol nearby. Family members say Papadich had been despondent for weeks. The jury is to convene next week.
Charleston report says Mrs Nellie Davis age 53 of Romney died in Keyser hospital from injuries suffered in a traffic accident on December 9. She was admitted to the hospital after the wreck and succumbed to her injuries today per state police.
Funeral services for Sidney John Lees 64 a retired pottery worker were held today at the Cameron home of a daughter after his death. He died at his daughter's home.
Charleston dispatch reports Franklin Stone aged 20 died when the car he rode in struck a bakery truck while returning from a gay holiday party. Three companions Melvin Myers 18 Roy Siner 19 and Carles Light 20 were injured in the collision as the vehicle swung around a line of traffic, according to State Trooper Ellis Lea.
A fire starting in an overheated furnace destroyed the Roma restaurant in Thomas. Owners estimate losses in the several thousand dollars range. Firefighters from Thomas and Davis prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings on Main Street.
A December night in Houston exposes a Rice Institute celebration run wild on Main Street. Citizens watch a jubilant mob paralyze traffic as they cheer Robert Towne’s 35 yard run that sparked Rice’s only score against Mexico City. Thornton Holgate trots to a ball with Peaches Pomeroy while inner campus flirtations and high hopes mix with the revelry.
A meeting with workers at a Follawsbee Brothers tin and plate concern ended with rejection of a wage reduction plan. The CIO opposed the cut and pledged to back workers, though warned job retention beyond two years with the cut was unlikely. The crowd approved the motion to reject. Carnegie Illinois plans a five and a half day week from January 1 and a near 10 percent salary increase. Tennessee Coal Iron Railroad restores a 10 percent reduction previously imposed.
Irvin works of Carnegie-Tinois Steel face layoffs as the plant on the hill is expected to replace 15,000 to 16,000 jobs by 1939 end. The CIO opposes wage cuts as McKeesport tin plate maker warns of contract repeal unless lower wages are agreed. The 20 day notice period ends December 26 amid 1,500 layoffs this week.
A fragment notes Carnegie-Illinois and a Birmingham firm, with subsidiaries of United States Steel Corporation, in a corporate connection. The readable text hints at an integrated relationship or dispute involving these entities during spring.
Clarksburg dispatch reports Joe Markowitz a 33 year old former Pittsburgh taxicab driver was sentenced to seven years in the Moundsville penitentiary for taking part in the July 1933 numbers headquarters robbery. He pleaded guilty.
Representative Andrew Edmiston of West Virginia said he asked the post office department to consult with the procurement division and Treasury to determine space for the state department of mines in the proposed post office building at Mt Hope.
In Taylor County to December first, 1938, Herbert Evans administrator of Sulla Mitch deceased sues William Mitch and others to subject the decedent’s real estate to debts and settle accounts. Defendant Mrs Norbert Mitch Edith Mitch is nonresident and must appear within one month after first publication. Publication ordered in the Grafton Sentinel. Clerk Frank M. Hollis Jr. James C. Holt, attorney. Dec 9 16 23.
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