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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1937
Page
4
The text critiques employers arming to defend property and breaking strikes, notes the La Follette Committee’s espionage warning, and argues such surveillance fuels labor conflicts while urging responsible discussion and signature rights for letters. It cites biblical allusions and references to the Christian faith in public discourse.
A San Francisco election of 7,000 Pacific Gas and Electric workers favored a California union by two to one, with the Labor Board supervising. The CIO challenges the result, amid questions of coercion and future collective bargaining, as labor and company actions come under scrutiny. Plus a London admiralty court anecdote on the word woozy and broader comments on weather and politics.
A Wheeling Intelligencer excerpt discusses pervasive spying in U S labor unions, the role of industrial employers, and the heated moral and political clash around workers rights, freedom to join unions, and employer prerogatives amid the La Follette era. The piece critiques the labor movement led by John L. Lewis and questions limits on worker freedom versus employer control.
Windsor T. White laments Africa's dulling appeal as natives wear more clothes and animals become too common. He traveled 7,000 miles by automobile and saw 50,000 to 100,000 zebras and other beasts. He notes lions shot from cars are now common and fears future generations will care less for African wildlife.
Stevenson argues life’s tragedy requires religious service and military joy in duty. Gentleness and cheerfulness precede morality, while noble disappointment and self denial are not admirable if they breed bitterness. Even amid failure, people must strive. their doom is nobility without hope or thanks.
The excerpt speaks of creation groaning in mortal frailty and striving with constancy, arguing that belief in immortality rests on first believing in life. It emphasizes faith as grounded in the lived experience of existence.
The article chronicles Konrad Henlein’s ascent from obscure gym instructor in Asch to a key German nationalist figure in Czechoslovakia around 1933 1935. It notes his wartime service, border region origins near Reichenberg, and his unorthodox rise without a formal party program, aiming to unite German elements and challenge Czech authority.
A fragmented passage discusses anti wage hour factions and the looming November election. It notes a solid 80 formidable element against politicians, highlighting tensions between Democrats and Republicans over labor policies and administration clumsiness.
Central Press reports that representatives backing the maximum hour and minimum wage bill face a tough test in the 1938 congressional elections. The measure was sent back to labor for rewrite, seen as a setback though not a full defeat. Leaders like William Green and John L. Lewis criticize its complexity and administrative provisions while still noting labor’s desire for wage hour reform.
A humorous column by William Ritt through Central Press juxtaposes the emperor of Japan with European dictators and mocks political spins Henry Maineovitch and Verionans segation laws. It notes a New Jersey child seeking Santa in New York City and ridicules posturing about charity during Christmas.
Roosevelt opened with no firm proposals as talks swirl around the Borah O'Mahoney license bill. Congress faces tough choices on farm control taxation and reorganization. In conference are farm and housing measures with other administration backed plans including regional planning authorities and wage hour reforms.
In Gratton West Virginia the Mendelson Junk Company advertises top prices for beef hides and scrap metal. The notice lists contact phone 9643 and dates from November 22 to December 22.
A nameless narrator recalls writing to Mimi while facing unrequited love and family pressures. He finds solace in community work, church music, and a growing sense of personal power as spring arrives, contrasting past desires with a calmer, hopeful future.
In Lafayette Alabama former Senator J Thomas Heflin lies in a hospital with lobar pneumonia a week before the primary election He is surrounded by two attending physicians and his vote is still anticipated next week Heflin is one of three candidates for the post currently held by Senator Dixie Graves who is not running.
Bessie Pearl Jolliffe aged 46 died from complications after a clove lodged in her lung last August in Morgantown.
A bridge column discusses singleton leads against dummy and no trump play. It analyzes an East opening of 1 Spade followed by South 1 No Trump and North 2 Diamonds, then South jumping to 3 No Trump. West leads spades. declarer maneuvers to win with diamonds and spades, with commentary on bid responses and outcome.
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