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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
4
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The death of William A. Whitla of Sharon Pennsylvania, once a kidnap victim in a famous 1909 case, ends a life that rose from peril to prominence as an attorney. His passing follows earlier public shocks from a railroad wreck linked to mine strike violence and ongoing debates in France and South Carolina over debt, liquor laws, and governance.
In a third installment, Jor Brackett outlines Howard Stott and Technocracy’s idea of a energy based money. A unit would measure available energy rather than demand, with central distribution and rigid control to prevent debt accumulation and wealth concentration. Economists warn of practical instability and possible bootlegging of energy currency.
Public legal notices warn creditors and lienholders of Arden Lynch and related defendants in multiple chancery actions in Taylor County West Virginia. Notices detail depository offices, dates for filing claims by January 1933 and 1992, and commissioners’ duties to report on estates, real estate liens, and administration settlements.
The discussion centers on prohibition's failures and how illicit liquor supply undermines legal sales, with analysis of Technocracy jargon, La Guardia's Treasury secretary pick questions, and tax limit impacts. It argues for virtuous leadership over wealth, calls for economy in state government, and urges targeted veteran relief reform to curb fraud.
The piece protests a Congressional Vet benefits plan backed by General Hines. It objects to limiting disability compensation to those with 50 percent or more disability, arguing it would remove about 358,555 veterans from benefits and save roughly $61.9 million in the first year, while noting the administrator offered only the less-than-50 percent group as a potential exception.
Five municipalities met in Clarksburg to discuss a draft state law directing the state road commission to reconstruct and maintain highways inside cities. The proposal argues state aid should share costs for improving heavily trafficked city routes, noting property owners already paid assessments and city taxes for street work.
Chicago December 29. National headquarters of the prohibition party will be moved from New York City to Chicago. Ward E. Blake party chairman says the center of prohibition vote has always been in the central west and the move will be more fitting and convenient for supporters.
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