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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1938
Page
4
The Intelligencer argues Republicans can win without southern backing as long as strength rises elsewhere. It questions southern postwar leadership and warns against relying on the region, urging campaign plans that do not count on southern support.
Thornton Holgate admits drinking and gambling were mistakes while Gurley reveals a scheme involving Sara Sue Davis and Peaches. Bob Towne is courting Sara Sue, and the bracelet bracelet affair triggers a plan to expose the ruse, with Towne’s fidelity and Sara Sue’s involvement in question.
The year 1939 is set to bring rest, prosperity, and progress to Grafton and Taylor County as major projects advance. A three quarter million dollar mobile school unit and bids on the remaining work open, with WPA hospital funds expected to flow by July. Local output from WPA efforts boosts railroad business and employment, while civic unity and proactive governance are urged to ensure a hopeful, prosperous year ahead.
The Baltimore and Ohio counsel, Governor Cornwell, urges Congress to pass a law making railroad bondholder agreements binding as legal obligations. He views the current ties as hindering solutions and favors a statutory framework to steady negotiations.
The governor argues that high interest on junior bonds strains railroads financially. Lower rates could aid rehabilitation and strengthen security backing the bonds. He would not recommend extra railway legislation unless it benefits both carriers and bondholders.
The Wheeling Intelligencer argues against a collectivist approach and urges a simplified government that encourages industry and jobs. It warns that heavy government, rising debt, and expanding bureaus threaten business confidence and American democracy, advocating free enterprise as the nation's tradition.
A Wheeling Intelligencer summary critiques John L. Lewis and Labor’s Non Partisan League plans to steer the Democratic Party toward a CIO dominated platform. It argues the south will resist such changes, fearing a radical government, and speculates Republicans cannot gain the solid South. The piece suggests southern Democrats bolt the convention as a remedy.
A reader discusses Emersons quote on foolish consistency in response to the governments wheat sale to British mills. The piece argues the United States must accept interdependence, oppose dumping, and lower trade barriers to avoid costly self-sufficiency and potential economic warfare.
The piece argues for a free private enterprise system with minimal government interference. It calls for law to defend the weak, enforcement to ensure equal opportunity, and a limit on government growth. It contends optimism rests with the Republican party as current administration trends toward collectivism.
The research director noted November construction contracts reached 2.835 million dollars, up from 1.161 million the prior year, with year to date totaling 27.729 million versus 24.458 million in 1937. Coal production for November is estimated at 9.7 million tons, about 0.6 million more than last year, signaling continued industrial gains with personnel shifts in Charleston and Chamber of Commerce work.
A fragmented, gossip style clipped piece references arts, cinema, and public figures. It touches on Dreiser titled remarks in Paris, a postcard idea from an Indian artist, a magazine poll about romance among women, and a remark by Charles F. Kettering to monopoly probers.
The report notes redwing blackbirds and tree swallows eat the leaves of celery while moths destroy the crop, with Florida celery growers seeing birds as pests yet others as blessings. It references Alexander Hamilton, salt production in St. Virgin Islands, and shifts in coal and energy outputs, plus U.S. diplomatic notes on Japan and Germany amid wartime tense relations.
Fragmentary report discusses United States stance on Japan and the nine power treaty of 1922. It mentions open door guarantees and the claim that treaty obligations cannot be renounced by the signatory nation. The text is incomplete and hard to interpret.
German press reports no hope for improving German American violations while defending Ickes. Reichsfuehrer Hitler’s New Year message expresses hope for general world appeasement and strengthens the army. He reaffirms Rome Berlin axis and recalls Austria and Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland as 1938’s year.
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