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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1938

Page

4

Roosevelt and the crisis roosevelt faces congress today

The essay questions President Roosevelt's responsibility as Congress gathers for its final session. It argues tax policies and government spending cripple investment, inflate prices, and provoke a recession, urging the president to acknowledge facts, reverse hostile business posture, and act decisively to end the downturn.

Philadelphia Congress Roosevelt United States Ding

Dream and Disaster In a Marital House

In a bleak memory-draped scene, Chandler returns with Mimi to a cold modern mansion. Hayes the superintendent and his wife host a strained dinner as Mimi resists the inadequacy of their life. The room lacks warmth, morale falters, and Chandler realizes his idealized home narrative shatters under blunt reality.

Aight Ana Hayes Chandler Sam Mim Mimi Jerry Washington Chandlen Mimis Mfinu Hayes Aad Crought Mrs. Hayes Mr. Ate

We Should Live Soberly Sermon Prompt

A devotional excerpt cites Titus 2 11 13 urging sober living. It emphasizes grace bringing salvation and teaching denial of ungodliness. The message calls for righteous, godly conduct in this world while awaiting Christ’s glorious appearing.

Jesus Christ

Ickes Hits Sixty Families Over Monopoly Claim

Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, accused sixty American families of monopolistic practices blamed for the current recession. A Wheeling Intelligencer examination notes the Berwind family and West Virginia coal firms as examples, asserting the coal industry remains largely independent and relies on the Guffey Act to regulate competition.

Harold L. Ickes United States Ickes Berwind Indus Serwind West Virginia Corvanzo Valley Camp

Wheeling voices deny tobacco and steel monopolies

A Wheeling editorial rebuts claims of a tobacco monopoly by the Duke and Reynolds families and argues against perceived steel industry monopolistic power. It cites three local firms Polack Marsh and Bloch Bros and notes extensive plant expansion and competitive pricing. The piece asserts normal industry conditions nationwide and criticizes New Deal critics in the White House circle.

Duke Reynolds Ickes Wheeling Pollack, Marsh and Bloch “Bros Wheeling Steel Corporation Jackson White House Roosevelt

Diphtheria Immunization Urged For Infants In Fairmouth

Fairmouth Times reports Marion county health head Dr. J W Davis urges immunization starting at nine months to prevent diphtheria. Six cases, five in one locality, are under quarantine in Fairmont. He praises the health unit’s prompt antitoxin treatment and outlines plans for school tests and a broader vaccination program upon reopening.

Fairmouth J. W. Davis Marion County Health Unit Ther Fairmont Davis

Kennedy in London Ambassy Move Sparks Debate

Charles P. Stewart notes Joseph P. Kennedy touted for a 1940 Democratic ticket role and then sent to London as ambassador to raise his prestige. The column recalls Kennedy’s former aims to be secretary of the treasury, a cabinet post discussed by friends amid tensions with labor and questions of administrative fit. Morgenthau remains treasury head while Kennedy goes abroad, a shift seen as limiting his domestic influence.

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Telling Me Fight in Joe Doaks Basement Ends in Knockout

William Ritt portrays a humorous bare-knuckle bout between Joe Doaks and a furnace clinker staged in a basement. A comical round-by-round account features a field-mouse audience, cockroaches, and a bedraggled spider, culminating in a technical knockout as the clinker is defeated.

William Ritt Central Press Joe Doaks Furnace Clinker Joe Mama Field Mouse Clinker Easity Naif Oe Tun

A Motorist’s Prayer Urges Safe Caring Driving

A Halifax Daily Star excerpt urges public support for a diphtheria prevention unit and universal child immunization. It quotes a New York church prayer on safe driving, warning drivers against selfish behavior and urging New Year resolutions to keep the life preserving message in mind.

Halifax N.S Can Daily Star New York

Coal and General Hauling Call North Pole Ice and Coal

Buy coal produced by Union Miners Ss phone.

North Pole

Barclay On Bridge Advice on Not Overreaching

Barclay urges caution in defense when the declarer is nearly certain to make. Do not risk overreaching to set him for more than one trick or to gamble away chances on later tricks. Focus on solid defense rather than bold but risky plays.

Adams Hayes Chandler Doray Radamal Roye Jerry India Andy Mimi Lila

Bridge hand analysis shows misfired club and diamond play

In a vulnerable South dealer deal, South kicks off with 1 Club and 3 Club bid sequence, West leads spades. South wins with Ace, dummy aids trump promotion, but a misread defense and diamond misdefense cost the game. the declarer hopes clubs fall and trumps are confined, yet errors by East and South yield only part of the contract.

Nes East

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