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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1929
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel is published every weekday by the Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company. Editorial and news offices are located at 103 Latrobe Street, Grafton, West Virginia. Business department contact and postal listings appear in the masthead.
The piece notes a looming U.S. budget surplus near 185 million dollars, with hopes Congress will apply the funds to further debt and tax reductions. It contrasts past spending, cites Treasury estimates, and hints at political resistance while underscoring a broader aim of freeing citizens from direct federal taxes in a future era.
C M Keys has been named president of Curtise Wright Corporation, the world’s largest aeronautical organization, formed as a holding company to control an aviation concern with assets totaling 70 million dollars.
A public demonstration showcases the Cold Control in operation with Frigidaire desserts featured. Attendees can sample treats and obtain a souvenir recipe book.
A display titled the Million Model Frigidaire is shown with the Cold Control in operation. Visitors may sample delicious frozen desserts and receive a souvenir book, as the education exhibit wraps up in three days.
The article recalls Monogahela West Penn Public Service Co and engineer wisdom in Grafton Elkins Clarksburg Buckhannon likening the firm to a versatile lamp that repeatedly yields extraordinary social effects akin to Edison’s carbon filament era.
Morgantown reports a modern weather bureau at the university live stock and dairy farm with E L Andrews in charge. It will record wind direction in eight compass points, sun heat throughout the day, minute rainfall and temperature, and provide precise forecasts. Dr N G Giddings notes the joint state federal effort enhances agricultural weather study and forecasting capacity. Charleston plans include a new 250000 gallon Madison filtration plant to improve water quality from Pond Ford. Governor Conley may attend July 4 red celebration at Elkins and Parsons and later dedicate a safety trophy for Alpha Portland Cement Company in Manheim. Charleston notes sportsmen tracking bass season opener. Ennis fire destroys theater railroad station church and four dwellings. death of Richard Church 36 in auto crash. Mother Superior Mary Frances De Salles dies at Wheeling monastery.
Charleston July 1 The state supreme court today docketed an appeal of Wheeling Steel Corporation from Kanawha County circuit court upholding the charter tax act The suit was brought by the State of West Virginia to collect the tax after the corporation questioned the act’s constitutionality.
Robert Bailes of Huntington escaped the state penitentiary where he was serving a life sentence as an habitual criminal. He was recaptured Saturday at Parkersburg after 14 years in prison and will be returned to the jail today in Moundsville.
A National City Bank of New York review notes sustained trade and industry gains despite unfavorable money conditions. Payrolls are 11 percent higher than last year with four of twenty three major industries rising. iron steel auto agriculture equipment non ferrous metals and machine tools lead. Rail freight is at record levels, but credit strains could curb business if liquidity tightens. stock market behavior and reduced reserves warn of instability. The piece argues restraint and eventual stock price declines may ease credit and stabilize the market, urging cautious expansion to protect prosperity.
H S Newins assumed the role of chief forester guiding a state program for wood utilization and reforestation. Former Penn State forestry professor and World War I Woods division veteran says emphasis remains on reforestation but now includes forest fire prevention and wartime wood use. He will stay a few weeks in Charleston then visit major forest areas and lumber firms.
General Rambaud, retired from general, was dispossessed of all his furniture after eviction for refusing an increased rent. He and Madame La Generale reportedly still held the fort as police broke down a rear door following a refused entry at the front.
New information filed today in New York charges Anthony Di Paola treasurer and cashier of the defunct City Trust Company and director Isidore Siegeltuch with violating the banking law. Robert Moses Moreland acting commissioner presented the information to Supreme Court Justice James Cropsey the commissioner noted. Di Paola remains bailed on an earlier charge.
Indianapolis July 1 An abandoned car found near White River is identified as the missing Rev. Dan Corey 26 Methodist minister who disappeared last April from Williamsport West Virginia. Police traced the chassis number through L Rugsie chief of police Williamsport and confirmed the car. Mrs Corey has an aunt in Branaville Indiana.
Students at Boston University were overcome by gas fumes during a lab fire in the chemistry building. Fire crews contained the blaze and treated those affected on site.
Legal notices list lienholder claims against Walter Evans due by July 29 1929 under a Taylor county circuit decree. Also public board of review meets July 1 1929 to equalize 1929 real estate assessments and a Parkview property sale by deed of trust takes place July 10 1929 in Knottsville district Taylor County West Virginia.
A court action lists numerous individuals and firms including 4 Smith Auto Co and 5 D Ww Tawno n Service Station, with names appended such as William Beavers, A L Reddick, R M Parrish, Dr Paul Ward, Jed W Robinson, Rev John Brow n, and others. The document orders publication in the Grafton Sentinel to protect interests, with a July 1 date and attorney W Merle Watkins referenced. It notes related statistics about urban housing and London horse watering on hot days.
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