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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1933
Page
4
A local court records swift justice in a mid August hanging verdict for first degree murder. The case involves a released reform school inmate who murdered a mother at a country store and then killed her 16 year old daughter during a botched robbery. Five youths from Pruntytown reform school face murder charges in related incidents.
The piece argues against subsidies and artificial price supports, calling them old dodges in new names. It critiques cheap money, price inflation, and government labor limits, urging productive work and domestic market protection to sustain prosperity. It emphasizes intrinsic value of wheat over currency and warns against economic mysticism.
The piece cites editorials and public opinion showing a shift from dry to wet in West Virginia and across states. It reports that forecasts by anti saloon groups failed as Indiana and Iowa voted wet, Iowa by large margins and West Virginia moving away from prohibition. It notes growing unrest with liquor traffic and the erosion of Dry forecasts.
A jumble of crossword clues and stray phrases across many numbered entries. Readable items include references to across clues, old English abbreviations, instruments, anatomical terms, and random words. The text appears as partial puzzle content with corrupted or merged phrases from multiple lines.
The Preston Republican reports a book donation drive for the Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Hope mont West Virginia. Patients, many long hospitalized, favor diverse reading material and the paper offers to receipt donors, supply library labels, and deliver donations to the institution for inclusion in a growing Hopemont library.
Summary of editorials from West Virginia papers reacting to repeal of the 18th Amendment. Editors argue repeal trends reflect Southern sentiment, urge temperance through regulation or continued prohibition, and note varied projections on future votes and moral implications.
Officials of the anti Salo on League met to lay plans for an early campaign against repeal of the state prohibition amendment. The meeting occurred in jeston on July 1 as prep for an ongoing effort more than a year in advance.
The state amendment faces retention or rejection at the November 1934 general election. The league's executive committee said they were encouraged that repeal supporters drew only about a quarter of the state’s registered voters at last Tuesday’s vote.
Chicago July 1 8000 teachers gather for the National Education Association convention as Joy B Morgan denounces capitalist schemes to destroy public schools and create a caste system. She says democracy hinges on preserving free schools and condemns the undemocratic nature of big business greed fueling mechanized industry and utilities.
Classified ad fragment outlines Sentinel rates two cents per word for first insertion and one cent for each additional, with a 45 cent minimum. It lists a rental offering for furnished rooms at 612 Le Avenue, phone 680-3, and notes word counting rules and correction policy.
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank reports a general upturn in the Fifth district with improved employment in May and early June. Coal production and purchasing power rose, while bank reserves grew to boost earnings assets. Failures were down 25 percent from last May. construction remained weak. Building permits listed for four West Virginia cities include Bluefield nine and Neston eleven.
Elkins Jilly W H Mason, president of Keystone Manufacturing, says the Elkins plant will resume operations on Wednesday July 6 with fifty workers. Keystone also operates at Arwin in Preston County and expects rapid employment growth. Optimism spreads among West Virginia lumbermen as demand for hardwoods rises and new business comes from unexpected places. The Wilson Lumber Company, a major operator, notes increased orders in recent months, reflecting a statewide revival in the industry.
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