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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1933

Page

4

Prayers and politics mix in county road row

The week closes with a focus on new county road supervisors and a reshuffle of state posts. Wm. Q. Bolin wins the county road appointment, seen as qualified though details on highway experience sparse. Warder and son Francis lose hoped-for roles as Friedman lands the Home Owners Loan Corporation post, while local politics pivot toward fresh faces and renewed party dynamics.

Republican Party Wm. Q. Bolin West Side Cral Bill” Bolin Charleston Reform School Charley Warder Francis Home Owners Loan Corporation Harry Friedman

Battle over coal politics in Western Pennsylvania

The piece discusses Governor Pinchot threatening federal troops to force sheriff compliance amid a coal miners strike. It notes the UMWA’s influence, federal land grabs for forest lands, and a push to keep forestry under state control. It also mentions reforms removing $1 a day maintenance for wives of jailed workers, criticizing the graft and urging local control.

National United States Teaders Pennsylvania Gov. Pinchot Keystone Fayette County Jess Dedge

McClintic Named Prison Warden In West Virginia

Governor Kump announces appointments to state offices. Clinton F. McClintic of Greenbrier becomes warden of the state penitentiary at Moundsville, succeeding A C Scroggins. N P Rinehart of Mount Hope takes over the mine department, replacing E L Bailey. Clarence L Jarrett of Charleston becomes labor commissioner, succeeding Howard S Jarrett, and A W Garnett of Madison is named pardon attorney.

Charleston State Penitentiary Rinehart McClintic House of Delegates Garnett Boone County Democratic Mount Hope Fayette County Sparta Tenn School of Mines The University of Tennessee

Store Sale Seals Pike Street Grocery Transfer

E. J. Jackson sells his Pike street grocery at 1116 in Fetterman to Virgil R Jackson effective today. The buyer brings several years of mercantile experience to the store once run by the late owner. Dolores, Famous Art Model, Now in a Dime Museum is promoted in The American Weekly distributed with the Baltimore American.

E. J. Jackson W. R. Jackson Pike Street Fetterman Virgil R Jackson Jackson Dolores London Baltimore American

Daily Cross-Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues

The page shows a dense jumbled crossword with many broken phrases across and down clues listing boy waterway tasks and miscellaneous terms. The garbled text includes varied entries such as deputy diamonds shaped figure accomplish punished and numerous stray letters and misreads, reflecting a damaged puzzle page.

Asarawi Black Bird

Repeal era lesson from youths’ life sentence tale

The Clarksburg Exponent Telegram argues that life sentences for teens in a speakeasy killing reveal liquor control needs stricter supervision. It forecasts repeal of federal prohibition and stresses new social and economic reform to keep alcohol away from youths, linking success to broader industrial changes and a better life for the submerged tenth.

Ohio America Clarksburg

Happiness in Creative Effort Says President in Inaugural Talk

The piece cites Roosevelt on happiness arising from achievement and work rather than wealth and profit. It urges readers to recall the moral value of creative effort and serving others, noting the enduring payoff of meaningful labor. A 1919 cotton bale fetched 40 cents a pound at Bamberg, South Carolina.

Roosevelt Harvard Bamberg C. J

Hidden Door Mystery of the Mask in Colin Hewit's Era

Reddy Turner is shot by the Mask in Colin Hewit's apartment. Colin, friend to crooks, writes sapatehes while seeking safety after a hospital release. The Mask, killer of Reddy’s sister, telephones Cathy as Colin plans a risky escape in New York.

Reddy Turner Mask Underworld Colin Hewit Colin Sapatehes Crooks Nia Promind Tade Reddy Cathy Lute Malocv New

Colin's Venture Chapter Seven Heist Risking Nighttime Breakin

Colin slips from a hospital rest to enter Reddy's deserted old room using a skeleton key. He recalls past threats from the Mask while casing Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue in a moonlit, deserted neighborhood. He brims with nerves, caution, and a writer’s bravado as he plans to retrieve what lies in the empty room.

Colin Reddy Forties Fifth Sixth Avenues Fifth Avenue Jane Sixth Avenue Sts Conurloht Packard

Hospital notes report Ravenswood injury victim moved to Morgantown

Mrs. Charles Frazier of Ravenswood suffered a back injury in a Belington area car accident Saturday night and was treated at City Hospital before an ambulance evacuated her to Morgantown Sunday morning. Miss Catherine Malhazer, a local resident who recently had major surgery, was discharged from the hospital yesterday.

Charles Frazier Ravenswood Belington Morgantown Catherine Malhazer

Card of Thanks for Kindness After Loss

A. D. Camp and children thank friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of their mother and grandmother. They appreciate those who provided cars for the funeral and the beautiful floral offerings.

A. D. Camp

Classified Rates and Lost Items Notice

Sentinel intercolumn classified details outline two cent per word first insertion and one cent per word for subsequent insertions with a 45 cent minimum. Notices mention rent room notes, lost eyeglasses between Warder Avenue and West Side Bridge returning to Jno Nuzjem and approximate locations for a dollar bill possibly in Jacobs Meat Market or nearby stores.

Cope Sentinel Atgia Sentinel Warder Avenue West Side Bridge Jno Nuz Dewey Avenue Jacobs McDade

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