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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1938
Page
4
Public notices outline that letters to the editor must be published under the author's signature and avoid obscene content. Advertising representative Margo_NAt and addresses for Clayden Inc New York and Chicago offices are noted.
Ellen Dale and Lenora Montoya accompany Yaqui guides after a daring escape effort. The group travels through rugged terrain with danger from wildlife and rattlesnakes as night falls on the mountain trail. Ellen battles fear and fatigue while pondering love for Bill Baron and the risky mission to rescue two prisoners.
A deputy candidate for County Clerk of Taylor County announces a thorough campaign, pledges to serve the public with competence and courtesy, and seeks the Democratic nomination. He cites experience as an employee of Clerk Frank Bennett and vows to keep voters informed and treated fairly.
The piece argues that unity is blessed yet notes administration resistance to wage and hour adjustments. It criticizes geographical differentials and asserts pump priming on a massive scale to counter private investment. It frames Roosevelt and his political faction as leading collectivist directions.
Analyzed notes from Wheeling Intelligencer discuss how Franklin D Roosevelt's New Deal is seen as drifting toward central government control. It cites a December statement by Democratic and Republican senators urging tax revisions and economy, while accusing Roosevelts policies of escalating spending, deficits, and non-political relief amid unrest and labor tensions.
The Philadelphia Post reports on Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, retiring Presbyterian moderator, denouncing dictators and the suppression of civil and religious liberties. He cautions that suppressive regimes threaten worship, speech, and assembly, both abroad and at home, urging Americans to defend liberty and Christian patriotism.
The Clarksburg Telegram notes that Sudeten Germans live where their ancestors chose and have not been persecuted by Czechoslovakia. It argues many wish to rejoin Germany, but the reasons given are unconvincing and the repatriation argument is assessed by Dorothy Thompson and others.
The author argues that abandoning the gold standard shifts money value from natural control to politicians. Inflation risks rise as gold reserves and paper notes mismatch, with officials allegedly devaluing dollars and expanding currency. The piece warns of widespread harm to savers, especially low incomes, and calls readers to question federal monetary policy.
The article discusses proposed repatriation schemes for Germans in Czechoslovakia and imagines alternatives like Germany absorbing landscape and assets. It cites Miss Thompson’s ideas for voluntary German repatriation, and references Paddington’s fictional relocation of Britain’s realm to Canada or Australia as a speculative remedy.
West Virginia congressman Ramsay defends reciprocal trade pacts in a speech on the House floor and denounces the labor backed Buy American campaign as tommyrot. He argues tariff cuts aid steel, glassware, pottery and other goods while import competition harms local industry and jobs. A June 17 mass meeting in Wheeling aims to protest trade deals.
The annual summer camp meeting at Potomac Park is scheduled for July 29 to August 21 with Rev. J. D. Saunders of New York as evangelist. The Potomac district council of the Assemblies of God sponsors the event.
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