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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1939
Page
4
A garbled page features subscription rates and press notices, plus a Rejoice and Do Good Ecclesiastes quotation. It criticizes Congress spending and forecasts Roosevelt may veto the farm bill’s extra benefits, urging economy and taxpayer protection amid 1940 election-year concerns.
The passage describes a revival movement that reinvigorates labor, reemploys people, and spreads to neighboring cities. It emphasizes that money is rarely needed. communities act as catalytic agents with existing machinery, raising funds only when necessary to spur self-directed recovery and prosperity.
The Big Four in Congress plan to meet the White House to finish unfinished business and fix an adjournment date. Bankhead predicts a July 15 wrap with tax revision and labor reform, while criticizing rising government costs and Wagner Act stagnation. The piece notes spending growth from 1927 to present and calls for urgent fiscal restraint.
In Nebraska a sympathetic jury grants barber $5000 against a car driver after an accident caused his hair to fall out, ruining business. The column ponders how bald barbers often do well, blaming personality, salesmanship, and hopeful assurances over logic.
An American Legion driven effort in Massillon Ohio gathers dozens of local groups to reclaim faith and work, uniting C I O, A F of L, and Republic Steel in a bid to revive industry and civic spirit. The plan emphasizes getting together, mutual understanding, and avoiding hate while inviting Massillon residents to participate.
In Morgantown, a soft drink machine in the courthouse prompts ideas to fund a new building. Suggestions include a peanut stand, lunch counter, newsstand, basement bowling, and turning the courthouse yard into a roller rink. A woman proposes removing benches for bridge parties, while leasing the tower to a pigeon carrier could boost revenue to cover bond costs.
Hitler argues verses of Versailles hid British and French aims and calls for colonal wealth, farm mechanization, and fat and oil plants. He flies to speak to veterans, rejects war guilt thesis, and criticizes alleged neglect of German armaments. Profound rhetoric colors continued page one analysis.
Adjournment to obtain senate passage followed a day of House and Senate activity. The House Foreign Affairs Committee considered ending the arms embargo and restricting American travel and shipping in combat zones while six months into the session. Additional meetings addressed national defense measures farm benefit payments tax revisions RFC loan insurance and Social Security expansion. The House Appropriations Committee reviewed supplemental Army expenditures over 309 million dollars, largely for Army Air Corps expansion, though only 50 million had been approved so far. The Senate continued with the agenda.
Taylor County men enlisted for the Confederate cause at Fetterman forming the Letcher Guards. Captain John Rot led, with officers Hickenbottom, Mallonee, Poe, Hendrickson, and Norris. privates included Bailey, Boyd, Carroll, Current, Currant, Devers, Flight, Reese, and many Keeners and Poes. The unit joined as Company A, 25th Virginia Infantry under General Stonewall Jackson. only 62 of 2,500 returned home. A Taylor County veteran, John W. Keener, recalls battles from Bull Run to Appomattox and the Jackson incident at Chancellorsville. A grand welcome to Union troops at Graf ton on May 30 1861 included local girls in muslin dresses and flag drills, amid tents near the railroad.
A joint senate-house committee began its first meeting to fix farm parity and surplus disposal funds as the Senate approved 338 million dollars while the House rejected similar plans. The Ways and Means Committee will draft a corporate tax revision, and the Mead proposal on RFC loan guarantees to small businesses is under Senate Banking review. A Social Security revision was approved, projected to save employers and employees 1.71 billion dollars in taxes over three years, while old age insurance taxes would stay unchanged for now.
The report notes four men saved themselves during a submarine sighting. Captain H. P. K. Oran displayed gallantry by attempting to escape from the submarine before the crew realized the danger. The account emphasizes perilous conditions and selfless action in the encounter.
Prime Minister Chamberlain described worsening submarine conditions and a failed attempt to raise the stern amid strong tides. Divers could not access air or a timely pump, and extra crew did not cause the loss. He expressed sorrow and sympathy for families.
Eleanor Parrish rises to celebrity after her prize novel Descendents of Kings. Invitations flood in from socialites and writers like Dwight Morgan who courts her with flattery and promises. She enjoys the limelight but suspects the depth of acclaim, while drifting into a web of superficial acquaintances and flirtations.
Report describes a submarine and its accompanying tug attempting to communicate after the submarine released a buoy. The signaling apparatus was destroyed when the vessel struck the bottom, according to Chamberlain.
Sixty one candidates received degrees today at Bethany during the 98th commencement. The graduation highlighted by the ceremony featured multiple graduates and the awarding of diplomas.
Richard Harte of Parkersburg, president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, spoke at Bethany College exercises detailing regional business initiatives and economic outlook.
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