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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1931
Page
4
The notice outlines deadlines for advertisements and removal notices. Ads must be in by 9:00 p m for same day insertion with an extra charge per inch. Removal notices require submission by 6:00 p m the evening before.
The piece criticizes law enforcement chaos and brutal deputies amid ongoing debates over taxation of public utilities and intangible property. It argues for punishment of homicidal actions, urges constitutional tax reform, and notes a graduation wave of about 560 state university youths amid a broader intake of two thousand graduates.
The notice discusses Boy Scouts camp outings at Deep Creek Lake Maryland and the social and economic benefits of organized youth activities. It also covers remarks on war theology and national debt policy, noting German reparations, Allied positions, and U S funding terms through sixty eight years of debt treaties.
A Wheeling Intelligencer editorial argues Europe should honor American debts while proposing a five year moratorium on official European obligations. It contrasts Germany France England Italy and Russia, criticizing alleged poverty claims and urging resumed, fair payments rather than further cancellations.
In Toledo and surrounding areas, heavy earth shocks rattled northwestern Ohio and eastern Indiana early today. A large hole ten feet wide and five feet deep appeared on the Henry Pohlman farm near Malinta, with damage within a 300 foot radius including broken poles and downed wires. The blast or meteor impact awakened thousands and shattered windows far from the epicenter.
London reports six men escaped the sunken Poseidon using a breathing bag and buoyancy gear designed by R R Davis. The device allows underwater breathing and surface escape, with oxygen purification and eye protection. Six men survived, two died after extraction, others in critical condition.
Advertising rates state two cents per word for the first insertion and one cent per word for each additional insertion after the Mist. Minimum charge is 45 cents. Each italicized word and each numeral count as one word. Insertion must be consecutive and within proper classification. Report errors promptly.
Two circuit court orders published in the Grafton Sentinel outline actions in Taylor County West Virginia. The first, in the Lawhead versus Auvil case, seeks sale of John L Hechmer plats lots 3 4 5 to satisfy a 5100 debt with interest dated December 16 1929, and requires nonresident defendants to appear within one month of first publication. The second case Woodyard versus Cohen et al seeks payment of 272.05 plus interest on a labor lien against the Cohen Building at West Main and St John streets, noting nonresident trustee Herman Gerber and foreign corporation The Liberty Loan and Savings Association.
The Board of Education will exercise its option to pay its outstanding 83 500 five percent school bonds dated July 1 1914 redeemable July 1 1924 or any year after by notice. Bonds 47 to 119 and 121 to 220 will be paid with interest July 1 1991 at Kanawha Valley Bank Charleston WV. Interest ceases after July 1 1931. Signed June 2 1981 by Harry Friedman Secretary.
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