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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1939
Page
7
A garbled column muses on future car shapes a tear drop design and air conditioning removing old odors from phone booths. It jokes about television programs and beauty contests while noting battleships may become invisible for disarmament talks and hints at fashion shifts among players.
Margebet Polywell, 17, of Nas sau, New York, awaiting trial in San Francisco on a kidnapping-for-ransom case, admits life on the farm before fleeing sounds attractive and hopes for word from her mother pledging support. The girl is charged with abducting 6 year old Krehe Osborn.
The court sustains federal regulation of agricultural marketing under the new AAA, rejecting earlier limits on production as a local matter. The piece argues the decision exposes the shadow of regulation while the substance is control of production via marketing, with notes on tobacco and cotton farming outcomes and a critique of judicial interpretation.
A garbled item mentions facts about a Michigan railroad hiring a fireman and references the old sub-treasury building at Wall and Broad streets in New York City being set aside as a federal historic site. It also alludes to a Lourdes drawbridge and legends tied to Arthur’s castle from six centuries ago.
A garbled note describes MEI annual cruises at the Naval academy being canceled and mentions joining the navy to engage World War II cinema. It quips about Mussolini hair, neighbor annoyances, a Kentucky town Ply, lawnmowers, and a stray exhibit on peace, all in a disjointed, humorous medley.
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