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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
4
A damaged clip mentions editor's pattern welcomed but anonymous communications ignored. It notes inquiries at the business office with a two cent charge and a one cent word rate, plus six cent per inch for display, with an evening deadline.
A retrospective column lauds past Grafton chamber of commerce goodwill tours to neighboring towns and a Flag Day observance by the B P O Elks with the American Legion. It warns about aging bridges, urging urgent repairs on South Grafton West Grafton routes to protect citizens and travelers.
The article discusses a $10,000,000 British payment on June 15 to the U S treasury, debating its value under currency rules and potential claims of underpayment. It also covers Charleston legal actions testing state school and bond laws, and notes a June 14 social gathering with Pittsburgh business leaders.
Dean Christian Gauss of Princeton tells Cincinnati commencement that youth will shape the future while older generations struggle to adapt. He says impressions of those over 40 cannot be changed and warns against following failed models in a shifting social order. The speaker references the Morgan investigation as a cautionary example and urges new graduates to avoid tax dodging and bribery schemes.
A prohibition administrator, Major Dalrymple, states he is opposed to repeal. He argues that wine at 11 to 12 percent alcohol by volume seems not intoxicating, presenting a new angle in the ongoing nationwide controversy.
A Cumberland News item notes Major Dalrymple testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee in support of Lea bill to legalize wines at 11 to 12 percent alcohol content. The piece questions whether such wine remains intoxicating under the Volstead act and its potential impact on enforcement and repeal.
A Charleston rumor claims A Spates Brady of Elkins, newly named Board of Control member, may be moved to the Public Service Commission. The note questions why Governor Kump would bypass direct appointment and notes Brady serves out the remainder of James A. Lakin’s term ending next month.
The Preston Republican urges readers to donate books and reading material to Hopemont Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Hopemont West Virginia. Patients crave history fiction science religious works and more, and the paper offers to label donated books with donor names and deliver them to the Hopemont library.
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes Governor eyes a transfer and a new board member. It argues Brady, an experienced engineer with consumer focus and years fighting rate extortion in West Virginia, would fit Public Service Commission duties serving all people, not just utilities.
West Virginia will host a speaking tour by D Holt, the leading opponent of public utilities in the recent legislative session. The Elkins Inter-Mountain predicts a new politics era, urging liberals from both parties to expose the true state of legislative affairs and to mobilize voters against entrenched privilege across parties.
The family expresses appreciation for kindness and sympathy shown during bereavement by the death of their father Harry Monroe. Special thanks to Rev Eugene Dick and to those who sang at services, sent flowers, and furnished cars.
Six residents faced unlawful assembly charges after an event at John Callahan's home on Barrett Street last night. Principal Charles Minor was fined 50 dollars and plans an appeal, while William Hall Jess Wilson Grover Smith and the two girls each paid 10 dollars. all were ordered to be apprehended if they fail to appear.
Baltimore June 15 an unusual operation ended in success as surgeon Dr Edwin N Broyles removed a peanut from the lung of fourteen month old Mary Ann Louis daughter of Mr and Mrs James Louis 619 Homestead street The child was recovering Mrs Louis said the child choked on a peanut then another and a third went into her lung the remark ends with a misquoted line.
A voter pamphlet outlines the proposed constitutional amendment to repeal the 18th Amendment and restore state authority over prohibition. It lists voting instructions and candidates for ratification, plus arguments including abolition of illicit liquor and increased government revenues.
Zido Baldo and Tony Pasco of Mona Morgantown appeared before Magistrate Ona C Jefferys on intoxication charges. Baldo fined 10 dollars plus 25 state energy tax. Pasco fined 25 dollars and sentenced to 60 days in jail with license cancelled.
Darksburg June 15 memorial services opened the 12th annual encamp ment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars West Virginia. Ten members and four posts who died were honored. L. B. Burnsworth of Meuse-Argonne Post No. 573 read the service. More than 300 delegates to the department and auxiliary conven tion attended the joint meeting.
Susan M. Vockus of Romney West Virginia completed a teacher training course at age 77 earning two credit units toward the 12 required. An active Presbyterian church member for many years she now can teach in Sunday School work.
The June 15 meeting in Clarksburg highlighted pledged gifts during the annual state Christian Endeavor convention. About 200 delegates from the county participated in the pledge program and toured local industries before moving to a Kappa Sigma Pi camp at Avalon Park for a picnic.
A mother and her son figured among the principals in a double wedding. Anns Maud Delap, 49, of Canton, Q., married Nelson C. Ralph, of Morgantown, while Robert Ger if Delap, 23, wed Thelma M. Brown, also of Canton, in Morgantown on June 15.
Illinois Representative Henry T. Rainey told Grove City College graduates that politics is fading from Congress. He flew from Washington to Grove City to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws and praised the Roosevelt program as more productive than expected.
Portland reports the ferry Multnomah, fitted with a false bottom and reinforced super-structure, expected to enter Pearl Harbor early in May as the first to complete the 2600 mile Portland to the Hawaiian Islands run. Also note Bengal produced two dozen talkie films in 1932, doubling 1931 output.
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