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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1939
Page
3
Seven year old Charles Rowley Jr. wrote a Father's Day message to his WPA worker father then died minutes later after being hit by a car while crossing a busy Pittsburgh street. The note ended with a wish for his father’s happiness and blessing.
President Roosevelt said he would push new legislation this session to extend his monetary powers beyond June 30 if the Senate filibuster continues. The two year extension bill would preserve devaluation authority and the stabilization fund, and would also let the Treasury support domestic silver above world prices. Some senators threaten to stall the measure without silver price protections.
Bride elect Mrs. Virginia Rose Waddell receives a luncheon at her mother's Philippi home with relatives and guests including Mrs. Laura Waddell and Mrs. Ralph Waddell. A separate luncheon honors bride Barbara Coombs of Morgantown with a guest list from Morgantown and beyond, and other social notes include a Fetterman birthday party for Howard Felton and club events across the region.
At the New York World’s Fair a dispute over exorbitant charges erupted over foreign exhibits. Armando D Ans said the Argentine pavilion’s $800 illuminated map cost 8807 to repair and install, including truck hires and 21 workers. Shipton Vandersteen Co warned they would close nine foreign displays over commissions and rental fees. Belgian media accused unions of gangster methods amid calls to protest to Belgium’s foreign ministry. Labor officials noted foreign exhibitors seek to undercut American labor standards.
Miss Mary Young of Frederick Maryland returns home after visiting sister Mrs C P Schroeder on West Washington Street. Mrs Bernard Stairs and daughter from Pittsburgh are guests at Mr and Mrs J B Leamon on East Washington. Mrs John H Evans and Charlene visit in Washington C E with sister Mrs Douglas Cahill. Paul William Fawcett returns to Camp Caesar near Webster Springs after time with his parents Mr and Mrs D B Fawcett Blueville. Miss Betty Williams West Main An additional line of local personal notices.
Barclay explains a bold redouble of a low contract yielding overtricks and hundreds of points. South, with a strong hand, forces a negative no trump response from North after 2 spades. West doubles, declarer re doubles, and six top-trick wins secure two overtricks despite defense.
William Snyder, 73, of Cameron, Wheeling, is hospitalized after an auto crash that threatened his sight in his remaining good eye. He sustained six stitches to close the damaged eyeball following an examination that showed vision remained in one eye.
A Hinton infant named Virginia Fern Turner died after a fire broke out early today in the Turner home. Her mother Mrs Joseph Turner was severely burned while trying to rescue the child. Two other children, Bobby Joe aged 7 and Earl aged 4, escaped unharmed.
Officials said that in general 1940 farm programs would be close duplications of those in operation this season. The major changes will be the inauguration of a cotton export subsidy program, and the placing of greater emphasis on measures beyond current practices.
The president spoke to the National Retailers Forum defending government action to bolster purchasing power and criticizing economists. He argued private investment is weak, government spending sustains demand, and pledged to maintain current methods despite deficits and unemployment.
The plan envisions subsidies totaling about 72 million dollars for farmers who meet acreage allotments and follow soil conservation practices. Payments mirror current rates with wheat 28 cents per bushel, cotton 3.6 cents per pound, rice 22 cents per hundred pounds, and corn 15 cents per bushel in the commercial belt, aiming to curtail cotton wheat and other surpluses.
About 300 to 400 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary members gathered in Bluefield West Virginia for the 18th annual encampment After a joint business session they heard addresses from national officers including Senator Otis N Brown of Greensboro NC and Mrs Ida S Cohen of Roxbury Mass Officers to be elected Saturday and a banquet planned in the evening The encampment closes Sunday with a joint memorial service.
Morgantown resident Mrs. George W. Robe, 83, died after a long illness. A native of Suanfield Pennsylvania, she lived in Morgantown most of her life and is survived by her husband three sons three daughters and several grandchildren including Max Fullerton chief of the Charleston bureau of the Associated Press.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth returned from a 15 000 mile tour of the Americas to a welcome home luncheon in London. The king said the strongest force in world affairs is human feeling and noted the public interest in the Magna Carta exhibit at the New York world’s fair, highlighting its link to English liberty.
Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard dismissed all but the fifth mail fraud count and the conspiracy count against Felipe Buencamino a Philippine National assembly member and C Wesley Turner a stock broker in a case with William Buckner Jr a promoter playboy and two others He also dismissed seven mail fraud counts in the eight count indictment as against Capt John Stuart Hyde a movie producer Dismissal followed a defense motion after counsel asked for dismissal of the whole indictment
In Columbus on June 23 a two fold probe started to find the cause of suspected ptomaine poisoning that felled 21 women taking state cosmetology exams. Six hospitalized, many from Akron Kent and Ravenna, victims collapsed during the test as health officials await food analysis.
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