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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1919
Page
4
The article argues that postwar public money raising campaigns and coercive fund drives should stop. It calls for voluntary giving only, criticizing crowd pressure and fixed contributions as harmful to charity. It notes wartime giving was easy due to soldiers and patriotic sentiment and urges a peaceful transition away from war time methods.
A Kansas City paper ponders Riley’s rural child verse and its lasting appeal versus his adult works marking a shift as urban life transforms. It argues kinderen’s verses tend to endure across generations while rural life changes with technology and expansion.
A column argues Europe’s wartime destruction makes America’s factories and farms crucial to global recovery. Europe needs material aid yet faces four months to restore peacetime production, while the United States must supply machinery and workers to rebuild. The piece cautions against one way travel to Europe and urges leveraging American industry to meet global demand. It also notes political tensions at Paris and the likelihood of a German peace treaty being signed with allied acceptance.
Senators announce plans to follow President Wilson as he tours the country. The piece accuses Wilson of secrecy about the league covenant and a biased campaign to sway public opinion, arguing lawmakers should accompany him to present a balanced view of the treaty and its issues.
The American Federation of Labor urged the removal of Albert Sydney Burleson at its Atlantic City convention. Labor cites Burlesonism and a broken postal eight hour law, saying post office clerks toil long hours and soldiers face unemployment as former military men seek work. Gilbert W. Hyatt testified at a Soldiers and Sailors Legion meeting that Minneapolis post offices show clerks working ten to eleven hours daily while soldiers wait for quarters and dimes. The union argues the policy harms both workers and the public service.
The American Federation of Labor demands immediate action and warns that if President Wilson does not remove the official upon return from abroad, the administration will face charges of open hostility to labor interests.
Dr Charles H. Duncan reports a pasteurite serum treatment injected under the skin as a cure and preventive for pneumonia and influenza. He cites years of use with no fatalities and widespread success during the last influenza epidemic, calling his method a milestone in bacterial therapy endorsed by colleagues while noting dramatic potential relief from a major killer.
A satirical piece argues life is a sequence of machine made goods and services from clothes to coffee to travel to work and entertainment. It suggests people become like machines, reliant on industrial processes and manufactured comforts, and ends noting how the machine view shapes self perception.
Senator Pomerene blasted directorate payrolls claiming seventy two staffers earned varied salaries totaling 1,398,100 dollars, averaging 19,418 each, while noting 141,000 more railroad employees than a year prior. He denounced abuses by McAdoo-Hines forces including freight car rules and garnishee orders.
An essay describes the saying about a white elephant from Siam and applies it to modern woes. It contrasts a troublesome "Grouch" with hopes for happiness, cautioning against tears that spark self pity and sour relationships.
Senator Pomerene of Ohio accuses the Democratic Party of hypocrisy over railroad executive pay. He recalls William G. McAdoo’s public outcry against high salaries amid deficits and promises to cut rail costs to a child’s size, aiming to drive down costly pay.
A report to the Public Service Commission recommends condemnation of lands in Jefferson County by Northern Virginia Power Company to build a short railway. Landowners Mary A. Meier and Margaret Wetzel protest, arguing the commission lacks authority to condemn except for electricity generation. Commission action pending. West Virginia Flyer Plans Aeroplane Club New Martinsville Lieut Carl Wheeler Mille travels to Toronto to purchase a Canada-Curie aircraft.
A newly organized New Martinsville Aero Association backed by local business leaders and Lieut. Mille will launch an air flight from Toronto to New Martinsville. Lieut. Miller, formerly an aeronautics instructor at Parron Flying Field in Terns, earned his commission as a flyer last year.
Paris reports a restrained joy as peace is near, editors warn the task ahead mirrors the war in scale. Journalists emphasize urgency on finalizing the Austrian treaty and resuming work to present a complete document to Austrian delegates swiftly.
The Rev J P Bennett of Calhoun County was dismissed from North Fork Baptist Church for alleged attacks on the government over U S entry into World War I. He argued Germany did not seek conquest and ships should stay off the seas. Congregants and some officials reported tension and a denunciation by Fordham, Sunday school superintendent.
A quiet Oakland Maryland wedding joined Miss Mamie England of this city and Wayne Williamson of Grafton. The bride, sister of Mrs Earl J Jackson, had lived with her mother on Knotts avenue. The groom works at the Hazel Atlas Glass factory and they will reside in Grafton.
More than 500 boys and girls from 40 counties gathered in Morgantown to attend the prize-winners course this week under the West Virginia University of Agriculture. All were winners in the state farm clubs program.
The steamship Farnum, a 2655 gross ton vessel owned by the United States Shipping Board, was under assignment to the Karn Line Steamship Company of Philadelphia. It sailed from Newark, New Jersey, on May 16 for Golden coal, built in Newark.
London reports naval experts and officials debate the Scapa Flow sinking of German ships. Admiralty and armistice terms come under scrutiny while politicians warn of responsibility, strategy, and the potential for a wider conflict as analysts weigh explosives, valves, and coercive acts.
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