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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel discusses public investment in roads bridges and utilities as essential for present comfort and future generations. It defends education and state buildings as worthy expenditure and critiques a senator from Montana with a sharp look at current political discourse. It also notes a West Virginia woman candidate and questions campaign management practices amid multiple statewide races.
Reading from a Chicago meeting of the Rational Education Association, educators debated motion pictures as an educational medium and the value of public funding for schools. One leader warned against cinema’s appeal, while another argued education can be made engaging through films and that schooling remains the soundest public investment.
Gleeson, a railway postal clerk for the U S Postoffice, sued after a landslide derailed a postal car on a Washington to Danville run. The railroad argued the slide was an act of God due to rain, but the case found the rain did not prove extraordinary weather and the carrier failed to guard against such common risks, constituting negligence.
Journalist Joe Mitchell Chapple details an intimate look at John D Rockefeller Jr. born in Cleveland and educated at Brown, who chose philanthropy over global travel. The piece notes his leadership roles with the Rockefeller Foundation and other boards, his simple office, and his belief in religious tolerance guiding business, church, and civic work.
February admissions and discharges at the city hospital totaled thirty six admitted and thirty four discharged with twelve minor and thirteen major operations. Three deaths occurred and by March first eleven patients remained. Local doctors performed most surgeries. Dr. D W Fortney of Newburg operated on patients from Newburg. Several named patients underwent operations or recovery, including Leroy Boylen James Wheaton Opal Kelley Calvin Parkhill Mamie Hale Clarence Abel Doyt Fleming June Satterfield and others with updates on recovery and discharge plans.
The Redpath Lyceum night featured Charles K. Taggart of Vermont delivering a mixed program as pianist fiddler and triloguist. His act included pianologues and old country tunes drawing praise from a large audience for its humor and authenticity.
Washington March 5 The oil committee held an executive session to study additional telegrams from Western Union in Washington. No public announcement today. Special government counsel in the oil annulment suit has not conclud ed his remarks.
Washington March 5. The oil committee completed its preparation and expects no action today. No witnesses were called and the panel adjourned after an executive session until 10 a.m. tomorrow.
Washington sources reveal the committee seeks to identify the so called principal who sent messages to McLean on January 29. Editorial writer Ira E. Bennett is named as author of one telegram while officials deny the reference to Attorney General Daugherty. Congressional aides discuss private talks with John W Crim as the panel weighs DOJ information. Knight inquiry intelligence raises concerns about his links to Equitable Trust Co. and Rockefeller banks.
Alvin W. Krech chairman of Equitable Trust Co of New York denied that Samuel Knight was counsel for the bank or that he was involved in any litigation with Standard Oil companies through the bank.
Lawson Starcher, local automobile dealer, begins work on a new frame building at the end of the Belhed bridge on the West Side. The one story plus basement structure will measure fifty by sixty feet with a plate glass show room, battery room, and a radio display window. One end holds a car and truck storage area while the other end houses an auto repair shop. Completion is expected in about two months using material from the old building.
The Crow Killers club plans a Thursday evening crow shoot led by organizer Oakrey Austin. Members and invited participants will meet at Lindsey's store at 7:30, then travel to a hill east of Grattan where the crows roost nightly.
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