Grafton Sentinel publisher and staff details listed
The Grafton Sentinel announces its weekday afternoon publication schedule and office details. It lists publisher James F. Holt and managing editor John B. Palmer, with contact and subscription information for deliveries by carrier or mail.
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
Grafton
W. Va
Grafton, Printing Co
James F. Holt
John 8
Palmer
BEST TROOPS and St Lawrence debate split on defense
A Boston column argues against new higher income taxes as Britain aid expands, warning of costly defense bets and business burdens while urging unity. The Wheeling Intelligencer backs Roosevelt for St Lawrence seaway power, criticizing it as an emergency project with limited defense value and preferring rapid coal and plant expansion. Also notes German moves in Bulgaria and Greece amid Greek-German tensions.
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Defense
Wheeling Intelligencer
Washington
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Congress
Senate
Toma
Roose
England
United Flort
St. Lawrence
Great. Lakes
Great Lakes
Vessel Mahukona Sold to Brazilian Interests
Maritime circles in New York identified the stricken Mahukona, a former American freighter of 2512 tons built in 1911 at Ecorse Michigan, sold December 28 by Matson Navigation Co to Brazilian interests. The ship, normally crewed by 26, operated on the New York to South America route.
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New York
Matson Navigation Co
Ecorse
Mich
San Boypcisco
Coverun sale and 1940 state measures in Neely era
The article notes Coverun, laid up 11 years, was to be sold to a French line but fell through after France fell. The maritime commission approved the sale to Navebras of Rio de Janeiro on December 28, 1940, with permanent voter registration acts. It then lists numerous signed measures including the Hatch Act, a state court of claims, a teacher pension system, a defense council, nonpartisan school boards, a 72 million budget bill, unemployment law liberalization, and other senate and house originated bills. Neely had five days after adjournment to act. Additional items include income tax rate boosts, child welfare amendments, police pay, school funding, tax installment payments, and civil service leaves for military service. The piece also mentions provisions for conservation of school authority, housing construction for defense workers, and legal marriage annulment, plus municipal authority over WPA project funding and expiring programs.
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America
U. S
Congress
House
Britain
Coverun
France
Maritime Commission
Navebras, S. A
Rio de Janeiro
State Court of Claims
State Defense Council
Neely
Department of Public Assistance
Mines Department
Board of School Finance
County Boards of Education
CIO to Fight New Labor Mediation Plan Sparks Debate
The CIO condemns a broad push to register workers for armament industry jobs, calling the plan wholly unrealistic. AFL leaders endorse a voluntary mediation board while President Roosevelt weighs options and awaits talks with Philip Murray. Meanwhile a railway mediation system moves to curb a 750,000-employee dispute, and Aluminum Company of America faces a 9,000-strong CIO strike at Edgewater detailing overtime and wage issues.
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CIO
Philip Murray
Mediation Board
Murray
Roosevelt
William Greer
American Federation of Labor
Whitehouse
AFL Executive Council
FDR
Hhey
Wendell L. Willkie
Bernard Baruch
New York
Standard Brotherhoods
National Railway Mediation ' Board
Aluminum Company of America
Edgewater
N. J
Notable Grafton Residents and War-Time Edicts Recalled
Obituary notes for Grafton figures Bun Powell and Mrs. A Thomas Cline, both died August 20 1918, with Bluemont Cemetery interments. Also mentions East Grafton elder Martha Hedrick and Emer son Boyce the single electric welder drafted for Kelly Field. Mayor Dilworth enforces vagrancy laws amid war, ordering able-bodied loafers to seek work or leave town, pooling hall licenses at risk for betting. a magistrate’s dismissal sparks controversy over wartime labor duty.
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Gecil Powell
Walnut Street
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Grafton
Taylor County
Bluemoht Cemetery
Byron Dilworth
Koont
Cornwell
A. Thomas Cline
Compton
Main and
St. John Street
Elizabeth
George Hammond
Laurel
Maryland
Grafton
B. F. Kelley
Baltimore and Ohio
Conserate
Fetterman
George D. McClellan
Army of the
National Cemetery
Martha R. Hedrick
Henry Hedrick
East Grafton
J. Lee Rogers
Fairmont
Bluemont
Baltimore and Ohio Mechanical Department
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Boyce
You’re Telling Me Grandpappy Jenkins on World Tensions
Grandpappy Jenkins weighs Russia and Hitler in a jittery European mood. Spies note shifts as rumors hint Russia fears a Hitler decision to seize the Steppes. In lighter notes, jokes mix with oddities about peas, billiards, and a cheeky mattress tester.
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Jenkins
Russia
Hitler
Steppes
Spyest
A Novel by Christopher Morley Becomes a Film Work in Progress
Fragmented diary style notes reveal Kitty and Wyn Strafford amid romantic tension and career moves. The speaker travels toward Chicago, reflecting on relationships, independence, and the lure of work at a bank while navigating social expectations and telephone era temptations.
Millions Rush Tax Payments and Personal Reflections
Treasury plans to borrow $50 million while $504 million in maturing notes are refunded as defense costs soar to over $50 million monthly. March collections show a 76 percent rise from the 1940 period, with more taxpayers choosing quarterly installments and workers returning to normal incomes. The text also contains fragmented diary-style passages about train trips, family struggles, and personal relationships amid 1940s-era civic notices and political campaigns.
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Treasury
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