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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1939
Page
6
Workman led lengths ahead of Kilstar, finishing in nine minutes and 42 seconds under jockey T. Hyde. The American owned Battleship and Royal Daniels were faster last year. Regg Daniels fell midway after early jumps while Mrs. Marion Scott's War Vsel, a War Admiral sire, faded before the halfway point.
Workman crosses the finish line first to win the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree England marking a historic victory in the Irish hospital sweepstakes context.
Six white inmates were put to death at the state penitentiary in Columbia for the killing of prison guard captain J Olin Sanders during a December 12 1937 escape attempt. The executions lasted 48 minutes with the youngest George Wingard 21 of Columbia the first at 6 31 a.m. Others were William Gentry Roy Suttles Herbert Moorman Clayton Crans and J W Bair. In Kentucky Willie Waters died in the electric chair at Western State penitentiary after killing his wife, pronounced dead at 12 10 a.m.
The trade treaty grants Romania access to the Black Sea and banking cooperation with Germany while German purchases of Romanian fodder textiles and oils rise. In return Romania gains war materials machinery and industrial help. Romania’s foreign minister says the accord shows resolve for peace and willingness to pursue similar deals. Ninety six to ninety eight percent of Romanians, including Jews, respond to partial mobilization, while minority turnout lags. Troop concentration near Bucharest confounds spies as general mobilization unfolds with a triple aim to mask actions, test transport systems, and gauge reaction.
A man charged with assault and battery pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace A B Kaabenshue. Warren Wolf paid a fine of five dollars plus court costs after entering the plea. Ralph Newcome signed the complaint.
Fletcher Bowron, former superior court judge and mayor, celebrates verdicts against two Shaw administration figures on 63 counts of selling civil service jobs. Joe Shaw and William H. Cormack face 1 to 14 year terms. judge to decide concurrent or consecutive sentencing as a state board sets actual time.
The article continues discussing protection of communities on tributaries arguing it is as humane and economically justified as protection for communities further downstream. It emphasizes local safeguards and ethical considerations in flood control decisions.
The article outlines historical and proposed security tax rates from 1941 to 1943, noting 1 1/3 percent in 1941 and 1 1/2 percent in 1942, with 3 percent proposed for 1943 or later. Morgenthau argues the 3 percent rate is for convenience, allowing time to study future conditions.
Helena Etters appeared before Mayor Gillispie this morning after failing to keep her promise. Police report she was picked up for drunkenness, and the mayor sentenced her to three months in county jail for breaking her word.
A series of 35 hearings on beer licenses for whiel peverwrong s have been recommended with be cereludid Mondays the StatesPax department announced.
George W. Huffman a 78 year old farmer long tied to the Mud Lick run area died at his daughter's home in Fairmont March 24. He lived a life of rural work and was known in the local community.
The NYA declared it is all right with us to abandon the project. They had planned to finish it and erect it where suggested. Material from an abandoned building at the Ty Gart dam was shown to the river bank of Yates avenue earlier in the week as the U S. Ten ticket holders won prizes of $150,000 each amid protests.
A fragmented column quotes Axel Storm noting leaders must align words with deeds and venturing a sharper view of wartime diplomacy. It lampoons public rhetoric while reflecting on international responses at a tense moment.
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