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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1933
Page
4
The letter discusses religious guidance from Deuteronomy, critiques the slow federal response to banking issues, and praises a proposed broad blue sky law to require full disclosure by banks and securities issuers. It notes West Virginia's auditor restricting cash surrenders and the impact on policy holders, arguing for stronger national regulation.
Amid Depression era strain lenders pause on cash loans and advances on insurance and fidelity contracts to prevent collapse. Bank moratoriums echo across states as authorities urge utilities to aid public finances and preserve stability.
Public notice style text hints at a Mary Pickford film still from a recent movie. The fragment references a long career and a viewer’s quick puzzle solution time, noting an expected next installment. The brief item reads like a teaser from a 1920s era newspaper feature.
The piece argues for a revised tax structure fair to all including utilities banks and laborers, urging the governor and legislature to explore income sources without appeasing corporate interests. It cautions against obsequious or confrontational tones and highlights the need to eliminate wheat surplus through prudent policy as the nation considers wheat crop restrictions.
The Charleston Daily Mail cites Tex as leading beautification drive with Gutzon Borglum as chair of the highway park board. Oleander, palm and date trees will line thousands of miles of roads while billboards are removed. Land is being purchased beside highways to speed progress toward a 1936 Texas centennial milestone.
French officials react to Secretary Hull implying defaulting governments must pay before talks on war debt with the United States. Paris expected equal treatment with England, but the Roosevelt administration signals a court with clean hands. Commentary from Wheeling Intelligencer and others is cited on side notes.
A collage of quotes from Charleston Daily Mail Charleston Gazette Beckley Post Herald Uniontown Morning Herald and Charleroi Mail lampooning patriotic rhetoric and lingering inflation. They note extensions for hoarding tax and beer debates while calling price cuts and potatoes cheaper and the FTC probe.
Washington reports revived debate on insuring farmer production costs via price fixing as a core issue for the senate agriculture committee before final action on the aid bill. Smith urged amendment drafting for a vote tomorrow while forecasts of changes to the Roosevelt bill loom. McAdoo proposed a federal farm mortgage bank to cut rates and refinance debts, unlikely to be administration tied. Eight in ten homes own a pet. John Paul Jones served as an admiral in the Russian Navy after the Revolution.
Commissioner of Accounts in Taylor County West Virginia calls all creditors to present debts against the Reed estate with vouchers by September 22 1933 at the office in the Taylor County Building Taylor City else they may be excluded from the estate. All beneficiaries must appear on a set day to protect their interests. Dated March 16 1933.
Public auction to the highest bidder at the front door of the Taylor County Courthouse on Saturday April 92 1989 at 2 PM. Property comprises lots 17 18 20 21 23 24 25 26 and 27 in Glengarry Addition Boothscreek District, Taylor Ky West Virginia, as described in Trust Deed Book AD page 4 and Deed Book 74 page 145. Sale subject to all deed of trust terms and conditions with cash payments due and balance as specified, recorded March 28 1933.
Classified ad notice describes cents-per-word rates for insertions, minimum charge, and counting rules. It mentions modern rooms by the day month and a furnished house for rent near Central Hotel on Gratton with contact number 680-3.
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