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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1939
Page
4
In a 1930s city newsroom Eleanor Conroy, a determined aspiring journalist, rejects marriage for independence and ambition. Phil Parrish, a young reporter, wooes her with tenderness and a shared longing for a freer life as they ride in an open-topped car toward a moonlit country.
Death Valley Scotty talks of a lavish wedding week at the castle. The groom is his lawyer Joseph Choate of Los Angeles, with bride Dorothy Drew, a Boston native and musician. Guests include Edward Everett Horton and various dignitaries, Indians and organists, bankers and prospectors.
A Labor Board order reinstates a Progressive Miners member at Kelleys Creek Colliery, highlighting a深 clash between United Mine Workers and Appalachian operators. The UMWA demands open or closed shop terms and penalties for unauthorized strikes, raising potential Wagner Act conflict and prompting operator risk if they concede.
In Cumberland Times reminiscences on world war era campaigns stress the refrain food will win the war. Citizens sold lawns for potatoes and beans while Germans feared shortages and sought more land to feed their people. The narrative notes shortages helped weaken Germany before US entry and hints at renewed hunger driving future conflicts.
Madrid pivots to peacetime production as factories restart, trains resume, and markets fill with fresh fruit and vegetables. Portugal food shipments and meat aid reach Spaniards long deprived of basics, sparking optimism yet underscoring the war’s costly toll and the bleak prospect of amnesty for Loyalist leaders.
Green issued a 14000 word statement backing Wagner Act principles while opposing amendments he says would widen appeal rights and curb board power. He argues the board favors rival labor groups, hurting AFL cases. Burke sees little chance of amendment this session. John L. Lewis accuses AFL amendments of being drafted with manufacturers and anti labor corporate influence.
The coal dispute leaves about 350000 miners idle in Appalachia since April as 100000 more in outlying states face walkouts on Thursday and Friday without a new agreement. Steelman’s plan would sign separate contracts with state operator groups meeting UMWA demands, potentially restoring work and averting a national coal shortage. A one week extension of the old three year anthracite contract averted a temporary shutdown for 100000 miners, while prospects for a broader settlement remain limited amid the bituminous dispute.
Hitler spoke to thousands at the Olympic stadium and later at the Lustgarten, praising German unity, production, and a one people one reich leadership. He warned that international agitators threaten Germany and urged stronger arms and cultural leadership, while Goebbels attacked American culture and celebrated Nazi propaganda achievements.
John Maxwell, a Rec tor college student, counted 220 people in Pruntytown on both sides of Main Street on September 23 1848 detailing 32 slaves among 32 households. The unofficial census stands as the county’s only pre 1850 tally.
The piece denounces democracy as financially rich but culturally sterile and notes a torchlight parade in Berlin from the eastern end to Lustgarten where Field Marshal Goering was to speak. Blizzard says miners were locked out by operators and the state refused relief due to the lack of a wage contract.
The Appalachian wage TM contract deadlock keeps miners idle as the UMWA seeks a social security board investigation into unemployment compensation. Oscar M Powell reviews appeals procedures while V P William Blizzard of district 17 asks for inquiry. John B. Stump Jr cites a labor dispute and denies benefits amid the war contract issue.
Eng land Brosius said the car passed two bridges and fell into rock strewn Duck Creek. Martin crawled from the ravine to report the accident at a service station. Mrs. Boggs escaped death years ago when an automobile plunged into Elk river between Sutton and Gassaway, a witness at a trial leading to acquittal of Odie Hayhurst. Pa Grouy Grove three of the West Virginia Bankers association elected G Walker Raike of Logan as chairman.
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