Taxpayers league organized in South Grafton county
A movement to form a county wide taxpayers league is to launch at a final meeting in the South Grafton colored school building this evening. The paper urges such leagues to cut public expenditures and tax funds, inspect budgets, and judge candidates. The aim is honest appraisals of officials and aspirants, with committees to ensure economical handling of public funds, and to spread across the county. The piece links May Day protests to broader economic distress and envy driven by unemployment and strained wealth disparity.
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South Grafton
South Side
Married Women Clear to Work Amid Economic Strain
The piece argues that radicals face vanishing revenues and rising poverty while government gains, noting a drowning tragedy near Elkins where two youths and a rescuer died. It critiques sensational trials, calls for justice in Hawaii, and cites the U.S. Women's Bureau finding that 97 percent of married women in meat packing work out of necessity rather than whim.
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Elkins
U. S. Women's Bureau
Pairmont Timea
Treaty with Wolves and the Lindbergh Kidnapping Era
The Wheeling Register rails against gangland influence in America citing Al Capone as a feared beacon for freeing the Lindbergh baby. It condemns gangsters as invisible rulers and urges national action to end their control, noting the nation’s mourning for the Lindberghs.
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America
al Capone
Lindbergh
Capone
Wheeling Register
Massie trial reflections on jury verdict ripples nationwide
Amid the Massie case, observers decry the manslaughter verdict against four white Americans for killing a Hawaiian youth. A noted Chinese jurist argues the panel ignored alienists and focused on the actual facts, citing the arrest with the victim’s body and the lack of doubt about the killing.
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Massie
Honolulu
Inexorable law urged to trim federal outlays
An editorial argues that government spending rose from 1926 to 1927 and could be cut by at least a billion dollars over five years. It urges Congress and the administration to reduce expenditures to pre prosperity levels, asserting that all rises must fall and calling for affordable taxation and service levels.
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Congress
Federal Administration
Tf Congress
Truth About the Philippines Independence Debate
A Fairmont Times column rebuts American stereotypes about Filipino culture, arguing that the islands have a 300 year rich literate heritage and higher standards than some Balkan nations and parts of the United States, countering claims of unfit self government.
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Philippines
United States
Balkans
American Union
A POINT FOR CANDIDATES
Grafton readers critique ballot drives in Taylor county noting many candidates and printing costs. The letter questions local progress and asks how Harrison county candidates printed cards in Grafton. Taxpayers fund salaries and two city printers. the author implies heavy printing expenses.
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Taylor County
Grafton Press
Grafton Sentinel
Grafton
Harrison County
Taylor County Clerk of the Circuit Court Candidate Announcements
The notice announces candidacy for the Clerk of the Circuit Court in Taylor County. It references Democratic primary on May 10, 2932, and Republican primary on May 1992, requesting votes and support from voters.
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Taylor County
Wth
Commodore Henderson
Thomas W. Brchard
B. C. Mullens
Tam
G. Ona Sinsel
Fifty six thousand acres set aside in Rio Grande NF
In Colorado a 56000 acre tract within the Rio Grande National Forest has been designated a primitive area. No roads homes or resorts will be developed there preserving wilderness character and limiting development. The action designates the land to maintain its natural state and provides protection against future construction.
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Rio Grande National Forest
Colorado
Republican Candidate For State Senate
To the Republican voters of the Eleventh Senatorial District Trevey Nutter states his West Virginia birth and life in the district, twenty years as a lawyer, business and real estate work, and pledges to push property tax reform, fiscal restraint, natural resource protection, and law enforcement if elected. He emphasizes safeguarding human and property rights and urges support in the primary.
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Senatorial District
West Virginia
Senate
Trevey Nutter
Taylor County 1932 Republican Primary Clerk Candidates
Several notices announce candidates for Taylor County Clerk and House of Delegates ahead of the May 10 1932 primary. Frank Commodore Henderson Jacob N Yates John D Gerard and Eb Bailey Wyckoff solicit votes and emphasize local service and countywide reach.
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House OF Delegates
EB. Bailey Wyckoff
Tay
Harvey Scranage’s Creek District Sees One Commissioner
The Creek District has operated with a single commissioner for five decades, a rare continuity in local governance. Long-serving officials and residents note stability amid ongoing administrative needs and community projects.
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Booths Creek
Taylor County political candidacies announced
A flood of candidacy notices from Taylor County voters outline campaigns for sheriff assessor and various local offices. Names include Bartlett Cain Lock Newson Moore Mullens Cather Bennett Lucas Holt Allender Wittman Dilworth Taylor Grayson Taylor Por Radcliffe and others seeking Republican or Democratic nominations for sheriff justice of the peace county commissioner and prosecuting attorney.
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Grafton Daily Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
W.va
Howard H. Holt
Latrobe Street
W. Va
Prienee
Grafton Printing Co
Postoffice
Associated Press
Alor
Christ
Hawaii
Armstrong's
Alexander, Smith
Axminster
B. F. Poe
West Main ST
Klein & CO
Philip
Frank M. Hollis
Feirmont, W. Va
Polit, Adv
Frank
Jacob N. Yates
John D. Gerard
Otha C. Compton
Harvey B. Scranage
Ralph W. Bartlett
C. E. Cain
Simpson
N. Lock
Arlie E. Leonard
Howard B. Newson
Clarence F. Moore
Republian
Cather
Bennett
Percy E. Lucas
Republican Party
James C. Holt
Office of Prosecuting Attorney
Ber
J. Guy Allender
J Ican
Peace of
Reputy Loan
Justice of the Peace of Grafton District
Onac
Luke Haymond
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Carroll
Byron
Dilworth
Republicat
Tay= Hor
E. Grayson Taylor
Flemington
Tintrict
Harvey A. Por
Cecil Radcliez
K Kern
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