Grafton Sentinel details and policy notes
The Grafton Sentinel provides weekday editions from Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia. Publisher James F. Holt and Managing Editor John B Palmer list subscription rates and public notices. communications must be signed for publication. National advertising represented by A E Clayden Inc with New York and Chicago offices.
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Grafton Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
Grafton
W. Va
Grafton Printing Co
James F. Holt
John 8. Palmer
Associated Press
A. E. Clayden, Inc
New York
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
Roosevelt Criticism Sparks War Debate In Times Echo
The Wheeling Intelligencer cites Mr Roosevelt's rebuke of Col Lindbergh over his war stance, arguing the President and adviser Early show narrow bias. It notes Lindbergh’s loyalty, defense of Britain and Germany tasks, and calls for broader roadside development and citizen initiative. A Clarksburg Telegram piece questions wartime relief fundraising tactics as propaganda under the guise of mercy, urging scrutiny of signatures and motives.
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MR. Roosevelt
Wheeling Intelligencer
Col Lindbergh
Johnson
Col. Lindbergh
Great Britain
Germany
Early
United States
Clarksburg
Britain
Charleston
Mercy
Charleston Gazette
Ambulance Fund
Larrying
William Yarrow
Enterprise
New York
West Virginia Road Improvements Urged by Bailey
West Virginia officials urge motorists and citizens to improve roadside appearance. Road Commissioner Erhes L. Bailey recommends farmers avoid cutting trees near roads and utility firms trim without uglifying lines. Citizens should remove rubbish, support tasteful outdoor advertising, plant erosion control trees, and protect roadside parks while obeying laws on fires and wildflowers.
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Elkins
West Virginia
Erhes L. Bailey
Wheeling
State Conservation Commission
Legion backs claim on labor secretary’s abilities
The committee urged cooperation from organized labor the public and officials to forego strikes in defense industries and to remove individuals seeking to overthrow the U S Constitution It called for legislation to ban strikes and lockouts in defense plants amid growing public doubt in the labor secretary’s capacity to fulfill the office’s duties.
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United States
Desense
Navy destroyers Diamond and Wryneck details from war page
The article describes British naval ships Diamond and Wryneck involved in wartime operations. It notes the Diamond’s 1375 ton displacement, eight 21 inch torpedo tubes and four 4.7 inch guns, and mentions the Wryneck of 1090 tons built in 1918.
Stewart Says! Durant predicts better nation postwar
General Press columnist Charles P. Stewart notes Will Durant argues America will become stronger whether the Allies or Axis prevail though poorer. Henderson and Morgenthau urge budget restraints and tax shifts. Auto output cut 20 percent boosts car values for owners. Cantonment costs at Fort Belvoir and Fort Meade are trimmed by lawmakers amid warnings costs may rise. Clark Porteus tours Maid of Cotton, highlights press secrecy on selective service.
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Charles P. Stewart
Will Durant
Washington
Maryland
America
Leon Henderson
Durant
Leon
Treasury
Morgenthau
Forts
Belvoir
Meade
House of Representatives’ Military Committee
Fort Meade
Military Affairs Committee
Clark Porteus
Memphis
Maid of Cotton
Porteus
Remembrances of Grafton Notables 1920 Deaths
Summary of obituary style notices for Mary Leps, Patrick Judge, Henry Turner, and others in Grafton. Notes on Mary Leps’s florist business and social prominence. Patrick Judge’s death ruled natural causes. Henry Turner’s streetcar accident and long service career with B and O. Includes brief biographical points and burial details.
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Mary Leps
Parkersburg
Mary
Francis
Eliza van Gilder Jenkins
Grafton
Washington Street
Sam
Northwestern Turnpike
Bluemont Street
Henry Leps
Morgantown
Grafton Foundry and Machine Company
Charles A. Sinsel
Marion
Monongalia
Taylor
Senate
West Virginia
John J. Cornwell
West
Sinsel
Patrick Judge
Glovers Gap
Wheeling
Marion County
Baltimore and Ohio
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Henry M. Turner
Clyde G. Turner
Crossing Beech Street
West Grafton
City Hospital
Barbour County
William H. Turner
John W. Haslup
Haslup
East Grafton
Grafton Lodge No. 31
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Masonic
Knights of Pythias
Columbia Talbott ‘Turner
Clyde G.turner
Yates Avenue
Berlin lists losses in April shipping barrel tally
Berlin reports the German air force submarines and surface craft sank 1 211 000 tons of British merchant shipping in April with 400 000 tons sunk in Greek waters. The high command also said 250 ships were destroyed.
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Berlin
High Command
Honeymoon Troubles Tie Hollywood Dreams and Love
In the seaside interlude, June faces Donald’s cold resolve after a hurried marriage. Betsy and Natalie linger with Mrs. Edmonds who recalls a long delayed romance from grammar school through West Point days, hinting at fate shaping their lives as the tale continues.
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Donald
Jane
Hollywood
Gwell
Hugh
Forman
Betsy
Terry
Bill
June
Henderson
Don
Jacobi
Donald Heath
Natalie
Mrs. Edmonds
Powell
Willie
Weat Point
West Point
Mrs
Dwarfism explored in medical Q and A column
Dr Clendening surveys causes of dwarfism from genetics to nutrition and glands. He describes achondroplasia as a normal trunk with short limbs, notes rickets as a nutritional form, and discusses endocrine dwarfs. Readers can order seven pamphlets for ten cents each.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Clendening
Clendesing
Logan Clendening
Iraq Warfare and Oil Threats in Middle East Clash
London reports say 26 British aircraft were destroyed at Habbaniyah airfield west of Baghdad as British detachments failed to seize another field. The Euphrates base, a $7 million installation, may become a strategic flashpoint threatening imperial oil supplies. Germany eyes Iraqi footholds to pressure Suez while Tobruk battles persist in Libya.
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Iraq
Habbaniyah
Bagdad
London
Euphrates River
Britain
Berlin
Suez Canal
Tobruk
Libya
Iraq appeals to Arabs in Palestine to take up arms
The Iraq government reportedly urged Arabs in Palestine to join the fight, broadcast on Iraq radio as a general Arab liberation cause. The report claims arrests of British agents in Iraq and accuses Bagdad Jews of spreading panic with rumors and propaganda leaflets amid renewed Arab resistance efforts.
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Greece
Tobruk
Gibraltar
Clive’ Gerard Liddell
The
Rock
Habpamyah
Iraqroops
Asenia al al Gailani
Ower
Bulin
London
Britain
Iraq
Palestine
Bagdad
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Zion
Judah
Legion
Stewart
Taylor County
Habban~iyah
Kier
Basra
Tom Pagette
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