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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1933
Page
4
A blunt editorial debates kidnapping crimes and harsh punishments while criticizing the thirty hour work week push under the New Deal. It laments wage cuts for federal workers and questions the plan to centralize road management, urging caution amid state fiscal upheaval and political change.
A school system voice criticizes adopting a third evolutionary step, calling it excessive and likening it to a Jack the Giant Killer exploit. The remark frames the move as confusing and imprudent, emphasizing caution over haste.
A column lauds Mrs. Tubman for drowning out the Internationale in a New York subway, praising The Star Spangled Banner as a thrilling, stirring national hymn and urging pride in the country.
Smithsonian anthropologist Dr Hrdlicka declares no intellectual difference between high and low foreheads after thirty years studying thousands of skulls. He cites white Americans native Indians Negroes Eskimos and immigrants at Ellis Island, noting similar foreheads among diverse groups. Portraits of philosophers may exaggerate forehead height.
West Virginia representative Smith pledges to oppose a federal bill limiting labor to 30 hours a week. He argues potential harms outweigh employment benefits and praises voting against leadership to stand by personal and constituent views.
Margaret Peggy McMath was returned alive to her father after a ransom of about 80000 dollars, paid following a Tuesday schoolroom kidnapping. Abductors demanded a 48-hour start in their flight and were later questioned aboard a coast guard vessel with William C. Crossley and state safety chief Daniel G. Needham present.
A Coast Guard operation freed the McMath girl after a 48 hour immunity pledge. Capt. Bligh and state police moved to Woods Hole where Peggy was transferred from the Lee vessel to a guard craft. Federal investigators and local officers coordinated as the girl and her father were brought to safety amid dramatic harbor scenes.
Readable crossword puzzle pieces show across and down clues with numerous garbled words and ciphered segments. Entries mention promontory competent germ cells native metals and various inconsistent terms, suggesting a damaged page fragment from a daily puzzle column.
Classified notice outlines cash with copy policies for the Sentinel. Rates are two cents per word for the first insertion and four tenths cent per word for each subsequent insertion, with a 45 cent minimum. Each initial and figure counts as one word, and ads are categorized by classification. Errors should be reported immediately. The paper holds no responsibility beyond a single correction.
By deed dated July 18 1931 B L Phillips and Flora B Phillips executed a trust for sale. Trustee will offer at public auction at the Taylor County court house on June 3 1933 at 1 PM the Roger s Addn No 2 Lot Ten and adjacent triangular ground from the Northwestern Turnpike via Rogers Street fronting the Turnpike. Sold by deed from Willie Norris dated April 3 1928. Cash terms. Harry Friedman Trustee. May 6 13 20 27.
A deed of trust dated May 25 1931 by Aid. Rosenshine to the trustee of record in Taylor County West Virginia will sell at public auction at the courthouse front door on Saturday at 3 o clock PM two parcels of real estate on Main Street in Grafton together and separately as a whole. The parcels front 34 and 42 feet on Main Street and are described as part of the Young Addition and conveyed to Aid. Rosenshine by Harry Friedman Trustee. Terms cash. May 6 13 20 2
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