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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1933
Page
4
The piece voices mixed views on President Roosevelts disarmament appeal amid rising tensions with Hitler. It notes declines in divorce and stable marriages despite hard times, critiques state and national militarization, and reports auto mobile tax protest at Charleston over governor gas tax authority. It highlights public concern over fiscal policy and government power.
Pa Eliiott Roosevelt, 22, second son of the President, shown at his desk in Los Angeles where he has taken a position as general manager of the Gilpin airlines operating between Los Angeles and Agua Caliente. The article discusses tax reform, prohibition repeal, and welfare programs with references to West Virginia politics and national policy debates.
The Taylor County Court on May 2 1933 appointed commissioners for the June 27 1933 election to ratify a constitutional amendment repealing article eighteen and banning liquor importation. The list includes names for ratification against ratification and unpledged delegates, with designated precincts and official seals.
West Virginia lawmakers confront proposed Roosevelt administration sales tax plans aimed at funding public works. A 1 to 2 percent levy would raise about 220 million dollars annually, with accompanying increases in income taxes payroll taxes and a tonnage tax on shipping. The piece notes rising taxation and questions where it ends.
Elkins Inter-Mountain notes Governor Kump asks legislature to allow a flexible gasoline levy from three to six cents a gallon. The bill would lower the tax if enacted, with current four cent state plus one cent federal tax already heavy on motorists. State tax funds road construction and maintenance, while owners pay a separate property tax for general purposes.
The Elkins Inter-Mountain notes Paraguay formally declares war on Bolivia, marking a return to official warfare after months of mutual fighting over a territorial dispute. In the Far East Japan moves similarly against China. The human cost remains regardless of war status.
A May 6 New York letter item reports that disabled veterans will be turned out. The brief item records a publicized stance or action affecting veterans seeking shelter or housing assistance.
The World Telegram reports a re survey of 427 veterans in the Naval Hospital Brooklyn ordered after findings that some economy act releases left veterans penniless and homeless. Captain Butler changed orders for five men and instructed checks on others. among affected is Patrick E. Sweeney of Sandy Hook Connecticut a Purple Heart veteran who battled illness after combat and tropical disease.
Two men robbed the First National Bank of about 700 to 800 dollars in Buxton Kentucky on May 18. A cashier Leonard Hanson was fatally shot while robbers attempted to stop him and released a tear gas valve as they fled in a car. Two other workers faced threats of death during the raid. The report notes Kentucky has spent over 1.06 million dollars since 1918 on pauper feeblemindedness maintenance.
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