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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
4
A mixed page includes subscription rates, postal details, and letters to the editor. It cites the Associated Press, prints a sermon on the Great Commandment, discusses local bridge projects and coal labor questions, and previews a fictional subplot about Eleanor and Phil Parrish’s strained marriage amid a party scene.
The Wheeling Intelligencer analyzes the mine strike settlement, noting UMWA is recognized as the exclusive bargaining agency for unionized workers and rival Progressive Miners are curtailed. It questions long term outcomes and ponders the AFL's next moves.
Real estate men from seven states and the District of Columbia attended the Central Atlantic Regional Conference of the National Association of Real Estate Boards in Atlantic City last week. The principal action grew from a resolution submitted by West Virginia.
Federal investigators question Rose Stea regarding the death of Pietro Stea a Philadelphia grocer who died three years earlier under a diagnosis of heart disease and diabetes She had four husbands Antonio Carbonaro Dominick Carina Prosper Antonio Lesi and Isadore Tropea with Tropea described as semi invalid and living with relatives in South Philadelphia Skaggs & Co Elgin ad ends the item.
Charles Brinkman sketches the settlers who founded Graf ton Junction from France Ireland Germany England Scotland and Wales naming leaders who built schools churches gas plants and a local press. He lists hundreds of surnames showing the town’s diverse heritage and notes men who established trades and governance.
Lindbergh spoke in a closed Senate session reviewing Army appropriations exceeding 309 million dollars. He warned Germany leads in attack plane speed and bomber efficiency while estimating Reich capacity at about 20,000 planes annually. He claimed US faces no aerial invasion risk from Europe, stressing quality over quantity in aircraft.
The 000 Navy appropriations bill for the year starting July 1 funds 23 new warplanes and 500 fighting planes and includes a house approved prohibition on Argentine canned beef for Navy use. The senate appropriations committee accepted the prohibition by a 9 to 7 vote. A list of grand officers is given for a Knights Templar event in Bluefield and Parkersburg, with regalia and election details. Chalked as a regional report, it notes 450 registered and about 600 Knights Templar in the parade, plus prior year delays from a two day war. A separate item reports Kenneth Shrader, 20, killed by slate fall at Crane Creek mine in Bluefield. The Pocahontas Tug River field has reopened after a seven-week shutdown. Additional names and local business references appear in the closing lines.
Named commander yesterday to replace N W Dugan of Huntington. Beavers served as grand commander in 1987 38. Other officers elected included E V King of Charleston as deputy leader and Setiee?
The text references ancient leather use for ship coverings weapons and money, tribal language diversity in Africa, English arms sales to Spain under Elizabeth I, fatigue in industrial accidents and the strawberry clover as a pasturage crop. The fragmentary items hint at historical trade, language variety, and agricultural observations without a coherent narrative.
A Detroit chiropodist attributes Hitler's aggression to foot problems and jokes about dictators and world affairs. The piece mockingly notes costs of military pensions, stray comments on China and Japan, and suburban quirks, ending with a quip about fashion and restraint.
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