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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1935
Page
2
The coal industry faces growing instability as representatives from both sides report a breakdown in competitive relations and rising confusion. Charles W. Kennedy of Charles Wa. chairs the joint committee noting operators cannot commit to wages hours or conditions. Union pushes for the Guffey bill amid ongoing talks.
Mona Leslie, jailed briefly for traffic offense, fights off a bath with a chair as two assistant matrons chase her. Ned, Mona’s grandfather, and Granny Leslie arrange a staged escape to a theater where Mona discovers Bob Harrizon, heir to the Harrison fortune, among the lone audience. Ned proclaims Bob president of the 8 AM L Society, and Mona heads to a delayed curtain call amid renewed intrigue and a promise of supper.
The coal industry faced impasse as unions push for the Guffey bill creating a national coal commission with price fixing while operators back NRA extensions. April truce aimed to clarify the legislative situation though prospects remain uncertain. Appalachian agreements underlie soft coal contracts as prices slump and wage hours strain.
The Nazi controlled press highlights Germany's breach of borders and opposition to pacts while the der Fuehrer introduces a new law forcing all German males 18 to 45 to serve one year in the army. The decree aims to mobilize the population though army size figures and Jewish exemptions remain unclear.
Joseph L. Evans Jr leads the ticket for president with Nina Powell and Edward Ewers paired for vice president and secretary treasurer amid a slate including Lenore Baker Florence Wittman Kenneth Daugherty and others. Norma Westcott pleads for banquet and dance reservations by May 27. event starts 6 30 pm with entertainment to follow and ends midnight.
Remarkable tale from the May 1926 issue of American Weekly about a poor shepherd boy found sleeping while guarded by a cobra who is then elevated to a throne in India. The feature appears in the Baltimore Sunday American promotion asking readers to buy the magazine.
We thank friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of husband and father Bert Keane. Special thanks to those who furnished cars and sent floral tributes. Mrs. Bert Keane William Keane.
Continued on page two, a bulletin from Drs. James A Britton Charles A Elliott and A H Curtis reports Miss Addams underwent surgery last Saturday to relieve intestinal obstructions. A cancerous growth was present. the obstruction was relieved but the growth could not be removed.
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