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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
4
The passage invites editor letters up to 300 words and notes that anonymous communications are ignored. It lists offline advertisement deadlines before 9:00 a.m. with a two cent rate per word and extra charges for after 9:00 a.m. composition, plus a 6:00 p.m. deadline for removal motives.
The Kiwanis meeting discusses inviting youngsters to perform at Sears Day events, boosting school music and art funds. Citizens push modernizing West Main street infrastructure with a concrete arch viaduct and safer railroad crossings, plus widening Dorsey street. New teachers arrive, including Victor Nol and Koehler Wheeling, with potential return of Dr. Dadisman in September.
The director said there will be nothing available for summer school students as approval of a supplemental request was withheld, and no federal assistance can be used for personal emergencies. The note continues from page one, indicating continued limitations on funding.
Funeral arrangements are announced for a resident of Philippi. The body is expected Friday and will be taken to the home. Funeral services are set for Saturday afternoon at a time yet to be determined and the cemetery location has not been selected.
A continued push for a joint airport moves through Taylor and Marion counties as representatives review possible sites. A ten day follow up aims to check prospects near Boothsville and evaluate locations in Taylor and Marion counties. A welfare-board backed committee of officials from all three cities will oversee plans with relief administrations funding the project and a state works division approval guiding an eventual lump sum appropriation.
Secretary reports on airport proposal with Garnett farm blueprint citing cross runways of 2,500 feet lengthening to 3,000 and 500 foot bath. State aero nautical board member David M. Giltinan explains airline routes and government air service while Clarksburg delegates note promised Boothisville road improvement if the airport proceeds. attendees from Charleston, Clarksburg and Grafton list prominent locals and officials.
Washington May 24 Justice Daniel W. O Donohue ruled in the District of Columbia supreme court that government agencies cannot be compelled to buy Ford products. The decision centers on Henry Ford being thwarting the National Recovery Act and the reach of federal measures into procurement.
May 24 Pittsburgh workmen begin dismantling the cottage reputed to be Stephen Collins Foster birth site. Henry Ford has bought the dwelling and will move it to Dearborn for his museum of American relics. Authorities warn about risks tied to uncertain heredity in cat breeds.
Classified notice offers barber training with increased salaries and tips. Maler System promises quick learning and earnings. Write for booklet at 1111 W Fifth Street Cincinnati Ohio. 45-261.
Legal notice records a trustee sale of real estate in Taylor County West Virginia. Frank M Price and Bertha L Price defaulted on a February 9 1929 trust deed. Sale set for May 26 1934 at the Taylor County Courthouse front door with terms three installments plus cash option. Also includes notice to creditors and beneficiaries of estate of Bertha Grob with deadline December 1 1934.
Commissioner directs all creditors and beneficiaries to exhibit claims with vouchers, duly verified, at the office in the Grafton Banking and Trust Company Building Grattan West Virginia before November 14 1934.
In Taylor county courts a notice warns beneficiaries to attend a hearing on the estate to safeguard their interests under a May 10 ruling. Separate Washington testimony in a federal inquiry into utilities cites Coca Cola in its financials while detailing large writeups, with 176 million of the total later omitted from public statements though kept on the books.
Detective Chief Connors orders heightened protection for financier Dufresne after a gun attack tied to anonymous threats. Markison and Barry coordinate force deployment while Dufresne reports routine travel with his associate as tensions rise.
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