The Coordin ator and the New Deal Coordination
Frank R Kent notes the strain of managing New Deal programs in Washington with many uncoordinated heads and ambitious plans. He highlights Frank C Walker’s role as coordinator, his failed efforts to align agencies, and his impending retirement to New York to oversee theater chains.
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Frank C. Walker
National Emergency Council
Congress
Walker
Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
National Emeras Council
Walther
New York
Achieving One s Self at Grafton High School Commencement
Senior class of 1934 at Grafton High School hears a commencement address stressing striving for personal greatness and noble character beyond graduation. The speaker thanks teachers and urges graduates to pursue self-achievement and lifelong goals with diligence and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton High School
Discovering Self Through Life of Service and Education
The piece urges self discovery through reflection on weaknesses and strengths, likening life to a watch tower and a Columbus voyage. It argues individuality is divinely written, education should serve the common good, and modernization demands a service value in schooling and moral development.
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Jesus
A VOICE NOT A WORM ECHO IN CLASS OF 1994 CALL
A long reflection urges graduates to be a true voice not an echo. It urges young people to live boldly Christian lives, embracing unique gifts, rejecting mere conformity, and serving others with faith. It cites John the Baptist as a model and stresses personal responsibility in shaping society. A classified notice follows offering rental information and ad terms.
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Mr Walker
Mr. Walker
Treasury
Mutt
Jeff
John the Baptist
Christ
Noman
Heaven
Jesus
Welfare committee cuts hours while preserving pay rate
A welfare committee, after review by an investigator for the FERA, voted to reduce weekly hours to 12 while maintaining the same pay of 5.40 for a worker previously employed 18 hours weekly. Some workers objected they cannot support large families on existing sums. The committee said it sets a 45 cent hourly rate to protect county wage standards and that welfare funds are limited. B F Slayton urged the plan, noting its purpose and scope.
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Taylor
Berwyn
Ill
FERA
Lymer
Slayton
B. F. Slayton
Committee praises work hour reform and review process
Slayton notes that the committee cannot fix individual hours but urges workers to contact an investigator to review their hours under the new system. The workers’ committee will monitor the situation and safeguard men’s interests until project work resumes.
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Slayton
French Flyers Continue Nonstop Paris to California Flight
Reported progress of the French nonstop air route as observers along the Maine coast tracked a tri motored plane named Joseph Lebrix en route from Paris to California. Wireless warnings from Chatham Mass. warned of possible minor trouble before landing at Floyd Bennett Field if needed. In Paris the Arc en Ciel, first French commercial air fleet prototype, attempts to prove regular mail service from St Louis Senegal to Natal with pilots Jean Mermoz and M Dabry.
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Paris
San Diego
Califa
Maine
Joseph Lebrix
Eastport
Rock Island
Bar Harbor
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
Chatham
Mass
Radio Marine Corporation
Atelantig
Jean Mermoz
M. Dabry
St Louis Senegal
Natal
Sale of Personal Property of Suddarth Estate at Taylor County Courthouse
On June Bth 1994 at 10 00 AM at the front door of Taylor County Courthouse a public auction of the estate of M s Suddarth deceased will offer Surgical instruments Xray books medical and surgical supplies office furniture 150 Fort Brand Coal Co shares 1 5 Taylor County Bank shares 5 Taylor County Bank 1 share Tygarts Valley Traction Co share Forte Grafton Press stock 40 shams United Extension Minings Co Boston 100 shares SG Lax Conparsition 204 shares Cities Service Co New York 100 shares Ruta Realty Co Fairmont 10 all gales timing or 100 cash and balance in two equal installments payable in three and six months with approved security on all sales
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Taylor County
M's
Suddarth
Fort” Brand Coal Company
Fairmont
West, Virginia
Taylor County Bank
Grafton
West , Virginia
Tygarts Valley Traction Company
Grafton “Press
Worth
Virginis
United 9 Extension Minings Company
Boston
Mass
Sg-Lax Conparsition
Semve
Ice Company
New York City
Ruta Realty Company
Faimont
West Virginia
Unclear fragment points to unsettled crime scene and delays
Fragmentary text hints at a late night police report regarding mail and a planned series of tests for new planes. It mentions a prosecutor, a Philipps official, and an alleged assault involving Freeman and the Newsmans with accusations of theft and stabbing.
Acces te OCKING HOUSE by Walter C. Brown
Political power and a contractor suffer ambush near a lonely ventit city. A letter hints at threats and possible suspects tied to an effort against a public enterprise.
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Acces Te Ocking House
Walter C. Brown
Yorkis
Fourteenth Precinct Faces Bitter Storm Patrol Night
Uniformed men line up in the Fourteenth Precinct squad room as a bitter snowstorm bears down. Sergeant Lewis conducts roll call while patrols brace for hours of cold duty and a steady stream of calls from the switchboard, with reporter Doyle arriving in the worsening weather.
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Fourteenth Precinct
Lewis
Casinns
Andr
Sad Sam
Jacoplegup
O.K
Woodbine Avenue
Joey
Lewin
Morrie
Cer 1638
Byers
Morris
Sargeant
Hamil
Voic
Connallyni
Sergeant Lewia
The
Daily
Doyle
Onady
Ay ‘Hoy
Barry
Bleve Harpedt
Walter C. Browns
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H. Holt
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
W. VA
Latrove Street
Grafton Printing Co
Postoffice
Associated Press Press
Frank R. Kent
Baltimore Sun
Dem
the Grafton High School
Piggly-Wiggly
Biasco
Wright, & Diston
Pennsylvania
Sentinel
West
Washington Street
John L .Hechmer
Wilford Street
Walters Street
Jig Mason
Prunc Tytown
Washinton Street
Wilsell
McCaskey Cash
C.F. Moore
B. A
Moter System
Fifth Street
Cincinnat
Ohio
Ruth Stillwell
Augustus H. Stillwell
Manhasset
Long Island
Meses Crrarex
Officersberg
Philipps
Freeman
Freenpah
Ayers
Clymer
Sergeant Lewis
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