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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
4
A community mourns three boys drowned in a river while unsafely using a tub, prompting calls for mandatory swimming training for boys. Authors urge parents to teach children to swim to prevent future tragedies and defend life preservative measures amid summer heat and eclipse headlines.
The piece discusses relief funding needs for Taylor County and others, urging prompt governor assistance and formal requisitions for winter relief. It notes two large counties requesting sizable sums and calls for public work requirements, lower gas rates, and reconsideration of public service pricing based on replacement costs versus 1925 wages and materials. It mentions Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company in West Virginia and local community figures.
Detroit patrolman Robert Overman transformed a run down street into a thriving community space. He cleared weeds on vacant lots and with neighbors built swings and a teeter totter. A baseball diamond and improvised scoreboard followed, drawing families to Overman Park where children and fathers play together.
The Wheeling Intelligencer lauds Mr. Brady for safeguarding public protection, exposing water power act flaws, and shaping rate cases and hearings. It credits his advocacy for stronger utility control and public ownership in West Virginia, hoping his influence widens.
A letter from A. L. Hiffner of Clarksburg criticizes state truck policy and road damage. He cites overloaded trucks tearing highways, calls for tighter regulation and cites Gov. Conley and legislators for not acting. He urges candidates to address the big trucks and asks the ICC to regulate them as common carriers.
In Morgantown on September 1 the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association holds a banquet and dance marking the convention midpoint. Officers will be elected today and the 1933 convention city chosen while medical committee reports are presented. About 150 morticians attend.
The Red Cross approved 55 additional requests for cotton cloth for the needy. Shipments will go to communities including Lewisburg and Logan West Virginia Salem Urbana Xenia Coshocton Ohio Ashland Virginia Erle Du Bois Allentown Milton Pennsylvania and Elizabethtown Kentucky, among others.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated December 13 1928 Mal M Arnold Snider and C A Snider assign to W Samples trustee for Frank Kovacic the payment of a note. Sale at public auction at the courthouse door Grafton Taylor County WV on September 17 1932 at 1 pm of 3484 acre tract from Clarence D Robinson and Marion M Robinson to Mary M Arnold Snider and C A Snider. Terms cash.
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