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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1933
Page
2
The article argues for a middle ground between forcing duty and pursuing only what a child likes. It stresses that some tasks must be learned though disliked to form useful citizens and content individuals, noting modern realities of manual labor and women entering the workforce. It warns that a life trained only by pleasure leads to unhappiness.
Ernest Pa Sept 1 A truck driver and three young hitchhikers were killed when a dilapidated truck collided with another car. The children Charles Moody Fred Marbi and Constantine Mati all about eight years old died along with the peddler David Snalentine 47 of Home Station. The driver Forrest Miller said the children blocked his view of a gasoline truck.
The Richmond Federal Reserve report for June 15 to August 15 shows improved credit, business, and agriculture across Virginia Maryland West Virginia DC North Carolina and South Carolina. Employment wage gains and NRA driven industrial activity mark the upswing though duration is uncertain. Agriculture improves with cheaper crops aiding manufacturers. textile trade rises in July, retail gains widen. wholesale volume increases with dry goods tripling shoe sales doubling and hardware up eighty percent.
New York reports President Franklin D. Roosevelt cruised along New York Harbor toward the capital to oversee the national recovery campaign. He appeared cheerful after a Hyde Park briefing with General Hugh S. Johnson on a coal industry wage hours agreement. Ford's stance remained unmentioned as Roosevelt prepared for Washington.
Grand Rapids Mich Sept 1 May The attitude of the federal administration toward the fight against crime was summarized by Homer S Cummings United States attorney general in a statement that the plans of the Department of Justice are along lines of increased and more effective cooperation between federal state and local authorities on a basis of mutual helpfulness.
At Yorkville Tennessee on September first the Jones family led a Jersey cattle day exposition winning four firsts three seconds and two thirds. W F Jones and his sons Edward 21 Lawrence 18 and Wilson 16 commanded the show by guiding the cows and teaching the proper stance and hold in the approved manner.
Mrs Eleanor Jarman known as the Blon de Tigris was sentenced to 199 years after conviction for murder in the Hoch slaying at a haberdashery. Co-defendants Geo Dale and Leo Minsele received death and 199 years respectively as jurors returned verdicts. Jarman denied involvement and claimed innocence while her companions were described as the actual slayers in a city crime crackdown.
A close friend of former New York Mayor James J. Walker says reports abroad were wrong and the Walkers did not expect a child. The friend states Mrs. Walker Betty Compton recently suffered a severe illness that ended their hopes.
Washington approves a 70 million dollar river and harbor program adding six million for dam work on the Kanawha river and advancing a plan to deepen its channel from six to nine feet. Officials expect full completion in two to three years and anticipate heavy western river steamers reaching points from Point Pleasant to Fayette county.
Top Notch predicts he will win the first prize of three dollars in a local exhibition. He departs proudly to claim the money, hoping to rescue Rip after the contest. Jelly Bear Willy Nilly and Christopher discuss the plan as Top Notch returns at sundown with money but a somber mood.
Watkins Glen New York September 1 Efforts to entice a seven point buck deer from its prison lodge in the gorge within a rustic bridge failed after a Mohawk Indian chief versed in animal lore tried a rescue. The deer escaped the Indian and the park officials dropped the attempt and sprinkled salt on the bridge with no effect.
New York on September 1 reports plans to raise funds for a gold medal for the man who struck Senator Huey Long. Owen P. White, author who proposed the idea, says contributions are pouring in and the project will proceed despite initial jest.
Gov Dave Sholtz of Florida has limited time for recreation as a film outing, while the text notes the North Carolina state prison used only 61 percent of its appropriation in the last fiscal period, reflecting budget constraints and spending efficiency.
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