Grafton Sentinel Ad Rates and Publication Details
The Grafton Sentinel of Grafton West Virginia founded 1871 publishes daily except Sunday with national ad reps listed in New York Detroit Chicago and Pittsburgh. Subscription rates vary by region with monthly yearly options and carrier delivery where available in Taylor Barbour and Preston counties. Wednesday August 10 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bottenelli-Kimball, Inc
Represenative
New York
Lexington Avenue
Philo-siphia
Chestnut Street
Detroit
W. Lafayette Streat
Chicago
Michigan
Pittsburgh
Fourth Avenue
West Virginia
Virginia
Wome
Taylor
Barbour
Preston
Rattom
W. Va
World seeks collective security amid East West divide
Western statesmen reassess mutual security as a path to peace amid East West mismatches. Molotov and Bolganin proposals spark cautious interest at Geneva, despite lingering hesitation over Germany and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vyacheslav Y. Molotov
Molotov
NATO
Nikolai A. Bolganin
Geneva
Britain
France
Germany
United States
Europe
Asia
China
Korea
Indochina
Formosa
Enduring Prejudice Then and Now on Age and Sex
The text argues that age discrimination harms productivity and increases waste, noting a growing older workforce and projected population shifts. It also discusses gender bias in pay and advancement, citing women in leadership and public roles as evidence of progress, with a promise of continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Italy
Congress
Crossword Puzzle Clues and a Call for Space Age Support
Grid filled with scattered clues and abbreviations from SE Mexico to Scotland. A concluding editorial urges readers to back scientists and engineers working on rocketry and space exploration for a future society restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Space
U S Lists Rail War Needs Cars Short By 250000
A United States committee of consultants told the government that locomotives should be adequate for full wartime mobilization but the nation would require about 215000 new freight cars in the first three years. The plan called for 112000 in year one 113000 in year two and 90000 in year three with an expected scrapping of 35000 cars annually. The group urged railroads to add 60000 new freight cars yearly and suggested stockpiling critical car parts for resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geological Survey
Far West
Southwest
Colorado
Eisenhower
Pacific
France
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Europe
United States
Premier Faure
Wernher von Braun
Army Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Defense Department
London
Washington
Defense
Arthur
Flemming
Granville Conway
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co
Pop Tax Gains and Cigarette Tax Rise in July
West Virginia Department reports July collections of 317812 dollars from the penny-a-bottle soft drink tax, up 11.6 percent from July 1954 and over 25000 more than June this year, with funds aiding the West Virginia University Medical Center construction. The four-cent-a-pack cigarette tax brought in 590323 dollars in July, above June at 313075 and July of last year at 239282.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State ‘Tex Department
State Medical Center
West Virginia University
Brakes questioned after car with defective brakes
In Connecticut judge Herbert Nickels questioned L B Haynes about driving a car with defective brakes. Haynes replied he knew it well and had brakes checked every other day. He was fined $3 in Sturgis Michigan where a vet Dr Robert Mowry and his wife Margaret noted twins within their family history and broader soybean and lake data were mentioned in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whethersfield
Conn
Herbert Nickels
L. B. Haynes
Haynes
Sturgis, Mich
Robert Mowry
Margaret
Mowry
William
Anita Shahan Named Miss North in Pageant Run
Anita Shahan of Grafton High plans to major in dramatics and psychology at Marshall College after winning a Miss North title. Judges include noted figures from The New York Times and Associated Press. Parents and brother accompany her to Charleston festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin F. Taubkin
The
New York Times
Promtion Association
Chester Gould
Dick Tracy
Will Grimsley
Associated Press
Grafton High School
Anita
Marshall College
American Legion
Youth Temperance Council
Order of the Rainbow For Girls
4-H Club
Andrews Methodist Church
Wheeler School of Modeling
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Ralph Shahan
Walnut Street
Skippy
Charleston
Bennett Cerf Humorous Snippet and Miscellany
A compact spoofed column notes Bennett Cerf remarking on atomic stockpiles with a quip about no bomb in Gilead. It mentions Ray Smith of Cats Magazine and a North African typesetter who marries yearly, dubbed Moor the Mariner, plus a wealthy wife’s psychiatrist anecdote about the Dog Star. Naomi Sinks contributes a wry line on Achilles poverty in Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Hart
Gilead
Ray Smith
Cats Magazine
Moor the Mariner
Insurance premiums rise for 45 to 54 year olds
A chart from the Institute of Tate Insurance in New York shows that the 45 to 54 age group pays the highest insurance premiums, with more money being paid now than in 1950, and that families in the upper bracket contribute most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institute of Tate Insurance
New York
Klauenberg Wished Godspeed at 500-share dinner party
A testimonial dinner at Grafton High School honored J A Curtis and welcomed C A Bertrand as Monongah division executive. The event featured a laurel themed decor by Andrews Methodist church women, a long list of officials and guests, andcameo remarks on highway transport by M F Steinberger. Calvin Coolidge noted as first VP attending cabinet meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klauenberg
Godspeed
J. A. Curtis
C. A. Bertrand
Monongah
Bertrand
Grafton High School
Andrews Methodist Church
J. F. Dobson
W. C. Baker
G. W. Elsie
R. P. Bartlett
C. Raymond Gross
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Earl Stimson
C. E. Bertrand
J. A. Clark
Clark Coal Co
Truman E. Johnson
Sec'y
Northern W. Va
John Edwards, Jr
D. C. Turnbull, Jr
W. R. Galloway
Eastern Region
C. T. Williams
Central Region
George Higinbotham
J. A. Wilson
Guy Wiles
J. J. Sell
Wheeling
A. W. Colnet
Pittsburgh
K. F. Menshaw
M. F. Steinberger
Studios at Nola host stars and surreal nights
Elorean Swanson runs the busy New York Nola studios where Earl Hines, Duke Ellington, and a dance director mingle with artists. The place chairs a mix of music, ballet, and soap operas, with Saturday Night May Peg dances and New Year vegetarian parties. Swanson cites a daily world of wonderful, quirky people and says she gets more kicks than bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hines
Duke Ellington
Noodling
Elorean Swanson
First National Bank
Miss Swanson
Nola
Anid
Elorean
New York
Fatha Hines
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King Features Syndicate
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Erie Railroad
C. H. Seibert
Monongahela Railway
Brownsville
M. Miller
Western Maryland Railway
Cumberland
Grafton Fire Department
G. Ed Powell
Grafton Shop
Clarksburg Box Co
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John Gall
Juanita Booth
Frances Grayson
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Frances Rogers
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