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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1948
Page
4
The city moves to realign water department funding, separating its income from general revenue. Officials say this shift is essential to restore vital services, rebuild city finances, and create a firmer foundation for Gratton’s future, with council praised for taking a difficult but necessary step.
The United States supports free Danube use to promote global commerce, while Communist nations seek to retain unilateral control. Belgrade conference records U S stance amid broader debates on trade and economic wellbeing.
The article argues that food price increases stem from higher production costs and government farm policies. Farmers say profits are not excessive despite rising earnings since 1940, while surpluses, if released, could lower prices. It notes the challenge of balancing farm welfare with market forces and cites a Bible thought about neighborly ethics.
A fragment notes lack of buffalo grass and cites the largest flying bird as a factor in bison migration, mentioning a Trumpeter Swan east of the Mississippi River weighing about 35 pounds.
James Marlow surveys global spy mishaps from Canada Yugoslavia and the United States noting Gouzenko’s Canada revelations and Tito's Yugoslav disclosures. He cites Elizabeth Bentley and Michael Samarin cases, plus minor notes on diamonds dust taxicab etymology and Afghan development amid wartime tensions.
Washington dispatch reports moving warplane factories inland from coasts to Ft Worth and Hawthorne amid dispersion plans. Chance Vought shifts from Bridgeport to Fort Worth building Corsair lineage and the secret Pirate jet. Northrop’s six-jet wing bomber may join the Fort Worth site with the B 36 already there. Air Force and Navy rely on inland plants to avoid wartime delays and preserve air group expansion.
Fragmentary data shows livestock losses and a general disruption in United States coal markets in 1947. Estimates indicate five tons of coal mined nationwide at about 25 million dollars, with the period marked by hardship and market strain.
Anne visits Julia and Judy at the country house as memories of a dangerous road crash and a former engagement surface. Don Ogden lies injured in hospital, his confession that Helen was with him unsettles Anne and hints at a hidden love triangle and guilt as the chapter ends with unresolved tension.
Eastern time report notes two special pregame previews for the Chi cago all star football game with August dates and times. Aug 16 salutes Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune and Aug 19 features players and coaches predicting the winner. The game airs Aug 20 at 9 30 p m with extensive radio listings and program notes.
The Russians have set up a special staff of picked German Communists inside Berlin’s food administration to run their feeding project, creating two separate ration administrations. British authorities announced a formal protest over a flight of 12 Soviet Yak fighters over western Berlin last night, stirring excitement among western residents. Air Commodore R. N. White said the protest would be submitted through the four power Berlin air safety center.
Huntington police identified Verlin E. Adkins, 26, as a suspect in Miss Gillette’s death. Adkins, employed at Ohio Box Board Co. in Rittman, signed extradition papers for return to Ohio and gave a verbal account of an intimate relationship, an alleged late night visit, and an unsuccessful revival attempt. He reportedly said he left a note suggesting possible accidental death in sleep.
Continued from page one, the policy will be the most liberal in history for livestock availability. The gain benefits housewives but signals impending trouble for the government.
Farmers boost live stock and poultry numbers but cannot build flocks fast enough to absorb forecast seeds. Much corn and grains will be offered under the price support program. It is likely the government will have over 1 billion dollars tied up in surplus grains cotton tobacco and other crops from this year's harvest.
Local operators testified before the National Labor Relations Board that 200 "strangers" interrupted work at their properties on March 22. The hearing, part of an unfair labor practices charge against district 31 of the United Mine Workers, adjourned until Monday by agreement of NLRB and union counsel.
Kil led by motor jump leads to death of John L. Winbush 41 of Edwight Raleigh county. Incident occurred in a Raleigh Wy oming company mine in Edwish Idaho area. State flower and bird mentions appear amid damaged text.
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