Two-Day Whirl Of Big Activities For Miss Grafton Sentinel
Twenty young women vie for North-South titles in Charleston ahead of Laidley Field football ceremony. Kathryn Neenan of the sponsor hotel describes a two day schedule including a twilight parade, informal buffet supper, hotel reception with Inez Robb, a Friday tour of the city, and a Friday night banquet before Sunday’s crowning and a post game dance. The event features a 195 piece band led by R. G. Williams and a 20,000 spectator crowd near stadium lights. Contestants include Nancy Rohrbough of Grafton Sentinel and Katherine ZIon of Wheeling, among others from West Virginia newspapers.
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Charleston
Kathryn Neenan
Laidley Field
Charleston Press Club
Inez Robb
International
Daily Gazette
State House
Kanawha
Daniel Boone Hotel
Frank Knight
R. G. Williams
Charleston High
Knight
Case Loma
Bill Garten
West Virginia
Grafton Sentinel
Page Alice Wallace
Wellsburg Herald
Nancy Wilson
Morgantown Dominion - News
Emma Ailiff
Williamson’ Daily News
Betty Casto
Miss Logan Banner
Mary Ruth Lough
New Hearing Device Without Visible Ear Receiver Debuts
Chicago advertisers tout an invisible Phanto mold from Beltone that grants clear hearing without a visible ear receiver. The ad promises freedom from deafness and its stigma, inviting readers to request a free brochure and test at home with no cost.
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Chicago
Beltone
Dept
Sentinel awards boost Taylor County Fair prizes
The Sentinel offers first second and third place prizes with a year extension to existing subscribers for the fair. The Grafton paper backs the Taylor County Fair Association bets on a record turnout and wider farmer city participation. County Agent Fike says fair catalogs are available at his office for those seeking entries.
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Sentinel
Grafton Sentinel
Taylor County Fair Association
Taylor County
Fike
Western election scene shows social Democrats top vote tally
In bright weather voters trudged to heavily policed polls as pro Nazi and free enterprise factions vie for control of a 402 member parliament. The social Democrats lead with 7,356,025 votes and seek nationalization of big industries amid scattered street clashes.
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Ovevaainutu
Britain's Labour Party Faces Shifting Electoral Tide
The Free Democrats surged to third with 2 827 948 votes while cooperating with the Christian Democrats to form a conservative bloc. Communists fell to about 6 percent or 1 360 469 votes. In aviation news, Trans-Ocean Airline crews report two more American employees aboard a Skymaster aircraft on a round-the-world hop when it overshot Shannon during a Rome to Shannon leg amid a fuel shortage. A British fishing trawler Stalberg rushed to the scene.
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Britain
Labor Party
Free Democrats
Christian Democrats
Rome-to-Shannon
U.S
Shannon
Mittee International Children’s
Stalberg
First Women Pilot Nichols Sets Historic Flight Records
Galway police said all four women aboard the plane were saved. Miss Nichols, among the first licensed female pilots, set New York to Los Angeles distance, altitude, and speed records in the 1920s. The other passengers included two Americans and an Italian emigrant to Venezuela. Opposition to Truman aid to friendly nations stalled in committee with a 9 to 9 tie, plans to revisit in the House, possible half-cut and interim period to March 31. reconstriction finance would seed 125 million on a reimbursement basis, with separate funding to follow.
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Galway
Venezuela
Miss Nichols
U.S
New York
Los Angeles
United States
Truman
House
Congress
McCormack
Massachusetts
Pewsmen
Reconstruction, Finance Corporation
Postwar Pipeline Costs Rise Sharply
An average mile of natural gas pipeline costs about $100000 with about 57 percent advance in the postwar period. The overall rise in charges amounts to roughly $3000000000 a year.
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