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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1946
Page
4
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William R. Boyd Jr of the American Petroleum Institute argues that costs of production and competition determine gasoline and fuel oil prices. He stresses prices vary with costs, that industry will hold prices steady when production is full and operations are efficient, and that profits come from stability not inflation.
Visitors led by Drew Middleton of the New York Times report Stalingrad rising from ruins. Deputy chief architect Peter Buchner outlines a 20 year vision with a 40 mile Volga boulevard and a Square of Glory, while base reconstruction progresses and plants for bricks and prefabricated houses rise. The tractor plant expands, Red October and Red Barricades plants revive, and a labor shortage challenges progress as heroic defense is echoed by the rebuilding effort.
The piece discusses booing Ted Williams Joe DiMaggio and Bob Feller when they fail in high pressure moments. Morris Markey in the New York Times argues players are professional entertainers and deserve the razzberry when their show falls short. Despite short careers fans justify booing for five figure salaries.
The misspelled and fragmentary text suggests nations accusing each other over whiskey and wine, rare crops and summer oysters, Henry Pu Yi now forty, scarce looser goods in Manchuria, and fear of a coming war amid riots and bomb shelter removals in Seattle.
A reminiscence recalling earlier days when Americans were proud and self-reliant, praising the forebears and the nation’s early virtues. The speaker laments modern smear tactics and urges a return to the mindset that made the United States great and “sermons in stones and good in everything.”
Heavy rains across the state dim fishing prospects for the weekend. Game protectors report streams were low and clear before the wet spell, according to the Conservation Commission.
Road commissioner E L Worthington told a Parkersburg delegation that three Ohio River bridges in the Parkersburg area would be freed simultaneously between December 1 and 15 of this year.
Democrat Robert Lee Burgess and Republican F O Dair Duff asked yesterday for recounts of the August 6 primary votes that apparently defeated them for the Kanawha county House of Delegates seats.
A news brief notes tactics by wholesalers and retailers amid antitrust concerns. Dealers report being forced to buy unwanted products to secure fresh meat, threatening independent stores. A Sentinel visit corroborates limited early details. a later well test yielded four barrels per day with minimal gas.
National Maritime Union actions threaten shoe and tankers output as Curran reports 16 idle tanks. Otto Wanek predicts 95 percent tied up in two days with six tankers operated by Cleveland Tankers, while AFL CIO tensions flare on picket lines in Detroit and Milwaukee. Senators Revercomb and Kilgore invited to Fairmont meeting. Baltimore and Ohio review planned. Northern field shows 89 mines productive drop to 89,000 tons due to Heppér shortage.
A three man arbitration panel was proposed to decide if ACA violated its contract as 300 employees faced a strike. Reinstatement of 46 discharged workers hinged on the panel’s decision. The National Mediation Board’s involvement offered a chance to delay actions for about 60 days while mediation efforts unfold. The union accuses Southern Pacific of violating working agreements for train tenders and dining car stewards.
AP reports the Chinese conflict spreading north of the Yangtze as Communists gain Manchuria, Chiang Kai-Shek promises reforms but gains little. Marshall and Stuart voice despair over peace efforts. American forces in Shanghai ordered to stay indoors as hostilities threaten a fragile peace. The crisis endangers postwar relief efforts and Europe's prospects for relief.
On August 16 in New York the CIO research head Kerby and Meat Dealers secretary George Dressler debate restoring price ceilings on food on People’s Platform. America’s Town Meeting on inflation features Ira Mosher with Peter Drucker on the affirmative. Tonight’s TV/listen: NBC Melody 9, CBS Aldrich Family 8, ABC This is Your FBI 7:30, Meet the Press 9:30.
The article lists applicable duties for various consumer goods including vacuum cleaners seven percent, small electrical appliances such as toasters irons space heaters and coffee makers and shavers four percent. Household chinaware seven percent box springs twelve percent electric stoves wood stoves aluminum cooking utensils five percent and other metal wares.
Pat Hastings and Nina return to New York after harboring war fatigue. Corbett helps Nina adjust as she seeks meaning and solace, while Nina admits love and a desperate wish to care for a soldier. The pair face a glossy city apartment that unsettles him, exposing differences between fantasy and real endurance.
A fragmented snippet lists price hikes across goods and items including beds, bicycles, window shades, batteries, metal clocks, portable typewriters, cameras, and photographic equipment. Mentions percentages such as 4 percent, 3.5 percent, 8 percent, 10 percent, 6 percent, and 5 percent, but lacks full context or clear commodity groupings.
Fragmentary OCR reads about Pere and outboard mivtory meters with a pend five note. Details are unclear but suggests a mechanical or nautical reference involving Pere and outboard equipment.
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