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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1946

Page

5

New Deal Bears Blame For Prices Says GOP Leader

ST ALBANS Aug 17 The New Deal bureaucrats in Washington are fully to blame for inflationary pressures and skyrocketing prices declared Mrs A B Jarrett a Republican State Executive Committee member in Kanawha County. She criticized the revised OPA and warned Truman and his supporters will face public indignation. She said New Deal bureaucrats manipulated the economy claiming wages could rise without price increases and spurred a wave of strikes plaguing the country.

ST. Albans Washington A. B. Jarrett Kanawha County Axain OPA Truman Jarrett New Deal Burfucrats

Capper and Reece dispute over postwar aims

Senator Capper accuses Hannegan of deceiving voters while criticizing Republicans. Senator Taylor blasts Reece as talking through his hat as he predicts a Republican Congress would probe the administration. Reece vows GOP would investigate postwar issues and clean up shortages, unemployment, and inflation in a new Congress.

Hannegan Capper Kan Robert E. Hannegan Congressional Repubicans Taylor Idaho B. Carroll Reece Congress Reece Denver K . Capper Ty Pe Washington

Speaker Philip Hanna to Keynote Morgantown Labor Day Rally

Aug 17 Morgantown Philip Hanna assistant secretary of labor will be the principal speaker at a Labor Day rally sponsored by the AFL Central Labor Union secretary Ernest Richards of the arrangements committee announced

Morgantown Philip Hanna Labor AFL Central Labor Union Ernest Richards

Exhibits Feature Of West Va State Fair

West Virginia State Fair exhibition lineup includes livestock displays with entries from FP F McIntosh Spencer Bortz Brothers Union View Pa Bird wood Farm Charlottesville Va Morlunda Farms Spring Grove Hereford Farm Greenfield Ohio J L Delabar Ohio Lewis Here ford Farms Apple Grove T F Koblegard Weston and others, highlighting a rich regional participation.

Lewisburg West Virginia F. McIntosh Spencer Bortz Brothers Union View Birdwood Farm Charlottesville Morlunda Farms Spring Grove Greenfield Ohio J. L. Delabar Lewis Hereford Farms Apple Grove T. F. Koblegard Weston

President Truman’s health and travel aboard ship

The president described as physically fit but tired after 16 months in office has cut weight from 178 to 172 pounds with more to lose. He weighed 167 on taking office April 12, 1945. Truman, aboard the USS Williamsburg, led press at sea aboard the Weiss, and spoke with Secretary Byrnes about the Paris treaty conference by transatlantic telephone, with Ross noting future on-board talks possible if needed.

Sac Leorm Page Oneragansett Bay Maine Graham Truman Bani Williamsburg Byrnes Charles G. Ross

Haifa tensions rise as British ships plan to deport immigrants

Authorities fear uprisings in Haifa as Empire Heywood and Empire Rival return from Cyprus and prepare to depore immigrants. Police meet to curb unrest while Haganah radios warn against deportations. Stern gang members face death after bombing Haifa railway shops, fueling rumors of retaliation and a non cooperation strike called by Vaad Leumi. Entomologists note mosquitoes react strongly to human CO2 and an elephant’s trunk has 40,900 muscles.

Empire Heywood Empire Rival Haifa Cyprus Haganah Stern Gang Vaad Leimi ‘National Council For Palestine Jews

Triplets Now Have Twin Sisters 1200.00 Flooding Continues

Weathered streets flood across west residential areas with two youths swept into a storm sewer and drowned. A 13-year-old black girl dies in Elsberry Missouri and a man is electrocuted by a live wire in Centralia Illinois. Officials warn of more electrical storms inland as high winds lash Omaha Des Moines La Crosse and Rochester with over two inches of rain hitting Rochester and Des Moines.

Elsberry Centralia Omaha Des Moines la Crosse Wis Rochester Minn

Union strategy on Great Lakes strike aims to avoid AFL trouble

Union plan centers on promoting a 40-hour week to sway non-union crews into the walkout. Most Great Lakes seamen are non-union. Negotiations with two strike-bound firms may resume next week as union officials report wage and hour proposals from Standard Oil of Indiana and Bethlehem Transportation, operators of lake vessels.

AFL Great Lakes Wek Standard Oil of Indiana Bethlehem Transportation Company

Will Charge Assault To Rob In State Line Case

District Attorney Fred L. Brothers said charges will be filed against Vernon Joseph of Chiopyle and Charles Gales of Connellsville for assault with intent to rob the 70 year old Irvin Shipley and his 64 year old wife Rebecca on their farm near Oh'op7 last Tuesday night. A third Connellsville man was held for questioning and a blackjack was found in a cornfield near the Shipley home.

Uniontown Fred L. Brothers Irvin Shipley Rebecca Vernon Joseph Chiopyle Charles Gales Connellsville Shipleys Shipley

Aims Vandenberg on nuclear ban at peace conference

The text reports Senator A. Vandenberg praising an American proposal to outlaw atomic bombs as the greatest evidence of international goodwill and condemning Soviet doubts of U.S. intentions. It suggests a debate on disarmament and U.S. role at the peace conference.

Vandenberg America

Attorney decries witch hunt in Lockman murder case

Madison Indiana August 17 Attorney Joseph Cooper called the murder by poison charge against 62 year old Mrs Lottie Lockman a neighborhood witch hunt He demanded an immediate hearing for the accused amid the local uproar The fragment also notes the historical adoption of type measurement in the U S in 1878.

Madison Ind Joseph Cooper Lottie (Tot) Lockman Minnie McConnell

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