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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1950
Page
6
Lewisburg reports the 26th annual State Fair of West Virginia opened with a large crowd and a six night program. Ten vaudeville acts and a fireworks show headline alongside racing events for trotters and pacers, farm machinery displays, and amateur running events.
Dates announced for West Virginia 4-H club events at Jacksons Mill August 31 and September 1. Vegetable judging and identification contests occur afternoon of the 31st with a cash prize from Monongahela Power Company for the winning team advancing to the national contest in New Orleans in December. Demonstration contests on September 1 and the style review will close the two day meet featuring 4-H club girls modeling costumes.
Fragmentary notes describe a test of a drape shape ARIMA model with unspecified aims. Mentions aluminum over and chinatrapp devices, and a paratrooper element. Only 2,500 units have been made according to the source.
Ernest T. Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corp, will be the principal speaker at the 15th Annual Dinner of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce in White Sulphur Springs on Friday September 1. Weirton Steel employs about 12,000 at its Weirton plant and is the state's largest manufacturing concern. He has spent nearly 60 years in steel, starting in 1891 with Braddock Wire Co. and later organizing Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Co. prior to the Weirton plant. He gained attention after WWII for urging European recovery through work and more recently for remarks before the Monopoly Investigation Committee of the 81st Congress.
London celebrates Princess Margaret Rose who has just turned 20 with two family parties at Balmoral. Princess Elizabeth is absent after recently giving birth to a daughter in London. A wartime hero is noted for his selfless medical service under fire in Burma.
An intelligence officer at General MacArthur's headquarters said he believed the Seventh Red division was in the South on the coast except for the fact that 19 or 20 prisoners from that division were in jail at Pohang. General Joseph Stilwell led the Burma command and retraced his jungle retreat through Burma to India, a journey noted in the memoir Burma Surgeon.
Army officials announced wide open enlistment for Reservists regardless of branch or specialty if they meet physical standards. Col. A R Reeves said previously only certain skilled Reservists were accepted. now any enlisted Reservist can volunteer for active duty. Policies for involuntary callups allow unit groups to be ordered together. individuals may be called if needed. Officers and nonassigned personnel may be called selectively based on required skills. At present only captains and lieutenants are needed, with exceptions for doctors and dentists.
United States and South Korean forces report recapturing Po Hang as talks outline vacancies in major trades and reserves for doctors and dentists. Lieutenant colonel says selection will be coordinated with professional societies to ensure civilian health services. Britain urged to lead Marshall Plan implementation as Morgan Phillips comments.
Fairmont board of directors will meet to decide on a potential one percent gross sales tax to fund the municipal budget. The chamber of commerce backs the measure while manufacturers oppose it. the ordinance to modify tax number 191 is on the agenda for a technical adjustment. A city council session follows this evening at eight o clock led by city manager Harry. Egypt Curry announced this morning that Cleopatea’s death was by own action and became a Roman province.
An editor notes that no notice of a strike has been received and that, regarding the strike, everything remains quiet in the local area. The passage also remarks on house flies as disease carriers and states quartz is the crust’s most abundant mineral.
A garden helper and children use a soap wax to wash grime from hands before entering the house, keeping the back door clean and reducing mud. The setup aims to guide amateur mechanics and family members in a quick cleaning routine at the water spigot.
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