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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1941
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel presents its weekday publication details with postal and subscription rates and editorial policy. The page includes a Bible verse from Psalm 42:1, noting the scripture as a quoted interlude alongside standard notices.
The Taylor County Board of Trade backs a Buy At Home plan to curb out of town shopping. Local merchants should advertise and offer competitive prices to recapture spending, with emphasis on in town stores and better merchandising. The discussion cites editorials and local views on boosting Grafton sales.
William Allen White in the Emporia Gazette condemns the Kansas delegation for opposing President Roosevelt’s foreign policy. As first chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies and a Willkie supporter, White urges Republicans to abandon partisan games and support a strong national defense and aid to allies. He addresses Kansas Congressmen directly in this open letter titled “To Kansas Congressmen.”
The Pleasant Creek gathering on August 12, 1923 featured Mrs. Cleophus Cole recounting the Cole line from John Cole to Joshua Cole and descendants in Barbour and Taylor counties. The narrative covers births, marriages, migrations to Western Virginia, Civil War service by Jesse Cole, and burial at Pleasant Creek, with notes on other local events including the August 22, 1923 murder of Otto Digman in Knottsville district and the subsequent investigation surrounding Dloyd Canfield.
A veteran letter warns Republican leaders against disbanding or weakening the army amid looming war in 1942. The author argues the President enjoys broad public support for foreign policy and that many fear a record vote damaging national defense. The message urges fellows to serve country over jobs and to reconsider their positions before a potential war scenario.
A Clarksburg Exponent piece recalls a Nebraska radio engineer who amplified corn stalk sounds to 2500 times and produced a faint shushing. The test exceeded scientific proof yet echoes the poets and farmers’ long sense of unseen life in the corn.
Central Press column argues against splitting aviation from army and navy. McCarran pushes for a separate air ministry, noting aviation as vital to modern war. Stimson and Knox warn of coordination chaos, favoring gradual unification under a national defense department. Britain’s aviation ministry cited as cautionary example.
In a snowy winter New York interlude, Ylena and Scott face personal tension and shared plans. He worries over her, helps arrange a rest and voyage toward Havana while hinting at romance. A diamond ring appears before departure as they weigh risk, rest, and future adventures aboard a yachtbound trip.
Interior Minister Pierre Pucheu resumed the wholesale dismissal of mayors and town councils. Nine mayors and 31 councils were fired for offenses from insulting Marshal Petain to hostility toward national restoration and drunkenness. Similar actions had occurred before but paused.
The Penguin arrived with 27,000 fur seal pelts boosting the season total to 95,000, with export profits and treaty splits: 70 percent to the United States, 15 percent to Japan, 16 percent to Canada. Natives, supervised, earn 60 to 75 cents per pelt and now live in concrete houses with electric lights as styles and radios rise in popularity on St George and St Paul islands home to about 560 people.
The German occupation announces that all French men under arrest will be treated as hostages and that a new act may trigger shooting of hostages. A decree targets Communists and Leftists, expanding punishment from civil to military courts, with possible prison terms up to life and fines for lesser offenses. The decree follows mass arrests of Jews, Communists, and Gaullists in Paris.
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