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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
6
Reports from the Barrell County Selective Service indicate the induction list cannot be listed on the day of the lure. A new ruling effective in late July delays calls. the small group to depart September 7 includes those previously cancelled for August 29. Most called have volunteered for service.
The article discusses ongoing four power talks at Dumbarton Oaks on a World security agency and the looming big two meeting. It notes the need for continued Allied security cooperation in Europe as military cohesion wanes and questions Soviet representation amid anticipated Anglo American Russian diplomacy talks.
Charleston reports the Office of Price Administration adds apples and grapes to the fresh fruit and vegetable flat pricing in Doddridge, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia and Taylor counties. Apples two pounds for 16 cents. grapes two pounds for 17 cents, Concord seven cents per pound. Price changes list grapefruit sizes 54 to 80 with small increases, Pacific coast plums 18 cents per pound, and onions under three inches three pounds for 21 cents, with other items unchanged.
The Duchess of Windsor, 48, underwent an appendectomy at Roosevelt Hospital New York. Dr Henry Cave led the operation assisted by Dr Joe Clemmons medical director announced. Privacy guards and police kept entrances secure as reporters were barred from inquiries.
Commander Edgar T. McKee Vice-Commander Ray Osborne and Joe Halderman of the local American Legion post and George Vogel of Local Nr 279 of La Societe Des 40 Chevaux head to Beckley for the state American Legion convention. About 293 delegates and as many alternates from 119 posts will attend business sessions with addresses by Governor Neely Senators Revercomb Kilgore and others. The auxiliary and Forty and Eight society events will run concurrently with various speakers. Officers to be elected Sunday night and final sessions September 4 set the program.
The text outlines debate over campaign expenditures by both sides and accuses some leaders of disguising aims. Sen. O Mahoney accuses Warren, Gov Green of Illinois and Gov Baldwin of Connecticut of softening speeches under pressure from Dewey Brownell propaganda. Browell declines comment.
On the J B Whiteman farm at Flemington district technicians helped lay out about eight acres of contour strip cropping above the diversion ditch. The alternate strips will be plowed for corn next spring. The method helps keep soil and fertilizer in place, holds water and increases yield without new equipment. Several thousand acres have been established in the Tygarts Valley District. fall, winter and early spring are best to begin.
Harold Ray Neal of Grafton FFA was awarded the State Farmer Degree at the WV FFA conference at Jackson's Mill. His VOAG record shows growing projects and labor income across three years, with plans for post graduate study at Grafton High School and the College of Agriculture at West Virginia University in 1945. He also was elected 2nd vice president of the state FFA association.
Corporal James P Harr son of Mr and Mrs J M Harr Route F1 serves as a welder at a Liberator base in England with the Eighth Air Force for two years. Colonel John H Gibson notes every role supports bombing missions while Pvt John R Miller completes basic training at Amarillo Army Air Field and Captain Eugene F Hoban reports back to Camp Lee after leave.
A Moscow radio dispatch from Constanta reports a German air mission in Romania was captured but escaped. The broadcast quotes Soviet troops nearing the Bulgarian border at 29 miles from leadership, suggesting Bulgaria proclaims neutrality to aid German aims.
Reports from Moscow claim Bulgarian neutrality is a sham as Bulgarian troops fight alongside Germans against Partisans and Greeks. Soviet broadcasts allege the Bulgarian government under Premier Bagrishov seeks no real policy change while German ships shelter in Bulgarian ports defying neutrality. Radio Paris reports an armistice possibility with the Allies, with Bulgarian delegates in Cairo awaiting terms.
D I Bailey of the Taylor County Court said the Pottery Bridge, a steel and wooden structure, has been completed and opened to the public at about four thousand dollars. The span is 6 feet wide and 362 feet long, 12 feet lower than the old bridge, with no steps and four strands of heavy cable. The new bridge improves access for Pottery workers to the plant. the old bridge was condemned earlier. Contractor Frederick Ott of Clarksburg built the bridge.
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