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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1948

Page

4

The Grafton Sentinel Classified Practices Note

The Grafton Sentinel lists editorial and business offices in Grafton West Virginia. It notes the Associated Press news rights and encourages voluntary letters to the editor signed by the author for publication. It also mentions national representation by Inland Newspaper Representatives Inc with several U.S. city offices.

Grafton Sentinel Latrobe Street Grafton W. Va Associated Press W.va Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc New York East 42Nd St Chicago Wrigley Detroit Penobscot Kansas City Board of Trade St. Louis Syndicate Trust

Meaning in Names The Labor Party’s diverse makeup explored

The piece cites R. B. McCallum’s study of Britain's 1945 election showing Labor includes workers, teachers, and physicians, with Conservatives dominant among business MPs and retired officers. It argues party names reflect tradition more than strict policy, noting French Radical Socialist and American parties likewise cross traditional lines.

Labor Party R. B. McCallum Churchill Labor Ocen

Bible Thought for Today Inspires Generosity and Faith

A daily devotional note urges imitation of the Infinite through generous giving. It cites scripture from Psalm 112 about dispersing wealth and aiding the poor, asserting righteousness endures. The message emphasizes spiritual enrichment over material gain and encourages charity as a spiritual practice.

Patteson Presides At Meet Of City Heads

Clarksburg December meeting opens with Governor-elect Okey L. Patteson scheduled to preside over a round table on urban problems at the State League of Municipalities conference. BE S. Macklin urged traffic uniformity and proposed a Huntington school for mayor, police court judges to discuss traffic control. League members prepared a brief for the Public Service Commission regarding Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone’s third postwar rate increase in the state.

Clarksburg Okey L. Patteson West Virginia State League of Municipalities BE. S. Macklin Marshall College Huntington League Public Service Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company

Ship Explodes Off Shanghai In Blanketed Night

Survivors claim a tremendous explosion as the ship went down near Shanghai. Two junk boats were seen near the stern minutes earlier, fueling sabotage suspicions. The Hwa Foo rescued some survivors while others remained trapped below decks. wireless failure hindered distress calls.

Becuse Mifelit Hwa Foo Shanghai

Charleston Air Broadcast Plans From Fort Worth Flight

Charleston will send a five man group aboard a B-36 flight from Fort Worth to West Virginia for a 1:53 p.m. radio broadcast. WGKV, WCHS, WENA and other stations will carry the event with Phil Vogel at the microphone and officials from the Daily Mail Gazette and West Virginia Air National Guard aboard. The venture precedes a fort Worth return late Tuesday night. Meanwhile 4,800 deer have been legally killed across 19 counties since opening Monday morning.

Charleston Wille Phil Vogel WGKV Sid Carswell Fort Worth Sol H. Padlant The Daily Mail Ed Brannon

Grand jury resumes five station of communism and espionage

The House Committee expects Rep Nixon to return to Washington soon after vacation in Panama Canal Zone. Documents obtained through enlarged Chambers microfilm appear to originate from state department films. About 34,500,000 housewives sew at home with varying degrees of creativity and mending. Most tall-case clocks in the U.S. were built 1770 to 1840.

Grand Jury House Committee Nixon Calif Washington Panelita Canal Zone Strivling Committee Chambers Navy War Department State Department United States

Murder Confession at the Stag Farm Revealed

Poirot locates Rowley's motive and actions in the plot to kill Rosa leén. Rowley admits planning and striking the victim in a rage after a complex web of deceit involving Jeremy Cloade Major Porter and Beatrice’s overheard tale. The lighter, the watch, and forged alibis unravel as Poirot reconstructs the crime sequence.

Lynn Poirot Rosaléén Ate Rowley Mierh Dei Stag Beanice Lippincott Jeremy Joade Rowley Nodder Jeremy Frances Rosaleed Petrot Brea Teen D. H David Aunt Kathie Johnny Somalia Beatrice Underhay Jeremy Cloade Major Porter Holerhay Wissipa Atee Lionel Cloade Stator Potters Poort

NBC to air New Year's bowl doubleheader CBS loss Rose Bowl

NBC plans a two bowl broadcast on New Year's with the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville and Harbor Bowl in San Diego, while CBS adds the Rose Bowl replacement and Orange Bowl to a triple lineup. NBC schedule also lists multiple Saturday night programs across networks including Hollywood Theater and Sing It Again.

C. E. Butterfield New York NBC CBS Jacksonville Fla San Diego Calif Miami ABC the Hawthorne Jim Hawthorne Hollywood Hollywood Theater Eileen Wilson Judy Canova Valghn Monroe Tommy Dorsey New Time Amazing Malone New Guy Lombardo Chicago

Coroner rules death an accidental gun discharge

Barbour reports that a hunting rifle blast ended her life after she stumbled on a slope. relatives say she was returning from Chicago where she co owned the National Plating Company. Survivors include her mother and sister.

Page One Teter Chicago National Plating Company

Bernadotte report cited in Palestine boundary vote

The committee rejected Count Folke Bernadotte’s suggestion that Arab Palestine join with Transjordan. The resolution advances to general assembly balloting next week, likely Tuesday.

Bernadotte Yael Arab Palestine Folke Bernadotte Trans- Jordan General Assembly

Renovation Delays Suspend Local Theatre Reopening

The theatre renovation aims for a concrete floor and carpeted aisles to seat about 600, with air conditioning and modern seating. Delays followed steel shipment holdups and the death of Dr. P. E. Kostakos, who led the project, pushing back the launch.

P. E. Kostakos

Washington March of Events

A wartime era Washington briefing outlines a civil rights compromise connected to the Truman program. Maybank signals support for the president’s economic plan in exchange for civil rights concessions while cabinet shifts consider moving Marshall to defense. DP supervision and welfare fund regulation proposals surface amid labor law debates.

Central Press Ashington Truman Burnet R. Maybank South Carolina Democratic Congress Maybank Senate Banking Committee Robert Wagner New York Senate House George C. ‘Marshall National Defense Post Marshall China Palestine Forrestal

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