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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1944

Page

4

Radio Malls Tonight Prank Sinatra Opes CBS Schedule

Prank Sinatra shoppes a new sponsor as his CBS series may end. He would face Eddie Cantor on NBC if renewed. CBS has one open slot after Inner Sanctum ends, Burns and Allen expected to move to Monday at 9. Other listings include Milton Berle, Roy Rogers, and the Metropolitan Opera.

C. E. Butterfield New York Sinatra CBS Eddie Cantor NBC Burns and Allen Burns Allen MBS American Forum Hildegrade Ailen Princess O'Hara Alan Young Gracie Fields Milton Berle Metropolitan ‘Opera

Chaotic inquest unfolds at Brent manor over suspected murder

Nurse Keate recounts police questioning as District Attorney Soper builds a murder case from Conrad Brent's deadly digitalis poisoning. Drue Cable and Maud testify while Lt Nugent probes alibis, with Nicky Selour adding a cryptic timeline and Conrad's final night routine.

Maud Keate Soper Conrad Brent Nugent Nicky Alexia Peter Hu’ Ber Craig Conrad Drue Cable Drie Dr. Chivery Drue Madd Goiliad Bird Iim Chivery Aroun Senour Deen

Problems loom for schools as teachers depart

The article notes a 60 percent drop in attendance at normal schools in a populous state and predicts many of the 10,000 married women now teaching will leave for home postwar. It discusses higher salaries, merging small districts, and recruiting from high school seniors, while urging better treatment of teachers and denouncing draconian social rules.

State Department of Education America

Organized Evil in War and Moral Reckoning

The passage argues that men fight for causes they deem just or feared losses, citing Hitler Germany as example. It warns against confusing Nazi terror with legitimate warfare and calls for clear distinction between unprovoked aggression and nations defending themselves.

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The Literary Guidepost on John Selby and Wise Letters

The piece reviews Fannie Bee's edition The Letters of Thomas J Wise to John Henry Wrenn and the later volume The Correspondence of Henry J Wise to John Henry Wrenn. It notes Wise as a famed bibliographer with a vast private library, his 1934 scandal, and the UT Austin acquisition of his library and correspondence. It adds a contrast between his spurious publications and authentic first editions found in Chicago while detailing incidental wartime and government notes.

Thomas J. Wise John Henry Wrenn Fannie Bee Knopf Hadi Wise Henry J ‘Wise John Henry Wrenn Fannie E. Ratchford London Chicago University of Texas At Austin

Red Army gains in Yugoslav border area report

Moscow communique reports heavy combat with uncertain totals as 2,000 enemy soldiers were killed and 3,000 prisoners taken over three days ending Sunday. Russians fought west of Pecs near the Drava river border area and claimed advances toward the rail junction town of Szigetvar while Yugoslav forces reportedly captured Mitrovica along the Sava river.

RED Army Moscow Pecs Drava Hungary Yugoslavia Szigetvar Zagreb Inted Hern Spitih Yugoshav Mitrovica Ob the Sava River Ile Snip

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