The Grafton Sentinel front matter and policies
The Grafton Sentinel details weekday publication, address, and pricing for subscriptions and notices. It lists publisher James Holt and Earl N Straight, rates for carrier, mail, and six months, plus Associated Press rights and letters to the editor guidelines. It also names Inland Newspaper Representatives and New York and Chicago offices.
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Grafton Sentinel
Latrobe Street
Grafton
W. Varial
James ¥. Holt
Earl N, Straight
Associated Press
National Advertising
Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
N.Y
Chicago
Wrigley Building
Labor unions grow powerful in wartime America
Readers see unions expanding rapidly with mergers like business trusts, aided by leaders. President Green hints at joining wider groups even if it means quitting the federation. The piece warns a single labor leader may dominate government, unsettling citizens who want a political and economic balance.
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William Green
Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Battle Report praised for perspective and detail
A wartime review lauds Commander Welbourn Kelley and Walter Karig for Battle Report. The critique highlights its Pearl Harbor to Coral Sea scope, human focus without heroics, and its extensive, previously unseen photos and analysis of enemy subs. It values clear information over sensationalism.
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Walter Karig
USNR
Welbourn Kelley
Farrar@ Rinehart
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Coral Sea
Emil Pyle
Brooklyn
Sioux City
Welbourn Keley
Franklin's special bifocals first made about 1760
A note records that bifocals, with one portion higher power, were first made for Benjamin Franklin around 1760. It highlights Franklin as the originator of the design while noting the unusual one-portion distinction.
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Benjamin Franklin
Over The Radio Dials Tonight in War Time NYC
The war era television showcase scheduled for Monday features limited receivers and air only entertainment. Burns and Allen guest as Frank Sinatra ends his CBS run with plans to move, while NBC and CBS carry varied programs from Dinah Shore to Abbott and Costello.
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C. E. Butterfield
New York
Burns
Allen
Frank Sinatra
CBS
Chester Bowles
OPA
NBC
Frank Morgan
Dinah Shore
Joe E. Brown
Bing Crosby
Joan Davis
Abbott and Costello
Rudy Ballee Varriety
Major Bowes
Corliss Archer
Larry Douglas
Lawrence Tibbett
Fred Waring
Lum
Abner
Ted Weems
Normen Cordon
MBS
Antonini
Army Air Forces
Allied Forces Rout Nazis Southwest of Ravanna
Allied forces captured an entire Nazi company and its commander southwest of Ravanna. Beyond Mezzano the retreating Germans blew up the main highway bridge over the Lamone river as they fought to contain the bridge and southwest of Faenza.
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Ravanna
Mezzano
Lamone River
Faenza
Prisoners From Strasbourg Move Through Epinal to Rear Camp
A line of 11 Allied prisoners captured at Strasbourg marches through Epinal toward a rear POW camp. Signal Corps captions describe continuing Allied advances as Fifth Army fronts show minor gains on the right and repelled patrols. miscellaneous notes mention Bolivia and a Chinese phrase.
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Starbourg
Epinal
U. S. Army Signal Corps
International Soundphotoy
Fifth Army
Winter Driving Facts and Safe Practices Card
War safety authorities report winter death rates 83 percent higher than last summer. National Safety Council data show reaction distance and braking time, with major hazards including skidding and reduced visibility. Check brakes tire chains wipers defroster and lights for winter driving readiness to avoid hospital or junk pile outcomes.
Allied advance across Rhine front pushes deeper into Germany
As Ninth and First army units press toward the Roer and its bridges, Germans fortify positions under smoke. Linnich is in American hands except snipers. Pier and Hurtgen areas see patrols, captures, and consolidation. In Holland, Maas patrols are repelled. Ostheim falls near Colmar as Colmar gap narrows. Seventh army notes Colmar’s evacuation hints while Vosges hides German pockets.
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Roer
Ninth Army
Linnich
Courtney H. Hodgless
Daren
Pier
Roer River
Julich
Duren
First
Hurtgen Forest
Bergstein
Holland
Maas
Venlo
Lerraine
Alsace
George S. Patton
Third
Saar Basin
Karlsruhe
France
Saarland
Palatinate
U. S. Seventh Army
Ostheim
Colmar
Rhine
Breisbach
Vosges Mountains
Hitler
Germany
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Third Reich
Volksturm People's Army
Nhat
Volkstute
Weap
Dwight Dy
Eisenhower
Berlin
Murder Trial Echoes in Library Scene Testimony
In a tense grand jury setting, Drue Cable testifies about Conrad Brent's death and her actions with the revolver. District Attorney Soper presses for a full account while Nugent seeks clarity on motives and the object’s ownership.
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Cable
Drue
Meares
Nicky
Conrad
Wes
Soper
Brent
Tweed
Roper
Rosa Hee
Nt ‘Nogent
Weill
Miss Cable
Nugent
Lee Reutenant
Grsig Nugent
Conrad Brent
Craig
Mr. Bent
Tobe
Wink Beaturm
Battle for postwar markets shapes future hostilities
Amid the bloodiest war the battle for postwar markets unfolds. US and British leaders clash over who controls the coming economic order as wartime loyalties give way to peacetime claims. Farmers face fading beef hopes and lighter production, with cattle feeding trends and WPA projections signaling a leaner 1945.
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Paris
United States
WAR Food Administration
Midwest
WPA
Study Shows Ice Heightens Stopping Distances at Thaw Temps
A National Safety Council chart compares stopping distances on ice near thawing temperatures with and without anti skid chains. Based on thousands of tests on Lake Cadillac Michigan and at Iowa State College, the data reveal that warmer ice drastically affects braking performance.
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National Safety Council
Lake Cadillac
Mich
Iowa State College
Peacock's Voyage Across Ancient Realms
Fragmentary note recounts a peacock migrating from Ethiopia via regions including Ceylon Burma Malaya Greece and Java through historical travel by Alexander the Great amid heat and cold. The text presents a convoluted, disjointed sequence of places and eras without a clear narrative or outcome.
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Ethopia
Ceylon
Burma
Malaya
Java
Greece
Alexander the Great
Treating Yourself Dr Clendening Advice Column
Dr Clendening answers general questions on treatment as an art and seeks to distinguish between effective therapy and risky self treatment. One reader recalls self massage for chest pain to ease angina during attacks, illustrating potential dangers of beginner methods and the need for proper medical guidance.
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Clendening
Ares
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