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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1947
Page
4
A condensed note from the Grafton Sentinel describing voluntary communications to the editor. Letters must be signed by the author and published under the writer’s signature for discussion of general matters. Also mentions publishing freely unless content is libelous or scurrilous.
Writer John W Love argues high prices stem from low productivity caused by social factors. Shorter hours and vacations sap output, while shortages of materials and weak effort from all levels raise prices. He recalls Emerson on compensation and warns of societal softening similar to Rome.
A newspaperman returning from the British Isles reports English coal miners produce far less coal than Americans due to up and down seams. He notes conveyor belts and newly opened, wider seams as key improvements requiring investment that should pay for itself, with more updates to come after the current British toan runs out.
Donald Stotem, 20, of Carthage Indiana, a first year Purdue agriculture student, wins a national 4-H club achievement award with a partial Purdue scholarship. Lavona Thorndyke of Lambert Oklahoma wins the girls prize. The 4-H congress in Chicago highlights efforts to attract youth to farming and keep them on farms.
The piece argues a federation between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria could end ancient Balkan rivalries and promote unity, but warns it would serve Communist aims and faces violent suppression of dissent. It laments growing global synthetic trends and hints at future border establishment lasting indefinitely.
A Canadian traveler in the woods is wounded by a hunter who mistook him for a deer. A farm publication notes a hog never overeats, making it the most liv ed animal. Larry MacPhail, former Yankees boss, aims to breed racehorses. Pajamas with leg straps are described as nightwear with spats. Grandpappy Jenkins suggests calling the distressed Uncle Samaritan. The American dollar is stated as 90,000 Chinese bucks, a joke about currency.
James Marlow explains the state of Palestine, its Jewish and Arab populations, and the historic push for a Jewish homeland. He notes Zionist aims, British mandate after World War I, and escalating Arab concerns as Jewish immigration grows from 1922 to 1939.
Major networks abandon plans for a separate interim program standards code. Each network will keep functioning under its existing standards, which cover most major points of the proposed all-industry code. Listings show NBC CBS ABC and MBS with evening programs and debates on current affairs and entertainment.
lawmakers clash over financing for aid shipments to needy nations. The Wheeler amendment failed, with chair Taber among those voting for it, while an alternate plan seeks to curb exports of fertilizer farm machinery and petroleum products when U.S. demand is tight. Co sponsors include Revs Anderson R-Minn and Abernethy D-Miss.
James H. Longwell 62, Wheeling city detective with 23 years service, collapsed from a heart attack on a downtown street and died shortly after at a hospital. Native of Sardis Ohio, he served the Wheeling police force through a long career. The piece notes a separate fact about the rare flower shdrita found only in North Carolina mountains and Japan.
Washington reports cite sources close to the White House claiming President Truman favors Dwight D. Eisenhower as his toughest general election challenger in 1948, with Omar Bradley eyed as a potential successor and Columbia University president. The piece notes Taft and Dewey backers fear an Eisenhower sweep if a stalemate arises at the Philadelphia convention.
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia forest fires this season totaled 218 fires burning 11,604 acres, with 31 and 1,313 acres added last week. Conservation officials note fires have caused far smaller losses than last year, which saw 923 outbreaks scorching 51,646 acres in 1946.
Six year old Alex Earl Combs ran onto a sandpile during a tag game at Huntington. He tripped into a rail path and was run over by a Chesapeake and Ohio locomotive, dying instantly. Deputy Warden A E Winter of the state penitentiary is mentioned in the text.
Reports say Basil Hawkins aged 17 from Fairmont escaped a prison road camp at Spencer where he was serving one to ten years for grand larceny. The incident was noted from Moundsville on December 9. Hawkins is described as at large with authorities seeking him.
The Kiwanis club of Meadow Bridge Summers County received its charter in a ceremony led by Paul C. Thomas governor of the West Virginia district. Robert G. Henson is named president. The article notes aluminum selling for about 100 dollars per pound at the time.
Gail and Greg reconcile after a tense parting as money and future plans reshape their lives. He admits love, she confirms she never stopped, and he proposes to finish the house and marry soon. Their renewed bond ends the tale with hopeful, tender vows.
Harmony Pennsylvania December searches for three year old Richard Butch Lutz continue since yesterday afternoon. Hot coffee warms worried housewives as 400 volunteers comb Dec ember underbrush and marshy terrain and officers drag Conequenessing Creek within 100 yards of the Lutz home. Bloodhounds track the scent to the creek bank. Egypt figures note life expectancy around 22 years at birth during Roman times.
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