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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1947
Page
4
A second clause was entered in the Position St Gratien, West Virginia, under the act dated March 3, outlining unspecified legal actions and noting compliance with statutory requirements.
More than 2,100 apprentices, over half in building trades, receive training in Cleveland through a collaboration among the public school system, the U S Labor Department, local industries and unions. Most are ex G I s. The program expands skilled labor, with craft students building an addition to a downtown school used as the training center.
The piece warns of modern caesars like Joseph Stalin who seize power and threaten national development. It draws parallels to Napoleon and urges vigilance by honest, patriotic people worldwide to understand Stalin’s aims and actions.
Benelux, the proposed customs and economic union of Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg, is viewed as a hopeful step toward postwar recovery for the Netherlands. Bridges are rebuilt railroads electrifying and trade gradually improving despite red tape and near war in the Indies. Airlines and shipping hold steady while rayon chemicals and metal output rises. export-import gaps remain a concern.
The future king consort, after marrying Princess Elizabeth, asks for active Royal Navy service but is assigned to a ship anchored in the Thames. The arrangement reflects a compromise to keep him near home while continuing to serve. A radio prize quiz hints at seven and a half million dollars for European aid, underscoring wartime relief concerns.
Fragmented text continues from page one discussing foot navigable depth and loading of coal barges. Mentions transportation for the country and maintaining stability, with garbled phrases and missing context. Contains no clear names or dates.
The Nation Today explains the Jan 15 1948 deadline for those with unpaid 1947 taxes or estimated tax declarations. It lists six groups affected, including farmers, professionals, wage earners with no withholding, those with outside income, partial withholding cases, and those who underpaid despite quarterly estimates. A penalty applies for late payment.
New York dispatch notes air schedules for Saturday matinees and Sunday national network lineups. MBS leads with four seasonal programs including Cleveland Car oleers and Army Ground Forces show. CBS offers Paul Lavalle Melody and popular dramas while ABC and MBS fill late-evening slots.
In Doylestown Pennsylvania on Wednesday Pauley charged that inside figures in the Truman administration profited from food trades and urged Pauley to reveal his market holdings. He noted he sold part of a wheat position and planned to sell the rest swiftly to meet capital gains rules.
Police traced a decoy call about a shooting in the Georgetown addition to an incident at a cafe where shotgun blasts were fired from a speeding sedan. Proprietor Charles Kavanedus and three others took cover and escaped injury. Ed Turner phoned in the disturbance, but investigators found no evidence of a disturbance in Georgetown.
Westover Field reports an Air Transport Command plane crashed into a snowbound hillside in Labrador. Six survivors await airlift to Walter Reed. among the dead is Maj. Henry A. Ackerman of Huntington West Virginia. Rescue teams continue operations as helicopters prepare for further flights.
Worlds apart Alison Van Dyke and her half sister Teresa clash over love and ambition in Washington. Alison, 16 at Teresa's wedding, meets Sam Tarra Jalet and Philip Spencer amid a lavish Virginia party. Teresa, the stylish interior decorator, dominates the scene while Alison questions fate and desire in a tense family drama.
A humorous column notes the Italian medicio claiming success with cod liver oil, joking about its strong taste and the calendar rather than weather causing romantic coldness. It teases Zadok Dumke and Miss Huth, then surveys Paris barbers trimming strikers and Jersey Joe Walcott’s stage name contrasted with toughness.
A collage of trivia questions and horoscopic guidance appears with garbled OCR style. It mentions Grand Teton National Park location, Lake Superior biggest island, Olympic Mountains state, and astrology notes urging gift ideas, etiquette hints, and birthday forecasts for a 9 year old. Northwest Wyoming appears as a fragment.
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