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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1949
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel notes the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches. It lists inland and New York representatives and records its second class matter status at the Grafton post office under March 3, 1879.
The Government has been taking a national census every ten years, prompting discussion in Washington. James Marlow notes policy implications, privacy concerns, and potential reforms as lawmakers evaluate the census process and its impact on representation and funding.
The 1950 census begins April 1 with 140000 census takers asking income details to one in five households. Penalties include fines up to 100 dollars or jail for up to days. false info can bring year jail or 300 dollar fine. Officials defend inquiries as essential for economic data while noting confidentiality and legality.
Terry Austin, a wealthy yet troubled passenger, arrives in New York with dreams of marriage as a path out of her ruined fortune. She befriends artist Jim Southard, faces scrutiny from society, and grapples with her shattered fairy tale life while a friend Helen provides support and caution.
A dense crossword grid lists across and down clues with definitions from beverage to ancient terms. The page includes a cryptogram puzzle LONGFELLOW as the daily cryptoquote, plus yesterday’s quotation and King Features Syndicate credit.
Radio preview lists NBC-8 schedules with Mick ey Rooney Cavalcade Drama at 9 and Bob Hope Comedy at 9, plus Fibber and Molly and People Are Funny. CBS-8 features Mr and Mrs North and Life with Luigi. ABC-7:30 Counter Spy and Americas Town Meeting cover policy and entertainment blocks.
An old newspaper fragment advertises a winter wedding dress by a New York designer Buckrim stiffening at the hips and pearl beaded yoke, plus a dense block of classified rates and notices. It includes sale items from furniture to gas stoves, pianos, Christmas trees, and rental listings, with bid details for a municipal incinerator and various public notices. The tone is period advertising with multiple names, addresses, and dates, typical of a mid century classifieds page.
Television schedule fragment lists MBS programings with titles including Count of Monte Cristo and a detective drama at 8:30 followed by Defense and Adventurer segments. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks full details or context.
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