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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1950

Page

6

Post Office Halts Christmas Packages Amid Rail Disruptions

Taylor county residents face delays as the Post Office cannot accept second, third, and fourth class mail due to rail yard switch shortages. The Local Postmaster cites nationwide parcel post suspensions and major mail gateways like Chicago, St. Louis, and Washington. Announcement lists affected routes and services under ongoing Yule mailing season pressure.

Taylor County Chicago St. Louis Washington Locout

Under National Emergency Mail Classifications and Restrictions

The text outlines postal classifications for second to fourth class mail and first class items over eight ounces, with exemptions for medicine drugs surgical instruments and dressings. It also notes no restrictions on mail for local delivery including rural routes star routes highway post offices air mail parcels and transit between points with no transportation interference. It juxtaposes this with a note on the modern circus and the Roman origin of the term.

Grand Page One Details and Local Incidents

Police commend juvenile programs in Fairmont and feature a community entertainment event led by Walter Thay. The report notes hospital patients after a Graf ton accident near Mrs Gene Ford's home, with Cpl Rendall as investigator. It also covers Anthony Botondo's police statement in Baltimore amid Kefauver probe disclosures.

Fairmont Victor Wilate Casmeimen Lockard Lackard Salem Caf Eve W. J. Huston Morn C. W. Laver Rita Gavitt Dorothes Igtal Vine Walter ‘Thay Willford Street Grafton Business College Oarisburg Gene Ford Pratt Town Pies Cpl GF. Rendall Baltimore Chicago Willem — Drury Anthony Botondo New York Felice Drury Senate Kefauver International

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