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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1947
Page
4
Commissioner John W Studebaker urges high schools to include practical life topics such as reading official reports, filling tax forms, using ballots and voting machines. He argues newspapers libraries and tax offices already provide this information and questions why citizens rely on schools for such basics.
Morence Dorsey in Road to the Sea cites a 1982 deans of engineering poll listing Leonardo da Vinci James Watt Ferdinand de Lesseps Thomas Edison and James B Eads as history’s top five engineers Eads famed for the St Louis bridge naval architecture and bold river work is described with his Panama Canal and Mexico land ferry schemes noted as revived by Mexican engineers.
Al Lopez chose to manage the Indianapolis club over a higher paid Cleveland coaching job showing a shift in hiring. Since 1945 eleven managers had all previous experience usually in the minors. Lopez argues the path to big league management runs through the minors, making a coach’s higher pay a potential dead end.
A fragmented meditation on Rome struggling with political confusion and recovery, noting Italy's resilience amid cold facts and distracted chatter about automobiles and Christmas curiosities. The piece blends ancient history with modern miscommunication and a light nostalgic look at ads and urban life.
A fragmented note recalls how a merchant offered tea samples in cloth bags and customers learned to brew by pouring boiling water over the bags. It also mentions Atlantic coast movement, DDT against barnacles, and oil wells called northeasterns.
A Nation Today column explains Russia's proposed currency reform and price controls as Moscow orders ruble redenomination by December 22, with different exchange rates for bank deposits, bonds, and cash. It analyzes effects on city workers, peasants, and savings, noting rationing removal, limited price cuts, and potential inflation or wage shifts.
Special to Central Press reports the Army Signal Corps expands use of television radioteletype and telemetered data to meet future war needs. Maj. Gen. Spencer B. Akin notes laboratories and field efforts advance weapons and communications with cooperation from industry and allied services. Atomic energy aims to power all U.S. electricity for a year per Lilienthal, while General Electric notes 45 tons of refined uranium could supply annual power and hints at a forthcoming small atom power plant. The piece also covers presidential jockeying between Forrestal and Harriman, FHA insurance expansion to avert a veterans housing crisis, and upcoming potential special session.
A literary excerpt follows Alison Van Dyke as she moves into Teresa Tarrant’s Washington home to help care for Suzy, Teresa’s daughter, amid strained romances. Sam Tarrant, Teresa’s ex and Suzy’s uncle, returns from army service with plans to rebuild a life on a Virginia farm and a local newspaper, while Alison reflects on old feelings and the fragile, evolving family dynamics.
Experts say factories may close if business outlook remains weak and the Russian government will make several price adjustments on commodities. Before the war officials raised prices on fast selling goods and lowered them on slow sellers, a pattern likely to recur.
An NBC New York station announces a policy to prevent program resale via admission fees or similar devices. The station states that programs may not be used except as authorized, with operating charges and receiver compatibility noted. Also mentions evening lineup including Berle, Judy, Red Skelton, and ABC CBS listings, plus a note on Inca stonework in Peru.
A nine year old war orphan named Johnnie Fagan arrives in New York aboard the Marine Flasher. He carries his entire fortune in pennies worth one and a half dollars. He adopted his name from an American lieutenant befriending him in Germany. The U S Committee for Child Care arranged his travel and care.
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