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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1946
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel lists weekday publication, subscription rates of 7.20 yearly 3.00 half year 1.80 quarter, with carrier delivery details. It notes Associated Press rights and reserves publication of dispatches and encourages signed letters to the editor for general-interest discussions.
A Business Ktureaus report warns racketeers flood the season with schemes via phone door to door and obituary gifts. Scams include valueless keepsakes sent to families, certificates promising future gains, and con artists posing as unemployment officials seeking money for questionable death claims. Investigate before you invest.
In the Pacific Northwest a Seattle man proposes a house heating system using plasti ingulated cables stapled to wall lath and coursed through ceilings and floors. A movable screen with cables can heat a small room and porches become livable with proper supply. Costs depend on local kilowatt rates and electricity sources. The design favors regions with hydroelectric power and white coal, offering cleaner operation than furnaces.
Norman Walker argues the postwar wage push reopens the profit debate with no clear target. CIO demands higher wages seek spending gains, while industry warns of price-led collapse. Key differences since 1946 include end of wartime controls and reduced government involvement as strikes loom in 1947.
Labor Bureau data show 400000 miners lost during a 45 day spring strike about 11 million dollars in total. By fall a 17 day stoppage added about 151 per miner and brought the total to roughly 212 million. The piece argues strikes fail to quickly recoup losses and urges safeguarding miners rights through better techniques than strikes.
The reflection notes that if Israel had heeded Amos the nation might avoid enslavement and calls for justice to flow like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
A long piece depicts Raoul Duval of Abbeville France as utterly tired since 1928, living in seclusion with no job or plans. The narrative recalls prosperity, a restless era, and a distant commotion described as the Battle of Abbeville without dramatic details.
A New York dispatch lists Christmas weekend radio specials across CBS NBC and ABC with Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge and Kate Smith singing Silent Night, plus varied programs and audiences. The piece notes Catholic Latin America observes Dec 25 as a holy day but gifts wait until Epiphany on Jan 6, and explains Hawaii’s climate runs cooler due to ocean currents.
Special to Central Press Washington A dispute over a wartime world affairs briefings feud erupts after a Wesw report claimed Commerce Secretary Harriman said Moscow bigwigs foresee war with the West. Harriman denies it. War College briefings are restricted. officials track leaks from State sources amid a broader upheaval over policy disclosures. A group of financial experts support former Rep Charles Dewey to head the International Bank, citing his Treasury and Chase National Bank experience. Meyer’s departure looms as Republicans prepare to seize Senate control, with Vandenberg taunted by opposition, and a push for leadership reshuffles among GOP ranks.
Senator Bilbo’s attorney Forrest Jackson of Jackson Mississippi testified before a Senate war investigating subcommittee in Washington that he helped liquidate a $3,000 loan to Bilbo in 1940 to shield the senator from embarrassment due to A L Shushan. The piece also notes wartime taxi tip averages and odd anecdotes about Bilbo during the hearings.
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