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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1946
Page
4
The U S Senate may aid small independent newspapers as Chairman Murray of Montana says the aim is to learn their problems and keep these papers alive. The effort would involve government action or legislation and stresses the value of small papers to democracy and local information.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway plans to simplify rail travel by letting passengers reserve or board via credit, paying after selecting a seat or berth. The system aims to end long ticket lines and make railroading as convenient as shopping.
A Life Magazine photographer photographed passersby who paused before a deceptive glass mirror hung outside a New York storefront. The piece links a glass technology to a modern trick on public trust, recalling Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass as an anticipatory warning.
Washington economist Robert Nathan predicts a spring wave of pay boosts from industry without higher prices or strikes. The forecast envisions a harmonious rise, while skepticism remains about easy gains. A neighbor cites thrift as path to prosperity as a humorous aside. A telephone strike in April is also mentioned amid the seasonal mood.
Broadcast executives from NBC CBS ABC and MBS reflect on 1947 prospects and public trust. Tonight NBC offers Cavalcade Drama Rain Fakers Burgess Meredith Baritone concert Lily Pons. CBS airs Bob Hawk quizzing Inner Sanctum Open. ABC presents Lone Ranger The Fat Man Dark Venture Rumpus Room and Doctors talking. MBS features Gregory Handaie and Guy Lombard.
A tense UN energy commission debate centers on an 89 page report advocating a global atomic control system. Proponents urge no veto power while critics fear loss of sovereignty. US delegate Botuck pushes for explicit language demanding veto rights preservation.
The report details Republican performance across 12 eastern and midwestern states. It notes 874,568 votes in the first peacetime election since 1938, Republicans winning a majority in eastern states with 362 electoral votes, and gains in House seats. It cites a 24 seat gain vs 1944 and 17 vs 1942, with Republicans securing 96 eastern House seats and a 1,029,867 eastern plurality.
The United States and other allied powers prepare a border and settlement framework for Germany to present to foreign ministers in Moscow on March 1. The Byrnes Stuttgart policy stance informs the position, opposing fixed eastern borders and resisting western claims beyond contingencies in the talks to come.
A fragmentary report notes French demands on the Saar and rep reassessment of frontiers. It mentions possible Soviet support for a united front against Germany and hints at tensions surrounding French claims and Levant issues amid ongoing revisions.
The Greenbrier proposes converting hospital buildings into a multi use resort with 1 cortazes, 17 sea waterbunidians for housing employees and 54 miscellaneous structures. It will add two 18 hole courses and one 9 hole course plus tennis, skeet and trap shooting, archery and trails with trout and bass streams. Drag hunting pack to be maintained. Extensive alterations by Small Smith and Keep of Cleveland and M S Wyeth of New York, aiming completion September 1947.
Republicans and Southern Democrats map leadership bids with Halick favored by Dewey and Brown tied to Taft forces while Jenkins and Dirkson backers orbit. Senate minority leadership remains unsettled as Barkley seeks power. a holiday kitchen apron remark appears as stray text.
Washington reports estimate a new postwar house may cost 12 000 to 13 000 dollars next year with a 1500 square foot limit. materials account for 45 percent of cost, including lot price, and builders may push prices above FHA estimates due to delays and added features.
Rep. Sol Bloom denounced a fee document as harmful to diplomacy and demanded fuller committee submission. The Foreign Affairs panel released a unanimous report urging a review of financial aspects of American occupation and other recommendations while the State Department offered no immediate comment.
Chris Stark and Lynn talk through memory and present danger as they plan to reunite. A damaged narrative follows their risky dialogue about past marriages, legal intrigue, and awaiting a future together. The scene hints at war trauma, personal loss, and a vow to stay united despite obstacles.
The draft outlines three aims: substitute productive self-supporting economies in ex-enemy countries with American funds. channel loans to occupied authorities via the export import bank to obtain raw materials for industrial growth. and investigate limits on movement of American sources and the access of Americans to information abroad including media and reporters.
The Hazel Atlas Glass company’s Mnist purchase left a home partly insured with furnishings uninsured after a fire. Mrs. Knight, formerly Anna Davis, and her three children Barbara Ann 6 Carolyn Louise 4 and Kenneth Jr 18 months became homeless. They stay with Ruben and 1112 West Main Street. The fire destroyed the family seats and belongings.
Report notes a loss of ornaments and office machinery valued at 12 000 dollars remained on site after a break in at a local plant. Maynard and Slater are referenced in connection with the incident as authorities seek details while families hope for quick recoveries after a man was treated at hospital for injuries.
Police say warrants will be filed against Paul L. Slater of Huntington on burglary and assault charges. A night watchman identified Slater as the man who stole more than the amount not disclosed in the report.
A lunch business on Main Street in Homestead near a major steel mill offers about 500 dollars weekly and 345 dollars monthly rent with a good lease. The ad promises bankable profits and urges a married couple to inspect, with Atlas Realty Co as contact for a listing in Pittsburgh.
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