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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1949
Page
6
The piece extols electric power over horse labor in daily tasks, noting Dobbin and Nell replaced by appliances like vacuum and refrigerator. It argues electric service is cheapest, quickest, and most useful, praising electric companies for pioneering service and showing households how to make it the best budget bargain.
A Civil Service examination is announced for Zone Deputy Collector GS-5 and Office Auditor GS-5 in the Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region. The test will be in Washington, D. C., to recruit staff for the Bureau of Internal Revenue in North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Salary starts at 3100 annually. Applications, with required qualifications, are due to the Director, Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region, Temporary Building R, 3rd and Jefferson Drive S. W., Washington, D. C. Information and blanks available from T. K. Cole at the local post office.
Dr Sander, once a Dartmouth ski captain, was arraigned at Municipal Court on a charge of feloniously and willfully murdering Mrs Abbie Borreto after allegedly injecting air to cause death. He claimed there was no malice and the act was mercy, saying the patient died within 10 minutes and cancer might have killed her sooner. Attorney William J Starr stated he was satisfied.
Charleston reports a drop in State Liquor stores sales during the pre Christmas period due to thinner pocketbooks from coal and steel shutdowns. December 15 to 21 sales reached 527000 bottles vs 664000 last year, with Christmas Eve dollar sales at 632079 down from 874865 in 1948. A separate note mentions Mrs Borroto, mother of two, who died two weeks after hospital admission amid cancer weight loss.
Taft seeks funds for a large campaign as AFL and CIO call for $1 contributions to support his Ohio race. Labor groups accuse him over the Taft Hartley Act while GOP allies and business leaders rally in opposition across interstate drives. Former Senator Hawkes is noted as active in mobilizing manufacturers allies.
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