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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1949
Page
3
Tucue Crow, 21, crowned Photo Queen Elect IM at a February ball in New York. Crow, originally from Petersburg, Florida, traveled to attend the annual presiding event.
Long range labor legislation faces welfare fund issues as union pensions grow, with John L. Lewis boosting a miners pension program. Canada and the U S seek a defense highway system, dangerous rail slides disrupted Red Pass to Prince Rupert. GOP hopes for Senate control look dim with nine northern contests. Senate Secretary Carl Loeffler retires, aiming to memoirs and a proper record of the Senate.
A fragmentary look at past U S House of Representatives speakers notes four re elected figures. It highlights Thomas B Reed Henry Clay and Frederick Muhlenberg as multi term leaders with Clay holding records for three terms and total years. The draft mentions Sam Rayburn and the notion of long tenure amid interruptions.
A new Jack Simmons biography recalls Robert Southey and his era’s writers while contrasting fame from children’s classics like Lewis Carroll and Dodson. It notes Laboulaye’s Paris salon influence and stresses that writing well for children yields broad adult appreciation, ending with a Bible verse about total commitment.
Gail and Brad navigate a fragile marriage under Brad’s grandmother care and a looming move. A dinner with Sam, a roguish reporter, reveals tension and jealousy as Gail faces threats to her happiness and independence. Sam ribs Brad while hinting at past entanglements and future pressures.
The measure would lift governor Clarence W. Meadows from 10000 to 12500 dollars a year and boost the attorney general from 6000 to 9000, with other elective officers rising from 6000 to 8000. House leaders planned a rule suspension for final passage though Senate support is doubtful and Republicans oppose the increase.
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