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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1949
Page
5
A 13 year old in England swiped materials to build a personal telephone but police labeled it a wrong number. He was fined 120 for 56 phone calls tied to a football pool winner worth 2122 dollars. The piece weaves quirky vignettes about a grasshopper a veteran and a Canada Europe production contrast.
Troy city council approved a license to sell beer at a local beauty parlor where patrons sit under hair dryers. Operators say heat and dryness push patrons to beer. The report notes no blizzard sighted and a mild West Virginia winter outlook with temperatures two to four degrees above normal through midweek.
In St Joseph Missouri on January 14 the real estate board announced a new president. The report notes the headline figure and asks readers to learn the name, highlighting the ongoing leadership change amid weather and color observations.
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