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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1944
Page
4
Voluntary communications of letters to the editor will be published if they do not contain libelous or scurrilous matter and are for good and proper purposes of discussion of matters of general interest. They must bear the signature of the author, which must be published over his or her signature.
Holiday travel by train and bus over the 4th weekend brings warnings from agencies of possible stranding or early disembarkation to accommodate service members and priority travelers. Associated Press reports show terminals crowded by 39 percent. ODT urges curtailing unnecessary travel to aid munitions and essential travelers. Stay home, enjoy cautiously, and keep casualty records clean.
A poem on a flag as emblem of veterans and battles from Guadalcanal Africa Anzio Bataan New Guinea France with names aglow Around it like a halo and calls to keep it flying high The banner shines in sun and memory of those who died in war
York July 3 wartime Fourth of July specials set the national tone with a schedule of radio and TV programs. Highlights include General Somervell discussing military affairs from an Army service force review and Morgenthau, Forrestal, and Nimitz segments from Philadelphia and London.
Russian field dispatches report a wholesale rout as German forces reel back in White Russia. Soviet tanks cavalry and infantry advance relentlessly under increasingly stronger air cover, lifting morale as the front shifts.
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting as the Red Army bypasses Minsk and blocks escape routes toward Grodno. Chernavinovsky’s forces battle along the Warsaw Moscow highway, with tanks and cavalry within about 20 miles of Minsk. A column severs rail lines to Wilno and Brest-Litovsk, isolating the city from direct aid.
Delegates from fourteen districts east of the Mississippi gathered as Edmundson and West Virginia units press intra union tensions. He cited low loyalty to local officers and argued 16 appointed members lack voting power against elected members. Edmundson, seeking Lewis’s defeat, attacked the Roosevelt Administration amid wage disputes. References to a "royal family" within the UMW and "one man rule" surfaced during the talks.
From page 1: bond salesmen board the boat at Montgomery on Wednesday and head to Charleston for an appearance that evening. Additional rallies are planned at Middlebourne and Beckley featuring an army personnel and war materials show. State war finance officials say, "We're halfway through this campaign."
Special to Central Press reports in Washington that German counterattacks in Normandy have not occurred since D-Day due to ammo and manpower strain. The piece notes Cherbourg’s capture limiting German plans in France while detailing U S naval dispositions in the Pacific and recent shifts in courtroom seating in the capital.
Ellery Queen investigates a New Year’s Eve gathering where Rosemary Haight and Nora are poisoned by the same cocktail. Dr Willoughby confirms arsenic poisoning as the cause, Jim Height and Carter Bradford clash over motive, and Nora fights for life while Pat’s eerie death memory haunts the room.
The report identifies Herman Barros Biagchi, 33, as a prominent Chilean spy who led numerous raids during the war. It notes his involvement with Nazi espionage groups and references a European literary mention tied to the era, with unclear details and fragmented text surrounding the agency and investors.
An article describes a training course titled Training Course oa by Dean released from Central WHEN THE Victory. It mentions desirable methods for training tomato plants to aater and includes illustrations. The text appears to be a fragmentary OCR with unclear wording and garbled phrases.
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