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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1946
Page
4
The notice reproduces Associated Press publication rights and local dispatch policy. It mentions second class mailing at Grafton Virginia and guidelines for voluntary communications. Signatures are required and submissions should avoid false or scurrilous content and seek general interest discussion.
A six nation subcommittee backed disarmament talks in 1924, leading to a tenable naval limit treaty. Britain and the United States pursued cost cuts while Japan sought to maximize tonnage. Renewed 1934 renegotiations failed, and by 1937 the idea of naval limitation collapsed as Japan built ships and carriers, culminating in Pearl Harbor’s 1941 attack.
On a passenger train, Corbett enters a stateroom where a war weary scion meets a striking woman, Zelda Popkin. They exchange barbed lines and memories, while he hides his wartime honors beneath casual banter as a witty, tense orbit begins.
The piece decries political expediency and urges more citizens to lobby for solvent government and individual rights. It laments bureaucracy and labor power as threats while warning the nation risks socialism and bankruptcy without principled advocacy for American ideals.
The medical profession opposes compulsory health insurance in S 1606, warning it would create a Federal medical dictatorship under a Federal Security Administrator. They support funded state and local relief for venereal disease, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and necessary medical care, but oppose compulsory payroll taxes and rigid federal control that could drive down care quality.
British athletes struggle across football tennis and golf with humiliating defeats. London writers urge reform of training methods arguing long wars and low living standards have weakened the pool of athletes and left British boxing lagging behind.
War veterans struggle with a cycle of homelessness and landlord suspicion that they will not pay rent, while some politicians claim toughness against Russia yet avoid drafts. A columnist notes repeated contradictions and pressures shaping veterans’ postwar reintegration and national policy debates.
A brief devotional note urges readers not to sour life’s symphony and to love one another as love comes from God. John 4 7 is cited, with Press Radio Bible Service based in Cincinnati Ohio providing the text.
President Truman faces a likely summer stall as the Army Navy merger bill sits with the Senate Naval Affairs Committee after Military Affairs referred it for hearings. Senator Ellender warns he can block action this session, despite a Military Affairs endorsement.
Fragmentary text suggests an upcoming authority related to water and a figure named Pappy Jenkins. The readable bits indicate a local or temple press reference to a water authority in the works, with possible figures Mel or Jenkins mentioned amidst garbled OCR.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a humorous scene with Pop resembling Uncle Sam after World War I, in a vivid Technicolor setting. References to colorful hats, feathered bands, and patriotic red, white, and blue tones suggest a playful, era-specific piece about fashion and spectacle.
New York July 3 A menagerie of summer replacements fills schedules tonight and tomorrow across NBC CBS and MBS. Highlights include The Whist Mystery series The Fifth Horseman and Ellery Queen together with Lum and Abner Grant Park concert and a We The Guilty forum. July 4 specials and Meredith Wilson music also feature amid varied dramatic and musical programs.
A listing of daily radio and theater slots across venues including Glamor Manor Singing Land Town Meeting Baruch Proposal Fantasy In Melody and Vic and Sade plus Barnet Orchestra with shows at 8:15 2:30 3:30 7:30 9:30 and 11 a.m. notes mention Shady Valley Folks and Chas.
Charleston July 3 health commissioner J E Offmer cites progress as West Virginia infant mortality fell from 11.9 in 1996 to 5.24 in 1045 though the state remains below the U S average of 39.8 per 1000 births. Last year 38 446 births included 36 204 white and 2 152 colored. Three still births were reported in Mercer Wood and Tles with 450 sets of twine noted.
Striking workers including mechanics, service staff, plant maintenance, and janitors walked out at Northwest Airlines coast to coast. Officials say they seek wage increases similar to the 18 12 cents per hour gains awarded in other industries, though specific demands were not made public.
The State Merit System will conduct examinations late this month in Charleston as part of ongoing civil service testing. Officials urge applicants to monitor postings for exact dates and locations.
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