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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1950

Page

4

Masonic Rites For Otto Sinsel Set At Grafton

Funeral services for the late Otto M. Sinsel will be held at First Baptist Church in Grafton Thursday at 2 30 p m The Reverend John Holt and Clyde W Ashby will officiate with Masonic Lodge No 75 in charge and Knights Templar Denton Samry No 11 supplying the escort The body will be taken to the church for visitation from 1 30 p m

Otto M. Sinsel First Baptist Churity of Grafton Tomorrory John Holt Clyde W.-Ashwi Masonic Lédee Dentsmandry Knights Templar Mr. Sinsel

Coal and Wood Burning Staves Set On Insulated Pads

Insulated metal pads are recommended for arranging coal and wood burning staves. Proper placement improves heat retention and safety in storage or heating setups.

North Korean air and rail targets hit in bombing run

Report from the war front says seven North Korean inland targets destroyed and four damaged. US bombers and fighters claim to have destroyed 119 Red trucks 22 locomotives 18 box cars and seven tanks. Air Force plans to send more bombers and Navy carrier planes are expected to strike soon for the first time.

United States Air Force Navy

Cocktails Meet Bennett Cerf Duo Recall Tokyo Raid Tale

A cocktail party reunion of Bennett Cerf and Considine recalls Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. General Jimmy Doolittle is humorously misidentified as captain by an amused English hostess. Cerf and Considine are noted as prospering writers.

Ted Lawson Bob Considine Tokyo Lawson Considine London Jimmy Doolittle Bennett Cert King Features Syndicate

Belief the War Is Over on Tiny Pacific Island

Reports describe 21 Japanese holdouts on Antahan in the Marianas, with U S Navy broadcasting that World War II ended five years ago. American forces avoid assault, hoping the small garrison will surrender, while obstinately denying the war’s end. Meanwhile in Bucharest a Roman Catholic bishop Gerald O’Hara of Georgia has been expelled.

Tokyo Antahan Marianas Baw Bucharest Gerald O'Hara Georgia

Crouded Names and Secrets in New Interval Mills

Eliza Forrestal arrives in New Interval NH to claim her grandfather’s will and inherits a small mill. She confronts a strange house, blunt servants, and a memory of a life she longs to escape while navigating family secrets and a tense household.

Rananer New Interval N.H. Tg Sintrtin_ Stason China Cameron Abs Ely George Culbert Cranford Hespeth Eliza Percy ‘Trelawn London Goodby Elisha Granford Michael Matilda Michell

Fragmented OCR summary of unlikely science notes and intrigues

A garbled OCR piece mixes astronomy notes with political intrigue from Romania. It references a shrinking Sun, a snail with many teeth, Tarantulas, and black widow spiders described as friendly by an entomologist, plus Romanian government actions against Catholic officials and a bishop tied to the Vatican.

Sol Alta

Inside Washington March of Events and Politics in 1951

Special to Central Press reports on rent control politics, presidential protection costs, emerging defensive weapons, smuggling probes, and Dwight D. Eisenhower speculation. It notes election pressures shaping rent policy, Secret Service budgeting, future weapons, Cuban smugglers, and Ike’s uncertain 1952 campaign status.

Central Press Washington House Senate Congress Secret Service A. E. Badghman A. E. Baughman Senate Judiciary Dwight D. Elsen

Far East War Operations Off Korea Escalate

Taft Korea and Japan in Far East war operations as combined US and British fleets under General MacArthur scout waters off Korean coasts. Naval planes reinforce to protect lifeline. ships and aircraft rushed to prevent UN forces in South Korea from being bottled up by Communist naval and amphibious attacks.

Korea Japan General MacArthur Korean United Nations South Korea

Italian bandit king Giuliano shot dead near Palermo

The husky Giuliano, infamous for killing nearly 100 police and ruling Sicily as a self-proclaimed king, was surprised by police at his Palermo hideout. In a brief gun battle he and two followers were killed, while his lieutenants fled.

Giuliano Sicily Rome Palermo

Obituary for Ralph Dixon in Washington Pennsylvania

Friends of Ralph Dixon of Washington Pennsylvania who died Monday July 3 1950 will be received at the late home after 7 pm today until services Thursday at 2 pm in the Reverend George B Morgan pastor of Christian and Mission ary Alliance Church. Burial in Washington Cemetery. Ritchie and Pratt Funeral Home funeral directors.

Dixon Ralph Dixon Washington Pennsylvania George B. Morgan Christian and Mission_ary Alliance Church Washington Cemetery Ritchie and Pratt

Classified Ads and West Virginia Proclamations

A dense block of classifieds lists sale items and services including autos, real estate, and jobs with rates for insertions. The text also contains multiple West Virginia gubernatorial proclamations scheduling elections for November 7, 1950, to fill vacancies in the Supreme Court of Appeals, Treasurer, and Attorney General offices, noting resignations and appointments and sealing with the state seal.

West Virginia I. Okey L. Patteson Supreme.Court -of-Appeals Supreme Court of Appeals Charleston Okey L. Patteson Gima R. E.talbott William H. Ansel, Jr Hampshire County R. E Talbott Virginia Pattesin Ira J. Partlow William C. Marland Wyoming County

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