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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1946
Page
4
Delivery by carrier is 2.70 for three months and 10.80 per year. Fall and advance options include one year 7.20 six months 3.60 and three months 1.90. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to news dispatches and local news published herein. Communications must be signed and published under the author's name.
The Veterans Administration assists World War II veterans lacking work experience through on the job training and apprenticeships with nominal wages. West Virginia launches Veterans Opportunity Week to promote the program, aiming to expand employment opportunities for veterans, especially the disabled, and set a national pattern for other states.
Raymond Fosdick, head of the Rockefeller Foundation, says men learn to master nature before themselves and moral issues have been sidelined. He notes the Foundation’s fellowships helped create the atomic bomb, undermining its aim to broaden understanding among races, faiths, and cultures. He urges a united world guided by ethics to sustain peace.
A San Francisco player nicknamed Tom Brown, who served two summers ago firing mortars, returns to Wimbledon with Queen Mother Mary and Prime Minister Attlee watching. He defeats favorite Tony Mottram as outdoor sports revival spreads worldwide in 1946. Grafton ecposes need for recreation programs.
Four foreign ministers meeting in Paris press toward a single international accord. They work through differences on Russian reparations from Italy and set a date for the European peace conference. After days of dispute they reach a midnight session agreement, with all four powers persisting in negotiations.
A devotional note cites John 15 2 about trimming branches to bear more fruit. It references Josephine wife of Napoleon and a legend about a bat shed in a liquid with crushed berries to boil water.
Sports roundup reports multiple Midwest basketball figures declining De Paul offers amid looming Illinois and Virginia Tech plans. Features William McKeefe on income anxiety in racing, George Terlep’s Illinois move, dog assisted golf ball recovery by Al Renzetti, and Mike Mikulak possibly joining Oregon U as backfield coach. ending with Jack Kelly gifting his shirt to Jean Sepheriades after the Diamond Sculls final.
Yesterday's results show Boston 4 Detroit 2 and Philadelphia 7 St. Louis 2 with Chicago at Washington postponed due to wet grounds. St Louis beat New York 2 1 in the first game and 5 4 in the second. Brooklyn faces Chicago while New York plays St. Louis in a 3 30 p.m. EDT game.
National Boston visits Pittsburgh in a second game while Philadelphia plays Cincinnati. New York travels to Chicago and Brooklyn hosts St. Louis in a double header. American battles St. Louis in Washington. Chicago meets Philadelphia, Detroit heads to New York, and Cleveland plays Boston with two games noted.
Walker leads batting with Brooklyn, followed by Musial of St Louis. Musial and Walker share four triples. Mize of New York tops home runs. Reiser of Brooklyn has six stolen bases.
New York reports note a July 24 broad cast of Binks atom bomb text No 2 with 18 foot underwater blast. NBC CBS and ABC plan similar networks for pre broadcast events, balancing signal quality from June 30 tests. Weekend lineups include World Trade Policy, Grand Ole Opry, Gang Busters, Chicago Theater Concert, and Serenade for Strings amid a dense schedule.
Chicago pitcher Rush dominates the game to secure a victory in the American League clash. The Batons and Washington teams struggle to respond as Chicago maintains control with sharp pitching and timely hitting.
A letter from a well informed China resident and statements by RLA Talay reveal widespread corruption and “squeeze” practices in distributing UNRRA aid. Squeeze allows officials and workers to skim relief supplies, with some shipments reportedly sold on Shanghai’s black market. Hoovers notes on China’s vast food needs underscore extensive suffering amid ruined transport links.
Peanut Lowery powered the Cubs to a 13 to 2 rout of Brooklyn with seven runs batted in and three runs scored from a home run and two singles. Rudy York drove in two on a homer as the Red Sox beat the Tigers 4-2 in Boston. Johnny Sain blanked the Reds 1-0 for the Braves.
In a dining car scene, Corbett navigates insults and menu chaos as a tense exchange unfolds with an officer, a gentleman, and a wary steward. The old man Voorhees, his female companion, and a tense atmosphere reflect postwar nerves aboard a moving military setting.
Howie Pollet pitched the St Louis Cardinals to a 2-1 victory over New York in the first game. He then returned in the ninth inning of the nightcap to stifle a Morgantown area rally as the score remained tight. Meanwhile at West Virginia University Dr Irvin Stewart, newly elected president, opened discussions with the Board of Governors on housing plans for the entire campus.
Officials report 4500 to 6000 students expected to enroll for the coming school year at the institution, reflecting a boost in capacity and program demand. The announcement highlights industry ties and local manufacturing involvement as part of the campus expansion plan.
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