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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1944
Page
4
Notices state letters to the editor will be published to folly and for proper purpose with no libelous content. Signatures must be provided and verified by the writer, who bears responsibility for what is published.
The piece recalls Lidice on June 10 1940 and the Malin massacre on July 13 1940 in which villagers including 109 children died. It links these acts to a call for a firm Allied victory, urging justice over mercy toward Germany and warning against future atrocities. The writer frames these events as enduring reminders of Nazi brutality and calls for decisive action.
Allied communique reports Japanese admiral Nagumo killed on Saipan July 7 as Marines overrun Tanapag guarding the harbor and attack on Tinian neutralizes Nipponese positions. Nimitz notes Tarawa veterans land on Maningassa and Saipan buries about 16,000 Japanese. Guam shelled five days with repeated air strikes amid no enemy air opposition.
The report notes soldiers and 9,000 civilians held as prisoners as Nimitz warned the Saipan campaign equaled Japan's Pearl Harbor in impact. Garapa town is described as the central hub for the commander in chief of the Central Pacific area.
Baltic army groups under Generals Yeremenko and Bagramian advance toward Daugavpils and Wilno with a goal of uniting the center of the Baltics. Yeremenko widens his front to over 100 miles while the right flank nears the Latvian border. Finnish risk of outflanking warning circulated in domestic broadcasts.
West Virginia report covers a case where Taylor was robbed of 1500 dollars and was on a three year probation imposed in 1942 after a grand larceny conviction. The Charleston dispatch notes state government actions and potash tax issues as of July 14.
Long established pharmacy in a thriving eastern Ohio steel town earns over $6000 annually with modern equipment and large stock. Corner one story brick building offers four living rooms, bath, small taxes and very low overhead. Health of wife forces sale. Atlas Realty offers to show the property at 236 Fourth Ave Pittsburgh.
New York July 14 With War Information backing two 200 kilowatt short wave stations planned for the west coast broadcasting to Pacific and far east listeners. The move aims to counter Japanese programs and will place the new outfits among the most powerful in the nation. NBC and CBS supervise the operation, with fall as target for on air debut. Public schedule lists NBC and CBS programs through the evening.
Gov Neely contends after May 27 the old board reappointed Lawall and other faculty, dismissed a wall, and demoted Dean R P Wis of the college of engineering effective August 31. Lawall then joined Lehman and Love Jr in filing suit to invalidate his removal while Neely defended administrative changes on a state network.
A Look at Woodrow Wilson by Gerald W Johnson with Look editors blends text and image. The biographical sweep runs from Wilson’s Virginia birth to his New Jersey rise and Princeton years, noting political shrewdness and the role of the first Mrs Wilson. The piece critiques captions and captions as a city of pictures while preserving core events and places.
Hollywood jibes and a two film bill play at the Opera House. Jeanette MacDonald stars in a lively adventure musical with Robert Young and Ethel Waters while Louise Allbritton and Robert Paige join in Universal’s Her Primitive Man a roulette tale with a big casino payoff scene. The page notes strong box office and fiscal figures and cites a surplus and savings in state funds.
Prosecution led by Carter Bradford outlines a circumstantial plan to prove James Haight murdered his wife Nora Haight by a sequence of poisonings, aiming to secure a verdict of guilty. The trial draws community pressure as Judge Lysander Newbold presides and Jim Haight faces a hostile town, with family members nearing tears and police on alert.
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