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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1946
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates delivered by carrier at 2.70 for three months 10.80 for a year and Mathers 7.20 for six months 3.60 for three months It is filed as second class matter at the Grafton post office under the 1879 act and must be signed published under the author's name.
The article notes New York and other big cities overflow with housing as ambitious girls flock to seek fortunes. YWCA registries and Travelers Aid report overwhelmed rooms and clubs turning away hundreds, underscoring the need to assess housing before moving for work.
A Yale Semitic languages professor, J. J. Obermann, translated a cuneiform inscription on a tablet found in Northern Syria. The discovery sheds light on Ugaritic language and the literary and religious background of the Old Testament, offering a long view of human history and progress.
National Board of Fire Underwriters official explains how superheated air rises through vertical openings like elevator shafts and stairs, reaching higher floors and igniting materials. He cites a New Haven fire where flames moved to the sixth floor despite basements being extinguished, stressing fire walls and doors to localize and stop lethal gas flow.
Former Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts chairs the War Department advisory board on clemency. His report notes that 85 percent of court martial sentences have been reduced and that among 22 500 general prisoners reviewed, about one third released, another third discharged within a year, and many others to be freed by December 1947.
A short devotional note from Press Radio Bible Service in Cincinnati cites Psalm 103 12 about turning from sin and forgetting the past. It urges turning toward right conduct and decency as a fresh start away from old transgressions.
A fragmentary note suggests the sandwich’s name traces to The Bayonne origin linked to John Montague the fourth Earl of Sandwich who lived 1718 to 1782 and with the weapon developed in the 17th century.
UK bakers backed by regional groups faced mixed views on a new rationing plan. Birmingham bakers called it unworkable yet vowed to try. London and Croydon leaders urged effort while Food Minister Strachty predicted an earlier end to rationing despite sharp exchanges and resigning chants in parliament.
A rayon crepe dress shown in the July issue features a necklace embroidered in gilt on a slit neckline, adding a distinctive note to the pictured design.
Two American radio engineers reported persistent shelling around Malolos and Santa Isabel, with many casualties being evacuated. Col Mariano Castaneda narrowly escaped death when a machinegun killed an MP lieutenant beside him during the fighting one mile east of Malolos.
Rep Sabath insists he never phoned Washington agency or received calls from it. Murray Garsson, once an investigator for a Sabath lead, and Freeman were linked to a bondholder protection committee. Sabath says he never interceded for them or visited their offices or events.
NBC will air the All American Golf Tournament on Sunday July 28 at 5:30 p m EST with Bill Stern announcing from Tom O Shanter Country Club in Chicago Other NBC radio notes include the Pennsylvanians top show status Fibber McGee and Molly and the Midwestern Hayride troupe at the Ohio State Fair Whitey Ford of the Grand Ole Opry shares hobbies antique lamps and figurines Kay Kyser preparing new material Meredith Willson and Jack Smith’s Happy Wedding Day Kay’s baby duties delay and Art Linkletter steps in Vaughn Monroe Terry Grady and the Frolics are active in radio circles plus assorted cluttered notes on radio and entertainment figures
In Detroit Sidney Black, head of the Retail Meat Merchants Association, says consumers buy only bare necessities as livestock prices fall. Midwestern stockyards see record shipments while San Francisco reports surplus meat backing up to slaughterhouses. George Dressler of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers predicts stabilization within 30 days.
Mackenzie asserts intertwined peace in world and China as Civil War looms. He cites Maoist and Nationalist clashes along the Yangtze, Maoist-Chou En‑lai perspectives, and Moscow and Manila reports of Soviet aid, Mongolia troop garrisoning, and U.S. lend‑lease shifts. He warns that a protracted Chinese upheaval would send worldwide repercussions unless major powers issue clear, decisive positions.
Eastern time report notes turnover in program ratings as winter favorites vanish. Hooper top shows include Mr District Attorney Walter Winchell and Screen Guild. Tonight on MBS Spotlight on America debuts with George Carson Putnam narrating, while America without price control surveys air from 11 cities. NBC presents Paul Lavalle Melody at 8 30.
Corbett and Lettie navigate postwar tension as she pushes to align with his world view. He fears a moral edge while she chases career and consumer ambitions, trading jests for barbed exchanges about language and identity. Their flirtation masks deeper strain as a cliffhanger ends the scene.
The fragment lists CBS and ABC radio lineups with shows from 9 Mystery Theatre to The Lone Ranger and This is FBI, plus a set of memory quiz prompts recalling Nazi collaboration on a Paris trial, Hermann Jonasson and a late dirigible disaster near Hampden VA. Answers include Marshal Petein and Toelas.
John Shier reports on New York’s underworld salvage workers who retrieve coins and jewelry from subway grills and gutters, aided by a grease-coated lead line and tolerated by police. The piece also notes calls to protect the Statue of Liberty with fresh paint for its 60th anniversary, amid civic protests and youth behavior in Brooklyn and Fifth Avenue.
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