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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1946
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Charles Henry Jr hosted a birthday party at their Brownlow Park home for their son Danny on his second birthday. Friends and relatives attended and gave gifts while children enjoyed lawn games and a cake with two candles.
Mrs L Bolyard hosted the WSCS of Blueville Methodist Church in a recent evening meeting. Mrs Bartlett Brown presided, committees planned an upcoming church picnic, with Hallie Shafferman Walter Knotts and George Hunt serving. An program by Mrs Charles Rogers included singing questions lo and a talk Women In The Church. Refreshments followed for attendees including J W Travis Hallie Shafferman Warren net and others.
July 24 White Fawn council will meet in the VFW hall at 2 30 p m for Bingo Indian sister exchange and a covered dish supper. July 24 Ladies of the First Baptist church will sew at the Red Cross rooms from 1 to 4 p.m. July 25 Ladies of the United Brethren church will sew at the July 22 The R T 8 B class of in the V F W hall at 2 p.m. July 26 Ladies of the Presbyterian church will sew at the Red Cross rooms from 1 to 4 p.m.
West Virginia items note a Ben Bey Grotto installation ceremony in Parkersburg with a Dubai Grotto degree team from Morgantown officiating. A separate report from Charleston states a log rolling and crushing incident killed Albert Simmons, 62, of Spencer, a Charleston Construction Co. worker in Clay County.
REPPERT page item notes several West Virginia incorporations including Clarksburg Broadcasting Company with $40,000 capital and incorporators G B Hamilton R H Morgan and O L Billingsley Keyser Air Service Inc with $10,000 capital and Carl Ludwik family as incorporators Monarch Billiards Inc in Charleston with $25,000 capital Point Mountain Veteran Club near Monterville a non profit social group with Clyde Levier Louise Ramsey and Jiggs Miller listed During the Middle Ages a tarantella dance was believed to cure a form of insanity contracted from tarantula bites.
Miss Margaret Gawthrop and her father John Gawthrop visited Pruntytown for a birthday dinner honoring John Earl Gawthrop. Garfield Heck family returned from a motor trip through Kentucky and the Smoky Mountains. Kathryn Denison and Cora Frances Ridenour came back from New York, Saratoga Springs. Casner family ended a camping trip in Ontario Toronto Niagara Falls and Rochester. Pack Ridenour from South Carolina visiting. Panama Canal occupation began May 4 1904.
Gromyko, reported from page one, announces Jordan’s bid for United Nations membership. The Security Council is set to meet at 3 p.m. for routine business while debates on atomic energy supervision continue. The Russian informant declined to expand on remarks about Palestine and refused to reveal Soviet comments planned for the session.
The Palestine issue was sent to the United Nations via a brief note. Egypt and Iraq governments had previously presented similar communications to Britain. The note urged the secretary general to present the proposals to the UN General Assembly and to circulate the communication among 51 UN members.
The House voted 210 to 142 to approve a modified extension of the OPA power after veto threats from Truman. The bill keeps price ceilings off many major food items until August 20 and narrows federal control. Senators Pepper Wherry O'Daniel Taft voiced opposition or concern about rising prices and market disruption.
An old classified style ad promotes Teol a strong fungicide for athletes foot. It promises a cure within one hour with 90 percent alcohol and offers a 35 cent price and a money back guarantee.
The article outlines President Truman’s veto-tinged push for price controls, contrasting Taft’s support with calls for a measure of price control. It notes ongoing Potsdam framework debates on German reparations, the possible ban on deliveries of German industrial equipment to Russia, and forthcoming OPA rules affecting ceilings on tobacco, fuel, and restaurant meals, with little change to rent control.
June 30 marks rent ceilings while refunds for past increases lie beyond agency power. Evictions before July 1 under OPA rules date from issuance despite controls lapse. Bill funds 1 billion subsidies for 1946-47 with limited coverage before August as many items stay unsubsidized. It preserves prewar margins on autos and other goods, lifts low-cost clothing mandate, and sets decontrol when supply and demand balance.
OPA officials said the new setup caps the market price of cotton at a level aimed to stabilize prices. Officials referenced safeguards and expected effects on growers and buyers, noting adjustments may follow if market conditions change.
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