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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1946
Page
4
Entry shows second class matter designation at Grafton West Virginia under the act of March 3 1879 indicating mailing status and compliance with postal rules.
Editorial outlines State Road Commission stance on secondary roads and funding gaps. Calls for more money to finish 17 000 miles of unimproved farm roads to all weather standard within seven years. Supports a five year plan to build 2 000 miles yearly but urges greater investment and broader scope.
Rising menu prices depress tips as diners feel unable to add to meals, reducing waitresses' weekly income. The piece notes tipping funded a portion of wages and questions whether increased wages or higher prices will follow, risking a wage-payroll cycle.
A PRESS RADIO Bible Service message from Cincinnati Ohio states that God gives reason for joy and justice, citing Psalm 67 4. The piece urges readers to be joyful and trust in equitable judgment by divine providence.
Washington insiders expect no criminal indictment from the Mead committee as it probes wartime profiteering, while separate reports flag ongoing shortages in sports equipment due to strikes and continued steel and material scarcities. Budget shifts after OPA subsidy cuts raise farm price concerns and anticipated meat price rises as cattle flow to market.
Fred Emery profiles the Turner Brothers and Bee ana eye Tusmer Brothers as top ranking mountain ballad artists native to Middlesboro Kentucky. Their authentic performances became a radio favorite, with early work on WLW Cincinnati and contracts with Knoxville and other stations for nationwide exposure.
One of the earliest examples of cooperative international bodies, the Universal Postal Union, formed around 1874 to standardize mail and money orders between nations. Members agreed on cross border procedures, laying groundwork for a global postal framework.
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes the King David Hotel attack amid British and American talks on Palestine. Attlee condemns the act as insane terrorism while leaders from Jewish, Arab, and Christian groups denounce it. Discussions in London focus on partition or federation plans and a central administration to govern joint interests. Gandhi cites nonviolence as a potential path, but the path forward remains contested amid widespread shock.
The West Virginia-Ohio task county industrial association plans to send a Washington delegation to preserve the works for possible sale as a whole. W A Smith, president of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce, anticipates another stop order. Much plant machinery and equipment had been removed and sold as surplus property.
In a compartment on a train Nina probes a veteran about his Air Force past and wartime memories. He recalls bombing school, dreams of wings, and the tug between adventure and fear as he reflects on the cost and future of the young soldiers. Their exchange shifts from tense to intimate as the sun-lit space becomes almost hospital like.
The U S Army intends to expand football play by play coverage across two networks ABC and CBS starting mid Aug for 11 months, with NBC continuing late day broadcasts and a $500000 schedule under sponsor Lowell Theme on NBC and CBS in the west, plus a 9 30 p m lineup. Lt Warren Pickett reports a hakess corpus release in a Morgantown police case connected to the death of William West.
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