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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1943
Page
4
The Office of Defense Transportation asks the public to avoid nonessential travel and stay home. Citizens should travel only by day coach, carry box lunches, and minimize baggage to ease strain on rail and bus facilities amid mass induction, training, and deployment.
The piece argues Prentiss M Brown remains optimistic about the OPA despite controversy. It notes price advances stem from political pressure beyond the OPA, farmer and labor influences, and Congress scrutiny of subsidies. It warns of a difficult path ahead amid internal OPA disputes and economic strains from rising wages and taxes.
Congress moves to curb strikes in government run industries and require a 30 day notice before strikes in other sectors. A secret vote by workers would decide action, with unions forced to file annual financial and membership statements. The War Labor Board gains power while six states consider abolishing capital punishment in favor of life sentences.
WLW announces Leo Dolan will join its war correspondent team in England, expanding its independent network to three active reporters in war zones. Dolan, based in London, arrives after prior postings across Ohio New York and Washington. he is married with two children and enjoys golf and fishing.
Raoul Agnon’s The Fighting French traces de Gaulle’s early exile to London and BBC broadcasts to the emergence of Free France. The review commends the book’s capturing of volunteer spirit and notes some factual errors while praising its outline and vivid, often heroic, stories of recruitment and resistance.
The house discusses a final return for 1943 to be completed by March 15 and a final settlement with the government. A proposed withholding levy would function as deductions from pay envelopes against existing taxes, not as an added tax, noting China’s provinces Hunan and Hupeh have populations over one third of the United States.
Central Press columnist examines Polish government in exile and other exiled regimes. He questions legitimacy and aims of exiles, noting pro Russian sentiment among Poles and Junker-led exile government motives. He cites Bracken on exile press propaganda and urges unity among Allies against fascist and expansionist powers.
Gas company linemen trimmed a large tree in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin in front of Dr C W Umland s residence. A robin s nest with two young birds was found atop the tree. They moved the nest to a smaller limb where it was secured and the mother bird began feeding the chicks as before.
In Stockholm a Copenhagen police investigation traced letters signed Henry to a 22 year old Dane. He confessed to choking a young woman, after writing a Danish weekly story foretelling the case ending with his own death rather than arrest. The clue was a defective typewriter key.
Knoxville court scene shows a repeat offender pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. City Judge Bob Williams sentences ten days in jail after questioning the defendant about the current offense.
An account recalls a U S Army landing in the Aleutians where a general led from a barge and jumped into icy water. The narrative notes how false beaches and tidal roles complicate landings and pose danger to invading forces. In Knoxville a fishing tale ends with a hunting mishap and a boy's accidental shooting injuring Mrs Hale who jokes about getting shot while fishing.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull will miss the launching of the postwar planning series For This We Fight on NBC. A four person panel will take his place including Sen. Elbert D. Thomas and Gen. Warren R. Austin, with Alan J. Gould and Earl J. Johnson handling AP and UP coverage. Radar history and early 1930s research trace progress to 1934 with Army tests and RCA aviation应用. Tonight’s NBC schedule lists Ginny Simms, Horace Heldt, Battle of Sexes, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Harry James.
Jean visits Rancho Casolina with Curley as host. At the elegant hacienda she meets Mr. and Mrs. Parkinson and Rosita, a singing helper, while Curley hints at plans and Jean plans a dinner with Steve Landis, the rubber plant chief. The sunlit scene blends romance, wealth, and tension as Jean contemplates her future in Mexico.
Johnson Family and Cisco Kid drama anchor a busy program from 7:15 to 11:30 pm including Burns and Allen, Tallulah Bankhead, Rick Carter detective, and Jazz Lab. Congress discusses labor, agriculture, and labor conditions to insure industry growth. Leaders from Senate and House campaigns are named with five governors mentioned as possible 1944 candidates.
A historical note reports boots deemed replaceable are repurposed into fertilizer. The item reflects a wartime or postwar reuse practice in England where footwear waste is diverted to agricultural use, illustrating resourcefulness and domestic economy.
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