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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
6
Fire Chief L H Greenwald advocates family fire drills to cut home fire losses. He warns many deaths come from lack of knowledge to escape or act promptly. The plan assigns each member a task, teaches alarm use, door opening, and extinguishers, and recommends drills twice yearly.
The attorney general's office says a youth under 16 at the time of a misdeed cannot be moved from Prantytown Industrial School for court action. A boy under 16 for non capital offenses must be retained until age 21 or until discharge or parole, per Assistant Attorney General Kenneth E. Hines's memo to Superintendent Robert H. McIlhan.
Odbert L. Robinson 51 of Philippi Route 2 dies after long illness. Funeral tomorrow at Pleasant Creek church at 2 p.m. Bartlett funeral home in charge, Rev. T. E. Gainer of Clarksburg officiates. Interment Webster Cemetery. Survived by wife Samantha Reed, two children Dorsey Dale Robinson and Millie Wildrick. Also brothers and sisters O J Robinson, C H Woneycott, A G Robinson, H N Allen, Earl D Robinson.
Major Charles E. Burke announced the local War Price and Rationing Board will close on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons due to increased workload. The new schedule aims to speed service by giving staff time to process rationing books and reduce inquiries from the public.
June 7 price adjustments announced by the Office of Price Administration affect Group 1 and 2 stores across Brooke Doddridge Hancock Harrison Lewis Marion Marshall Monongalia Ohio Taylor Tylerang Wetzel counties. Beans 19 1 2 per lb down. Carrots 9 per lb up. Lettuce 20 per head up. Onions 11 per lb white 10 1 2 for others. Yellow or red 10 1 2 per lb. Sweet potatoes 27 per two pounds up. all other prices unchanged.
Traffic on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway main line stalled last night as freight manifest No. 95 derailed at Meadow Creek near Hinton West Virginia. About 18 cars left the rails but no injuries were reported. Authorities investigated the derailment and cleared tracks as repairs progressed.
Balto more and Ohio Railroad reports May 1945 totals of 330969 carloads with 202835 loaded on line and 128134 from connections. Comparatives include May 1944 941476 and May 1930 253444. Week ending June 2 1945 totals 72612 with 44027 on line and 28585 from connections. A separate incident notes an accident with undetermined cause.
Sgt. Thomas E. Cropp of this city recalls heavy flak suits that saved him on a bombing run at Santa Ana Army Air Base California. He bailed out after his B 17 limped to friendly territory on a later mission and has flown 35 combat missions in Europe earning the theater ribbon with four battle stars. He enlisted December 7 1942 and now rests at a redistribution station for reassignment.
Dr R D Stout informs friends he will be in his office after June 10 1945, inviting patients and associates to visit for consultations and appointments. The notice notes a return date and access to his practice.
Palladium is a second metal consistently found in platinum group ore matrices. Its occurrence varies but remains a notable constituent alongside platinum and other PGMs in many ore samples.
Attend old fashioned revival services at Cavalry Tabernacle Beaumont each night except Saturday at 7 48 p m Rev Ruby G Foley will deliver inspiring messages from the word of God local pastor leads the event
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