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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1946
Page
4
Rates for carrier and mail subscriptions are listed with prices for three months six months and one year. The notice also states Associated Press rights and publication policies plus editor letters guidelines and signature requirement for communications.
Maj. B. H. Namm, president of the National Retail Dry Goods Association, urges removing OPA price controls in favor of voluntary restraint. He argues the controls hinder production and prices would fall on their own with full output. Hale Sturges and A. E. Stevenson counter that inflation already hurts workers and price controls must continue, noting April production rose despite a coal strike.
The essay argues that modern pressure groups flood Congress with advice, but citizens must become thoroughly informed before influencing policy. It notes historical limits on public input and urges reliance on informed reading rather than heated rhetoric and sensational newspapers.
A historian predicts the atomic age shifts Europe’s balance of power, stating Russia would replace Germany as the leading force. He notes Eastern Europe’s liberation from czarist inefficiencies, and argues Germany’s dominance in Europe is finished for the foreseeable future.
Britain faces a push for self rule in India amid Gandhi led Congress and Jinnah backed Moslem League, while hunger and inadequate imports threaten millions around Madras. The piece links food scarcity to politics, arguing famine could shape India's destiny and testing unity.
A brief daily message from Press Radio Bible Service in Cincinnati Ohio urges readers to seize the present. It cites 1 Corinthians 6 2 and emphasizes today as the great day of life and salvation.
Diplomatic circles question the fate of former Soviet ambassador Ivan Maisky after missed meetings and shifting roles in Leningrad. Congress probes Truman's Army Navy merger, with Walsh and Vinson opposing. a simulated plan may boost interservice ties. Butter stocks remain at historic lows amid black market diversions. Molotov blocks simultaneous Austrian evacuation as Byrnes seeks troop reductions. Tito refuses to admit airmen's testimony in Mihailovich trial. Chetnik supporters vow to persist their cause.
A fragmented passage touches on annual national elections, a proposed weekly newspaper by the United Nations, editor selection, vegetarian dinner, and cultural asides. It mentions Zadoke umkopf, tobacco memory claims, Belgium strawberries at $3 a dozen, rail worker concerns, pre-vaccine May, and editorials urging sympathy for South Americans during their winter.
State Police probe a 500 case beer disappearance on the Huntington to Charleston leg. The truck was found empty along Route 60 near St Albans, driver Walter Colley of Huntington vanished.
Mrs. Mattie Lyons Large a widow and grandmother of 49 along with Del bert Sprouse obtained a marriage license yesterday after an initial denial due to missing parental consent. Spouse later secured permission, allowing the license.
Dewitt Mackenzie reports on Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Mahatma Gandhi embracing talks with Lord Wavell on a provisional federation for British India. He notes Pakistan may still be possible, cites past optimism, and highlights the possible formation of a representative constituent assembly from Hindu and Muslim provinces and states.
New York reports more summer broadcasting shifts across MBS and ABC lists. The first hour long mystery drama joins the ABC lineup with Walter Hampden in private showing. Dockets feature court room dramas and Abbott Mystery replacements throughout the afternoon.
In a Chinatown restaurant, Inspector Barry updates the narrator on Brenda Leighton. He suspects a hidden lover and a jewel theft linked to her exiled husband Leighton. The pair discuss a missing emerald-cut diamond and a possible Reno affair as Washington awaits Leighton’s arrival.
A man named Riley, who had moved to Princess Anne about five years ago to sell poultry and broilers, was found dead in his three room apartment after neighbors reported a strong odor. His body was later sent to Vineland, N. J., for burial. Authorities said Riley spoke with his wife by telephone around 8 p.m. Tuesday, and deputies and Princess Anne police uncovered the scene.
Navy officials report testimony at a Rollins court martial involving Sima Jr. and his mother Mrs. Margaret Sima. The witness described a party from 2 a.m. to 9 30 a.m. on February 10 with liquor involved, though the accused reportedly did not drink.
Four persons were seriously injured yesterday when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train struck their car at a grade crossing in Jordan. The incident occurred amid several stray birds noted in the area.
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