Grafton Daily Adopts Early 1870s Weekly Format Change
Local rates listed reflect a long established newspaper based at 102 Latrobe Street Grafton West Virginia. The paper notes a history dating to 1870 and ongoing daily publication except Sundays since 1903 with staff including M B MacLeod as General Manager and Eldora M Muzim as News Editor. Subscriptions are 30 cents weekly by carrier and annual mail rates vary by region.
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Latrobe
Grafton
W. Va
Telephone
M. B. MacLeod
Eldora M. Muzim
Congress
Harrison County Court House
Clarksburg
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Bertsel Kittle
Simpson
Taylor County
Simpsons
Taylor and Barbour
Harrison County
Adolphus T. Leach
West Va
Magnet picks up nails on gravel drive
In Port Washington Tom Wing used a strong magnet on his gravel driveway and collected about a pound of nails. He found brass tacks did not respond to the magnet and he has no idea how many brass tacks remain.
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Port Washington
Tom Wing
Congress
Truman
Office of
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Paul M. Herzog
NLRB
Herzog
Boaraf
Youth For Lemons Promotes Hormone Weed Killers
Riverside California report says applying 2 4 5 T and 2 4 D to lemons before storage delays maturity and keeps fruit young. The hormones also reduce black buttons and alternaria rot, according to Dr William Stewart of the California College of Agriculture.
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Riverside
Calif
Iron Age Tombs Found Near Enna Sicily
A discovery near Realmesi, Enna in Sicily reveals 150 Iron Age tombs, with several opened during Byzantine rule and many intact. In one tomb 11 bodies were found with 32 vessels. Archaeologists say all tombs date before the ninth century BC, long before Greek rule in southern Sicily.
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Catania
Realmesi
Enna
Sicily
India pushes use of Hindi in upper primary classes
New Delhi reports the government directs state governments to make Hindi compulsory in all upper primary classes. Hindi, the national language, is spoken by about 70 percent of the population. Non-Hindi regions receive 15 years to learn the language. The plan includes teaching Hindi to employees lacking the language and mirrors similar steps for state government staff.
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New Delhi
India
Hndi
Three Roomed Unfurnished Apartments at Walter Street
A small kitchenette apartment for a lady is offered at 15 Walter Street. The notice appears in the Grafton Sentinel and mentions a widow's home with a Write Box in section six. The report also notes a mixed language blend and contextual references to West Berlin press and a committee seeking technical term translations.
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Walter Street
Grafton Sentinel
Memorial shutdowns and Formosa clash in Washington
Washington rumors link John L. Lewis to a brief memorial mining shutdown citing the 1950 51 coal contract while Symington's move from Air secretary to NRSB chairsparks expectations of verbal fireworks. Experts see Formosa as a strategic flashpoint with Red air power advancing and U S fears of a Communist invasion amid NLRB tensions and Denham Herzog clashes.
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Central Press
Ashington
John L. Lewis
Interior Department
United States
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Stuart Symington
Air
National Security Resources Board
Symington
Defense
Louis Johnson
Plan to block numbers heightens Cold War radio clash
In the Russian sector of the city the plan was revived. The Communists asked postal authorities to block the number to stop Soviet sector inhabitants from listening. RIAS retaliated by adding another number. Telephone experts say it will take the Communists at least six months to block that one.
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Berlin
RIAS
College crews vie in three mile Marietta race
Fans flock to the harbor course as the B and O runs special trains from Pittsburgh and Cincinnati to Marietta. Thirteen colleges participate including California Washington Stanford Wisconsin Princeton Cornell Navy MIT Pennsylvania Columbia Syracuse Rutgers and Boston University. Freshman JV and Varsity races set for 2:30 3:10 and 4 p.m. EST with two mile freshman and three mile junior varsity and varsity legs.
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Marietta
Cincinnati
Pittebuneh
Pittsburgh
University of California
University of Washington
Stanford University
University of Wisconsin
Princeton University
Cornell University
U.S. Naval Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Syracuse University
Rutgers University
Boston University
Kiwanis Meeting Change At Hotel Grafton
Kiwanis officials note a prior announcement of the group meeting location, now confirming a gathering at Hotel Grafton.
Native chapter recounts career in Machinists union
The piece notes a man served two years as chair of the Shop Committee for the International Association of Machinists in Grafton and, for the last year, served as secretary or in a similar post for Taylor. The continuation references his tenure and roles within labor leadership.
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United States
International Peccision of Machinists
Grafton
Serv Sepaty
Taylor
In Memory of Pet Ray Kirby Killed in Normandy 1944
In Memoriam for Ray Kirby killed in action in Normandy France June 1944 six years ago today. The blow was hard the shock severe. We never thought death so near. He would never return and sleep away from home. Loving thoughts linger to the place he is laid. Father Mother Brothers Sisters.
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Pet
Ray Kirby
Itlon
Normandy
France
Mourty
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