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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1947
Page
4
James Marlow reports from Washington that in 1947 Congress may fail to pass major actions. President Truman opposes both the proposed income tax cut and the labor union restriction bill and is expected to veto the tax cut and may veto the labor measure.
Congress faces slim odds to re pass vetoed tax measures. Labor bill likely to survive. Reports trace lengthy committee hearings from Jan to May with 6 297 pages of testimony and 237 witnesses. Truman must act by June 20 on the tax bill and June 1 on the labor bill while broadcasters schedule programs tonight.
OCR fragment describes levee breaks and flooding across Alexdria Missouri Hannibal Canton and Quincy Illinois. Alexandria evacuated as levee break floods 4,000 acres. Hannibal 9 blocks submerged with 20,000 residents affected. Canton reports half underwater and 2,200 residents homeless. Louisiana levee failure evacuates 60 families. Quincy records record river stage but city remains on a bluff. several evacuations near the waterfront.
The State Route 26 bridge at Albright in Preston County will remain closed for repairs until June 12. A detour via State Route 7 and secondary routes has been arranged by the Highway Information Bureau.
Sherry races to Val’s apartment after a late call from Wade reveals Val may not live. Lex steadies her as the pair hurry to the hospital room where Val has overdosed on sleeping pills. Wade fears guilt while Sherry hopes doctors can save her friend, amid unanswered questions and fear.
Government statistics show national debt surpassing 16.2 billion dollars in 1980, with wartime and postwar totals from 1945 to 1946. Taxpayers with incomes under 5,000 faced heavy annual effects while higher earners paid a smaller share, prompting calls to review tax policy amid war and peace costs.
The Supreme Court declined to review Mayor James M Curley’s mail fraud conviction, prompting speculation on whether Boston’s city government, once led by a four term mayor, can endure leadership from prison. Critics argue civic spirit wanes as residents move to the suburbs and question future governance.
The article discusses Dr. Hans Ahlmann’s view that Arctic temperatures have risen sharply and Spitzbergen waters warmed, triggering faster glacier melt. It warns that if Antarctic warming occurs too, ocean levels could rise, flooding shorelines and forcing mass migrations worldwide.
In St Charles Illinois a 14 year old Swedish born retiree who has devoted his life to helping others received a round trip fly to Stockholm from grateful townspeople. He funded acts by the local troop of 250 Boy Scouts and longed to see his sister in Sweden, prompting a community fund to arrange the visit. The piece reflects on human kindness amid a view of ingratitude and cultural decline.
A daily devotional notes that a spiritually minded unselfish person has clear judgment and avoids petty deeds, citing 1 Corinthians 2 15. It states the spiritual judge all things yet is himself judged by no one.
A carload of American soldiers escaped from Gudwigsburg driving a stolen colonel's car and charged a roadblock manned by military police. Four shots were fired as MPs, ordered not to fire inside town limits, attempted to halt the fugitives. The escape occurred near Mannheim with port trade noted between the United States and Caribbean.
New York report notes that CBS will shift star Arthur Godfrey toward top network status as Kate Smith Jimmy Durante and Frank Sinatra step back. Godfrey rises from local broadcaster to morning and later night shows with new sponsors and expanded appeal.
A Polish national living in Poland sought compensation benefits under the act but was denied by a West Virginia provision barring non resident aliens. The Supreme Court cites a U S Poland treaty granting equal rights to benefits and declares the state law invalid as contrary to treaty and the U S Constitution Article VI. Judge Riley references the supremacy clause.
A fatal fall from a cherry tree in Charleston ends the life of Clayton L. Taylor, 27, of Quick, Kanawha county. He died while gathering fruit, authorities say.
Charleston June 10. The state soil conservation committee tentatively approved an allotment among 14 districts of a 250 thousand dollar equipment fund but withheld the per district amounts pending further study.
Cleveland dispatch reports Frank B. Downey, long used as master mechanic, selected to lead the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's Huntington division. Downey's promotion follows advancement of C. D. Allen, reflecting a reshuffle in the line at the Huntington shop.
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