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Newspaper

Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1944

Page

4

Advertising Representative Listings in Inland Newspapers

Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc. lists advertising reps in New York at 613 Fifth Avenue and Chicago at 640 Wrigley Building among others. The short notice indicates office locations in major cities including New York and Chicago with landline-style addresses.

Inland Newspaper Representatives, Inc New York Fifth Avenue N. Chicago Wrigley Building Chicago

Radio Dials Chase Signals Amid War Loan Drive

Fragmented OCR notes describe station reception and antenna setups, names like Horace Heidt and Rupert appear, with references to WGN and MBS networks. The Fifth War Loan Drive begins at 10 pm with President Roosevelt speech and Morgenthau as MC, cancelling regular programs.

Marrietta Horace Heidt Ena Spitalny Orchestra New Pi WGN Rupert Roosevelt Sec. of Treasury Morgenthau

War front echoes and domestic notices in Charleston

Wartime dispatch quotes Allied leaders and sources from Cherbourg to Caen with emphasis on Rommel, Montgom ery, and Moscow while local items report a wife reclaiming wedding rings and a magistrate ruling on domestic matters. A Lexington county liquor case is briefly noted as a rustled illegal still and capture.

Equiles Lexington County Charleston 8. C Thomas A. Matthews Matthews France Rommel Cherbourg Caen Saint Loanne Arentan Poth Fie

The Island Chase Amid War Time Snow

A tense scene unfolds on a snowbound lakeshore as Tennant Dove and Colin wait under the spruce for a possible ambush. Dove eyes the island while Colin mentors Blair approaching from the sky, with a risky plan hinging on a lone plane and a looming confrontation on the shore. The narrative blends war stakes with personal bravery and a cliffhanger ending.

Colis Ternant Rae Tennant Colin Behnand Mlante Costa

Gold Medal Awards Honor Fire Prevention Efforts

The National Board of Fire Underwriters began a yearly program awarding $500 gold medals to a newspaper and a radio station for outstanding fire prevention work. The Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette and KMTR radio in Hed, California, were cited for proactive coverage and public education. Judges noted the Gazette’s year-long focus on fire prevention and KMTR’s broadcasts with Los Angeles Fire Department and Civilian Defense partners.

National Board of Fire Underwriters United National Bound Burlington Towa Hawk-Eye Gazette KMTR Hedi California Gazette Los Aneles Fire Department America

Labor Slackers and Farmers in Wartime Struggle

The piece contrasts farmer resilience with industrial labor strikes. It argues farmers endure long hours and harsh conditions while politics intrudes into agriculture, making farming highly complex yet still non strike-prone despite widespread pressures. It asserts strikes would undermine wartime production.

Oress Atvérse

Santa Claus? Tax Pill Collector for 135 Million

Business Week notes tax revenues from income and excess profits will fall. Federal Reserve compiled profits of large industrials after tax peaked in 1941. 1943 returns, despite higher volume, run about 20 percent below 1941. No more rich to soak means more tax burden on small taxpayers as government intrudes on business. Uncle Sam isn’t Santa Claus.

Business Week Federal Reserve Sam Santa Claus

The Fightin est Ship reviewed by Morris and Cave

The Guidepost commends The Fightin est Ship by Z C Morris and Hugh B Cave with Lt C G Mottis for its accurate, honest portrayal of the cruiser Helena. It highlights wartime portraits of her crew from commissioning in 1939 to the Kula Gulf action and death, noting the book’s human, readable approach.

U.S.N.R B. Cave Dodd, Mead Navy Department Washdington Navy Army Marines Air Force Helena Pearl Harbor Kula Gulf

Foxhole radio uses razor blade and safety pin

In New York a foxhole radio set built with a razor blade and safety pin reportedly works, as described by Treut Maxie L. Rupert of Italy. NBC replicated the device and outlined how the blade’s blued surface acted as the detector, with Rupert noting his Springfield Missouri home and a small board mounting the components.

New York Treut Maxie L. Rupert Italy NBC Marlin Firearms Co Rupert Springfield

Truman Uproar Over New Haven Charges Sparks Bitter Campaign

Special to Central Press reports rising Republican anger as Senator Harry S. Truman accuses GOP leaders of politicking during wartime and warns of an intense pre election clash. Southern Democrats condemn his broadside while Republicans vow counter moves on radio and in public meetings in a tense political war.

Central Press Washington Harry S. Truman New Haven Conn Truman Senate War Investigating Committee Committee Votsene House Missouri Roosevelt Acca

Tug of War On Farm, Oil Prices Split House Senate

House and Senate clash over farm labor pricing and raw cotton costs plus crude oil boosts. Proposals from Pace and Brown mirror Bankhead amendments and administration opposes linger. Conference decision on preserving these amendments hazy as talks run toward a summer recess.

Pace D.ga Brown Senate House Senate-House Congress

Soviet Forces Claim 82 Towns Seized Near Lenin grad

A Soviet communique asserts Russian troops captured 82 towns and villages including the Terljoki rail junction, 27 miles northwest of Leningrad and 160 miles east of Helsinki, with further gains noted in the bulletin.

Terijoki Leningrad Helsinki Terljoki

Why a Farmer Should Buy War Bonds

J L Falconer of the Rural Economics Dept at Ohio State University argues farmers should buy and hold War Bonds to help fund the war and curb inflation. Bonds are a safe long term investment, providing future income, possible home or farm improvements, education for children, and a tool to guide scarce resources toward wartime needs.

J. L Falconer Ohio State University

First Transplanting MOS Seedlings For Victory Time

Transplant seedlings when second true leaves form and can be handled. Use same soil mix as planting. Many gardeners prefer richer mixes at transplanting. Apply fertilizer after seedlings are established. Plant rows three inches apart and two inches between plants as illustrated.

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Victory Seedlings at Halliday Grow in Frustrated Plot

Scrambled notes from a Press Association sketch describe planting seedling rows at Halliday amid unclear instructions. After placing the seedlings, workers firm and cover soil, preparing beds for light. The fragment hints at a teased garden layout and careful soil work, but lacks coherent final steps.

Halliday Iia

Early street lamps shine in New York in 1762

Fragmentary notes indicate 1762 New York streets used IS lamps, while a separate 1839 reference mentions Vermont dentists attending Indies at their homes. The text is incomplete and uncertain regarding specifics or sources.

New York Vermont

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