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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
4
A notice states that letters to the editor will be published free if they are in good taste and not scurrilous matter. Discussions of matters of regional interest are encouraged, with the author’s signature required for publication.
A Camp Fire girl visiting Washington amused President Roosevelt by telling him she was working for the government after a tongue twister encounter. The moment highlighted the informal ease of a White House audience with young visitors.
The narrator follows Mr Queen as he enters Wrightsville, examining the red cobbled square, the town shops, founder Wright statue, the Carriage Library, and Low Village streets. He tours Record office, five and dime, woolen mill, and Gotch General Store while seeking a month to month furnished dwelling amid growing housing demand.
Taylor County sustains strong support for the Fifth War Loan drive with local bands, merchants closing 2 to 3 pm, and civic groups like the World War Mothers Club and the Women's Club opening booths. Janet P. Telephone reports 100 percent quota with every employee buying at least a $100 bond, as industries follow suit under Chairman O. Jay Fleming. Local enthusiasm grows with ongoing sales and a call to join the front in supporting war bonds.
The Literary Guidepost reviews Leave Her to Heaven by Ben Ames Williams. It notes Ellen as a vividly villainous heroine whose acts shock but drive the plot, praising Williams’s craft, narrative overlays, and reverse sentence style as adding archaic texture to a modern tale. It warns readers may struggle with the heroine’s actions yet stay engaged.
Daylight raids continued with small numbers over western and northern Germany while Allied air leaders claimed a record by 1400 American heavy bombers and RAF targets overnight. Bridges near central hubs and key fighting areas were hit as Luftwaffe efforts appeared aimed at saving face after weak performance.
NBC presents a 90 minute Hollywood talent special at 11:30 PM featuring Ronald Colman Jack Benny Ginny Simms Frances Langford Abbott and Costello Bob Hope John Charles Thomas Fibber McGee and Molly Frank Morgan Kay Keyser Bing Crosby Amos and Andy and the Great Gildersleeve. Program notes include Don Quinn wrote the script and bonds drive continues to 3 AM with other networks airing later.
fragmented report notes planes over southern England, one reaching London for the first time since April 27. It describes the night campaign against German transport, with aircraft types including hedules, mediums, Mosquitos, and Spins as they push eastward over the lowlands and toward key points around Arras, Amiens, and Caen in France.
Mediums augmented the assault with a massive blow on the panzer marshalling area southwest of Caen dropping 150 tons on armored concentrations. They also hit Mezidon railroad center and ferry installations over the Seine at Caucebec, continuing campaigns against ferries to hinder Nazi staging if Allied forces trap them. West Virginia items note Lt. Charles McCullough of Welch receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in the Pacific. James D. Nash of Cabell county resigns as war price board chief clerk in Huntington. Jenkins safety director John Hill named for Consolidation Coal Co. near Jenkins. PFC Virginia F. Smith of Camp Campbell, Ky., WAC member.
Central Press Column surveys Taft’s humor and appetite at a Sunday lunch and reflects on the Taft Roosevelt split, wartime island fortifications, and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s possible postwar plans. It notes debates, political maneuvering, and congratulatory telegram quirks from Lister Hill and Claude Pepper.
St Joseph Missouri officials report a 110 foot steel bridge swept away by high water and sunk in the Platte river. The loss remains unseen with no trace. The county also recalls a forty year old mystery when an elephant statue vanished from a St Joseph site and was never recovered.
WAC Lt Marion Toole stationed at Charleston West Virginia suffered fatal injuries in a car accident near Mason. Pvt. Smith is listed as daughter of Mrs Virginia Smith of Philadelphia. Lt Toole is daughter of Mr and Mrs Elgin M Toole of Huntingdon Park California.
Churchill accompanied by Smuts and Brooke watched Allied operations ashore during a rare France visit. He toured American sectors with Eisenhower, viewed Isigny and German positions, then returned to England aboard an American destroyer. Civilians waved as dust clouds swept pebbled fields marked Achtung.
The second division pressed forward after a tough fight at Trevieres four and a half miles from the coast. Germans turned Trevieres into a strong point, leaving shambles and heavy casualties. Americans swept through the Cerisy forest, wiping out pockets of resistance. A tour of the central beachhead left the impression that German hopes to push back to the sea are fading.
Dispatches indicate Soviet forces aim to neutralize Finland to close the northern flank against enemy drives. If Finland falls quickly, Russians would better position a broader assault while basing plans there to pressure German fronts. Warships could operate from the Gulf of Finland, long littered with anti submarine nets. Reports from Stockholm and Berlin reflect Finns conceding a possible German army challenge.
Central Press reports an easy method to move tomato pepper cucumber melon and other vines seedlings with minimal root disturbance using paper bands or peat pulp pots. Small peat paper pots are shown in a Garden Graph with soil and plant in paper pot technique to prevent setback during transplanting.
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