Grafton Sentinel Publication Details and Advertising Rates
The fragment lists publisher and delivery details for the Grafton Sentinel of Grafton West Virginia with pricing for subscriptions and carrier delivery. It references Associated Press dispatches and national advertising offices in New York and Chicago, indicating distribution and telegraphed content.
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Inland Newspaper
Tives, Inc
New York
Fifth Avenue
N.Y
Chicago
Wrigley Building
Gambling on Love How Divorce and Widow Status Shape Remarriage Odds
The statistics show divorced or widowed individuals age 80 have high remarriage prospects, with 94 in 100 for a divorcee and 60 for a widow. a spinster of 80 sits at 48 in 100. For men, remarriage chances align similarly, while widowers may reach 92 in 100. A 30 year old bachelor scores 67 in 100, higher than women, who marry earlier on average. Age lowers odds to about one in two for a spinster age 30 and a widow age 33 a divorcee age 45. For both sexes, a divorced 45 and a single 30 share similar odds.
Review of Tahl by Jerome Ingalls in The Literary Guidepost
The piece critiques Tahl as an ambitious but largely prosaic poem, a philosophical survey more than poetry. It notes Miss Ingalls’s career arc, praising Ere Sword for finer poems, and mentions two art/photo volumes 64 photographs by Henie and a Liberty ship construction note about 40 skilled trades.
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Jerome Ingalls
Knopf
Miss Ingalls
Masssachusetts
Tahl
Hienle
Ziff Davis
Henie
Atlantic losses and Lend-Lease noted in 1944 report
A wartime tally shows U S losses at sea from 1940 to 1944 including 570 merchant ships sunk by direct action and convoy hazards, with 984 vessels lost to operational hazards. The report cites scuttled ships for invasion harbors and notes Shaw won the Nobel Prize in literature despite limited schooling.
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Algiers
Maritime Commission
U.S
Normandy
U. S
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
City of
Bayville
Truman Byrnes Meet Spurs State Dept Post Speculation
The article notes James F Byrnes may accompany Truman to a meeting fueling talk of his potential appointment as secretary of state. Truman rejects changes in the state department portfolio while joking about the question. It also covers expectations for thorough hearings on the San Francisco treaty and quotes Barkley on committee timing. Dorothea Dix is cited as Civil War Army nurse corps head.
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Truman
James F. Byrnes
State Department
San Francisco
George
Foreign Relations Committee
Barkley
Dorothea Dix
Carman
Johnny
Gail
Beauchamp
Health
Springdale
Nina
Okinawa Battles Reported With Heavy Casualties
The article details a brutal Okinawa engagement as Japanese forces unleash 90 minutes of mortar machinegun and rifle fire and grenades before a counterattack. Capt Dallas D. Thomas reports 250 killed before dawn and the rest hunted down by noon, while Maj Gen Shepherd’s Marine Division eradicates pockets on Otoku peninsula. The piece also notes 1919 origins of the term broadcast for radio.
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Okinawa
Dallas D. Thomas
Shawnee
Okla
Torrington
Wyo
Associated Press
al Cocking
Behin Crags
Emuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Otoku Peninsula
Russia eyes expanded sea power and postwar naval shifts
The article alleges Russia plans to greatly enlarge its naval reach after recuperating from losses in the German war and may seek a larger share of postwar assets. It notes Britain and the United States aided Russia with destroyers and other vessels, and Paris talks consider demanding the ships’ return. It also mentions possible Russia–Japan Pacific engagement and a looming government shakeup in agriculture with Rep. Clinton Anderson becoming secretary, plus Jackson’s wartime international law stance and past anti-trust actions by Hoover-era prosecutors.
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Russia
Central Press
Sesser Pth
Washington
Moscow
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Britain
Italy
United States
Japan
Department of “Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
House Food Committee
Truman
New
A Anderson
Claude R. Wickard
Wis
Hew
Sam ‘of Agriculture
War Food Administration
Wickard
Marvin Jones
WEA
Wieland
Roosevelt
Supreme
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Nced
John Harlan
Sng
New York
AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO TO REPLACE BLU ON AIR
Eastern War Time New York reports the BLU network will drop its name Friday and operate as American Broadcasting Co ABC. NBC CBS and others list tonight’s programs with Burns Crosbey Abbott Costello Vallee Webb Brandwynne and Weems among hosts and acts.
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New York
BLU
American Broadcasting Co
Priday
ABC
NBC
Bob Burns
Bing Crosbey
Abbott and Costello
Rudy Vallee
CBS
Clifton Webb
Death Valley
Ted Weems
van Cleave
MBS
Arthur Hale
Antonini
Ben Wain
the Thing
Chamber views postwar policy on universal military training
The chamber urged universal military training, noting a 12 month compulsory period and an overwhelmingly favorable vote on a 1944 referendum. It warned that war could recur, reflecting its broad membership of over 750000 business and professional men and industrialists. An ancient Greece anecdote about heating as one travels south closes the piece.
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House
Rival to My Heart Turns to Doctor for Help
Gail confronts Johnny about Carman and Nina's illness, warning that a blood test may reveal infections. Dr Benton and Dr McCormick circle Gail’s actions as hospital tensions rise, with Amos Niles plotting and Lucienne Thayer a focal point in a dinner arrangement.
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Nina
Rina
Dr. Benton
Johnny
Ning
Gail
Big Deak
Lucienne
Thayer
Ralph Kramer
Mr. Nile
Dr. Kramer
Mr. Niles
Benton
Kramer
Gail Haring
Amos Nile
Wind Faery
Pa Tater
Bowne
World League Charter Advances at Conference
The conference pushed toward a June adjournment with a working weekend plan and Sunday sessions. A regional defense provision was approved to allow collective self defense if the world league fails. A secretary general proposal and veto voting rule gained approval, giving big powers control of the security council while excluding any power party to a dispute from ruling on it.
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Conferece
Big-Five
Security Council of the World Organization
West Virginia War Ration Frauds and Embezzlement Sentence
Federal Judge Ben Moore continued the wartime saboteur framing in West Virginia reporting Tessie Emmett Mankin of Rup ert fined 2000 for overcharging on auto sales, Don Catalano of Charleston fined 1500 for invalid ration coupon use, and Earl C. Massie of Ashland Ky eight hundred fifty for counterfeit stamp possession. Burrell Roscoe Williams was sentenced after a prior embezzlement of 950 in funds.
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West Virginia
Ben Moore
Ins
Tessie Emmett Mankin
Rupert
Don Catalano
Charleston
Earl C. Massie
Ashland
Moore
Burrell Roscoe. Williams
Beckley Post Office Clerk Sentenced to Prison Time
A Beckley post office clerk received a one year and six month term in the Ashland Correctional Institution after a criminal case. Fecine ahead.
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Rom
Beckley
Wullé
Ashland Correctional Institution
Fecine
Fat’s wartime role emphasized by government appeal
Wartime officials urge housewives to conserve all fat since fat is a crucial energy source and raw material for many wartime products. After cooking, fat loses its culinary value, so households should save every drop to ensure supplies for industry, including soaps and synthetic rubber, and to support essential wartime processes.
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Food Administration
Industhy
Sia
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