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Grafton Sentinel in Grafton, West Virginia

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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1948

Page

5

Odd Ballin' Political Quips and Tech Tidbits

Central Press writer ponders if Russians might borrow ideas in the Iron Curtain era while noting a near golf course. References to soap flakes, Truman blaming GOP for floods, and Harold Stassen predicting a ninth-ballot GOP nomination. Also mentions a plane breaking the sound barrier and the car of the future becoming smaller and more available.

Central Press Zadok Dumkopf Z D Harold Stassen Philadelphia

Xenophon Meeks Named Manager Of East Bicycle Club

Xenophon Meeks has been named manager of the East Bicycle baseball club with plans for innovations to improve performance. The league has become a twilight circuit, and the Pedalers aim to look sharper, despite the semi dark conditions.

Xenophon Meeks East Bicycle Xen Rey

Fragmented 1930s scribbles mix sports and science notes

A garbled column cites bar-bar Barbara Ann Scott fame, Albert Einstein, Joe Louis and Joe Walcott, plus a rhinoceros and an electricity tower in Arizona. It mentions US book bans, rain for farmers, and education commissioner’s view on summer vacation, all in a disjointed historical snippet.

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