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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
2
Pole beans yield longer and more abundantly than bush varieties in small gardens. Temporary trellises can be made with stout cord and wire between posts set fifteen to twenty feet apart. Cord spaced one foot apart along the wires allows climbing beans to grow.
A staged flying lesson at the Stage Door Canteen features Lieut Feng Shien-Huei explaining a finer point of aviation to Pvt Walter Lee. Forty five Chinese airmen visited New York City for the event, with the scene capturing wartime cultural exchange during a wartime visit.
The senate committee reported that dollar a year executives in WPB face subconscious ties to their own industries. It cites the Guthrie case and references charges by Guthrie and others after public and closed hearings. The reviews cover refrigerators and related sectors.
Senate findings sharply differ from a prior house military affairs subcommittee report that commended dollar-a-year men and said Guthrie's charges lacked proof beyond evidence of sharp dealing in areas touching radios, metal furniture, signs, laundry equipment, toys, games, typewriters, building construction, and textiles.
The Italian High Command reported that Admiral Sir Walter Cowan, former commander in chief of British naval forces in the North Atlantic and British West Indian waters, had been captured in Africa. London had not confirmed the capture.
A congressional committee reveals a wartime shipbuilding mix totaling 1 000 smaller craft to combat submarines and 000 tons of light and heavy cruisers and destroyers. It emphasizes immediate carrier construction while deferring some other vessels, noting carriers play a decisive role in the current war.
Treasury expenditures for war purposes rise sharply from 409.4 million in the week before Pearl Harbor to 944.1 million last week. Officials warn the weeklong pace nears 1 billion dollars, the largest spending figure in American history and far surpassing all nonwar outlays.
Admiral Nimitz praised teamwork of Army Navy and Marines in the Midway victory and announced medals for aviation corps and submarine personnel. He stressed that power across ships planes and crews led to victory and noted Coral Sea and Midway battles marked a historic era of carrier fleet air duels.
The article outlines postwar goals including avoiding ruin of production facilities and farms, converting munitions industries to peacetime use, and the need for agreed objectives and a cooperative machinery under the United Nations. It emphasizes high level collaboration among all nations and the oppressed peoples.
Informed sources say Japanese control of the extended railway through two provinces is narrowed to about 50 miles of the 450 mile line. Prospects of a Japanese attack on eastern Russia discussed, noting preparatory steps while reinforcement of air forces in Manchukuo remains the last measured action with no confirmation.
Reports note Japan restored Kwantung Army in Manchukuo to 33 divisions about 600,000 men after Southwest Pacific deployments. Chinese informants warn of a potential Siberian strike at the 11th hour, while Midway and Aleutian attacks are seen as prep moves. Berlin claims 22 British ships left Gibraltar. London sources doubt the scale of losses and suggest only smaller vessels were sunk.
Greek King Beco is active on NBC with two recent broadcasts and more in schedule. He spoke to the senate via NBC pickup on Monday and NBC canceled a dinner broadcast tonight in his honor. Additional pickups include a Overseas Press Club luncheon at 1 45 p m Friday and a Russian War Relief rally address at 9 10 next Monday night with Harry Hopkins also speaking.
Legal notice states the sale of part of Lot 23 on Walnut Street in Grafton Taylor County WV, conveyed by Joseph B Bradford and wife by trust deed dated September 20 1928, originally set for June 3 1942, continued to Wednesday June 24 at 1100 p m at the front door of the Court House of Taylor County to be offered for sale under the same terms as the original notice.
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