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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1954
Page
5
A quirky crossword style item mixes clues such as Fishhook and Fragrance with playful TV style commentary on titles granted by Queen Elizabeth and a joke about a trout record. It weaves in snippets about Munich labor, a Grandpappy Jenkine, and a Korean Nationalist Society, all in a breezy, humorous tone.
A 1954 Bennett Cerf advertisement extols books as three dimensional, durable, and timeless objects. It cites a Washington reporter asking Admiral Fechteler about Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny, who calls it a good yarn yet questions how one Naval Reserve officer could fit so many screwballs into a single ship.
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