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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
4
An item from the Grafton West Virginia publication record lists the publisher and editorial roles with department titles and office references including street notation and archival identifiers. The entry notes the printing office and management titles as part of the paper’s production chain.
An editorial warns that keeping prices too low under price control harms production and distribution. It argues the retail system runs on slim margins and volume, so reduced supply risks losses and paralyzing shortages. The piece condemns price juggling and urges preserving production incentives to sustain distribution.
The council urged universal effort to cut the expected near 300 deaths from traffic drownings burns falls and exertion this holiday. It cited past patterns and urged Americans to practice extra care and courtesy in daily travel as a wartime aim.
The Literary Guidepost reviews two wartime books Mission Beyond Darkness by Lt Gontdr Joseph Ryan and Philip Reed and Action Tonight by James D Horan. Both recount the Pacific theater with vivid detail from carrier Lexington air group and destroyer O Bannon. The pieces highlight real frontline danger, fuel suspense, and rely on eyewitness accounts rather than fiction.
In New York a scene of heat and relief unfolds as young girls wade into the cool waters of a city pool, capturing a universal moment when people seek refreshment on hot days. The image conveys seasonal relief and urban summer life.
A wartime column notes the 86th Infantry Division, aged around 22, performing with high praise in night battles around Guadalcanal. Lt. Charles E. Pittwater of Company A, 341st Infantry, praised the troops as well-disciplined and capable, calling them the best he’s seen. Officers nationwide echo that assessment.
Reports describe a wide scale revision of surplus property disposal and operations after Gillette's resignation. Policies aim to streamline handling, add multiple checks, and curb criticisms of postwar disposal as 4.6 billion dollars of Goods United States warehouses will rise with peacetime demand.
A wartime message explains that shock from battle can kill and promotes syringes called syrettes to ease pain. It urges soldiers and civilians to salvage tin cans, claiming enough pure tin exists in two cans to make a syrette and to aid war production and equipment needs.
In a hospital corridor Gail faces Agnes Thayer and learns Reyna plans to curb her son's actions. Doctor Benton confronts a risky drug trial tied to mononucleosis treatment while wartime notes detail Lt. William Grow and medalists from the 86th Infantry, with rescue scenes of brave soldiers under fire.
Amid weather and labor shortages, officials warn that vegetable crops shrink and civilian rations rise. The Food Administration promotes expanding Victory Gardens to bolster home food supply, with Stark returning to lead post duties and urging broader planting campaigns to avert shortages and sustain the war effort.
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