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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
4
A reader notes an anonymous poem praising West Virginia culture with rural imagery, humor, and fighting spirit. The verses reference mountains, rivers, farms, and self-reliance, ending with a patriotic tagline. The piece reflects regional pride and sentimental tone, noting readers’ favorable comments.
Colonel E R Lasher of the Army Transportation Corps urges the Rochester Transportation Club that proper packing, legible marking, and careful stowage are crucial to saving lives and material in World War I era logistics. He notes experiments to protect eggs, crates, and canned goods, and cites shipment surveyors guiding continuous improvements in shipping specifications.
The piece notes stamps issued or planned by Ireland France Uruguay and Russia, honoring figures like Brother O Clery and leaders such as Baron Rio Branco and Duke of Caxias. It mentions centennial markers for Florida Texas and other regions, plus stamps depicting Stalingrad Sevastopol and Odessa defenders with political captions and commemorative values.
The report describes sporadic Vichy aided sabotage amid Allied bombings targeting German communications. It cites Paris area partisans, a collaborationist mayor assassination at Allainville, Lyon recruiting, and a fierce Ain department clash where partisans overwhelmed Vichy forces. Citizens urged to keep buying war bonds and backing the war effort.
Washington dispatch notes expected early conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to map long range Allied military plans after the European invasion. Baruch resignation rumors denied. postwar reconversion units reorganized under WPB. Major networks briefed ahead of the invasion news as defenses and labor shifts unfold.
New York reports telecasts of the Republican national convention in Chicago will use multiple camera crews and delayed film transmission for broader coverage. Four crews, including the first assignments for RKO Television, will feed a three station network led by NBCs WNBT with WRGB and WPTZ as partners. A cross Atlantic Fifth War Loan broadcast for CBS NBC and the foreign links will feature Winston Churchills widow and Mrs Roosevelt among others.
Wartime price controls extend to June 30 1945 and WASP status in the army is blocked. The House debates cut across insurance and war contract bills as the Senate moves toward finishing wartime finance. The editorial urges supporting veterans care and the Fifth War Loan while stressing national unity and sacrifice.
A fragmented note recalls Nora Wright and banker Jim Haight amid family tension, wedding talk, and a Halloween town buzz. Pat, Carter Bradford, Hermy, and Queen surface in a melodrama of romance, past ties, and a housewarming that unsettles a community, ending with a cliffhanger about Nora’s fate.
The communique reports intensified fighting as Allied reconnaissance moves push northeast of Perugia toward Nocera Umbra and Camern, with German resistance on the Trasim lake western and southwestern fronts. Villages near Magione and Castigione del Lago see continued combat as forces press from the north and west.
Centri THERD presents two raspberry planting methods: hedge-row and hill system. Hedge-row places plants two and a half to three feet apart in rows about four to five feet apart, maximizing cane numbers per area. The text notes many suckers and discusses spacing, with references to a Garden Graph illustration.
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