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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1950
Page
2
Judge George B. Harris signs a San Francisco decree revoking longshoremen leader Harry Bridges 1945 naturalization. He notes Bridges’s attorney appeal auto-stays the revocation. The text includes unrelated medical ad lines and a local notice.
A scrambled crossword grid lists across and down clues with partial entries and misprints. The reader must infer names, numbers, and terms such as pal feeple of ice dish checkerchief hele boring tools seaweed masculine pronoun ancient merchant beetle hire again heathen image accumulate a watered sill unable to speak baby s cap fat learn over again music note poems horse incisor king of israel rope with running knot fail to hit obtains down hint ugly old woman shoshonean indian consollida opposed to tons exegesis like male sheep onions rob ost rich integrate myth take dinnt or introduce coin exclamations son of permit contempt lament keep cool capital device sun god unit of pole weight round cheese inter regative minus Jacob bib regative.
A daily code uses single letters for frequent letters and varies each day. The puzzle presented reads A for L and X for O among others, guiding clues through letter length and placement. The quotation references gods and necessity, echoing classical wisdom from Simonides in yesterday’s cryptoquote.
The Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division warns employers to observe age limits for teenage labor. Acting regional director William A. Hargadine Jr. notes sixteen as the general minimum age and eighteen for hazardous work, urging strict compliance in special vacation employment.
The region urges employers to enforce age and employment certificates for minors to prevent violations of the Wage-Hour Law during summer when injuries rise. The guidance stresses verifying under eighteens for general work and under twenties for hazardous tasks before any minor starts work. Joe Paterno is noted for his four seasons at Brown under coach Rip Enele.
The report notes both Neely and Kilgore hobbling with canes after spraining left ankles. Kilgore claims he twisted his ankle rushing to a train, while Neely reportedly prepared to travel home. The pair struggle to convince colleagues their injuries are not coincidental.
Help wanted for CETLIN and WILSON SHOWS to erect displays at the Old Fair Grounds. White or Colored workers invited. Report at 7:00 4m Monday morning June 26 to Charley Sheesley. Location CETLIN and WILSON SHOWS from June 26 to July 1 inclusive.
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