Grafton Sentinel publishing details and policy notes
Publication notice outlines daily weekday publication by THE GRAFTON SENTINEL PUBLISHING COMPANY with addresses for departments and printing, plus editorial leadership and subscription rates. It notes Associated Press rights, reader letters policy, and national advertising representation details across major cities.
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Grafton Sentinel Publishing Company
Latrobe Street
Grafton
W. Va
Grafton Printing Co
Alice 3. Holt
John 8. Palmer
Associated Press
J. J. Devine & Associates, Inc
New York
Lexington Ave
Atlanta
Boulevard N. B
Chicago
North Michigan Ave
Detroit
Stephenson Ride
Underground drive toward socialism in wartime rail policy
A wartime era debate features an underground campaign advocating government operation of railroads under war urgency. Critics defend private railways and urge guarding free enterprise, highlighting praise from Army and Navy officials and stressing rail efficiency and cooperation amid wartime needs. Industrial Revolution I and II are projected as postwar shifts with advances in synthetic rubber and cargo planes shaping the economy.
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Pedéra
Eastman
Admiral Spear
Tansportation
U. S, Navy
United States
Gross
U.S. Army
Hattiesburg
Miss
Burma
Hitler
President warns private enterprise in war and peace
The National Board of Fire Underwriters president urges private enterprise to lead in wartime and in rebuilding peace. He stresses responsibility, constructive action, and freedom of commerce under necessary restraints for the common good to preserve liberty and national policy.
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National Board of Fire
Keyhole In The Dark At New York Inventions Show
Hundreds of wartime aid inventions on display at a Fifth Avenue store in New York over the past two weeks include an automatic water to gasoline converter a rubber substitute a secret wireless system a portable broadcaster and a vest pocket radio receiver among other curious items a waiterless restaurant device and a collapsible auto truck entry stairs. Buffalo grandmother Mrs Rose Lang shows cuffs to hold children during blackouts as part of the display there is no limit to the nation s inventive genius.
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America
New York
Fifth Avenue
Rose Lang
Truman Hopes For War Bill Approval In Congress
President Truman seeks passage of a massive war funding bill that would authorize about 205 billion dollars in appropriations since 1940, with expected outlays for the new fiscal year not to exceed 60 billion dollars. Chairman Thomas of Oklahoma notes a potential committee battle and has demanded Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall testify in person to justify the nations needs.
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Congress
Arnold
Thomas
D.okla
George C.marshall
Army
Democratic Candidacy Filed for Taylor County Commissioner
A political notice announces candidacy for Taylor County commissioner with emphasis on Democratic primary support on August 4, 1942. The statement invites voters to consider the candidate ahead of the primary and outlines intent to seek the nomination.
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Taylor County
Pay as You Go Living Theory In War Time
Charles P. Stewart critiques Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and the pay as you go theory. He argues cash purchases reduce debt, but warns future obligations remain. The piece questions who will bear the long term debt and suggests popular war bonds as an alternative, noting congressional hearings on air force production.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Congressional Finance
Morgenthau
Leon Henderson
Bey
Leon
Skeezicks
Henry
Morgenesis
Congressional France
Enthusiastic Taylor County Auto Club gathers for meeting
More than a hundred members of the Taylor County Automobile Association met at Hotel Grafton on March 31 1925. President Fred B. Watkins opened with a musical program and toast. Hugh Warder urged road projects linking Park View to Three Forks Creek and Preston County. Charles E Morgan outlined state wide road maps and warned against proposed auto tax shifts and railway crossing stops. Board of directors elected for Grafton Booths Creek Court House Flemington districts.
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Taylor County Automobile Association
Grafton
Fred B. Watkins
Charles A. Keefer
Watkins
Frances Jaco
Elsie Ringler
Albert Keefer
Harry Bailey
J. Lee Evans
Paul Warden
Hugh Warder
Automobile Club
Park View
Grafton Park
Three Fork Creek
Thornton
Preston County
Hardman
Independence
Newburg
Raccoon Valley
Tunnelton
State Road Commission
Fairmont Pike
Pres. Watkins
Charles E. Morgan
Clarksburg
Harrison County Automobile Association
West Virginia Automobile Clubs
County
Treasuries
Charleston
Mr. Morgan
Board of Directors
B. W. Auvil
H. G. Berthold
Charles E.burke
Harry C. Compton
B. F.poe
Clyde G. Turner
Fred B.watkins
Oral J. Jones
Booths Creek
Dr. Alden Beagle
Court House
Guy D. Williams
Flemington
Charles
Ardendale Girl Jilted as Aunt Pushes Banker Match
Renee faces heartbreak after being jilted while her aunt Miss Martha Weston urges a marriage to local banker Pies Carr. Dian Weston then encounters Bill Rollins, a New York artist, a chance meeting that stirs further dramatic tension.
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Dian Weston
Ardendale
Martha Weston
Pies Carr
Dian
Mee Sbill Rollins
New York
Still-straight ahead on dirt road to danger
Dian and Bill flee Ardendale in a roadster as a rainstorm nears and two lovers Claire and Paul elope in a sedan. The scene mixes wit and romance with budding trust, a possible storm, and a plan to shelter at Dian Weston's farmhouse while Aunt Martha and Jerome pursue.
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Dian
Bill
Martha
Jerome
Bill Rollins
Martha Weston
Aggie
Ardendale
Royal Air Force
Claire Lester
Paul Peters
Claire
Paul
Ambassadors in White hailed as epic tale of tropical medicine
The review lauds Charles Morrow Wilson’s Ambassadors in White as a stark, practical chronicle of medicine in the tropics. It traces yellow fever research from Finlay to Reed and Gorgas, crediting preventive sanitation and the Panama Canal’s birth to their work. The piece notes the book’s focus on humane actions amid commerce and war, avoiding heroics in favor of core facts.
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American Tropics
Rick
Charles Morrow Wilson
Tropics
Mr. Wilson
Carlos Finlay
Walter Reed
Finlay
Reed
William Gorgas
Panama Ca
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