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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1943
Page
4
A discussion on how food and love fuel beliefs and superstitions across cultures. The text traces ideas from love potions to the tomato once deemed poisonous, the shift of tomatoes to love apples, and sugar’s contested history from cane to beet. It notes public skepticism yields to scientific evidence, eroding food myths.
The Baltimore Sun reports that British and American commands align. A formula keeps Giraud in North and West Africa while de Gaulle directs other French forces. A joint high command will draft fusion terms for a single armed force, delaying, but not ending, factional bickering.
A literary guide offers a chronological survey of global events from 1914 to 1943. Frank P. Chambers Christina P. Grant and Charles C. Bayley provide context on home fronts Near East Balkans North and South America and the Far East, noting strengths and limits of their long view.
A historical piece reviews wartime domestic and international coverage highlighting how overseas events shaped the narrative. It notes a 1942 Japanese submarine alert sighting near California, with Navy air units sinking subs off the coast and additional sinkings in northern California and Oregon. Several subs were destroyed by planes and surface forces early in the war, while Army air actions are acknowledged as effective.
Snippet notes a continuing sighting of a submarine named Perseus, identified as sister ship to the D. Additional context and details are partially obscured in the mirrored OCR fragment.
A lengthy debate presents Samuel Wolchok arguing the Wagner Act protects collective bargaining and reduced dislocations, while John W. Scoville contends it is unconstitutional, fuels strikes, and should be repealed. Both cite historical data on strikes, unemployment, and wartime contracts to support their positions.
London reports a new pre invasion education effort with many classes in French and German for American soldiers. Phonograph based instruction is directed by Captains Clarence Linton of New York and Daniel Shank of Cincinnati, both linked to university teaching colleges.
The Toepperweins famous exhibition pair alter their 43rd tour due to rationing removing tomato can trick shots. Adolph and Elizabeth Toepperwein, aged 73 and 60, live at Casa Lometa Leon Springs when not touring. They now use wooden block and clay targets, touring to 10 camps with fewer props.
Meat rationing has made life hard for hungry dogs in the Martinsburg area. D. McDonald, caretaker of an estate near Martinsburg, reports six of twenty one farm dogs have been injured in six weeks. He says he has been forced to kill seven dogs to protect stock from marauding foragers.
Mr and Mrs Edgar McElwain on a northwest turkey farm discover a hollow ground nest covered with grass containing three turkey eggs eight quail eggs and two pheasant eggs awaiting hatching with uncertainty over who will hatch them.
Salvaged London papers include letters written by Napoleon during his retreat from Moscow now housed in the British Museum as part of preserved archival material.
CBS to air a new program for Colonel Stoopnagle in July after his Fourth of July Sunday series ends. The program titled The Colonel debuts on CBS following his current show. A.M.S. American forum will feature Senators Burton Wheeler Nye debating an international police force.
Jean attends Mrs. Parkinson s fiesta while Curley and Rosita prepare a Charro dance. Curley resists Jean s advances and Rosita s risky daring grows. The party ends with a tense moment as Curley confronts Rosita amid a murky plot.
Ball in favor to the microphone Sunday evening as Crown Prince Juliana of the Netherlands and Lord Halifax visit for a United Nations broadcast on Wee The People of CBS. NBC and CBS offer a night of varied programming from Elmer Davis war updates to concerts and dramas featuring Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra and Gracie Fields among others.
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