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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1949
Page
4
A devotional meditation notes that conscience, though often painful, is a divine gift shaping moral duty. It cites Romans and Hebrews to urge humility, self-examination, and submission to God, praying for contrition and obedience.
The piece argues that Gresham’s Law applies to laws, warning that adopting new regulations to attract business may push industry to laxer neighboring states. It cites Ohio as a current example where fair employment legislation faces opposition fears that stricter rules will drive growth away. The author cautions against laws converging to the least progressive standard.
The Harvard Business School Library receives the century old manuscript history of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, London jewelers. Gifted by Lydia Burgess Brownson of Buzzards Bay Massachusetts, the work traces the eighteenth and early nineteenth century firm. George Fox, who served thirty seven years, authored it. The article notes the rarity and bulk of old business records and the challenge of preserving them.
Semyon K Tsarapkin, a Russian delegate to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, describes a policy barring visitors and traveling in the Soviet Union as forbidden to U S haters, arguing that a government concealing conditions may have something to hide and that such conduct is discreditable.
The Miami and Nassau chapters reveal Fred Velleca, a Greenpoint youth who swam amid dangers, moved through odd jobs, fought in the Golden Gloves, aided during the 1936 hurricane, then became a pool custodian, a massage provider to countesses and stars, and later a naval hospital trainer before returning to quiet, if questionable, earnings.
In the conference debate, Del Rairden urged removing any matching requirement while Del Whitt warned such a plan would penalize counties seeking to improve. The Senate proposed a constitutional amendment to finance bond issues for school construction with levies exceeding current limits as another solution. Walrus hunts for hides oil and ivory tusks persist as Arctic natives rely on meat.
John L Lewellyn Lewis known as a beetle browed union strongman led United Mine Workers. He was born February 12 in Lucas Texas and lived near Washington at UMW headquarters International. The text notes women’s limited voting rights in American colonies and mentions tax paying widows and unmarried women sometimes permitted to vote.
Donna and Si plot a playful New Year gathering at Lakeside to test a match while Miriam frets over baby-sitting. Donna hints at a late New York return, a possible romance with Si, and a line of business talk that tightens as they pursue bigger, meaningful ventures beyond shoes.
The report describes an Air Force demonstration showing bomber and tanker deployment anywhere as needed. It notes in flight refueling capability and that headquarters could redirect a B-50 during its mission with hourly base reports, while mentioning a historical aside about the boll-weevil arriving in the United States in 1890.
The text appears as a garbled collage of phrases about Russians, Moscow, airline rumors, surveys on travel by gender, a puzzle about a cat, chimpanzee intelligence, the Nizam of Hyderabad, tax ideas, Anna Louise Strong, Soviets, postal issues, and a hurtling jab at mail and a wreck in South Africa. It shows disjointed, partially legible pieces rather than a coherent story.
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