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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1949
Page
6
Postwar railings aside, the piece notes over 50,000 American cats shipped to Europe, crowding Old World rodents and prompting quips about wartime flavor and politics. It also mentions Postmaster General Donaldson proposing a two cent postcard rate amid broader commentary on Washington.
Answers cover first shots at Fort Sumter, catcher faces home plate, secretaries of state under Truman include Byrnes and Acheson, the phrase lend me your ears belongs to Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, and the Talmadge sisters were Glenda, Emily, and Norma born into cinema with George Brent, Harry James, and Margaret Webster noted.
A fragment recalls a renowned Polish pianist composer born in 1860 who studied piano as a child, taught at 18 in Warsaw, and toured globally. He aided Polish war relief, helped shape the republic in 1918 19, later resigned as chief of state, then retired as a pianist before dying in Morges Switzerland on June 29 1941. The text also mentions Lilian Campbell born 1859 in Ripon Wisconsin a suffrage advocate and educator. It references gossip and a “HAPPENED TODAY” timeline with dates from 44 B C to 1917.
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