France Rejects Communist Socialist New Constitution Yesterday
France rejected a Communist Socialist backed constitution in yesterday’s referendum by more than 1.18 million votes. About 89 percent of registered voters participated, promising a new constitution for the Fourth Republic. The leftist proposal would have created a unicameral legislature with broad executive and judicial powers, opposed by MRPs and other conservatives.
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Paris
France
Ministry of the Interior
North Africa
Gav
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Rail embargo may halt Ames Baldwin plant in Parkersburg
Wheeling reports that a nationwide rail freight embargo starting May 10 threatens to curtail production at essential businesses and trigger plant shutdowns. E. E. Alexander, plant superintendent of the Ames Baldwin company at Parkersburg, warns the facility has limited raw materials on hand and could shut down.
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Parkersburg
American Viscose Corporation
Clarksburg
United Mine Workers
Monongalia
Christopher
Wheeling
Page One
Bakers
E. E. Alexander
Ames Baldwin Company
Fats Save Ships and Slices Help Feed Millions
A World War II era message urges households to conserve fats and oils, reuse cooking fat for soap and household needs, and turn in fat for four cents a pound to aid feeding millions of Marving in wartime shortages.
Death of Charleston firefighter linked to December blaze
Capt. Donald W. Smith, 37, a 15 year Charleston Fire Department veteran, died May 6 from a heart ailment traced to overwork and inhalation of fumes during a December fire. A local observer notes firefighters ride to blazes in cabbed trucks, unlike amateurs left behind.
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Charleston
Donald W. Smith
Charleston Fire Department
Capsite Quip Who Ate What
A playful list assigns iconic foods to well known characters. Answers identify Little Miss Muffett Greek gods Yokum family Gingham Dog and Hansel and Gretel with a nod to a radio cue about placing foods with mouths.
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Little Miss Muffett
The
Yokum Family
Hansel and Gretel
Great King Bros Circus Dues In For Grafton Visit
The King Bros Circus, a major world touring show, will perform at the Old Fairgrounds in Grafton on May 14 with 150 performers from five continents. A prelude spectacle titled La Fiesta features dancing girls and a large orchestra. the touring troupe includes Flying Jordan aerialists, English riders, Lolita Velarde, Argentine acrobats, and the Toyama Family. A 600-strong company uses 22 tents on 12 acres, with two daily performances at 2 and 8 p.m. Visitors may tour the zoo and hear a music concert by Prof. Lee Hinckley’s band when doors open an hour early.
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King Bros. Circus
Grafton
Silverton
Toyama
Dime Wilson
Fred Wenzel
Bozo Ford
King Bros
America
South America
Lee Hinckley
Floral embroidery pattern advertisement 1945 book offer
The Grafton Sentinel promotes floral designs for linens with a six motif transfer Pattern 7399. Send fifteen cents to order, including name address and zone. Also offer 1945 Needlework Book with 94 illustrations and a free crochet handbag pattern.
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Grafton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
P.O
New York
N. Y
Payne Dies Oscar Floyd Payne, 72, West Virginia Insurance Exec
Oscar Floyd Payne, 72, a Charleston insurance executive and former bank receiver in southern West Virginia, died at his home yesterday.
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Charleston
Oscar Floyd Payne
West Virginia
Diesel power boosts freight runs on B&O line through Grafton
The B and O gains advantage as main line trains through Grafton switch to two double diesel units. More diesels available to pull heavier freight trains, replacing prior single-unit operations. Wood for matches is prepared by seasoning and sawing into two inch planks before cutting into blocks.
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ITPA
Grafton
Early records of medicine and anesthetics evolve
The text traces ancient Greece as the earliest record of a medical system reaching a peak after 50 000 B C and notes earlier Egyptian surgical tools. It then covers the 1799 discovery of nitrous oxide by Sir Humphrey Davy, the 1846 ether operation by J. C. Warren at Massachusetts General Hospital, and explains how nitrous oxide and curare enable the electric knife in chest surgery without explosive lung risks.
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Greece
Sir Humpt - Davey
Massachusetts General Hospital
J. C. Warren
If it's music you like then see the Spring Band concert
A brief notice invites readers to attend the Spring Band concert Tuesday night featuring performances by local musicians and school ensembles. The wording emphasizes live music in a community event setting and notes the scheduled evening performance.
Five Tips to Improve Telephone Service for All
A list of practical suggestions to speed up and enhance telephone service for everyone. It emphasizes clearer connections, quicker call setup, better operator assistance, and longer lasting customer satisfaction.
Wind tunnels to test new materials for American homes
Wind tunnels first developed for testing airplane equipment will be used to assess new materials intended for American homes. The project aims to evaluate durability and performance under various conditions, potentially guiding construction standards and product development.
Notice to Creditors of Robert H. Linn Estate
Commissioner of Accounts in Grafton Taylor County Virginia calls all creditors and beneficiaries to exhibit claims with vouchers by October 28 1946 at the office on West Main St Grafton to share in the estate. Those present to protect interests on the date are urged to attend. Dated April 1946.
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Robert H. Linn
West Main
Grafton
Taylor County
Virginia
Guy Ad
Fiduciary notices before commissioner of accounts
Notice is given that fiduciary accounts are before the undersigned commissioner of accounts for settlement. Eva Brooks as executrix of F N Brooks deceased. George Robert Moore as administrator with will annexed of Lora B Lyman deceased. Homer B Daugherty as Committee for Howard J Daugherty non compos mentis. Dated May 6 1946 by William P Samples Commissioner of Accounts. May 6 13
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Commissioner of Accounts
Eva Brooks
F. N. Brooks
George Robert Moore
Lora B. Lyman
Homer B. Daugherty
Howard J. Daugherty
William P. Samples
Final settlement accounts of estates in 1946
The document reports the final settlement before the Commissioner of Accounts by Lloyd E. Sayers administrator of Albert L. Wongeot and Merle R. Armstrong administrator of Frances P. Armstrong, dated May 6, 1946. J. Guy Allender signs as Commissioner of Accounts.
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Commissioner of Accounts
Lloyd E. Sayers
Albert L. Wongeot
Merle R. Armstrong
Frances P. Armstrong
J. Guy Allender
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