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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1946
Page
4
The Grafton Sentinel lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery with yearly and quarterly options. It also outlines policy for communications to the editor signed by authors and provides national ad representation in New York and Chicago.
The piece chronicles early Ohio River oil lore from its indigenous name touronton through the failed initial kerosene use to the eventual rise of drilling. It extols private enterprise turning waste into wealth and contrasts government action with individual initiative in history.
An American physician Charles Avery returning from three years in the army urges postwar Americans to recall the war’s meaning. He laments trivial pursuits, calls for national unity and humanitarian resolve, and warns against forgetting wartime lessons by turning to comfort and indifference. He asks Americans to stand together as they did during the conflict and to extend brotherly, global responsibility.
Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia, minister to Sweden since 1942 and veteran diplomat, is named deputy American representative on the U N Security Council, replacing former Secretary of State Stettinius. The piece links the present honor to a historic Johnson who aided keeping Georgia in the Union. It notes other leaders of the era and adds a satirical aside about a Chicago jail painting and Congress.
A brief devotional notes that fair weather friends are absent in need and asks which of three proved neighbor to the man robbed. It references Luke 10 36 and includes notes from Press Radio Bible Service Cincinnati and mentions water of life and related terms in several languages and flags.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes the French referendum's defeat of the leftist draft, signaling a battle between communists and conservatives for control of France. He predicts June 2 elections will hinge on national morale and economy, with Moscow promising grain and former president De Gaulle emerging as a possible force.
New York May 7 The summer network program plan shows more sponsor led time with vacations and fewer future plans. NBC to drop Gildersleeve Duffys Tavern Lanny Ross Jack Smith Kate Smith to rest. NBC 2 30 p m Operation for victory marks VE anniversary with Truman Churchill and King George excerpts.
Central Press reports Agriculture Department sources say the Army will provide personnel and trucks to move grain from farms to elevators for export to famine areas in Europe and Asia. The plan, used in World War II, aims to speed shipments, with Walter Berger credited for the idea and Secretary Anderson touring the wheat belt to push grain movement.
A Central Press summary notes a four century old printed horse race dope sheet from Stuttgart Germany sold for 32 florins or about 11 dollars. The notice mentions a silver trophy and a Stuttgart Derby run at eight in the morning, with riders in iron armor and humorous mid medieval context.
Fragmented listings show various performances and broadcasts with times such as 3:30, 7:30, and 9:30 across several entities like Inner Sanctum, Tada Orchestra, Dark Venture, Pupino in The Pond, and ABC. Names like Nick Carter and Rex Maupin Palcoh appear amid partial program labels.
Jane, a novelist, recounts a high society gathering at her New York apartment where Margot Ingalls disappears and Neal Tarrant’s presence haunts the scene. Detective-leaning Hunt Berwick suspects a secret talk with a mysterious guest as cigaret butts and a tray of clues hint at hidden motives.
Fred Allen and Jack Benny plan mutual visits to each other’s programs with Benny appearing on Allen’s show May 26 and Allen on Benny’s May 19. Frances Langford will judge a national GI handicraft contest run by Popular Science, with Langford in New York June 6 and 7. Stuart Erwin discusses Welcome Arms Hotel on NBC and other show biz anecdotes surface from Bob Hope and Phon Again segments.
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