Grafton Sentinel Journal Rates and Masthead Details
Grafton Sentinel lists M. B. Macleod as General Manager Eldora M. Nuzum as News Editor and notes second class matter status at Gratton Post Office under Congress 1879 Associated Press. Subscription rates appear for carrier and mail deliveries with annual and half year options and interstate pricing.
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M. B. Macleod
Eldora M. Nuzum
Gratton
W. Va
Congress
Associated Press
AP News
Virginia
West Virginia
25000 Union Workers Oppose Attack on A and P
Syracuse N Y More than 25000 organized labor members today declared they are unalterably opposed to the attack on the A P Tea company. In three official resolutions they urged the attorney general to reconsider the anti trust action against the food retailer. The unions praised A P for high wages good working conditions pension and medical plans.
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Syracuse
N. Y
A&p ‘Tea Company
New York
Enlisted Labor Groups Rally Against A and P Antitrust
Syracuse labor factions issue resolutions praising A and P for long standing public service and low prices, decrying the anti trust drive as persecution of “bigness.” Resolutions urge sending copies to President Truman and other federal and state officials and lawmakers.
Former Resident Dies In Pittsburgh Burial Here Tuesday
Mrs. Clarence Heacock of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania formerly of Grafton died Friday after months of illness at her home. Her body will be returned to Grafton and laid to rest Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Bluemont cemetery beside her two children. She was the former Burdelle Whitecotton and lived on West Main Street in Grafton.
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Clarence Heacock
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Grafton
Bluemont Cemetery
Heacock
Burdelle Whitecotton
West Main Street
Shayne
Timothy Rourke
Painter
Rourke
Tim
Miami
2 500 West Virginia Elks Prepare for State Meet
Wheeling dispatch reports about 2 500 West Virginians gearing up for the annual State Elks convention later this month. All 130 lodges in West Virginia are expected to send delegates to the three day meeting May 25th.
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Wheeling
West
Convention Highlights Parade Memorials and Ball in Wheeling
The Wheeling convention runs through the 27th featuring a parade memorial services a style show a ball an exhibition drill a water show tours and the election of officers.
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Wheeling
Teach What Is Right In America Today
In a Newsweek column Raymond Moley argues for a reexamination of higher education's responsibilities amid espionage cases tied to Communism. He warns that education risks teaching too little about what is right in America and calls for cleansing academia from within to preserve academic freedom and national character.
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America
Newsweek
Raymond Moley
Shayne Crashes Then Paces Toward Mickeys Garage
Shayne awakens with a broken jaw and bruised ribs after a street altercation with Blackie. A police officer helps him, and Shayne drives his damaged car to Mickey's Garage to check the wreck, suspecting a planned hit to derail his Jewel bracelet investigation. He ponders why Blackie slugged him and hints at a broader scheme.
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Rawson
Shayne
Monnet
Mickey's
Jane
Blackie
Offices of Internal Revenue to Reopen
The Internal Revenue offices in the post office building will reopen on June 1 under Charles Marshall a native of Grafton who will manage the local office. The reopening follows efforts by local civic groups and marks the first time since last year the offices have been open.
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Offices of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Offices
Post Office
Charles Marshall
Chamge
Marshall
Internal Revenue Department
Wheeling
The
Sentinel
Matl
Washington March of Events and Trial Questions
Inside WASHINGTON examines how House Ways and Means loses tax legislation direction with excise cuts exceeding a proposed limit. It contrasts wartime independence, notes potential presidential veto, and cites Republican influence and political pressure during an election year. A separate trial section questions why White House aide Vaughan wasn’t called in Maragon perjury proceedings, amid broader labor dispute arbitration proposals as a solution to public utilities strikes.
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Ashington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Truman
Republican Committee
John Maragon
White House
Harry Vaughan
Maragon
Vaughan
Irvin Goldsbein
Marion Voters to Decide on School Levy Friday
Marion county voters face a Friday decision on a special school levy to extend for three years. Officials say the levy requires 60 percent approval and would raise about $300,000 annually during the term starting July 1.
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Marion
Marion County
Man Bites Dog Not News in Washington’s Big Factory
A man bit a dog in Washington, dismissed as a clinical note by the capital’s press establishment. Police took the man for observation while he asserted his independence, claiming the dog belonged to him and that he could bite it if he wished.
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Michael Shayne
Shayne
Have & Witness
Monnet
Peter Painter
Lucy
Washington
Funny House
Parkersburg Armed Forces Day Speaker Named
Parkersburg will host Vice Admiral Felix B. Stump as a speaker for Armed Forces Day on May 20. West Virginia will host at least four armed forces representatives across observances in Wheeling Charleston Morgantown Huntington Beckley Bluefield Point Pleasant and Fairmont.
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Charleston
Parkersburg
Atlantic Fleet Air Force
Felix B. Stump
Armed Forces
West Virginia
Paul Griffith
Wheeling
Clift Andrus
Second Army
Burton B. Riggs
Defense Department
Munitions Board
Morgantown
Huntington
Beckley
Bluefield
Point Pleasant
Fairmont
President voices Hawaii Alaska statehood defense argument
The president argues that admitting Hawaii and Alaska would strengthen Pacific defenses and test democratic ideals. Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman says actions in Hawaii are scrutinized throughout Asia and that Hawaii’s diverse population lives together as Americans under the flag, with statehood promised and readiness indicated.
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Pacific
Hawaii
Alaska
Senate
Oscar Chapman
Hawai
Asia
Japan
Philippines
India
Indonesia
China
Chapman
V E Day theme in postwar talks and UN effort
The article notes plans to discuss money and guns to aid France against Communists in Indochina and possible talks on Germany. Acheson and Schugian will head to London for Cold War talks as Trygve Lie visits Moscow to urge Soviet reentry to the UN. Graf ton Elks honor William Flannery at Flag Day services.
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Indo-China
Germany
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Grafton Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
William 5. Flannery
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Truman In Nebraska Farm Speech Looms On Train Stop
President Truman began a train tour with a platform appearance and planned a farm policy push at Lincoln Nebraska. He will speak in Ohio Indiana Iowa and Nebraska as part of a campaign swing while avoiding speeches on Sundays.
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Truman
Page One
Johnston
Washington
Lincoln Nebraska
Ohio
Indiana
Ole Towa
Nebraska
Island Creek workers cited over temporary injunction in mine strike
Seven and other Island Creek workers petitioned to cite the seven for violating a February temporary injunction during the national mine strike. The injunction had not been dissolved. Among those cited to appear is John B. Reed, president of the local union in the district.
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Island Creek
John B. Reed
Classified For Sale Listings And Rates
Classified ad formats show price structures for multiple insertions and a sample of ads. Entries include FOR SALE items such as a 7 room home at 230 Yates Avenue and a brace for sale with 40 price, plus a loan ad for G I loans to veterans from Shale Incorporated Morgantown West Virginia. TF MP TW markers appear as publication notes.
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Yates Avenue
East Main Street
Shale, Incorporated
Walnut Street
Morgantown
W. Va
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Latrobe
Autorial and Advertising Office
National Representatives Inland Newspaper, Representatives, Inc
East 42Nd Street
A&p
J. Howard McGrath
Thomas E. Dewey
Syracuse Federation of Labor
William, Quinn
Nicholas Ferrante
Joint Council
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Fred A. Maggio
R. P F. DePerno
Teamsters
Elks
Eames Badke
Amile
Jim Rawson
Delaware
Bay
Mickey
South Beach
Positon Crear
Lotation
Brett Halliday
King Features Gyndicata
Heli
County Causeway
Biscayne Boulevard
Sunlux
Dustin
Walter Voorland
Earl Randolph
Randolph
Blackie and the Kid
Dem
Committee UK
Stump
Dodge
Deas Yi
W. Se
Kennedy Street
Ona C
Jefferys
Grafton Sentinel
Boston
Mass
Charles P. Martin
West Boyd
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