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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1946
Page
4
Voluntary communications or letters to the editor will be published freely provided they do not contain libelous or scurrilous matter and fare offered for good and proper purposes of discussion of matters of general interest. They must bear the signature of the author and be published over his or her signature.
A New York commission studied compulsory health insurance for a year and rejected it for cost, bureaucracy, and potential decline in care. It urged pursuing broad high quality medical coverage through a nationwide voluntary system without heavy red tape or high taxes.
Lowell C. Smith, editor of The Logan Republican in Kansas, argues that persistent debt and government dictation harm the nation. He calls for less government control, more statesmen, and reliance on supply and demand and competition to restore self-reliance and honor World War II sacrifices.
A recent speech by a former Pennsylvania governor urges escalating military threats including spending 2 billion annually to build a bomb large enough to destroy Russia. The speaker suggests dropping it as a precaution, provoking concerns about provoking madness and international danger. The text questions the wisdom of lending money to allies and notes deflation for Russia as a remedy.
Press Radio Bible Service notes Psalm guidance and sanctuaries of the soul. It mentions Central Australia and United States beliefs that animal fats like dog grease deer suet beaver oil were used as cures for ailments, including tuberculosis dysentery paralysis and aphasia.
A quirky report notes more groundhogs in Canada and suggests a longer season could push the final game and next opener to double headers. It cites a college professor faulting modern girls as too intellectual, hints at Mexican league family influence, and mentions an electrically heated sleeve for pitchers as a spark to more wins.
The column recalls Winston Churchill’s call for a United States of Europe amid East West tensions and Russia's expanding influence. It traces earlier Pan-Europa proposals from Briand in 1929 through League of Nations involvement, noting hopes for an economic then political union before fading, only to reemerge in Churchill’s latest proposal.
President Truman is slated to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws at Fordham University in New York on Saturday afternoon to mark the school's 100th anniversary. Francis Cardinal Spellman will participate as networks plan a 3:45 start on CBS ABC and MBS with NBC joining at 4 for the president.
In a discussion led by Allen W. Biv, Mr. Rucker defends free management rights to set prices by covering costs of payroll depreciation and profit. He argues 50 million American tool owners have a right to bargain for the use of tools, opposing OPA price ceilings as a violation of property rights. Hessebower and Rucker contest whether price control preserves or erodes industrial earnings during peacetime.
A 1946 exchange argues price controls limit management freedom yet serve national welfare during an inflationary emergency. Heslehower cites polls showing broad support for continuing OPA controls while Rucker contends controls undermine tool owners and free markets. Heslehower replies citing NORC and two major polls showing strong business support for continued controls.
NBC presents a Preakness preview at Pimlico in Baltimore at 1 45 p m with the race turning at 4 45 p m. Friday night listings include NBC 7 Paul LaValle Melody 7 30 Duffy's Tavern 8 30 Waltz Time 9 Mystery Theatre. CBS 7 Henry Aldrich 8 It Pays To Be Ignorant 8 30 Moore and Durante 9 Danny Kaye Show. ABC 7 30 This Is FBI 8 Alan Young and Lauritz Melchior 9 Boxing. MBS 7 Passport To Romance 8 30 Harry James Band 9 30 Meet the Press with Republican chairman Reece.
National retail activity turned up this week after an Easter decline, rising above the prior week and marking a 21 to 25 percent increase from the same week last year, according to Dunn and Bradstreet.
PT PLEASANT May 10 Judge Miller accepts a motion by Prosecutor Bardin to dismiss murder charges against Pawi Sayre 22 accused of shooting his father last Christmas Defense witnesses say Omar Sayre 50 was intoxicated during the daylong dispute over a cow sale Officers described the incident as ending a long argument in Mason County
George W. Smith managing director of WWVA Wheeling died in a hospital yesterday after a heart attack at his office.
Jane recounts a web of suspects and clues surrounding Margot Ingalls's murder in Neal's apartment. Inspector Barry and Hunt Berwick question her as cigarette stubs and late Friday timing point to possible motives, with Deane Kennard and others under scrutiny amid tense alibis.
CLARKSBURG May 10 The names of James Charles Roney 86 of Wallace Dewey Lee Barker 16 of Brown and Virgil Harry Carroll 42 of Lumberport were added to Harrison county s list of accident fatalities Roney was struck and killed by a freight train near his home yesterday Barker was crushed to death under a tractor he was helping to unload and Carroll died of burns suffered April 22 when trapped in a brush fire.
Senate debate centers on a plan allowing the president to seize and operate failing industries after a labor stoppage endangers the public. It imposes duties on labor leaders to urge work resumption and punishes coercion with imprisonment and fines.
Under early Roman law confusion emerges over family rank and authority as a husband might execute his wife and a father his daughter. The fragment suggests a discussion of sacred headship and insults amid a crisis, with references to Piji islands and familial punishment.
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