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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1950

Page

6

600 Students Turn Out At University To Black Lattimore

More than 600 Johns Hopkins University faculty and students gathered to show support for Owen Lattimore amid McCarthy era attacks. Lattimore denied accusations he shaped U S policy in China, noting that if true the Communists might have won China. A university spokesman said turnout surpassed any in a decade.

Baltimore Johns Hopkns University Owen Lattimore Lattimore Joseph McCarthy McCardy China

Measles Cases Rise Across State With Large Counts

The state reports a jump from 252 measles cases the previous week to 635 in the seven days ending May 13. Fayette county leads with 185 cases, Braxton with 160, and Ritchie with 144, while 12 other counties report smaller totals. Influenza shows a minor uptick as well.

Charleston Fayette County Braxton Ritchie County

Theatre program and local notes mix with scattered data

A fragmentary page mentions a play featuring Eileen and Denis helping a grandmother, includes cast names such as Mary Gennette Joan Duncan Peggy Kunst Gene P Behan Terry Tighe Virginia L Wright Rose Marie Lalley Jeannin Rogers Patricia Smith and Marjorie Robinson. It notes songs by Primary and Intermediate groups with performers and accompanists listed. Also includes unrelated crime and agricultural statistics snippets.

Tom Page Eileen Denis Jorie Robinson Cross Ireland Jack Coole Sylvia Sorbello Anna Marie Saccone Martha Grinnan Howard Smith Terry Tighe

Sentinel Correspondent Gives First Hand Event Account

Sentinel reports over three hundred attendees at the Mother's Day service at the little Methodist church. Bishop Lloyd Wicke delivered the keynote address with Dr. William E. Craig and Rev. A Coleman Brown among those on the program. Boothsville singers, local pastor Nolan Sansom, Roberta Chenoweth, Pearl Felton, Inez Davis aged 80, and Pauline McWilliams 20 were highlighted with potted flowers for oldest and youngest mothers.

Pearl Felton Little Methodist Church Lloyd €. Wicke William E. Craig Fairmont A. Coleman Brown Boothsville

Goldwyn Would Be Delighted To See Bergman

Hollywood producer Sam Goldwyn told reporters in Rome that he would be glad to see Ingrid Bergman if she wished to meet him and discussed his views on her Italian romance and a potential return to American film work. He urged revising Hollywood ethics to allow dynamic human stories.

Goldwyn Ingrid Bergman Rome Italy Hollywood Sam Goldwyn United States Miss Bergman

GOP On Offensive In Campaign To Control Congress

Republicans rally for control of the next Congress with Ohio Senator Robert Taft leading the charge. Taft denounces Truman policies as steering toward third world war and calls for removing communism from government, warning of socialism's threat to national freedom.

Gop Congress Washington Ohio Robert Taft Taft Truman

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