Man's Bathroom Count Defines New York Status
A satirical piece mocks Manhattan ambition and social climbing by measuring success through the number of bathrooms. It jokes that celebrities and plutocrats gain status via appearances, plumes, or hookups, while real power and “character” are overshadowed by publicity stunts like photographed debs with ashtrays.
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New York
New York City
America
Congress
Mersurd
Bureau of Internal Revenue
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jackie
Baldwin Supply president dies at 41 in Charleston
William D. Baldwin, aged 41, president and treasurer of Baldwin Supply, died yesterday at his Charleston home from heart disease.
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Charleston
William D. Baldwin
The
Baldwin Supply Company
Cooks From Eleven County Schools Attend Workshop
Cooks from eleven county schools gathered at Grafton High for a workshop under the U S Hot Lunch program led by Miss Frances Newton of Charleston. The session covered the cook’s role in the school program, nutrition requirements, and demonstrations on dried eggs milk sanitation and vegetable preparation.
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Grafton High School
U. S
Frances Newton
Charleston
West Virginia
Stosemont
Simpson
Flemington
Pruntytown
Blueville
Heyzibah
Wendel
Knottsville
Haymond
Grafton Junior High
Grafton Senior High School
Virgil Rohrbough
Taylor County
Newton
Nellie Cook
Plan to End Blueridge Bus Strike
Federal conciliator to hold talks with AFL Motor Coach Employees union and Blueridge Lines tomorrow. Strike idled 180 drivers and 10,000 riders across Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. wage dispute centers on six cent raise with fringe benefits changes.
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Pittsburgh
Blueridge
Tro Up
AFL Motor Coach
Frank Walsh
Philadelphia
Union
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Morgantown
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Washington
Steubenville
Ohio
Wheeling
Advertisers Listed for Wednesday's Sentinel Paper
Tomorrow's Sentinel will feature advertisements for Penney's Barton's Chevrolet Greyhound Bus Lines Hamric Motor Co Personal Finance Co Malone's Drug Store Grafton Refrigeration Service Twilight Drive In Sky View Drive In Dixie Theatre Parrish Agency Loar Jewelry Co Manos Theatre Grafton Finance Co Welfare Finance Co Grafton Drive In Williamson Furnace Co and other listings
Mark Warnow Dies Of Heart Ailment
Mark Warnow, 47, orchestra conductor for the Lucky Strike Hit Parade radio show, died yesterday from a heart ailment. He entered Polyclinic Hospital for a checkup after feeling exhausted following a trip from Richmond, Virginia, where NBCs Hit Parade originated Saturday night.
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New York
Mark Warnow
Warnow
Polyclinic
Richmond
NBC
Three Arrests In Killer Case Fail To Indict
In less than 18 hours, citizens and business men pledged 1500 dollars as a reward for the killer’s arrest, but funds were exhausted. Three people were arrested for murder, yet Floyd County’s grand jury did not indict. Also noted: northern lights observed around 600 miles up, and in fatal auto crashes one in six drivers had been drinking.
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Prestonsburg
Muriel Baldridge
Russell Hagewood
First National Bank
Citizens
Big Sandy
West Prestonsburg
Floyd County
Federal Power job bid to Lafollette may lure post
Washington reports say President Truman may try to persuade Robert M Lafollette Jr former Wisconsin senator to accept the Federal Power commission post left open after the rejection of Leland Olds by the Senate Lafollette who was defeated in 1946 is described as an economic controls specialist in the field.
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Truman
Robert M. Lafollette, Jr
Wisconsin
Federal Power Commission
Leland Olds
Senate
Washington
Lafollette
Try and Stop Me satirical piece by Bennett Cerf
A humorous vignette features Henneke, a miner in the Soviet Zone of occupied Germany who outruns his daily quota, earning both special praise and ridicule from coworkers. The tale recalls a dentist mishap when too many teeth were pulled, and includes a quip about Averill Harriman and global politics as a light wartime satire from 1949.
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Arot
Henneke
Occupied
Germany
Averill Harriman
Europe
Harriman
Atom
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndic
New York Times backs Dulles in New York senatorial race
The New York Times endorsed John Foster Dulles over Herbert H. Lehman in the New York senatorial contest. The editorial cited Dulles's stance against Soviet aggression and his movement to shift the Republican Party away from pre war isolationism, hoping it would spur cross state GOP reforms ahead of next year’s elections.
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New York
New York Times
Herbert H. Lehman
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Lehman
the Times
Apne Reston
Dulles
Tafts
Wherrys
Hallecks
The
Times
Republican
Postmasters Named Washington and Everettville Nominees
Two West Virginians appear on a list of postmaster nominations sent to the Senate by President Truman. Anawal-Wash Hornick Jr to succeed C E Sage at Everettville is among the nominees. Everettville’s Monongalia county unit could be linked to Charleston Housing Authority plans for a redevelopment project under a slum clearance program.
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West
Charleston Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Jarrett
R. Carl Andrews
Tsoon
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Hal Boyle
Loar Jewelry Store
Grafton Refrigeration
W. L. Sliter
Walnut Street
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United Mine Workers
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West Va
Lewis
AFL
UMW
CIO
United Steelworkers
Bonny
Charles
Green
Park
London
Prince Charles
Lou. Toro
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el Segundo
Cal
Douglas Aircraft
International Soundphoto
Statue of Liberty
Malone’s Drug & Chemical CO
Chrysler
Lambert Motor Company
Afton
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