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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1949

Page

8

Notre Dame Navy clash aims to extend unbeaten streak

Notre Dame, rated the nation's best, faced Navy in Baltimore in a bid to extend its modern college football record of 33 straight games without a loss. Navy hoped to end the streak as rain dampened the field and the Irish remained heavy favorites in the intersectional matchup.

New York Navy Notre Dame Fighting Irish Baltimore South Navy Jackets Great Lakes Na ‘Yra'ning Station Pub Vic Skein Army

West Virginia Scholastic Football Scores Roundup

Association of record results from West Virginia scholastic football shows Shinkister 18 Weston 0 and Bolling of Lewisburg 47 to Clarks Kelly Miller 0. Other games include Moundsville 7 Warwood 0, Pine Grove 20 Boys Industrial Pruntytown 0, Mannington 13 Barrackville 6, Clarksburg St Marys Clarksburg Roosevelt Wilson postponed by rain, plus University Morgantown 7 Kingwood 6 Elkins 13 Clarksburg Washington 0 Blickhannon 32 Cowen 12.

Associated Press Shinkister Weston Bolling Lewisburg Clarks Kelly Miller Triadelpha Whelling Moundsville Warwood Pine Grove Boys’ Industrial Pruntytown Clay Battelle Fairview Mannington Barrackville Clarksburg Marys-Clarksburg Roosevelt-Wilson Bridgeport Philippi University of Morgantown Kingwood Arthurdale Masontown Morgan Grafton Elkins Washington Blickhannon Cowen

Rain Delays Bearcats Morpanton Game To Evening

Old Mother Nature caused a heavy afternoon rain that turned the Bearcat Morpanton game into a mud pit. Officials from both schools postponed the top clash until tonight, with kickoff set before 7 30 as Morgantown visits Grafton in a bid for a Big Nine tie.

Lora Grafton Morgantown Bearrats

Miss Fashion of Youth Named At Miami Show

Lovely Georgia Lee of San Antonio Texas models a Bikini bathing suit at a Miami Fashion Council show in New York where she earns the title Miss Fashion of Youth.

Lovely Georgia Lee San Antonio Tex New York

Capot Seals Horse Of Year Honors At Pimlico

Capot captured the 1949 Horse of the Year title by crushing Coaltown by 12 lengths in the Pimlico Special at Baltimore. Coaltown appeared lame after the mile and three sixteenths race as Calumet Farm watched, while trainer Jimmy Jones worried over the horse’s right hind leg and race officials planned further checks.

Baltimore Capot Greentree Stable Calumet Farm Coaltown Jimmy Jones Calumet Star Calumet Jones

Armstrongs Endowment Offer Withdrawn After Controversy

The Natchez school trustees faced internal turmoil as Allen Armstrong, son of oilman Murphy Armstrong, stated the school would teach racial superiority. Trustees disputed the claim, noting it did not reflect board views. Armstrong withdrew his offer in a letter to public relations counsel Elliot Trimble, citing objections rooted in scandal and misinterpretation.

Coulsons Murphy Allen Armstrong Armstrong Armstrongs Natchez Elliot Trimble Gerard

Unusual Sunday Service Arranged at West Main Church

Rev Trimpey plans a special Sunday service at West Main Street Methodist Church with George Coulson speaking for men, Mrs Jackson for women, and Miss Haskins for the youth. A following Sunday Rev Trimpey will discuss What I Would Do If I Were a Gay Man.

West Main St. Methodist Church George Coulson Laurence Jacksson Janice Haskins Paul Trimpey

Owl with rotating head can view 273 degrees

A science note states that owls cannot move their eyes in their sockets but can rotate their heads through a large arc of 273 degrees, giving them wide surveillance ability without eye movement.

Automotive patent share cited for Felis catus devices

A King Features distributed note claims automotive inventions comprise a portion of patents issued in the United States, mentioning Felis catus as a domestic cat species associated with the counts.

King United States

Hays blasts Tito policy after Europe tour

Rep Wayne L Hays Democrat of Ohio says ninety percent of Yugoslav Slavs hate Tito after a seven week tour in eastern Europe He accuses a pink element in the State Department of steering U S policies toward Tito and ends the expediency stance citing Tito as an enemy of American life He is a member of the House expenditures committee.

Tito Wayne L. Hays Ohio Europe House State Department

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