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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1944
Page
4
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The article urges students and parents to choice back to school as postwar education becomes essential. It notes some return to work for high wages but warns of rising future demands for higher training. It stresses the difficulty of rejoining classes after a long break and emphasizes timely enrollment this week.
Military leaders outlined a demobilization plan based on four credit factors: service months since Sept 16 1940, overseas time, combat awards, and dependents. Navy manpower reductions are not expected until after Japan's defeat, while a furlough rotation proposal seeks bringing home long-serving personnel.
Washington observers expect a postwar order dominated by the United States Great Britain Russia and China with smaller nations limited to submission machinery. The Dumbarton Oaks talks are seen as shaping a system where force rests with the big four and veto powers for small republics are restricted, amid wartime strategies and Pearl Harbor investigation notes.
A literary prize piece notes Elizabeth Goudge’s Green Dolphin Street winning a ten percenters award. The article discusses film rights interest, agent projections, and the novel’s English setting with Channel Island imagery. It praises Goudge’s prose and calls the book a strong but familiar English romance in a popular field.
Answers include Washington Jackson William Henry Harrison Taylor Grant and Garfield. Pilgrims count 102 persons with 74 then 28 women. The flag has seven red and six white stripes. Sirius is the star giving forty times the sun’s light. Hair curls more when it is flatter and the rounder it is the straighter.
Janet Waldo, born in Grandview Washington and a Bing Crosby discovery, rose to fame on radio portraying Irene in One Man's Family after moving from early movie bit parts. She later temporarily replaced Nan Grey in Those We Love and pursued a larger stage in broadcasting.
Senators Burton Wheeler of Montana and Joseph Ball of Minnesota will join the Town Meeting panel to discuss the world organization. The broadcast from Los Angeles marks the first under a sponsor for the Blue network series since May 1935, with other speakers including Wayne Morse and Joseph Scott. Programs listed for NBC CBS and BLU that night, plus a note on troop surplus priority ratings guiding returns and releases in European theater.
The strike took possession of two major aircraft bearing plants at 9:02 p.m., twelve minutes after Roosevelt's executive order. Col Lynn said the facilities are the nation’s most important aircraft bearing producers and every hour of delay hurts bomber and fighter availability. Hopkins named General Manager. union-management run question remains unresolved. drastic action urged by high authority to resolve the crisis promptly.
Soldiers salvage a piano left by retreating Japanese forces as Cpl. Philip Mancini of Milford Mass plays the out of tune instrument. The moment captures a Marine Corps photo from an International Soundphoto sequence.
Ella marries Judith’s lover Matthew in a autumn hotel ceremony after Ella’s insistence on a private wedding. Judith and Matthew adjust to married life in a new apartment as Ella’s illness and a family rift push them toward fragile plans for the future and shared care. Mary pressures Matthew about living arrangements while Eva laments her own fate, and Ella’s will reveals lasting financial ties to Judith and Mary amidst the emotional turmoil.
The National War Labor Board referred cases to the White House after a back to work order was bypassed. Immediate action under the War Labor Disputes Act targets mine closures in West Virginia with about 2,400 to 3,000 more workers potentially affected. Readouts cite specific mines and counties including Fayette, Raleigh, Marion, and Cass.
Seven coal mines featured on a district list report voting on strike action. Supervisors at the Kopper’s eastern gas and fuel associates fed eral No. 1 mine in Grant Town Marion county, a major producer last year with about 2.08 million tons, reportedly approved the strike. Other northern mines including Maidsville Cassville of Christopher Coal were on the approval list, with southern field bosses also voting yes.
Mosaic disease or white pickle disease is widespread on cucumbers. Symptoms include mottling and yellowing leaves and deformed green wart covered rifts. The disease overwinters on seeds of wild cucumber milkweed and pokeweed and spreads to cultivated vines via beetles and aphids as shown in the Garden-Graph.
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