Tire Theft Solved in Three Hours by Athens Police
Athens police arrested Raymond Young after a warehouse tire theft and found one tire with a wheel and another wheel dumped in a river. A second man is held for investigation as an accomplice. Police used serial number checks and soil and footprint comparisons to substantiate the confession.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
C. L. Nye
Kurtz St
Athens City
Raymond Young
Palmer St
Field Fire Burns Over Five Acres Near Athens Hospital
A field fire covering about five acres along Richland Ave near the Athens State Hospital grounds was extinguished Thursday afternoon by the Athens City Fire Department state patrol officers and workers from the State Forestry Service and State Highway Department. No damage estimate was provided for fruit trees on the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Ave
Athens State Hospital
Athens City Fire Department
State Highway Patrol
State Forestry Service
State Highway Department
320 Typists Of 3 States Wanted Now
J. T. Conner in Athens seeks women applicants for government stenographer and typist positions in Washington. Exam held next Wednesday April 8 at 8 45 AM at the Post Office with starting pay 1400 yearly. The Sixth Civil Service District quota is 320 women for April. For details contact J L C Kelley at the Athens Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Conner
Cincinnati
Civil Service
Athens
Washington
Conner
Civil Service Commission
Athens Post Office
Salvation Army Easter Services Planned in Athens and Pomeroy
Salvation Army Easter programs are set for Sunday night at 7:45 with two services. In Athens Capt. William Prescott will preach The Victorious Christ, featuring prayers, scripture readings, songs, solos, and a trombone duet. In Pomeroy Lieut. Henry Baker will speak Deaths Darkness and Resurrection Lights, with prayers, readings, piano solo, a poem, and a double vocal duet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens and Pomeroy Corps
Salvation Army
William Prescott
Athens
Christ
Harry Mansfield
John Culver
William Dailey
Louise White
Kate Mansfield
Bob Smith
Captain Prescott
Marion Barnhart
Marguerite Barnhart
Pomeroy
Henry Baker
James Gates
Eloise Adams
Edna Gundiff
Clara Custer
Glenna Rummel
Alice Gates
Myrtle Foulk
Oak Grove Personal and Social Notes
Oak Grove calendar of social events and family notices lists attendances at funerals and visits, births, and kinship gatherings. Individuals include George E Cagg Frank Dennis Arthur Cagg Jesse Allen Hartman Campbell Cagg Heightland Wachenschwanz and Walton with residents from Connett Glouster Ashland Athens Columbus and Lathrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
George E. Cagg
Sheriff
Charles Hartman
William Brown
Lon Figgins
Lathrop
Howard Hoskins
Connett
Kenneth Woodard
Edward Cagg
Ashland
J. E. Cagg
George Heightland
Athens
Earl Conway
Columbus
George Thornton
Clark West
Glouster
Charles Wachenschwanz
Marie
Catherine Warehime
Dolly McDade
Arthur Cagg
Chester
Carmeleta Walton
Jean and
George, Jr
390 Men Enlist in No 1 Board Area
Enlistment of Athens Dover and Trimble Township men into U S armed forces under the Selective Service Act totals 350. Army leads with 167, Navy 100, Marine Corps 12, National Guard 12, Coast Guard 1, all incl air corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 1 Board
Athens
Dover
Trimble
U. S
Armed Forces
Selective Service Act
Selective Service Board No. 1
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Coast Guard
Air Corps
Soldiers Offered Ohio University Mail Courses
Soldiers can enroll in 200 Ohio University correspondence courses through a joint program with the Army Institute in Madison Wisconsin. Soldiers pay half the costs while the Army Institute covers the rest, and academic credit is awarded for completed work. Enrollment contacts are through the Army Institute and the Ohio University Correspondence Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
J. Floyd Dixon
Ohio University Extension Division
Army Institute
Madison
Wis
William Nm. Young
Institute
Joint University- Army Institute
War Department
Washington
Army
Correspondence
Sharpstown Social Notes Highlight Local Happenings
Social notes from Sharpsburg list a birthday supper for Harold Hanson at his parents Warren and Elizabeth Hanson home with relatives from Amesville Sharpsburg Valley Grove and Rendville among attendees. Other items mention visits relatives, hospital recovery updates and various local travels. A revival service and military enlistment are also noted along with several trips to Marietta Athens Canton and Columbus.
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Sharpsburg
Warren Hanson
Harold
William Hanson
Paul and
Keith
Lara Hanson
Amesville
Wilbur Gilchrist
Vance Harris
Wilma Mulford
Valley Grove
W. Va
Thomas Jones
Columbus
Arthur Brooks
Mason Edwards
Hillsboro
Bernice Tate
Zanesville
Earl Carpenter
Robert Grimes
Hiram Thompson
Andrew Croston
Chesterhill
West Virginia
Bethel Wesleyan Methodist Church
Joe Drengacs
Powhatan
Roy Pierce
Drengacs
Arthur North
Bernice
Irene Hanson
Marietta
Anna Wilson
Don Wilson
Cecil Burns
Ironton
Time Card Timetable Fragments And Train Numbers
A truncated list of train numbers and schedules shows multiple lines for various routes. It includes destinations such as Chesapeake and Ohio and New York Central South, with noted arrivals and departures, daily and Sunday exceptions, and specific times. The data resembles a railway timetable snippet with several bound and unbound services.
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Diplomat
DOM Neidennntemnanen Schibl P
National Limited
West Bound
Enn Navn
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
Train Women In War Jobs
Dr. C. W. Paine notes women with some college are being recruited for training as ordnance material inspectors. The Army Ordnance Department formed classes due to material shortages from war mobilization. Trainees earn 1440 dollars yearly, rising to 1620 after three months. promotion depends on on the job performance. Applications available from J. L. C. Kelley or the Cincinnati civil service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Paine
U. S. Civil Service District
Army Ordnance Department
Paine
J. L. C. Kelley
Civil Service
Post
Cincinnati
Rice Transferred From Jacksonville to Norfolk Naval Base
Wesley H. Rice, previously stationed at the Naval Training Station in Jacksonville Florida, has been transferred to Norfolk Virginia. He is specializing in electrical apparatus and ignition and may be addressed as Mr Wesley H. Rice Aviation Advanced Base A Naval Air Station Norfolk Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley H. Rice
Naval Training Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Norfolk, Va
Aviation Advanced Base
Naval Air Station
Plain residents join U S Army at Fort Hayes
Mr James Buffington and Mr Elmer Cade of The Plains enlisted in the U S Army and are stationed at Fort Hayes Columbus for a few days. Mr and Mrs Ed Buffington and sons Marcelle and Delmar and Mrs Thomas Cade visited the new recruits Monday.
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James Buffington
Elmer Cade
the Plains
U. S. Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ed Buffington
Marcelle and
Delmar
Thomas Cade
Medway native Hollis York serves at Ft. Warren maintenance school
Sergeant Hollis V. York of Medway Maine, a cousin of the World War I hero, works with a grease gun in the motor maintenance school at Fort Warren Wyoming, a quartermaster replacement center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Sergt
Hollis V. York
Medway
Ft. Warren
Wyo
Quartermaster Replacement Center
Students Strike Over Conneaut Principal Ouster
Conneaut M D Adams refused a promotion to principal triggering a student strike at Conneaut High School. Students demonstrated for former principal W R Henry with banners as the district faced discontent and only a fraction of pupils attended classes. In Beaverdam Ohio students walked out when Rita Hawkish, home economics and music teacher, would not be rehired.
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Conneaut
M. D. Adams
Conneaut High School
Lima
Beaverdam
Rita Hawkish
Probation Extended Two Years for Stone
Ernest Stone of Athens had his three year probation extended to August 1944 by Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland after pleading guilty in 1939 to breaking and entering the B and O railroad office and stealing a radio valued at 69 95 He must pay court costs and report monthly to Fred Burdiss of the prosecutor's office The extension follows reports he married and deserted his wife before their child’s birth in July 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Stone
Athens
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Stone
B. and O. Railroad
Fred Burdiss
Highway Department Hold Civilian Defense School
One hundred fifty highway department employees from Athens Vinton and Hocking counties attended a civilian defense training at the Athens department garage. Instructors from the state highway patrol led lessons on traffic direction radio communications disaster dispatch evacuation and scene protection with highway equipment and surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Athens
Vinton
Hocking
J. M. Kratzer
G. C. Frye
State Highway Patrol
WA Hiat
Ane Highway Department
State Patrol
Ray Steen
Watt Ullman
G. E. Shinn
Marietta
Highway Department
Organization of Defense
Mrs Netta Ann Anderson Dies at 66 at Son's Home
Mrs Netta Ann Anderson age 66 died Thursday night at 11 45 at the home of her son Ben Anderson in Haydenville after several weeks illness. Her husband James died six months ago. She leaves two sons Ed of Basil and Ben of Haydenville two daughters Flora and Mrs Christine Norman of Lancaster three sisters and one brother all in Tennessee and eight grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netta Ann Anderson
Ben Anderson
Haydenville
James Anderson
Anderson
Ed Anderson
Basil
Flora Anderson
Christine Norman
Lancaster
Tennessee
Carl Six Sentenced to Ohio State Penitentiary
Carl Six who had been on two year probation since May 1941 for breaking and entering a mine engine house in Buchtel and stealing $20 in supplies was returned to Athens after missing monthly probation reports and failure to provide for his family. He was sent to the Ohio State Penitentiary Thursday by Common Pleas Judge C F Rowland and escorted by Deputy Sheriff Frank Joyce after apprehension in New Lexington by Perry County Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Six
Hamley Run
Buchtel
Ohio State Penitentiary
Common Pleas
C. F. Rowland
Perry County
New Lexington
Six
Athens
Frank Joyce
Auto Registration Fees in Athens County Reach $662 in March
The Certificate of Title Office of the clerk of courts reported March revenue of 662.15 with Athens County getting 473.70 and the state 188.45. Five hundred forty five titles issued and 156 liens filed. 255 liens cancelled. A 1942 model passenger car registered to Hocking Corporation and certified by the Athens City Rationing Board was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Hocking Corporation
Athens City
Sheltering Arms Hospital Admits Two After Falls
At Sheltering Arms George Mason Athens Route 2 was admitted Thursday afternoon for back injury from a ladder fall. Louise Beckle of 12 Smith Street admitted for medical treatment. Betty Zimmerman of Albany and Lizzie Welsh of Harrisonville Route 1 were released today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mason
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Louise Beckle
Smith St
Betty Zimmerman
Albany
Lizzie Welsh
Harrisonville
Balloon Deflated After 300 Mile Chase Route
A runaway barrage balloon snapped three power lines and spurred a 300 mile zig zag pursuit by Goodyear crews in two states before drifting to a Allegheny mountainside. The balloon was deflated for shipment to its Ohio base after being tracked from Suffield Connecticut to Tussey Mountain in central Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingdon
Allegheny
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Suffield
Akron
Tussey Mountain
Pennsylvania
Butcher Bird Earns Grim Name for Thorn Impalement
A description notes that the so called butcher bird earns its grim nickname because it impales victims on sharp thorns, illustrating its deadly habit and feeding behavior.
Ohio Cigaret Tax Revenue Rises in March
Columbus report shows March cigaret tax receipts at 798 397 dollars, up from 760 153 a year earlier. First quarter 1942 revenue totals 2 311 896 dollars, a 12.3 percent rise over 1941, with officials citing more women smoking as a factor.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. D. Bailey
Local Addresses Listed in Sparse OCR
Readable lines show multiple residence entries including 20 Residence 4 Pine Place and 28 Brown Ave with scattered street names such as Lancaster Street and May Avenue. Several entries mention R D 1 Athens and Garfield Avenue among other labeled residences.
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E. State St
W. Carpenter St
R. D
Hudson Ave
aShea
Athens
W. State St
Peer Se
Pee A
Elmwood Place
Fenzel Apt
A Ee
Central Ave
Pee Saisak
N. Shafer St
Church St
W. Union St
Congress St
Lslead
Franklin Ave
Dial
Race St.eets
Tai W. Union St
Washington St
Watt St
Pearl St
See Oak Te
S. Court St
Hooper St
Palmer St
N. High St
Meiethene Astsaults
Second St
Dientealrotanial
Morris Ave
Brown Ave
Bsspaadhipee
Stella Ave
Baceted
Sunnyside Drive
I A Ceed
Pteat
Aese
Apene
Eace
Grosvenor St
Iadesdiplipenaididandadene
Race St
Ad Od
Feea
Sisheieahd
Aosabanaara
Highland Ave
Ede
Patton St. Wer Be
See
Res
Apt. C
S. High St
Ranger
Locust Heights
Pde
Merit
N. Lancaster St
Pine Lace
Caapieipm and Gibb
Liesee
Eeeiealals
Deences Names
Athens de Ma
Garfield Ave
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J. B. Grogan
Fred James
Carl Wilson
Young
Grogan
Hocking River
Carl A. Frey
Franz L. Woodworth
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Common Pleas Court
St. Joseph
Pirin
Mlr
Lee
Sherwin-WilLiams
Kem Tone
Wheaton's
Court St. Athens
Sherwin-Williamsee
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
E. Washington St
Ohio U. Mail
Sharpsburg Social Notes
Carlos Croston
Canton
Earl Robinette
Norma
John White
Bessie Bingman
Junction City
Civilian Defense School
Grandma
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co. LeRoy
N. Y
Mickle
Tire & Accessory CO
W. Union St. Athens
Nite Club
Vic Joyces
Manning
Cross Bros
Athens, O
Ray
Carpenter
S. C
Childers
Paul
Clark
Felix
Claymore
James
Clendenen
Howard
Cody
Russell
Coon
Harry
Cullison
David
Albert
DePue
Henry
Freda
Ely
A. R
Frank
Dorothy
Frye
G. C
Gabriel
Fred
Grace
Gordon
Hall
Lawrence S
Haning
Ida
C. H.huff Hanning
Alton
Hartley
John
Hawk
Margaret W
Helen
Frank S
Hunsicker
Vern
Janet
Jauch
Richard K
Kahelin
Kirk
E. W
Major Raymond A
Lewark
Lowe
John D
Gulf Service Station
E. State St. Pree
Cshedes Doel
Fenzel Apts
Eoiyane Oa
Ee Ae Ee Ae
The
Plains
Matheny
Floyd
Matters
A. W
McBride
George
MecMacken
Harry V
Mercer
L. L
Bessie— Metcalf
Michael
Monda
C. P
Morris
Viva Hope- Mundy
Nichols
Charles E
Niemeyer
Charles
Ogg
Olson
Hjalmar
Ong
Phillip
Overly
W. K
Elizabeth
Orter
Queen
R. R
Biggie
Sam
Riley
Albert L
Robinson
W. C
Roush
Earl
Ohio Ave
Sheldon
Shirley
J. M
Grosvenor St. Smith
Nate
Snyder
C. E
N. Congress St
Stauffer
Eudora
Geneva
Mill St
Watts
B. A
Weatherby
Allen
White
Patrick D
Wilson
Carl B
Withers
Woods
Cecil
S. May Ave
N. Court St
Athens Home Telephone Co
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