Obstacles in Overlord Invasion Recalled at Athens Talk
Col Richard W Barker recalled wartime obstacles in Operation Overlord during a Athens High School appearance. He cited a storm that wrecked a port, destruction of craft at sea, rail disruption, and misrouted troop movements as factors delaying supplies and delaying Berlin victory. Navy aircraft flyover preceded the event as Army Week observance continued.
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France
Richard W. Barker
Athens
Col. Barker
Second Army Civilian Advisory
England
Channel
Berlin
Southampton
Cherbourg
Wilfred J. Smith
Reserve Officers Association
America
Dr. Smith
Navy
Port Columbus
Guysville Man Dies at Home
Charles Ogden aged 77 died at his home near Guysville after a long illness. He resided with his son Clarence who survives along with three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Thursday 2 p.m. at Finsterwald funeral home Rutland. burial in Standish Cemetery.
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Pomeroy
Charles Ogden
Guysville
Clarence
Driver fined for unsafe operation in St Marys
Frank Peters aged 53 of St Marys West Virginia was fined five dollars plus costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth after a State Highway Patrol arrest on Route 50 for unsafe operation.
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Frank Peters
St. Mary’s
W. Va
Franz Woodworth
State Highway Patrol
City Council weighs traffic reforms amid university growth
Property owners and publisher push to curb congestion around Ohio University with proposals to limit on street parking and widen key streets. The council ordered a traffic investigation, involvement of the state highway director, and study of a new cross-town traffic route while officials seek zoning, sewage, and water improvements. Annexation requests for Peach Ridge Road properties were approved for next meeting.
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Ohio University
East Union St
University Terrace
Stewart
Rufus Putnam
City Service
George Evans
Foster Cornwell
East Mulberry St
Council
Gordon Bush
the Messenger
Bush
John Baker
Athens
Congress St
Union
Carpenter
West Washington St
Congress
Lancaster
West State
West Union
Acros
Evans
Franz Woodworth
High St
Woodworth
Oscar Fulton
Dwight H. Rutherford
Lawrence G. Worstell
C. B. Nye
Peach Ridge Road
WUT Office Swamped by Telephone Strike
The Western Union office in Athens reports message volume nearly doubled from 200 to about 400 daily due to a national telephone workers strike. Manager C. W. Zanner says staff is undermanned but service remains good under the heavy load. Reporters note many messages are longer than average.
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Western Union Telegraph Co
C. W. Zanner
Athens
Zanner
Rotary Club Honors Army Week With Philippines Film
The Rotary Club showed the U S Army orientation film This Is the Philippines presented by Tech Sgt Harold A Dutton. The Ohio University military science department supplied the film which portrays Philippine life history industry and home life while recounting the Japanese invasion and the deaths march. Rotarian T R Biddle returns from Daytona Beach and Charles Pratt of Logan attends as a guest.
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U. S. Army
Philippines
Rotary Club
Ohio University Department of Military Science and Tactics
Tech
Harold A. Dutton
Manila
Corregidor
County Road Project Listed for Bids in Ohio Town
An Athens County road improvement is among 1.3 million dollars in projects to be bid April 22 at 10 a.m. at the State Office building. The Route 50 upgrade in Canaan Township includes grading drainage structures paving with reinforced Portland cement concrete and a concrete slab bridge with completion by October 31 1947.
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Athens County
Murray D. Shaffer
Canaan Township
Army film shown at Athens Armory Thursday by VFW and DAV
A free sound film will be shown at the Athens Armory Thursday at 7 30 p m under co sponsorship of Floyd Bolin Poest 3477 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Conrath Bean Chapter 37 Disabled American Veterans The film lasts an hour and a half and is a feature of Army Week Open to the public and volunteers from both groups will help move chairs for visitors.
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Athens Armory
Floyd Bolin Poest
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Conrath Bean
Gerald Glover
Ernest McGraner
Army Week
Herbert’s House Staff Helps Holdup Victim
Governor Thomas J. Herbert’s staff aided a hold-up victim near the mansion. Henry Carew, 39, an Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society researcher, was lightly wounded in the chest by two teenage bandits and sought help from a side door of the residence. A chauffeur, butler, gardener and two houseboys assisted.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Henry Carew
Ohio Archeological and Historical Society
Church Official Dies in Worland Wyoming
Dr. Clarence M. Vliet aged 65 an associate secretary in the Division of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Church died last night in Worland Wyoming He held a major position in church missions and extension work for the denomination.
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Worland
Wyo
Clarence M. Vliet
Division of Foreign Missions
The
Board of Missions and Church Extension
Methodist Church
Woman Dies in Collision Near Columbus
Two car crash near Columbus claims the life of Mrs. Abraham Kramer of Plain City Ohio. Her husband and 17 year old daughter Ona were uninjured in the wreck yesterday.
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Columbus
Abraham Kramer
Plain City
Ona
Geauga Marshal Roy Willman Dies in Geauga County
Roy K. Willman, 61, longtime marshal of Chardon Geauga County village, died today from a cerebral hemorrhage. He had served as marshal for 10 years and led a small town police force of about 2,000 residents.
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Geauga
Roy K. Willman
Geauga County
Prayer Band to Meet at Chapman Home
Graham Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O B Chapman with Mrs Clarence Hawk as leader.
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Graham Chapel
O. B. Chapman
Clarence Hawk
Former Athens Resident Addie Brokaw Dies in Cambridge
Mrs Addie Brokaw 69 longtime Athens resident and wife of George Brokaw died in Cambridge early today. Survived by four sons Dillon Gerald Eugene Claire, six grandchildren and two sisters. Visitation tonight at Senecaville home with funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Burial in Senecaville.
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Cambridge
Addie Brokaw
Athens
George Brokaw
Dillon
Gerald
Senecaville
Eugene
Claire
Columbus
Portsmouth East High School Loses Accreditation Bid
Superintendent Glen West blames a teacher shortage for Portsmouth East High School not achieving accreditation from the North Central Association. The setback was reported today in Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Glen West Today
North Central Association
Portsmouth East High School
Death claims founder William T. Godley in Cleveland
William T. Godley aged 76 died yesterday in Cleveland. He was a founder and for 25 years president of the Western Reserve Kennel Club. His leadership helped shape the local dog club’s early growth and activities.
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Cleveland
William T. Godley
Western Reserve Kennel Club
Masons to Meet at New Marshfield Lodge
Constitution Lodge 426 F and A M will hold a 7:30 p m meeting Thursday with visitors welcomed announced by master S L Collins
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge
F&am
S. L. Collins
Local Pair Named in Glouster Court Records
Jack Martin Sarina, 24, of Glouster, and Lois Eleanor Beard, 16, of Glouster Route 4, appear in court records as connected to a listed case.
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Jack Martin Sarina
Glouster
Lois Eleanor Beard
Attempted Girl Assault Denied in Glouster Arraignment
Mike Kovach Jr., 27, of Glouster Route 4, pleaded innocent when arraigned before Mayor Franz Woodworth on charges of attempted criminal assault. He was bound over to the grand jury on $1,000 bond after being identified by two 12-year-old Columbus girls who were assaulted while walking home. Police Chief Ed Kurtzman and Mayor Williams aided in the pursuit. Kovach was arrested by Glouster authorities and held by Sheriff George Bateman.
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Mike Kovach, Jr
Glouster Route 4
Franz Woodworth
Columbus
Glouster
Ed Kurtzman
Thomas Williams
Kurtzman
Kovach
George Bateman
Giouster
Essentials for Beekeeping Are Named
C A Reese a Ohio State University bee specialist named a hive smoker two hive bodies and two or three supers as essentials for keeping bees. He advised starting with a new swarm or packaged bees and leaving ample honey in fall to feed bees in winter. A new federal laboratory is being established in Columbus with specialists for bumble bees and honey bee legume pollination work. Reese is noted as a former bee inspector with the State Department of Agriculture for 20 years.
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C. A. Reese
Ohio State University
Reese
Federal
Columbus
State Department of Agriculture
Mrs Dall Lee Dies at Age 83 at The Plains
Mrs Dall Lee, 83, died at her home in The Plains Monday morning. She is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs Mattie Bobo Athens and Mrs Rena Martin California one son Walter Radford Chicago two sisters Mrs Clara Bolin Columbus and Mrs Libbie Burson Jerseyville and three brothers E R and Grant Martin Columbus and Charles Martin Jerseyville. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at The Plains Methodist Church with Rev J N Lakin. Burial will follow at the W Union St Cemetery. Friends may call Hoodlet funeral home.
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Dall Lee
the Plains
Lee
Mattie Bobo
Athens
Rena Martin
California
Walter Radford
Chicago
Clara Bolin
Columbus
Libbie Burson
Jerseyville
E. R. and
Grant Martin
Charles Martin
Births and admissions at Shelterin g Arms Hospital
Births in Athens include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Patrick White and a son to Mr and Mrs Willis Whited. Admitted for major surgery are Arthur Feiertog of Athens and W G McKibben of McArthur. Minor surgery for Mrs James Carsey of Athens and medical cases for Mrs Charles Morris of Athens and Mrs Blanche Collins of Buchtel and Mrs Lucinda Martin of Albany Route 1. Lina McVay of Athens was dismissed.
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Patrick White
Athens
Willis Whited
Arthur Feiertog
W. G. McKibben
McArthur
James Carsey
Charles Morris
Blanche Collins
Buchtel
Lucinda Martin
Albany Route 1
Lina McVay
UMW Local Sets Coonville Mine Safety Meeting
Members of UMW local 270 are asked to attend a special mine safety committee meeting at Coonville Hall Thursday at 1 30 p m announced by Starr Jackson Mine union officials today.
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UMW
Temperature Dips to 27 in Athens Then Rises
The Athens area saw a low of 27 degrees late Monday night with a rise to 48 by 10 am Tuesday, as reported by weather observer Mrs. C. N. France. Monday’s high reached 61 degrees.
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Athens
C. N. France
New English Instructors Join Illinois Division Staff
Elizabeth Mc Laughlin of Bridgewater Massachusetts, holder of a 1946 master's degree from Ohio University, is among the new English instructors at the Illinois division of the University of Illinois.
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Illions
Galesburg
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Bridgewater
Mass
Ohio University
University of Ilinois
Knights Templar Commandery tomeet Wednesday meeting
The monthly session of Athens Commandery 15 Knights Temp lar will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m Willis E Johnson commander announced the event in Athens.
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Athens Commandery
Knights Templar
Willis E. Johnson
Kiwanis Official Urges U S Aid Policies in Greece Debate
Kiwanis lieutenant-governor H Dale Thomas told Athens Kiwanians that U S aid to Britain and France risks pushing smaller nations toward Russia. He cited racial tensions and labor issues, urged faith in democracy, and praised domestic institutions and goodwill. Ohio Univ coach Harold Wise offered athletic mentoring insights.
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Britain
France
Russia
H. Dale Thomas
Kiwanis
Athens
Ohio
England
Washington
Thomas
America
Harold Wise
Ohio University
Athens Man Is Charged in Liquor Sale
Richard F. Hutchison, 35, of Athens, was fined $100 and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth for selling intoxicating liquor without a permit. He pleaded guilty. The affidavit by Portsmouth liquor enforcement official Clifford Gerard did not specify the sale location. An earlier report misnamed Cliff Girard as the fined person.
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Richard F. Hutchison
Athens
Franz Woodworth
Clifford Gerard
Portsmouth
Cliff Girard
Constipated Man Finds Real Help From All-Bran
A letter from Vincent H. Sell of Kansas City Kansas praises Kellogg s All-Bran for relieving chronic constipation due to lack of bulk in the diet. The writer recommends daily consumption with water and offers a money back guarantee after 10 days if not satisfied.
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Vincent H. Sell
10Th St
Kansas City
Kansas
Kellogg’s
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Michigan
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