Draft law extension eyed to meet 1947 Army needs
Congress drags on extending the draft as the War Department aims to steady manpower at about 1 070 000 by July 1947 for overseas duty and training. Army leaders justify the plan, noting volunteers will fill quotas if draft rules persist, with air power needing 400 000 of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
United States Army
Patterson
Army
Eisenhower
Spaatz
War Department
Russia
Europe
Far East
United Nations
United States
UNO
Capitol Hill
Subscription rates by carrier and mail details
Rates listed for carrier and mail subscriptions by region and duration. Includes Ohio discounts, overseas options, and weekly rates. Mentions service men overseas require a request letter and notes post office classification and advertising inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Athens
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Heart to Find XXXIV A Love Triangle and a Wedding Plan
Anxious, pregnant Ann learns from Alan that he plans to marry Suzy, now grown and poised, after years at sea. Suzy, rebranded as Suzy, reassures Ann that marriage is settled with a charming, unnamed suitor. The scene shifts through Christmas at Port Drake as Ann contemplates a baby, while relationships strain under changing identities and expectations.
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Suzy
Jock
Ann
Jack
Alan
Colin
Guaiag
Finn
Julie Darling
Connie
Darling
Mer
Port Drake
Julie
Susie
Susie l
Rann
Barwa E
Alan Tucker
Wilson Was A Prophet Prophecy On Inflation And Freedom
The piece argues that Wilsonian doctrine warns against government by decree amid inflation. It contrasts wartime presidents, notes public debt and rising prices after war, and urges Americans to reject autocratic shifts. It stresses preserving representative government, avoiding “leading strings,” and balancing values to prevent entanglement.
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Wilson
Congress
Mistaken Zeal in China Reignites Civil War Engagements
The piece argues that U S interventions in internal Chinese affairs fail to win favor from Nationalists or Communists in Manchuria. Despite a Chungking ceasefire and American peacemakers, both sides ignore envoys, continuing fighting as truces prove temporary. The author notes similar patterns in past crises and questions the value of foreign meddling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Manchuria
Chungking
Red
Realism Is Safest Amid Shifting Global Powers
A year after the San Francisco UN meeting, the world faces Soviet expansion backed by history’s strongest armed force. Russia pursues a five year plan stressing war readiness while Britain sustains the largest peacetime force and the United States expands drafts. The speech warns against pretending war could stop shooting.
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United Nations
San Francisco
Russia
Britain
United States
Gener Besa
General Tower
Edson notes Taft Murray clash over health bill gains publicity
Peter Edson comments on Montana Senator Murray clashing with Ohio Senator Taft over the National Health Insurance Bill. He argues Taft's disruption harms the cause, praises Taft's past constructive edits, and notes AMA openness and wartime fitness data as context for health care reform.
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Washington
Montana
Jim Murray
Ohio
Bob Taft
Senate Labor Committee
Big Jim
Taft
Wagner-Ellender Taft
Congress
Murray
American Medical Association
No realistic policy amid peace time arms race
The piece laments the public’s focus on war aims while noting the world’s large armament race. It warns against idealizing Russia and Iran while stressing the danger of internal communist influence and the need for a sane, realistic national policy. The tone criticizes overconfidence and urges practical restraint.
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Russia
America
Iran
Athens High School spring dance highlights and Cherry Blossom trip
Programs were handed by Len Smith and Jerry Rutkoskie at a Halcyon Club dance. Chaperons included Mr. and Mrs. Dorman and others. The Cherry Blossom Special trip to Washington D. C. drew many Athens students, with senior high and numerous grade students aboard. Birthday festivities and soap bubble contests also noted.
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Halcyon Club
Athens High School
Len Smith
Jerry Rutkoskie
H. C. Dorman
Arthur Cornwell
O. Wood
Helen Cornwell
Richard Lockard
Carl] Beasley
Richard Eddy
William Whaley
Robert Daggett
Bruce Lawson
Washington, D. C
Athens
Shirley Ann Cavanaugh
Isabell Francis
Dea McKinstry
Julia Coe
Kathryn Hess
Betty Griswold
William White
Jimmie Worley
Edwin McPherson
John Finsterwald
Bill Poling
Fred Rowland
David Cable
Chauncey
Franco Spain crisis tests U.N. council as Poland seeks action
The text notes rising pressure from Eastern Europe and France for action against Generalissimo Franco’s regime. Poland and Romania have severed ties with Spain and consider UN Security Council moves to break relations with Madrid while the Republican exile government in France awaits a turning point. Jose Giral leads the exiled regime.
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Dewisr Mackhenzie
Franco
Spain
United States Security Council
Russia
Council
Generalissimo Franco
Europe
France
United States
Britain
Poland
Decison
Rumania
London
Security Council
United Nations
Madrid
Jose Giral
Portland Area Personal Notes and Local Visits
Portland residents share travel updates as Mr and Mrs Charles Neuman visit relatives in Del Ray and Miami while Donald Price spends time with siblings in Washington DC and Philadelphia. Harold Roush sustains severe injuries from a tractor accident in Lower Portland. John O Larson returns from visits with his sister in Salineville. Ira Blosser and family return home after a weekend in Salineville. Mrs Eva Blosser and Mrs Wilkie Larson also visit. A group greets Guy Fields on their wedding at home of Mr and Mrs Robert Fields.
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Portland
Charles Neuman
del Ray
Miami
Fla
Vaugh Adams
Nolan
Middleport
John O. Larson
Ira Blosser
Salineville
Eva Blosser
Wilkie Larson
Ira Biosser
Clara Sarson
Charles
John
Funeral Services for Mrs Lewis McCumber Held at Free Methodist
Funeral services were held at the Free Methodist Church for Mrs. Lewis McCumber with Rev. Mrs. Hubert George and Rev. Bus ters officiating. Attendees included granddaughter Mrs. Ross Poulton of Canton and many relatives from Nelsonville Haydenville Ravenna Columbus Canaan ville Darwin and Akron. Linyd Wright on 30 day leave after 28 months in the Pacific also attended.
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Laurel Cliff
Lewis McCumber
Free Methodist Church
Hubert George
Busters
McCumber
Ross Poulton
Canton
John Leifheit
Nelsonville
Wilber Lightsfoot
Haydenville
Virgil Ross
Akron
Theodore Lightfoot
Charles David
George David
Columbus
Frank Hilt
Michael Michela
PomaTo
Mari Harris
Cheesapeake
W. Va
George Renshaw
Walter Walker
Witla Young
Star Route
Elsie MrCumber
Hemlock News Notes: Local visits and nuptial announced
Hemlock notes list dozen local visits among residents and relatives from Barberton to Columbus. A marriage is announced for Alice Storts of Barberton to Tom Porter set for February 16 in Greenup Kentucky.
Wilkesville Social Roundup Listens to Club Meeting
Wilkesville Garden Club gathered at Mrs. George Cahoon’s home on April 2 with visitors Mrs. Dora Bobo Hamden and Mrs. Orvilla Holliday. Discharges from service were noted for Walter Wells and Lt Lonnie Harrison. Local moves include Charles Roberts and F A M Frank Thacker with son Lloyd to a property shared with the Masonic order. Funeral details for Ira Shifflet were given and several locals visited, with Addie Johnson recuperating in Rome after knee infection treatment.
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Wilkesville
Hamden
J. E. Strong
W. D. Holliday
Addie Johnson
Rome
Sheltering Arms Hospital
John Phillips
Columbus
Maggie Rhodes
Harold Davis Ars
Emery Johnson
J. T.long
Collumbus
Blanche Davis
A. L. DeVault
Lottridge Social Notes Honor Many at Barnhill Dinner
Lottridge social notes recount a Sunday dinner party honoring John Barnhill on his 84th birthday. Guests included numerous Barnhill relatives from Dutch Ridge and nearby towns, with extended visits from the Bernard and Allen families, and notes of marriages, illnesses, and travel among local residents.
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Hazel Heidergot
Peter Edson
Ellis Lee Shaffer
Earl L. Shaffer
S. College St
Billy Worley
Billy Beckley
Marie Jewett
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Ed White
Texas
Rev. F. Brown
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Don C. Peden
Mary Ann
K T. Crossen
American Legion
Rafael Johnson
Portland Personals
Laurel Cliff News
Hemlock News
Hemlock
Pearl O. Storts
Barberton
Alice
Tom Porter
Greenup
Storts
Ben Russell
Shawnee
Ida Martell
Ralph Linscott
Dane Woodruff
Mentpher
Dennis
Woodruff
Ralph Fitzer
Cambridge
Robert Rowland
Springfield
Grace Russe
John Duffy
Owen
Buckingham
Louis Orris
Ted
Emmett Price
Junction City
Jack Williams
Frank Glenford
Ermine
Dale Wolfe
Maxville
Harry Davis
Joseph Dvorak
Anna Shula
Eileen Shula
Carolyn Franklin
Donald Morris
Mansfield
George Morris
and Mirs
Carl Miller
Eileen Edwards
Newark
Ruth Bradley
James Snowden
Corning
Kenneth Stalling
Pearl Hoops
University Hospital
Robert Nowell
Clara Driggs
Elaine
Beverly Ann
Deloris Price
Crooksville
Oscar Helser
Thornville
O'Clifford Richards
Frank Hines
Jean
Joseph Hines
Lottridge
John Barnhill
Dutch Ridge
Barnhill
Carl Barnhill
Dorothy
Tuppers Plains
Carl Johnson
Clara Johnson
Jennia Klingenberg
Esmond Brandeberry
E. W. Swisher
Harold
L. H. Allen
W. A. Tenney
Betty Boggs
Raymond Boggs
Bel‘ore
RFC
Earl J. Clark
Clark
Rexall Boggs
Don Pinell
Belore
Harry Cameron
Coolville
Samuel Kelsey
Josephine
Alfred
Emma Chevalier
Glenn Brummage
Homer Folden
Parkersburg
Ira Robinson
Elizabeth Potter
Mariam Potter
Robinson
Paul Robinson
Isadore Monte
Sidf
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