Athens Council mulls buying Crystal Pool for city use
At a special meeting Athens officials weigh purchasing the Crystal Pool from Athens Amusement Co. financed by a city bond issue. The pool, built in 1927, last operated in 1941 and sits near Athens Ice and Storage Co. If bought, city would run it via the service-safety department with water from city mains and seek a small profit.
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Athens Amusement Co
Athens
Athens Ice and Storage Co
A. E. Whaley
Caive
Ir. Whaley
Tthey
Service-Safety Department
Sophia Dean dies Monday at 73 in Athens residence
Mrs. Sophia Dean age 73 wife of Ellsworth Dean died Monday afternoon at 34 S Shafer St after a long illness. Born in Ironton she lived in Athens 11 years leaving husband four daughters three sons 18 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 1 pm at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Sophia Dean
Ellsworth Dean
S. Shafer St
Dublin
Ind
John Dean
Millfield
Norman Dean
Athens
Fielden Willis
Nelsonville
Elmer Locke
Haydenville
Edward Brickley
Van
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Fred Leechs
W. Union St
Aid to Enemy War Bonds Call to Service
A wartime exhortation quotes Secretary Morgenthau urging Americans to pay taxes and invest in War Bonds. It stresses national duty, asking if citizens will be more merciful with dollars than with sons, and calls for collective service to the country.
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Morgenthau
Treasury Sets 13 Billion Second War Loan Goal
The Second War Loan drive targets 13 billion dollars, about one sixth of the 1943 war cost and roughly one fifth of the expected public debt increase for the fiscal year 1943.
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Treasury
Corn Planting Advice From Ohio Agronomy Department
Ohio farmers southern of Ohio are urged to plant adapted hybrids on time and to increase planting thickness on productive land. The department favors modest manure rates over larger areas, two fertilization methods per acre and specific kernel counts per hill for target yields. Fertilized hills are recommended at 150 pounds per acre for checked corn and 200 to 300 pounds per acre for drilled corn, with hill or row applications valued over broadcast drill applications.
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Ohio
Ohio State Department of Agronomy
Work Is Resumed at Chauncey War Plant
Workers at the Strontium Products Co. wartime plant near Chauncey returned to their jobs today after a Monday night conference between the workers committee and company officials in Athens. They had left work last Thursday noon.
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Strontium Products Co
Chauncey
Workers’ Committee
Athens
State Civil Service announces exams at Ohio University
The State Civil Service Commission announced today examinations set for May 8. A stenographer and typist test will be held at Ohio University in Athens.
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Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio University
Athens
Napoleon’s Invasion Medal For England Plans
Napoleon believed he would invade England and commissioned a special commemorative medal to mark the anticipated success.
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Napoleon
England
How He Started G. M. Bellanca in Aviation
G M Bellanca, renowned aircraft designer, began his career in 1907 by publishing aeronautical articles in French and Italian technical journals. A separate note observes primates suffer dental issues similar to humans in a playful aside.
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G. M. Bellanca
Service News From Home and Overseas for Area Servicemen
Mr and Mrs O E Cross report their son Pilot Officer Vance Cross of the Royal Canadian Air Force has safely reached England after a home visit before overseas duty. Nine local men transfer from Fort Hayes to the Army Air Forces at St. Petersburg Fla including Evan Jd Jones James W Knox William E McAffoce s Morris Gloucester Anthony M Covell Robert L Morrison Gloucester James W Tom and Jack B Turner. Robert N Simpson Chauncey sends to Harding Field Baton Rouge La from Fort Thomas Ky reception center. Lloyd N Blackford Chauncey promoted to private first class at Sioux Falls Technical Training Command. Ensign Keith Brandeberry Coalville studying medicine at Western Reserve University. Cecil H Cox promoted to acting first sergeant with 716th Training Group at Atlantic City N J after rapid rise. Mrs Gertrude Matheny learns son Hubert Matheny to attend a communications school at Fort Sill Okla. Clarence Cooley Athens reports son Robert E Bob promoted to corporal at Camp Bowie Texas 749th Tank Battalion. he entered service Jan 11.
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O. E. Cross
University Terrace
Vance Cross
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
Cross
United States Army
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Aijir
St. Petersburg
Fla
Evan Jd. Jones
Park Place
James W. Knox
Mill St
William E. McAffoces
William H. Morris
Giouster
Anthony M. Covell
Glouster
Robert L. Morrison
Trimble
Clarence J. Veroity
Lloyd N. Blackford
G. G. Blackford
Chauncey
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Sioux Falls
S. C
New York Coal Co
Cecil H. Cox
Athens
Rose Cox
Richland Ave
Carl Cox
Mechanicsburg
716Th
Army Air Corps
Atlantic City
N. J
McBee Co
Cox
Jefferson Barracks
Clarence Cooley
Robert E
Bob
Camp Bowie
Texas
749Th Tank Battalion
Armed Services
Fish Shortage Forces Curtailed Protein For Chickens
Farmers and feed dealers at Athens High School discuss protein conservation. Ross Wright notes fish meal and other animal protein sources are being restricted while vegetable proteins rise in use. The talk links reduced imports and larger livestock herds to the protein shortage and cites a voluntary rationing program by the Feed Industry Council with state and university cooperation.
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Athens High School
Ross Wright
Wright
Feed Industry Council
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
The
Agricultural Extension Service
Hattie Carr Dies After Fall in Athens Family
Mrs. Hattie Foster Carr mother of Athens County Clerk Alberta Grones died Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a July 5 fall left her bedridden. She leaves four sisters, one brother, three grandchildren, and a daughter-in-law. services were planned for Wednesday at Jagers Funeral Home.
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Hattie Foster Carr
Alberta Carr Grones
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Alberta Grones
Elmwood Place
Carr
Bertha Foster Dailey
Nelle Foster Robinson
Athens
Daisy Foster Brown
Medina
Elizabeth Foster Humphrey
Corona
Calif
Fred Foster
Gallipolis
Joel Foster Carr
Richmond Medical College
Richmond
Dow Grones
Camp Wheeler
Hattie Lou Grones
Fred Lachs
Jagers Funeral
Callie Walls Funeral Held in Cincinnati
Death reported in Athens of Miss Callie King Walls retired Cincinnati teacher of 22 years who graduated Ohio University in 1912. She wrote and engaged in civic work after 1934 and was active in the Episcopal Church and Daughters of the American Revolution. Her sister Louise King Walls Austin of Springfield is also an OU graduate and former faculty member. Funeral services were held at the Church of Our Saviour in Mt Auburn.
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Athens
Callie King Walls
Mt. Auburn
Cincinnati
Miss Walls
Ohio University
Episcopal Church
Daughters of the American Revolution
James Sargent, Jr
State of
Weather Dropin Athens Sees Temperatures Fall At Noon
Continued rain in Athens today lowered temperatures with the noon reading at 42 degrees down from 58 yesterday. Yesterday’s high reached 60 and the previous night’s low was 40.
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Athens
Ration Roundup for Meat Fats Sugar and More
Ration Book 2 allows A B C red meat and dairy coupons through April 30 with D from April 19. Blue D E F fruit and vegetable coupons through April 30. Sugar Stamp 12 in Book 1 covers 5 pounds to May 31. extra canning sugar available on local boards. Coffee Stamp 26 Book 1 good to April 25. Shoes Stamp 17 valid for one pair to June 15. Gasoline No 5 coupons 3 gallons East 4 elsewhere. East through July 21. others expire May 21. Fuel oil Period 4 expired in Zones B C D. Period 5 valid everywhere until fall. 10 gallons household, 100 institutional in southern Ohio counties.
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East
Ohio
Ohio U Student Wounded by Accidental Pistol Discharge
Virgil Wolff 21 Ohio University junior and Pi Kappa Alpha president was wounded when a friend’s hammerless .22 pistol discharged as he picked it up at the fraternity house on 18 N College St. He was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital in good condition with a bullet lodged beneath his right eye.
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Virgil Wolff
Ohio University
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
N. College St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wolff
The
University
Mansfield
Allied Shipping Holds Its Own Says Churchill
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill stated that Britain is more than holding its own in the Atlantic battle against U-boats. He commented on U S Navy secretary Knox’s March losses, noting the period referenced followed a smaller prior stretch and emphasized a continued strong overall stance.
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Allied Shipping
Churchill
London
House of Commons
Atlantic
Germany
Emanuel Shinwell
Frank Knox
U. S
Obituary Mentions O Neal Family in The Plains and Ames Township
Among the survivors of Charles V. O Neal who died Sunday at his home at The Plains is his brother Ozro O Neal of McDougal Ames Township. His son Orland lives at Fremont not at The Plains.
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Charles V. O'Neal
the Plains
Ozro O'Neal
McDougal
Ames Township
Orland
Fremont
Norra Reid Dies in Columbus
Miss Norra L. Reid, a former Athens resident of West Union Street, died yesterday in Columbus. Funeral services will be held there Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. burial in Athens West Union Street Cemetery at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
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Norra L. Reid
Athens
Columbus
W. Union St
Get New Pep With Otrex Tonic for Men and Women
Don’t blame age for tiredness. Otrex tonic tablets claim to restore energy and vitality by supplying vitamins and minerals. The ad promotes a larger bottle at a reduced price and urges readers to buy at local Athens drug stores Gallaher Drug and Athens Pharmacy.
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Athens
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