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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1945
Page
14
Publication details for The Athens Messenger listing editors and ownership. It includes publishing schedule notes, membership in press associations, and postal and circulation information. Subscription rates shown for domestic and international readers. Obituary and greeting notices policy noted with nominal charges.
Franklin D Roosevelt rose from wealth to the White House amid European turmoil. His New Deal era reshaped policy, public debt and social security while guiding wartime leadership. His death marks a pivotal moment as Harry S Truman steps into a fragile world order, seeking unity and steady governance.
Soldiers in Germany hear recordings of Loop traffic subways elevated trains hockey games and bowling alleys from home. The message aims to ease homesickness and counter rumors that life at home is quiet and complacent.
Washington reports Germany folding under pressure from Anglo American forces not Soviet. Military leaders resort to piecemeal surrender as Berlin nears occupation. underground resistance may rise in Russian zones. War in Europe edging toward end with Berlin and Italy cleanup and Far East shift planned.
Senate Foreign Relations and Commerce committees face a clash over postwar international civil aviation pacts drafted at Chicago. Senators Vandenberg Connally Bailey question executive agreements versus treaty power, and miscommunications blur approval, prompting calls to clarify policy and timing.
Coolville and surrounding area share Easter week with many social calls. The Clark family announces the birth of Brenda Kay in Orange with grandparents Earl Clark and Effie Stout noted.
Local items list residents visiting relatives and travel over Easter and weekends including Miss Bessie Cotter of Columbus, Mrs. Emma Warner, Jack Warner, Harley Pickett on leave, and other family visits. War Department telegram confirms Pvt. George Gabson killed in action in Germany.
Easter egg hunt winners were Donna La Rue Rita Spires and Janet Rife. Mr and Mrs J A Searls announce the marriage of Lena to Wendell Bunce on Saturday April 3. Sunday visitors included several local families from Logan Columbus Gallipolis and Zanesville with other relatives. Raymond Clark moved to the Eblin farm near Fulland. Multiple Gallia County residents spent Sunday or the weekend with relatives and friends.
Vinton notes list residents in and around Point Pleasant Columbus Wilkesville Deshler and Ewington visiting relatives during Easter and furloughs. Names include G Kirkendall, Mrs Dale Alexander, Mrs Leah Freshcorn, Mrs Clem Wilcox, Mrs James McCormick, Mr and Mrs W K Love, Mrs Joe Neal, St Claud Swick, Don Swick, Mrs Joe Matthews, David Ball, Dr Finley Newman, Casto family, Jerry Woodley family, H D Devore, Evelyn Dutft, Irene Casto RN, Dorothy Sharret, Ronald Bobo, Shelba Ward, David Lloyds, Frank Quickle, Bob Coder.
Wilkesville news notes report the Wilkesville Garden Club gathering on April 3 with 19 members present and two guests Mrs Stella Wilcox of Vinton and Mrs William McCormick. The item lists local visitors and family notes including Easter visits and a military family update.
In a tense scene Eric Woolf and Block confront Bruce Temple and his daughter amid a cache of diamonds. A struggle erupts with a gunshot as Temple falls, and the narrator recalls a brutal confrontation that ends with unresolved danger as the confrontation moves toward conclusion.
In Amesville Frances Morton O Neil wins first prize in the Ohio University Emerson Prize Poem Contest. The Athens area scene notes social dinners and local club activities as the column recounts community life.
A local Hockingport update includes WSCS meeting details at Mrs Ethel Randolph's home and numerous weekend visitors and residents, with brief notes on Carl Wright visiting Parkersburg and others from Vienna Nitro and Coolville. The fragment also references a tense scene with Block and Eric amid German dialogue and a gunshot incident in Parkersburg.
The article notes Mr and Mrs Carlos Wilson and Mr and Mrs Lewis Fishbaugh served as chaperons for the Benta Sailor hop at the Varsity Inn. It also recalls 23 years ago when Dr and Mrs P E Hixson and their son Edward visited Ruth and B H Rawlings.
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