Manchuria Civil War Threatens China Union
The civil war between Chinese communists and Chiang Kai-Shek forces in Manchuria grows more critical. Gen George C Marshall seeks truce terms, while UNRRA efforts may ease famine driving tensions and influence negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie Ie
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kuomintang
China
George C. Marshall
America
Chungking
United States
Franz Woodworth
Athens
Natural Resources Safety
Portsmouth
Marshall
F. H. LaGuardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Labor Legislation Looms Over Congress Before Recess
Washington views suggest little chance for labor dispute bills before July 10 recess. The administration backs speedier adjournment while labor leaders seek to block Case Bill or substitutes. The piece weighs political stakes for Democrats versus Republicans and possible shifts in Congress after elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Congress l
Raver
House of Representatives
PAC
Trutman
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Truman
Debby and Bart Row Outing Amid Meadow Wind
Debby and Bart join Ellie and Joel on a windy duck-shooting day in the Meadow. As the tide rises and birds drift away, Debby urges action and helps tow the stranded boat so they can reach shore and reunite with Joel before Ellie’s oars are needed. The scene ends with a plan to return and a cliffhanger for the next installment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stakrs
Debby
Cape
Ike
Agnes
Ellie
Bart
Joel
Santher
Bart Wy
Bari
Floyd K
Prince
Athens
Boing
Fire hits roof at Athens home causing minor damage
The Athens fire department responded to a blaze at Rolland Bricker’s home Friday as shingles ignited on the roof. The fire was brought under control with only slight damage. Local residents visiting relatives and Easter gatherings are listed, including Wilma Jean Goldsworthy’s appendectomy and family travels to Logan, Columbus, and Greens Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Athens
Rolland Bricker
Robert Hatfield
Carolyn Ann
Columbus
Helen Powell
Indianola School
Wilbur Powell
Ida Scott
Wheeling
W.va
Powell
Greens Run
Pvt
Nelson Bullock
John Donelson
Kate Anders
Murray City
Henry Smith
Joann
William Goodman
George Mason
Mary
Anna Lee Wright
Orris McGee
Walter Hawk
Martin Hunter
Pauline Howard
Norma
H. Shrieves
Gene
Joe Charney
Elmer Yates
Alice and
Allen
Okie Phillips
Nancy
Ida Bricker
Albert
Orbiston
Wilma Jean Goldsworthy
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wendell Nagie
Larry
Huron
Grace
Magie
Eldon Hawks
Dean
Youngstown
Nagle
Veterans housing plan may harm those it helps
The piece argues the veterans housing program risks becoming a disservice by forcing most new homes to be cheap, small, and in poor areas. It notes surveys show many veterans want rents around 50 dollars monthly and questions the wisdom of a strict 6000 dollar cap, urging flexibility for equal or better housing options for veterans and non veterans alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
FHA
Veterans
War Department
Hidden food costs and subsidies hit consumer wallets
An OPA spokesman claims current food prices are no higher than 1920, but highlights hidden subsidies totaling about 6.5 billion dollars by June and ongoing tax charges. He warns that consumers will bear the bill as subsidies flow to producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Baruch Reopens Outdoor Thought on World Energy Control
Bernard M Baruch is again thinking aloud on a park bench this time in New Yorks Central Park about world control of atomic energy. The article recalls his earlier outdoor sessions in Lafayette Park and notes his constructive approach despite occasional disagreement from critics.
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Bernard M. Baruch
Mr. Baruch
New York
Central Park
Lafayette Park
White House
Baruch
Socra
Hitler
Mussolini
AMA panel doubts Wagner-Murray-Dingell bill health plan
Peter Edson reports a four physician AMA panel in Washington criticizes Senate Bill 1606 also known as the Wagner-Murray-Dingell National Health Bill. They question preventive care provisions and argue about free doctor choice and potential service quality under national health plans. The piece notes political dialogue around medical care costs and policy.
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Washington
American Medical Association
R. L. Sensenich
South Bend Ind
Forrest C. Donnell
Missouri
Sensenich
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Boyccott National Health Insurance
National Health Plans
Lottridge Personal Notes and Local Visits
Lottridge residents report weekend visits and family gatherings. Mrs Hulda Kelley and children stayed with Ira Robinson. Samuel Kelley Rev Wayne Baxter and Paul Russell visited. Other locals visited relatives in Pt Pleasant and Marietta. residents and visitors attended a state Ayshire sale in Columbus. Daytime social events included church service led by Rev Frost and Candlelight Holy Communion. England and Cervantes, famed writers, are noted as having died on April 23 2016.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Kelley
Ira Robinson
Samuel Kelley
Wayne Baxter
Paul Russell
Guysville
Glenn Brummage
J. A. Bailey
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
A. M. Williamson
Rexel Boggs
Columbus
Richard Fortney
Eleanor Allen
Leona Chapman
Lillie Davis
Ora Bogg
Robert
Marietta
John Gaston
Athens
R. M. Allen
Vern Bernard
Marilyn Guysville
Arnold Bernard
Glenn Swisher
Dayton
E.W. Swisher
W. A. Tenney
Juanita
L. Davis
O. L. Davis
In. A. Frost
C. M. Swartz
Harry Carleton
Coolville
Chester News Notes and Social Briefs
Local social notes list visits from J S Bailey and Rex Bailey to Edna and Bitlie Will, J B Hayes to Ward Hayes, Maurice Carnahan from Columbus, Ernest Brown to Guy Summerfield, Clyde Calvert at a sale in Joppa, Mrs Eichensehr from Sandusky visiting Chester, and illness of Mrs Hayes. Funeral for Alfred Shumway noted at Chester Methodist Church with burial in Chester Cemetery. A curious note on prairie chickens ends the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Summerfield
Shirley
Clyde Calvert
S. A. Grandon
Joppa
William Eichénsehr
Sandusky
Ward Hayes
Hayes
Alfred Shumway
Fred Shumway
Syracuse
Shumway
Chester Township
Chester Methodist Church
Chester
Oak Grove Social Briefs
York Grange met Friday with Deputy Master Everette Carbaugh giving a soil conservation address. Ill list includes Hazel McClain Beile Hoskins and Kath erine Warehime. Birth announced for Larry Ross April 15 at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital. Appendectomy on Ralph Wolfe at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital reported serious. Family visits and a birthday dinner noted among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Grange
Everette Carbaugh
Hazel McClain
Beile Hoskins
Katherine Warehime
James McClain
John McClain
Reda
Barbra Foughty
Clell Penny
Ross Nanna
Larry Ross
Osteopathic Hospital
Marietta
Ralph Wolfe
Connett
Marietta ‘Osteopathic Hospital
Raymond Davis
Eugene
Roger
Carpendale
Arthur Cage
Emmett Davis
J. E. Cage
Arthur Cagg
Chester
Nancy Ann
Homer
Davis
Nelsonville
Southeast Ohio High Schools at District Music Festival
Thirty high schools from southeastern Ohio took part in the District High School Music Festival at Memorial Auditorium. Athens Gallia Hocking Jackson Meigs Perry Pike and Vinton counties were represented with about 350 voices and 115 musicians, plus university ensemble players from Ohio University and Portsmouth High School. Six Athens High School students reached the state declamation contest with speeches on world peace. Local visitors Mr and Mrs R A Dalton were in Columbus and Mrs Carl Beasley attended a Cincinnati convention as a delegate from the Athens Woman's Music Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Ohio
Ohio Music Education Association
Southeastern Ohio Music Teachers’ Association
Memorial Auditorium
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Perry
Pike
Vinton
Ohio University
Portsmouth’ High School
Athens High School
John Alden
Olive Carpenter
Virginia Larimer
Reba Shaffer
Fanny Davidson
Matt Elizabeth Hughes
Carl Beasley
Cincinnati
Federation of Woman's Music Club
Athens, Woman's Music Club
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Qhid
Joan W. Cullen Company
Chicago
Cleveland
Herald
Pen
Law
Honor
Bessie M. Gorslene
Mother Dear
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Springs Hight
William Maier
D. R. Zenner
Orchard Gayles
Phillip Zenner
New York City
the Plains News
Veterans’ Housing
Peter Edson
C. Simmons
Lottridge Personals
England
Shakespeare
Spain
Cervantes
Oak Grove Social Briefs
Mrs. R. A. Dalton
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