Natty Well Fed Burglar Sought In Athens County
An unusually well fed burglar, described in a green tweed suit size 40, is being sought by Athens county police. He forced a window at Dr G Dew's summer home near Carbondale and took canned meat and fruit from the ice box and a Winchester rifle. The burglary was reported Monday, Sheriff George Bateman said.
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Athens County
Dr ©. G. Dew
Nelsonville
George Bateman
Bateman
Carbondale
Two Athens Men Escape Injury in Mountain Landing
Olhe T. Shouse and Foster Pierce were forced to make an emergency landing in the Tennessee mountains after running low on gas during a flight from Cincinnati to Lexington. A wing struck a fence post on takeoff from a small field, damaging the aircraft. both men escaped injury and details remain sparse.
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Athens
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Lexington
Grace Shouse
Olhe T. Shouse
State St
Foster Pierce
N. Shannon Ave
Shade PTA to Install Officers Thursday
Officers for the coming year will be installed at the Shade PTA meeting Thursday evening April 25. A guest speaker will be present according to the announcement.
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PTA
Will Explain Fund to Alumni Discontinues Bobcat Coaching
Harold E Wise assistant athletics coach at Ohio University for eight years is named associate director of the Ohio University Fund Inc He will explain and develop alumni support statewide while remaining athletics ticket manager but will no longer coach Bobcat football baseball or basketball The fund launched three weeks ago supports university projects and needs John C Baker chairs the fund with John G Case Jr directing. Wise has long served in game administration and civic roles in Athens and Columbus.
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Harold E. Wise
Ohio University
Ohio University Fund, Inc
John C. Baker
Wise
Bobcat
Ohio
Ohio University Fund
Arthur ©. Johnson
The
Columbus Dispatch
John G Case
Columbus Insurance Man
Baker
Ashtabula
Igymnasium
Athens
Athens High School
Columbus West High School
Columbus
Columbus West
Mr Wise
Iewly
Ohio State Uniersity
Athens High
Chicago
Kiwanis Club of
Franklin County
Beta Theta Fi
Beta Kappa
Ohio U
Julia Porter
Izaak Walton
Liss
Martha Jo
Peden Elected President of Rotary Club Officers Named
The Rotary Club session yesterday elected Don C Peden as president for the upcoming year with John Jagers as vice president Richard Nichols secretary Dwight F Rutherford treasurer and Harper C Pendry as a member. Howard E Waugh safety advisor for the Industrial Commission of Ohio spoke on community safety noting home accidents surpassed traffic fatalities and predicting up to 38 000 traffic deaths in 1946 following speed limit changes.
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Waugh
Motion for New Trial in Francis Collins Case
Francis Collins seeks a new trial after being convicted of aggravated assault against a minor in Athens. His attorney John F Seidel filed the motion in Common Pleas Court alleging irregularities in court proceedings and insufficent evidence supporting the verdict. Judge O F Rowland could rule today. The filing notes the attorney will not attend the ruling.
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Francis Collins
Athens
Eae
John F Sei
Del
Common Fleas Court
O F Rowland
Common Pleas Court
Seidel
Patrol Nabs Youth After Car Chase
A chase began on Richland Ave and ended near Albany on Route 50. Robert L Corrigan 15 an escaped inmate from Washington DC was driving a stolen car and held in the county yard. Corrigan said he and two companions escaped April 21 from the National Training School and that they left two others in Parkersburg. He reportedly stole three vehicles during the escape run from Washington. Other patrol reports include fines for John E Kircher unsafe operation, Cat H Fiteth permitting an unlicensed minor to drive, Donald E Grimm for parking in a roadway, and Harvey W Ouler unsafe operation.
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Richland Ave
Albany
Robert L Corrigan
National Training School
Washington
Parkersburg
Corrgan
Corrigan
Clarksburg
W Va
John E Kircher
Second St
Kircher
Frane Woodworth
Cat
H Fiteth
Long Bottom
Justice of the Peace
Carl Parker
Tuppers Plains
Motor Vehicle Fees Distributed in Athens County
Athens County received 9472.75 of the April motor vehicle fee distribution for the County Road and Bridge Fund with the remainder allocated to townships Albany Amesville Athens Buchtel Chauncey Coolville Glouster Jacksonville Nelsonville Trimble. Fourteen townships shared equally in the first 1946 gasoline tax distribution, totaling 5600 with each township getting 400.
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Athens County
Ralph Elliott
Ellott
Ellett
Albany
Amesville
Athens
Buchtel
Chauncey
Coolville
Glouster
Jacksonville
Nelsonville
Trimble
Eliott
Restaurant Sold as New Owner Takes Over
The Corner Spot on W Union and Court Street changes hands to George Karageorge formerly of Fredericksburg Md who bought from Claire Bail of Athens. He plans interior remodeling and a broader menu with short orders as his family joins him from Athens Greece by June providing a U S connection to his long restaurant career beginning in 1909 in Constantinople and arriving in 1911.
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Spot
W. Union and
Court Street
George Karageorge
Fredericksburg
Claire Bail
Athens
Karageorge
Greece
L Tims
United States
Constantinople
Turkey
Jeffreys to Speak at Cool Isle High School Session
Raymond J. Jeffreys of the Jeffreys Lecture Bureau in Columbus is announced as speaker at Coolisle High School Thursday afternoon April 25 for the WCTU and a public meeting in the evening. State Representative Miss Mary J B Erbin and others will attend.
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Raymond J. Jeffreys
Jeffreys
Columbus
Coolisle High School
WCTU
Mary JB Erbin
Grace Richmond
iCounty
Bianche ‘Starkey
Cream Producers To Meet Next Week In Four Ohio Towns
A series of meetings to improve cream quality for more than 500 Athens County farmers will be held next week. The Agriculture Extension Program and the Ohio Dairy Products Association sponsor the events, with sessions at 8 pm in Mechanicsburg Monday Coolville Tuesday Albany Wednesday and Amesville Thursday. Demonstrations and pictures will be presented.
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Athens County
Agriculture Extension Program
Ohio Dairy Productsn Association
Mechanicsburg
Coolville
Albany
Amesville
Walburn to Drums on Army Post Band Broadcast
Pet Joe Walburn, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Walburn Sr of 30 W Union St, will perform on the drums during a live Army Post Band broadcast from station WHMA in Anniston Alabama tonight at 9 30.
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Joe Walburn
Union St
Wall
Army Post Band
WHMA
Anniston
Alabama
Funeral services set for Herman B Lanmer in Ath ens
Funeral services for Herman B Lanmer, who died Monday in Athens, will be held at 3:30 PM Wednesday at Dowler land Ferguson Funeral Home. The Messenger published a survivor list omitting his daughter Mrs Virginia Larimer Hayes of Athens.
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Herman B Lanmer
Athens
Dowlerland Ferguson Funeral Home
Virginia Larimer Hayes
Messenger
OSS Agent Reveals WWII Radio Mystery Behind Jap Lines
Ayus Isarasena an Ohio University student and Thai national described testing a biscuit tin sized short wave radio in a hotel room after Pearl Harbor. He later used a similar set to contact Allied forces, work undercover in Thailand, organize guerrilla units, and aid escape of American fliers before and after D Day.
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Pearl Arbor
Ohio University
Ayus Isarasena
Office of Strategic Services
Kiwanis Club
Berry Hotel
Isarasena
OSS
Oahu
Washington
FBI Jw
Gren
Thailand
Fort Benning
Quantico
Cording
Isarjasena
China
Bangkok
Catalina
Lampang
Whch
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Marvel
Ann Page
Dept
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California
MR. Wise
Izaak Walton League
Peden
Rotary Club
Inew York Central
Central
Ceary
York Central
Isaac Wilson
John F “Encomb
Cline
John Fo Nowcomb Recenter
Isaac Wilson Companys, A
Raymond v. Jeffreys
S. Court ST. Athens
Robert Hollingsworth
MGR
Second Avenue
Gallipolis
Sena
Jan
Walter Kuzmach
O. K
Grocert
Ior
Sohio
Sohio Station
Sohia
Sobiotone
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