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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1948

Page

4

Italian Electorate Sways Away From Moscow Blandishments

The column argues Italians rejected Soviet appeals due to nationalism Catholicism and distrust of Slavic ideologies. It contends Moscow avoided Italy for practical reasons and that U S policy failed to grasp history and culture, warning of broader dangers for U S credibility in Europe.

Moscow Italy Greece Bavaria Hungary Roumania Ruhr Soviet Union America Europe Diocletian United States Russia U.S.A White House State Department FDR Tom Stokes Kentucky Germany

Subscription rates and delivery options for The Messenger

The Messenger lists home delivery rates by carrier and mail options for Ohio and West Virginia, detailing yearly, half year, and short-term prices. Rates vary for in-town carrier, mail within and outside Ohio WV, plus a note that foreign subscriptions are quoted on request. Entered at Athens Ohio post office as second class matter.

Ohio West Virginia Athens

Untangled Night at Charlotte's Showy Soiree

Patience, mistaken for Patience by Roger, endures a lively party where Charlotte's flirtations and Dwight Breeden’s attention mix with gossip about Marion Lane. Roger shows tension then warmth toward Patience as the evening winds down at Charlotte's flat with plans to meet again.

Patience Paul Roger Hutt Charlotte Dwight Breeden Carl Brunner Darling Marion Lane Barney Roberts Dwight Carlotta

Brookings Study Attacks Compulsory Health Insurance Plan

A Brookings Institution analysis for Senator H Alexander Smith criticizes compulsory health insurance as creating government control over medical care, harming practitioner patient relations, raising costs, and failing to reach the needy. It urges wide study and attention of its conclusions.

Brookings Institution H. Alexander Smith Senate Labor Subcommittee On

FBI Fingerprint Files Help Locate Missing Persons

The FBI uses its Identification Division to aid noncriminal investigations with over 107 million fingerprint sets, most in noncriminal files. An April 1946 Los Angeles case shows fingerprints linking a father to his long-lost son and daughter, illustrating the bureau’s role in locating missing people.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Bureau Washington Los Angeles Police Department FBI

Local Notes Include Visits Birth Announcement and Flood Update

Mrs M V Shank returned home after months in Point Pleasant. The Shank and Sharpnack families hosted visitors from Columbus and Letart Falls. WSCS quilts at the church during several evenings. The river at Lock 23 crest 56.7 feet as dredge No 143 worked near the lock during the flood. E C Shank visited sons in Athens. William Zerkle announces birth of a son at Mason City on April 15. No homes were flooded in town. Ming Earl Shank.

Apple Grove M. V. Shank Point Pleasant Gary Spires Evelyn Sharpnack Bud Sharpnack Columbus Jack Sharpnack A. Thaxton Letart Falls Charlie Sayre WSCS E. C. Shank James Jack Athens William Zerkle Mason City Ming Earl Shank

World affecting Hoffman faces tough EU recovery choices

The ECA chief Paul Hoffman grapples with political and economic hurdles in steering the European Recovery Program. Key issues include Germany's future curbs, reparations, and war crime trials, plus creating unions, easing trade barriers, and ensuring U.S. markets aren't disrupted by misaligned procurement.

Washington Paul Hoffman ECA United States Germany China Congress Hoffman Europe U. S. State Department Army U. S

Florist Offers Plant Care For Bridge Approach Beautification

Sherman White of Gallipolis Garden Club offered to furnish and care for plants along the Chickamauga Creek bridge approaches at Garfield and Portsmouth. The note comes amid assorted local social updates including visits, academic meetings, a piano recital, and automotive brake system news.

Sherman White Gallipolis

Sam Simmons Critiques Pension System In Justified Plain Speech

Sam Simmons argues the pension system is unfair with wide disparities. He cites a railway engineer drawing from both retirement and social security funds while others receive as little as ten dollars monthly. He urges merging private pension funds into social security and equalizing tax funded pensions for all retirees.

War Dead Return Transport Leaves Antwerp for New York

The U S Army ship Lawrence Victory departed Antwerp carrying 2,000 American war dead. It heads to New York via Cherbourg to aboard 2,300 more dead from American war cemeteries in France.

Antwerp Belgium New York Cherbourg France

Chauncey Receives New Fully Equipped Fire Truck

Chauncey welcomes a new fire truck donated by townspeople and supporters. Mayor Hines reported ongoing contributions and 25 solicitors visiting Chauncey homes to raise funds for the emergency vehicle.

Chauncey Hines

Charles Scott Services Held

Funeral services for 81 year old Chauncey resident Charles Scott were held Tuesday at the Church of Christ Chauncey with Pastor Gilbert Courtney officiating. Burial followed at Hilltop Cemetery with pallbearers Walter Kovaleski Clem Kovaleski Joe Davis Earl Canter Wid Hammond and D L Perry. Surviving are a son Jesse Scott a daughter Mrs Esther Schoonover six grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters.

Chauncey Charles Scott Osteopathic Hospital Marietta Church of Christ Chauncey Gilbert Courtney Hilltop Walter Kovaleski Clem Kovaleski Joe Davis Earl Canter Wid Hammond D. L. Perry Maude Jesse Scott Esther Schoonover Fred and Thomas Vore Ridge Zimmie Kanan Somerset Ohio Mabel Nash Cincinnati

Dinner Given For Daughter Chauncey

Mrs Gertarde Brown of Millfield hosted a Sunday two course chicken dinner for her daughter Dor is Theisen on her birthday. The table featured decorations and a cake by Mrs Thelma Sams. Ice cream and cake followed. Guests included Doris Theisen and son Ty of Athens Harold Sams and daughters Barbara Carol Emily Helen Jane and Gertrude Brown. The Rev Lena Brandenburg will return home this weekend from East Lansing Michigan after a visit with relatives.

Chauncey Gertarde Brown Millfield Doris Theisen Thelma Sams Athens Harold Sams Barbara Carol Emily Helen Jane Gertrude Brown Lena Brandenburg The Plains Church of the Nazarene East Lansing Mich

Priest Resigns to Become Bellevue Hospital Chaplain

The Rev. Benjamin R. Priest resigns as rector of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Cincinnati to take a chaplaincy at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.

Cincinnati Benjami R St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Bellevue Hospital New York City

Chauncey Area Churches Schedule Summary

A detailed list of church services across Chauncey and nearby towns. Pilgrim Holiness and Church of God morning and evening services led by Ray Pidcock and Clarence Way, plus Sabbath, midweek and prayer services across denominations including Seventh Day Adventist, Church of Christ, Methodist, Morristown Holiness, Free Will Baptist, Plains Nazarene, Plains Methodist, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and Zion League events with times and locations.

Pilgrim Holiness Ray Pidcock Church OF God Clarence Way Seventh Day Adventist R. M. Bata Church OF Christ Chauncey Millfield Trimble Greens Run Taylor Ridge Gilbert Courtney R. Wilcox H. H. Lafferty Morristown Holiness Helen Tatman Free Will Baptist Gus Graham Jackson Zion Church Lower Plains Zion Prattsville Zaleski Wellston the Plains Church OF the Nazarene Lena Brandenburg Young Peoples Plains Methodist — Church Charles Caffrey

The Public Health Nurse Role in Preventive Medicine

The public health nurse plays a key part in preventing disease. She visits homes to explain isolation and quarantine, carries out disinfection, and guides communities to obtain medical care. In schools she assists teachers and inspects children, aiding immunization and health education. Her work spans remote areas and emergencies.

What is a blue baby and its cause

A blue baby refers to an infant born with a defective heart or blood vessels that mix blue venous blood with red arterial blood. The blueness results from a lack of oxygen in the blood.

McArthur High Nets 747.60 In Basketball Finances

McArthur High School reports a 747.60 net balance for the Generals basketball season. Gate receipts reached 849.29, tournaments 373.30, and miscellaneous 285.80, against disbursements of 226.02 officials 75 team guarantees 172.72 taxes and 287.05 others totaling 760.79.

Barnhill and Zinn Receive Hamden Land Transfer

G Marie and Edwin L Barnhill transfer 5 acres in Hamden to Charles and Elizabeth Zinn. Harry Neil Margaret Bagley Paul Miller and Edna Bagley transfer part in Lot 24 Hamden to Edwin L and Marie Barnhill. Harold Andy transfers Lot 34 New Plymouth School District Brown township to James H Hein Jr. Delver M and Frances Mae Quick transfer 33 1 100 acre in Clinton township to Alfred and Frances Loper.

G. Marie Edwin L. Barnhill Charles Elizabeth Zinn Hamden Harry Neil Margaret Bagley Paul Miller Edna Bagley Edwin L Marie Barnhill Harold Andy James H. Heinlein Jr New Plymouth Brown Township Delver M Frances Mae Quick Alfred Frances Loper Clinton Township

Constituents Show Interest in World Affairs Despite War Talk

Ohio residents, per letters to Rep. Edward O. McCowen, indicate strong interest in foreign events and the world situation rather than fear of a new war. The Wheelersburg congressman notes few fears of World War III amid international tensions.

Washington

Flood Waters Impact Meigs County Community

Only four dwellings lie in the flood district as five feet of water entered C. E. Lawrence store, post office, and Methodist Church basement. Residents evacuated with little damage reported. public and church events announced. births, hospitalizations, and visitors noted amid flood disruption.

Long Bottom C. E. Lawrence Methodist Church Meigs County Youth Fellowship

Radio Listings Across NBC ABC CBS NBC-WLW Stations

A dense schedule of radio programs and affiliates from NBC ABC CBS and regional stations detailing daily time slots for news music talk dramas comedies sports and specials across Cincinnati Columbus Parkersburg Huntington and nearby markets with multiple repeats and network feeds through midnight and into the next day.

NBC WLW Cincinnati ABC WCOL Columbus WSAZ Huntington CBS WBNS WCHS Charleston WPAR Parkersburg MBS WHKC WMOA Marietta Abe Cbs Network Abc-East Abc- West Mbs-East Mbs-West United Nations Jenn McKenna Song Cbbs-East Lum Abner Cbs West Abbe Lowell Thomas Abe Basic Beulah Cbs News Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr Abe Jack Smith Cbs Daily Mary Osborne Abe Rob Crosby Clhb Abe Henry J. Taylor Kaltenborn Abe Ed Murrow Cbs Sports Paul Lavalie Melody Abe Fanny Brice Abe Danny Thomas Billy Rose Rin Stern Tex Beneke Abe West Theater of Today Cba Congress Hollywood American Farmer Abe Pro Arte Farm Grand Central Abe Alan Lomax Kid Tomlinson the Country Journal the Hitching Post Orchestras of Nation Piano Playhouse Abe Lionel Hampton Doctors Nbe Budapest Treasury Abe Lone Wolf Doe IL. Q., Jr Abec NBC Symphony Harry Wismer Jack Beall Ace Jane Cbs Melody Incorporated Hawaii Abe Abe Burrows H. Carmichael Cbs Twin Riley Ross Dolan Famous Abe Stop Sinatra Judy Canova Abe Vaughn Monroe Kay Kyser Quiz Abe-Vasic Chicago Theater Cbs Hayloft Hoedown Abe Dance M. Downey Abc-West

Also Mentioned on This Page

By Jay Pranklin Renee Shann NEA Service, Inc Peter Edson Frank Parsons Broadwell Albert Ogg Lewis Parsons Bethany Audrey Green Stewart Frank B. Dilley Ohio University Dilley American Association of Collegiate New Orleans Dan Goss Logan C.G. Sheppard Byron Phillips Nelsonville Nellie McGowan Blanche Allen Catherine Guseman Reed Chapel Alice Rowan Luella Williams Helen McLaughlin Helena Keck Leah Hunter Robert Bingman Anna May Farley Elizabeth Ong Gladys Kilpatrick Helen Cavanaugh Duesenberg F. W. Crow Pomeroy England Sam Simmons Florida Father John W. Love Father Love St. Augustine, Fla Chauncey Area Charles Scott Services By Galbraith NEA SF Church News of Edwin P. Jordan, M. D NEA Vinton County Messenger Washington Bureau Stanley Swan Pomeroy Hospital H. M. Hughes E. T. German Carapolis Effie German Donald Myers Holzer Hospital William Swain Pomeroy Clinic iEast Linnie Swan
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