High Schools May End Interscholastic Athletics During War
Southeastern Ohio school superintendents weigh suspending interscholastic sports due to coach shortages and transportation limits. Wartime tire rules and many coaches entering military service threaten programs. A county meeting at Ohio University will consider intramural options as a substitute.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
SSS
PACE
Ohio County
Ohio University Men's Union
Teach
Counties Earn Revenue From Car Tag Distribution
Distribution of motor vehicle license revenues to Ohio counties and localities has been certified by Dylon W. Wallace. Total statewide share is 2,664,075.60 dollars with a five percent equalization fund adding about 3,000 dollars per county. The report lists allocations by county and towns within the affected areas.
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Dylon W. Wallace
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio State Department of Highways
Columbus
Athens County
Allany
Amesville
Athens
Buchtel
Chauncey
Coolville
Jacksonville
Nelsonville
Township
Hocking County
Laurelville
Logan
Murray City
County
Vinton County
Hamden
McArthur
Wilkesville
Gallia County
Centerville
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Vinton
Perry County
Corning
Crooksville
Glenford
Hemlock
Junction City
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New Straitsville
Rendville
Roseville
Shawnee
Somerset
Thornville
Meigs County
Middleport
Racine
Syracuse
Enginemen Sought for Federal Buildings Power Plants
The Civil Service Commission announces immediate openings for enginemen in steam electric plants and auxiliaries within federal buildings. Pay ranges from 1680 to 2940 dollars yearly with good advancement prospects. Applicants must show experience with electrical machinery and may file applications now. No age limit. Apply to the Civil Service Commission Washington DC or obtain forms from J L C Kelley at the Athens post office.
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Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
J. L. C. Kelley
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Athens
Lollie Smith Funeral Held in Broadwell
Funeral services for Mrs. Lollie Mae Smith 70 of Broadwell were held at the United Brethren Church in Broadwell. She died Sunday Aug 9 after illness since February. The widow of D O Smith she was the daughter of Robert Vanway and Jane Barnhart Vanway. Burial followed at Sand Rock Cemetery.
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United Brethren Church
Broadwell
Lollie Mae Smith
Woman Fined for Receiving Stolen Shoes in Chillicothe
Mary Arledge, 40, of Chillicothe, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property after a theft at Woodworth Shoe Store. She was fined $5 plus costs by Mayor Franz L. Woodworth. Police had investigated four shoes stolen last week.
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Mary Arledge
Chillicothe
Franz L. Woodworth
Woodworth
New England 4 H Club Meets With Verdelle Stephenson
The New England 4 H Club met last Thursday with vice president Verdelle Stephenson presiding. Visitors included Paul and Gary Gould. The next meeting is scheduled for August 13.
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New England
Verdelle Stephenson
Paul
Gary Gould
Thirteen Athens men declared delinquent by draft board
Athens County Selective Service Board No 1 listed thirteen registrants as delinquent for failing to update addresses under the 1940 act. Final notices will go out this week and if no response within five days prosecutors may proceed. penalties include up to a $10000 fine and five years in prison. Names and last known addresses of the 13 men are provided for contact.
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Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1
U. S. Selective Service
Ence Hook
Athens
Local Board No. 1
Board No. 1
Local youths begin 19 week Air Force training at Keesler
Six local youths plus others enroll in a 19 week Army Air Forces Technical Training Command course at Keesler Field Mississippi to train as airplane mechanics for line duty. The program covers 11 subjects in 10 day blocks.
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Ohio
Keesler Field
Miss
U. S. Army
Air Force Technical Training Command
Army Air Forces
Walter F. Smathers
Buchtel
Rolland B. Deal
Jacksonville
Donald ¥. Blackburn
Ralph F. Pierce
Ohio Schools Face Shortage of Teachers
Ohio faces a teacher shortage with the new school year approaching. The state education department schedules district meetings in Kent Bowling Green Dayton Athens and Columbus to report needs and gather suggestions from local boards. Kenneth C Ray says men have left for the armed forces and women have moved to private industry and government jobs.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Education Department
Kenneth C. Ray
Kent
Bowling Green
Dayton
Athens
Ray
Release of Burton Is Set for Dec. 1st
The Ohio Pard on and Parole Commission granted 102 paroles and one conditional release to Mansfield Reformatory inmates today as 64 cases continued. Among those freed with release dates is Athens William F. Burton for auto stealing, set for December 1.
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Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Mansfield Reformatory
Athens
William F. Burton
Rome Grange meeting moved to August 12
The Rome Grange monthly meeting is advanced from August 26 to Wednesday, August 12 to avoid Athens County Fair conflicts. The group will convene at Stewart Wednesday at 8 p.m., per secretary Fred Dorr.
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Rome
Athens County
Stewart
Fred Dorr
Weather and local 4-H club meeting announced
Athens weather remained fair and mild with the temperature at 75 at noon. The high yesterday was 85 and the low last night was 60. The Carthage Troopers 4-H Club will hold its final meeting on August 17 with ice cream to follow.
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Athens
Carthage Troopers
Light vote reported at Athens precincts in primary elections
A light vote was reported at Athens precincts in the morning hours of today's primary. Some polling places cast about half as many ballots by noon as in prior elections, with polls closing at 6 30 p m daylight time. Early returns expected after 8 p m, with county contest results likely by midnight.
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Athens
Renew Talk on Boost For Steel Prices
Renewed talks for higher steel prices arose as deadlocked negotiations between the CIO United Steelworkers Union and five principals of United States Steel Corporation faced the National War Labor Board. A formal breakdown notice followed last night with the union demanding board recommended terms in the little steel case.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers Union
United States Steel Corporation
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
Hoover Celebrates 68th Birthday Weekend at Montana Camp
Herbert Hoover marked his 68th birthday with a quiet dinner at a Madison River camp in western Montana. The event followed five years of Hoover’s routine private celebrations away from public view.
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Hoover
Yellowstone
Mont
Pas
Herbert Hoover
Madison River
Here
Scout Leader Stratton Takes Advancement Post in Louisville
Mr. Stratton who headed Boy Scout activity in Athens County for two years has accepted a new scouting advancement position in Louisville Kentucky and will depart the area next Sunday.
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Mr. Stratton
Athens County
Louisville
Stratton Accepts Post With Louisville Area Council
J R Stratton longtime field scout executive leaves Athens to take a larger role with Louisville Ky Area Council. He reports resigning to district headquarters and to begin duties in Louisville in September. In Athens since 1940 membership rose and new troops formed in Athens The Plains Glouster and Chauncey within an Ohio and West Virginia council serving about 1300 scouts. The Louisville council counts 4000 scouts across 200 to 250 troops.
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Athens
J. R. Stratton
Kootaga
Louisville, Ky
Stratton
Louisville
Kootaga Council
Athens County
the Plains
Glouster
Chauncey
Meigs
Washington
Ohio
West Virginia
N. Congress St
Salem
Mt. Union College
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern West Virginia Council
Columbiana County Council
East Liverpool
Chauncey Man Teaches Hand to Hand Combat Demonstration
The Kansas City Times reports a July 25 exhibition of hand to hand fighting bayonet and knife work by eight sergeants under Lt. Erle Bridgewater at Camp Robinson. The demo drew about 3000 onlookers and showcased improvised grappling and weapon retention techniques amid a fierce display. Bridgewater and his men recently taught officers at Fort Riley the basics of breaking jaws and neutralizing threats with rifle butts and knives.
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Bridgewater
Fort Riley
Kansas
Liberty Memorial Mall
Erle Bridgewater
Chauncey
Viola Sanders
Athens
Auto Dealers Help Enlist Men 18 to 45
The Ohio Automobile Dealers Association announces enlistment for men aged 18 to 45 and experienced others with prior military work. Units will train at Camp Perry for maintenance behind the lines with higher pay. Enlistment takes place in Zanesville at C N Harvey Garage N Main St from 9 am to 9 pm on Saturday Aug 15. Applicants should bring draft board releases.
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U. S. Army
Ohio Automobile Dealers Association
Camp Perry
Zanesville
C. N. Harvey
N. Main St
Local Men Appear in March of Time Film Reel
Residents of The Plains saw Clarence Buffington and Merrill Barrows featured in a March of Time motion picture at Schine's Athena Theater. Buffington, now somewhere in the Pacific, appears mixing a laboratory formula filmed at Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland. Barrows, now somewhere in the Atlantic, is shown at a radio school in Key West Florida.
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Clarence Buffington
Merrill Barrows
Schine
Athena
Buffington
Pacific
U. S. Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Barrows
Atlantic
Key West
Fla
Victory Stitchers 4-H Club to Hold Wiener Roast
The Victory Stitchers 4-H Club of New Marshfield held a wiener roast at the home of assistant adviser Mrs. Robert Hawk. The next meeting will be at the home of adviser Mrs. Ray Sickles.
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Victory Stitchers 4-H Club
New Marshfield
Robert Hawk
Ray Sickles
New York Central Declares War as Industry Strife Deepens
The piece frames the New York Central as being at war in literal terms, signaling intensified conflict within the railroad industry and heightened tensions around competition, labor, and control of routes. It emphasizes the severity and clarity of the term as used in the era.
Army Accepts Glouster Men
The Athens County Selective Service Board No 1 announced the induction of George M Hogue 22 and Everett Leonard Styers 41 both of Glouster Route 1. They were sent to the Franklin County American Legion Post with other selectees on Aug 3 and held in Columbus for further exam before acceptance for military service. They are on 14 day furloughs at home before reporting for army training.
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Athens County
George M. Hogue
Everett Leonard Styers
Athens County Selective Service Board No
Hogue
Styers
Franklin County
American Legion
Columbus
Parents welcome son at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Parents Mr and Mrs Armour Chesser announce the birth of a son born Monday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Also noted are emergency appendectomies for Mrs Goldie Roberts Glouster Route 1 and Mrs Marie Barnhart Pomeroy Route 1, plus admission for medical treatment of Mrs Cora Morris Amesville Route 1.
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Armour Chesser
E. State St
Goldie Roberts
Glouster
Marie Barnhart
Pomeroy
Cora Morris
Amesville
Mary Phillips
the Plains
Raymond Goodfellow
David Goodfellow
Shafer St
Inelda Burchfield
Athens Route 3
Harold Taylor
Wilma Hall
Carl Hall
Daniel Vernon
Athens County
Lenora Reeder
North Hill
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