Thousands Celebrate Victory Joy Across Ohio After Pearl Harbor Remembrance
Confetti filled streets as Ohioans mark peace with a day of prayer and state offices closed. Gov Lausche proclaims a holiday for workers while crowds cheer, celebrate, and contend with scattered accidents and sporadic violence in Columbus Newark Chillicothe and other cities.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Truman
MacArthur
Japan
Newark
Ametia Fez
Red Cross
Chillicothe
Perons
Toledo
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
4-H Field Day and Picnic Scheduled Next Tuesday
Gallia County 4-H Club plans an event with a movie at Colony Theater guests of Fred W Wheeler then a picnic at Washington School grounds. Dress making revue, cash prizes in six classes, health contest, and a free swim at Gallipolis pool. County Agent Roger notes the district contest at McArthur on Sept 1 with winners advancing.
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Gallipolis
Cass
Fred W. Wheeler
Colony Theater
Washington
Gallia Academy High
Jack Knight
Chamber of Commerce
Gallia County
Roger
McArthur
Naomi Evans
Second Timothy Crop Reported in Mason
Mason residents hear farmer Roy Kincaide report a second timothy crop on Ripley Road, with one meadow yielding a heavy second cutting and two barns full of hay plus three outdoor stacks awaiting harvest. The scene contrasts with wartime grief in Port Clinton and a Navy inquiry about the Indianapolis sinking.
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Timothy
Mason Point Pleasant
Roy Kincaide
Ripley Road
Timothy Hey
Kincaide
Point Pleasant Personal Notices Span Charleston and Nearby
Mrs William Burdette spent Monday with friends in Charleston. Yeoman Margaret Thomas stationed in Washington. Cpl. Earl Thomas arriving from Italy to spend furlough at home. S. Sgt. Cashy Meadows Jr and Mrs Meadows return from Cincinnati. Mrs Eustace Wilson substituting in Somerville office. Mrs Hugh Curry and infant sons home from Holzer Hospital. Flora Myers visiting in Athens Ohio with Sterlinz Dunlavy. H E Benedict of Huntington with P W Machir parents in Lincoln Ave. B Waggener and Sue Waggener with Jackson visit. G L Pullin of Leon and Clarence Ogle with Elmert Fruth Charleston were Sunday guests. Pat M Wilson Charleston Road.
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William Burdette
Charleston
A. E. Thomas
Washington
Yeoman
Margaret ‘Thomas
Cpl
Earl
Squeaky’ Thomas, Sr
Italy
Thomas
S. Sgt
Cashy Meadows,Jr
Cincinnati
Meadows
Europe
Eustace Wilson
Somerville
Miss Net
Diddle
Hugh Curry
Holzer Hospital
Flora Myers
Sterlinz Dunlavy
Athens
H. E. Benedict
Huntington
P. v7. Machir
Lincoln Ave
B. Waggener
Mits
Sue Wagerener
S Waggener
Jackson
G L Pullin
Leon
Clarence Ogle
Meo O
Elmert Fruth
Pat M. Wilson
Charleston Road
Budget Action Planned By Point Pleasant Board
A special meeting of the Point Pleasant board of education aims to finalize the budget for the year once the state tax commissioner reports on the tentative budget. Superintendent Steenbergen and financial secretary Miss Hildeath Armstrong were in Charleston yesterday for related matters. Astoria Oregon origins note mentions Astor.
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Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Steenbergen
Hildeath Armstrong
Charleston
Firecrackers Add to Din As Pt. Pleasant Goes Wild
L A Simmons reports a downtown celebration in Pt Pleasant after Japan s surrender terms are announced. Crowds flood the streets with horns firecrackers and noise as church bells ring and groups gather for brief prayers amid cheering and paradelike activity. A wounded veteran in uniform passes by provoking reflection on sacrifice and national gratitude.
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L. A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
Sheerty
Jas Ous Mod
Farm Bureau Picnic To Be Held Sunday
Plans for the fourth annual Farm Bureau Picnic are shaping up for Sunday at the Mason Courtly Recreation Center near South Side Port Pleasant. County Agent C C Anderson and Virginia Parsons invite over 1000 guests with events for all ages including 4 H games and farm safety talk by Bogg s. Clarence Blessing will give a welcome and a chamber of commerce civic club response is planned. Baseball and softball games are being arranged.
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Point Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Mason Courtly Recreation Center
South Side
rAgent
C. C. Anderson
Anderson
Virginia Parsons
Horo
Farm Women's Clubs
Manpower Controls Are Suspended in Great Lakes Region
In a move following President Truman’s Japan victory announcement, regional war manpower director E L Keenan ordered the removal of all manpower controls in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky. Employers may hire freely and workers may take any job they choose, ending requirements for availability statements minimum 48 hour weeks ceilings on worker numbers and employment service hiring for priority war contracts.
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Cleveland
UPI
Ohio-Michigan-Kentucky
E. L. Keenan
Regional
War Manpower Commission
Truman
Japan
Keenan
U. S
Two Youths Arrested in Bicycle Theft Case
Two youths, Marshall Nibert aged 17 and John Tate aged 18, both of Galapolis Ferry, were arrested at their homes in Point Pleasant and held for investigation in a bicycle theft ring. Sheriff Ernest Wesson and Deputy Oral Morrison recovered three bicycles and alerted local officers to inspect a fourth as not stolen in Mason County. Victims include Moss Vivian Knapp, Gloria Gibson, and Wayne Love, with no further arrests reported.
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Point Pleasant
Marshall Nibert
John Tate
Galapolis Ferry
Paul Fo Thomas
Ernest, Wesson
Oral Morrison
Moss Vivian Knapp
Denver Knapp
Kanawha St
Gloria Gibson
Raymond Thson
Viand St
Wayne Love
Wayne Lose
North Point Pleasant
Thomas
Harper
Boys’ Industrial School
Pruntytown
Draw Jurors For Mason County September Term
George Rairden and E C Winger drew lists for Mason County circuit court grand and petit juries for September term Tuesday. Grand jury of 16 names and one for the petit jury. Term begins Tuesday Sept 4. Jurors include Arbuckle, Witefield, Clendenin, Dabney, Wallis, Beaser, Capehart, Hannan, Huffman, Getty, Selby, Smith, Wagener, Henry, Ochel, Tividen. petit jurors list includes McChung, Morrison, Wen, Thornton, Wilson, Rock, Walker, Beard, Somerville, Hughes, Marr, McCoy, Vedirmitt, Jackson, Hellems, Forth, Van Meter, Burdette, Fowler, Kirk, Crookham, Underwood, Archinger, Holstein, Randolph, Rickard, Bryan, Lee, Priddy, Stewart, Hooker, Duffer, Foglesong, Pav, Hoschar.
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Point Pleasant
George Rairden
E. C. Winger
Mason County Circuit ‘Court
Yevand
Earl Sims
Russell Duncan
Arbuckle
F. Bo Witefield
Clendenin
H. B. Dabney
B C Wallis
Cooper
Sam Beller
Cologne
Beaser
Graham
G N. Capehart
Anyouwner
Hannan
J HO Hants
C . Huffman
Lewis Chester
L W. Getty
Wot Selby
Robinson
BS. Smith
Wagener
Ernest L
Henry
Ochel Martin
Union
Tividen
Petit Jary
Ak, McChung
Bert Morrison
Norman Wen
Gilbert Phornton
D .L. Wilson
J OO
Rock
Storm Walker
Frank Beard
Roxsco
Somerville Gordon Hughes
Daniel Marr
Paul McCoy
Frank Ve Dermitt
C. W. Jackson
W. R Hellems
George Forth
Howard van Meter
Logan Burdette
Girard Fowler
W.E Kirk
Hobart Crookham
Delbert Underwood
C. Archiinger
F B Holstein
Otis Randolph
Smith S. Rickard
James Bryan
S. P. Lee
J. W. Priddy
Wmf Stewart
Robert ¥Onker
Arthur Cheesebrew
J. T. Fauver
Custie Bas
John T. Adkins
Joe Duffer
RB Foglesong
Pav, Thompson
Herman Hoschar
Overseas voyage plans for Army Nurse Corps unit
Mrs Morrison received a message from her sister Lt Pauline Ridenour Army Nurse Corps at Ft. Jackson saying she would sail with 400 other corps members for an overseas destination. They will sail from Charleston Aug 15.
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Point Pleasant
Forsl ‘Morrison
Pauline Ridenour
Army Nurse Corps
Ft. Jackson, & C
Charleston
All-Out Attack Halted by Surrender
Newsweek war correspondent Robert Shaplen reported from Okinawa that a major operation by the Far East Air Forces was planned for Wednesday but was halted by surrender. Troops awaited the end of the war on a hot humid day, with mingled joy and skepticism among service members under the trees.
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San Francisco
Robert Shaplen
Newsweek
Okinawa
Japan
Nippon
Far East
Shaplen
Allies Agree to Peace Terms Without Debate
Washington allied nations Britain Russia and China agreed with the United States to accept Japan's surrender note without seeing it. Secretary of State Byrnes coordinated the verbal agreement from the Pentagon Building by a worldwide telephone call. The note was deemed a complete acceptance of the Potsdam ultimatum for unconditional surrender.
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Washington
Britain
Russia
China
United States
Japan
Brynes
Pentagon Bulding
Chinese Regret Absence Of Their Firecrackers
Ten Chinese railroad officials visiting Cincinnati and the western world for Japan's surrender celebration lament the lack of firecrackers. M. H. Koo notes in China celebrations use banquets and firecrackers, but none are available for this moment of history.
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Cincinnati
Japan
China
M. H. Koo
Gallipolis Celebrates End of War With Noisy, Orderly Crowd
Gallipolis marked V J Day with church bells, horns, and improvised noisemakers as news of Japan accepting terms arrived. Residents gathered in streets and churches to thanksgiving services, while eager families anticipate sons' return. American Legion Lafayette Post 27 organized a public square observance as shops closed.
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Gallipolis
Japan
Washington
Lafayette
American Legion
Deadlines Set for Farm Camps at Camp Oyo
Gallipolis county agent E G Royer announced deadlines for reservations to farm men and farm women camps at Camp Oyo. Men must submit by 10 am for the August 18 19 session. women must have reservations in Royer’s office by next Tuesday for the August 24 25 26 session.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Camp
Oyo
Roger
Hospital Discharges Named In Gallia County List
Leaves Holzer Hospital Tuesday include O F Vollenweider McArthur a Republican figure who had undergone surgery three weeks ago Clyde Alexander of Vinton C W Rife C and O agent on upper Fourth Avenue HL A Cottrill of Vinton Danny Bonecutter Henderson Rosetta Allien P Pleasant and Robert Burt of Jackson were discharged.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
O. FE. Vollenweider
McArthur
Clyde Alexander
Vinton
C. W. Rife
Upper Fourth Avenue
City
HL A. Cottrill
Danny Bonecutter
Henderson
Rosetta Allien
P& Pleasant
Robert Burt
Jackson
Leaves Hospital and Local Births in Point Pleasant
Leaves hospital in Point Pleasant after three weeks with Hilda Bradshaw, chief operator at the local exchange, returning to 406 21st Street. Parents of Sox Parrish report an eight pound eight ounce boy born Saturday. weight measured using a beam scale at Holzer Hospital.
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Point Pleasant
Hilda Bradshaw
21St St
Holzer Hospital
Sox Point Pleasant
Samuel Parrish
Ing
John McNeil
Holzer
B.C Hospital
Lewis Funeral Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Tim Lewis were held at 2 PM under the Daughters of America with Rev. Ted Waller of the Church of Christ officiating. Born May 16, 1879 in Fayette County West Virginia, she was the daughter of Hansford and Nancy Hale Settle and the last of her family. Her only near relative is her aunt Mrs. Vernia Lou Pittman, living near the Lewis home near Banauga.
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Vernia Lou Pittman
Lewis
Banauga
Divorce suit filed by Virginia Finley Hitt in Gallia County
Virginia Finley Hitt sues Charles Fo Hill for divorce and restoration of maiden name. The complaint alleges cruelty and neglect. The couple married July 28 1942 and have no children.
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Gallipolis
Virginia Finley Hitt
Charles Fo Hill
Delinquent Tax Collection Starts in Point Pleasant
Sheriff Ernest E. Hesson and Deputy Toral Morrison began collecting delinquent personal property taxes the first of the week. They visited several taxpayers, who paid their past due bills at the sheriff’s office. About $150 was deposited in the county treasury on the first day. Most belated payments, the sheriff said, resulted from overlooked notices. Only Point Pleasant residents had been visited so far.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest E. Hesson
Toral Morrison
Gouth
Sheriff's Office
Hesson
Training Program for Veterans Is Planned
CHICAGO Fix B Foods Inc and Amvets announce sponsorship of a 26 week on the job training program for honorably discharged veterans planning to open their restaurants. Applicants will be interviewed by the restaurant chain s city superintendents in Cincinnati and six other cities.
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Chicago
Fix— B-G Foods, Inc
American Veterans of World War II
Amvets
Cincinnati
Civilians Called for Maximum Use After War Says War Dept
Washington UPI reports the War Department will use civilians to the maximum extent after the war to replace officers and enlisted men at Army installations in the United States. The move aims to speed demobilization and keep remaining military personnel focused on military duties such as occupations and other essential tasks.
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Washington
UPI
War Department
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