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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1949
Page
4
The article argues price support laws prevent selling farm products below the government purchase price. It notes federal buys of more than ten million pounds of butter this year and expects higher costs as crops grow. Opponents fear publicity weakens support and hope consumer awareness will change the program.
Major General Harry Hawkins Vaughan, Truman's military aide and Veterans Coordinator, is set to testify this week about five percenters who seek government contracts for pay. The controversial figure defends his actions while critics question his influence and funding trips.
Hal Boyle recalls a flight aboard a Boeing strato cruiser with Wally Reynolds, discovering stairs inside the cabin and a dual-deck layout from New York to Seattle. He muses on the surreal lift of stairs in the air and the urge to descend to the lounge as the trip finishes.
Economic Co operation Administrator Paul G Hoffman warned the 19 Marshall Plan countries they must boost efforts to earn dollars in the U S market or risk losing ECA funding next year. He urged Britain to stop cutting imports and start expanding exports to close Europe’s dollar gap.
Washington notes a pattern of gifts to the presidential family including a 5000 bowling alley in 1946 and various items such as neckties and haberdashery. The latest delivery, a freezing unit for Mrs. Truman, is viewed as part of this long-running goodwill trend.
American readers wonder why they cannot get a break and also some of this food as the government reports seventy million pounds of eggs bought and dried but undisposed. Federals plan to offer the surplus product to the public.
A mixed trivia page presents multiple choice and true false items across categories for women and teens. Questions cover wood types university locations measurements and notable names with an encoded answer key at the end.
Mr and Mrs W A Kaylo and Mr and Mrs Jack Williams attended the funeral of their uncle Franklin Wolfe of Maxville. Several local families visited kin in Columbus and Logan with weekend trips and gatherings.
An editor's public forum notes a Parkersburg based headquarter and service company of a combat engineer battalion inviting high school graduates or upcoming graduates from the class of 1949 50. The unit offers regular army pay retirement and technical training with expenses paid and two weeks summer field training at Fort Knox Kentucky. Pfc Charles R Larson Parkersburg W Va August 22.
The WSCS will meet Friday evening for a covered dish lunch on the lawn at the home of Mrs. Bert Grimm. The meeting was postponed two weeks ago when Mr. Grimm injured his hand on a sand digger.
Gaynel Teare waits in a cocktail lounge to meet Barry Bainbridge when Fritz, a flirtatious stranger, tries to pick her up. He jokes about credentials and newspapers while Gaynel weighs Barry’s attentions and a possible new romance. The scene ends with a question of love and a tease of continuation.
A 1922 report described inventor C Franklin Jenkins of Washington DC claiming a process to transmit motion pictures by radio. The system used lenses, prismatic discs and photo electric cells to encode light into electrical currents and back again at a receiver, a precursor to television. The report notes uncertainty whether the device actually worked.
Six counties plan a Labor Day outing at Athens County Fairgrounds featuring a mock mass murder drill. Pidkins brothers visit Ohio University while their grandfather once led the university. Nickel Plate System forms from a merger of Hocking Valley and other lines.
S Sgt Robert E Shank of Spokane announces the birth of a daughter Allegra Lee Ona on August 8. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earl Shank. maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Sidney Fadely of Rio Grande. Also notes visits and a local college graduation for John H Shank, an Ohio U. graduate.
The article outlines subcomponents of the vitamin B complex including thiamine riboflavin and nicotinic acid, their dietary sources and deficiency diseases. It notes beriberi pellagra and related symptoms in humans and animals and mentions studies on these vitamins. The ending poses a medical question about adhesions after gall bladder surgery.
A catalog of area broadcast stations with networks and frequencies including NBC WLW Cincinnati 700 KC ABC WCOL Columbus 1230 KC WSAZ Huntington 980 KC CBS WRNS Columbus 1460 KC WCHS Charleston 580 KC WPAR Parkersburg 1450 KC MBS WHKC Columbus 610 KC WMOA Marietta 1490 KC.
A dense listing of daytime and early evening radio and TV program slots across networks. It includes news, music, talk, dramas, comedies, and variety shows with times from 6:00 to 6:00 the next morning, naming many programs and sponsors but no defined events or outcomes.
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