Army Is No 1 College Football Team Again
In a unanimous AP poll Army repeats as the top college football team after defeating Navy 32 13 for an 18th straight victory over two seasons. Navy finishes strong in second place while Alabama is third. Ohio State slips out of the top tier. Notre Dame drops after a defeat to Great Lakes. Indiana and Oklahoma also high in the final ranking.
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NEW York
Army
Navy
Associated Press
Ohio State
Service
Buckeyes
Alabama
Indiana
Big Ten
Oklahoma
Aggies
Notre Dame
Great Lakes
Michigan
St. Mary's
Pennsylvania
Texas
Recoy
Harold Harrison
Columbus
Ivory Hunters
Oklshome Aggies
Ora
Notre Dama
Army Routs Navy as Cadets Impress In Debut
Thousands of judges view Army’s first display, Cadets win 32-13 over Navy. Charley Johnson hails Army as best in two years. debates on minor leagues and major league ratings unfold, with discussants citing past great teams and players across decades. Columbia gains 3,869 total yards and 28 ppg in nine games.
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New York
Columbia
Lions
Pt. Pleasant Council Holds Fire Department Inquiry
Pt Pleasant council discusses fire department reforms after state fire marshal findings. Investigates equipment and volunteer organization. Getty and Bechtle named to lead inquiry and ensure marshal recommendations are adopted. Treasurer Musgrave reports November balance rise from 11237.36 to 17012.32 with 4046.76 in November bills. Street department sewer project, sanitary and police costs listed. Solicitor Musgrave to pursue former employee shortages by suit if needed.
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Point Pleasant
B.W. Krodel
John E. Brown
F. G. Musgrave
Robert H. Ferguson
Everett Sutton
C. H.O' Quillin
Charles Bechtle
Howard Brewer
L. W. Getty
BE. McElfresh
Getty and
Bechtle
Mussi Grave
Jackson' Ave
Baltimore and Ohio
Sanitary Department
Police Department
Musgrave
State Tax Commissioner
Mason Board of Education Plans Repairs
Mason County board of education met December with President L L Caldwell and members in attendance. They approved paying shipping costs for surplus war plant tools for school shops and discussed repairs at Mason City Grade School and North Point Pleasant Grade School including new toilets, rewiring, ventilation, heating, and radiator donations from Marietta Manufacturing. Principal Poling Dr Carrick and PTA representatives aided planning. Hazel Carder was hired at Ordnance School to replace a resigned teacher.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Education
L. L. Caldwell
E. H. Burdette
C. C. Blessing
Otis Young
Hugh Curry
Mt. Union School
Clen
Aenin
PTA
Blessing
Mason City
North Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Steenbergen
Poling
L. 8. Carrick
J. Oral Eads
Roy Blessing
H. E. Somerville
Hazel Carder
Ordnance School
McCoy
Returned Service Man To Enter Gallipolis Business
John E. O'Dell, fresh from Navy Seabees service in the South Pacific, will join his brother Merrill to operate the O'Dell Lumber Co. in Gallipolis, a firm founded in 1896 by John O'Dell and Charles Jacox, the oldest timber and building supply business there. The brothers’ return follows a lineage of family involvement, with forebears and former partners shaping the company for decades. O'Dell is expected to continue construction work, and builders are already seeking his services. Also announced, Mrs. Donald M. Payne becomes local circulation agent for The Messenger, with subscriptions and complaints handled at 35 Garfield Ave. Bess B. Wetherholt will remain as messenger reporter and handle advertising and news items at 433 Fourth Ave.
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Gallipolis
John E. O'Dell
Navy Seabees
South Pacific
Merrill
O'Dell Lumber Company
John O'Dell
Charles Jacox
Omer O'Dell
Frank
Omer O’dell
John and Merrill
Donald M. Payné
Garfield Avenue
The
Messenger
Bess B. Wetherholt
Fourth Ave
Henry Burnett Held To Grand Jury In Break-In Case
Henry Burnett charged with breaking and entering the filling station at Second and Sycamore was bound over to the grand jury by Municipal Judge William H. Jones on Monday under a $1,000 bond.
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Gallipolis
Henry Burnett
Second and
Sycamore
William H. Jones
More Divorce Suits Filed in Gallia
Four new divorce filings in Gallia in two days include Nelson Tope versus Sylvia Tope from a 1906 marriage with two adult children. Monday filings include Augusta Deckard versus Marshall Montgomery a minor child custody case and Bernice Lambert versus John C. Lambert tied to a 1937 marriage with four children. Helen Carroll Cole sues Charles E. Cole in a 1943 marriage for divorce.
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Gallipolis
Nelson Tope
Sylvia Tope
Arthena Montgomery
Augusta Deckard
Marshall Montgomery
Bernice Lambert
John C. Lambert
Helen Carroll Cole
Charles E. Cole
55 Gallia County Servicemen Released
Gallia County Selectees are to report to Columbus for induction Friday, as the Selective Service board releases 55 discharged servicemen for the week ending November 28. Names include John Hawkins, Herbert Smith, LeClande Martin, Harry Reapp, Raymond Denney and others.
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Gallipolis
Gallias County
Columbus
Selective Service Board
John Hawkins
Herbert Smith
LeClande Martin
Harry Reapp
Raymond Denney
Roy Summers Ratliff
Gerald Persinger
Harold Persinger
Phillip Bradbury
Sidney Stewart
Fred Taylor
Luther Glassburn
George Wilson
Robert Stevers
Hugh Hill
Roland Rupe
Barry Trout
Garfield Blazer
Gilbert Keels
George Shuler
John King
Ray Warren
Carl Northup
Daryl Shoemaker
Paul Rucker
Garland Wray
James Ralph
Hanson Donnally
Odis McCormick
John Ervin
Dowl Daniels
James Lyman
Harry Slaven
Vance Rees
William Mills
Raymond Deckard
District Dairymen to Convene Thursday
GALLIPOLIS Mrs Bert McCormick died at the home of Mr Jones in Cleveland Friday Funeral services were held in Athens where Mr and Mrs McCormick resided for years Mrs McCormick survived by daughters Ruth Davis of Cleveland Dorothy Mather of Cleveland and Frances Vorhees of a western state Funeral: burial set for Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallia County Mon. afternoon District meetings of the state dairymen association will be held here Thursday and Friday Dec 13-14 led by state president Bartow Jones with other district meetings across the state.
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Point Pleasant
State
Bartow Jones
Gallipolis
Bert Mcmonth
Cormick
Jones
Cleveland
Jefferson Blvd
Mound Hill Cemetery
Beer Dealers To Attend Hearings In West Virginia
State Beer Commissioner Fred Watkins announced in Charleston that 20 retailers were summoned to appear for revocation hearings December 17 to 29. The list includes two Point Pleasant outlets and others in Williamson Charlestor Bluefield Nitro Dunbar Logan Kermit Garsaway Martinton Frost Martinsburg. Investigators found conditions unsatisfactory in some venues but did not specify which ones.
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Point Pleasant
Fred Watkins
Charleston
Williamson
Charlestor
Bluefield
Nitro
Dunbar
Logan
Kermit
Garsaway
Martinton
Frost
Martinsburg
Injured in Fall at Bucyrus Home
Mrs Betha Crooks of Point Pleasant was injured Sunday when she fell down steps at the home of her daughter Mrs Foreman in Bucyrus Ohio. Foreman telephoned relatives that her mother initially feared seriously hurt but later improved with head and arm injuries reported. Mrs J D Fraser of 160 Park Drive will host a bridge luncheon at 1 30 Thursday afternoon.
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Point Pleasant
Betha Crooks
D. D
Gallia
Foreman
Bucyrus
Scioto
Hunt
J. D. Fraser
Park Drive
Gallipolis Trio Bag Deer in Pennsylvania
Max Tawney, his brother Earl, and Tip Trainer returned Monday afternoon from a Pennsylvania hunt. Each bagged a deer, with Earl shooting a fourteen pointer the largest. The three trophies rested on the car’s running boards and rear, drawing many spectators at the Tawney Studio on Court Street.
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Gallipolis
Max Tawney
Earl
Tip
Big Kame
Pennsylvania
Earl Tawney
Tawney
Court Street
Local clerks head to Scioto for deer season opening
Gallipolis clerk of the courts Howard Hardway and Monroe Gatewood left early Monday for Scioto County for the opening of deer season. Gatewood arranged hotel accommodations in Portsmouth to secure a place to rent after.
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Gallipolis
Howard Hardway
Monroe (Rosey) Gatewood
Sciato County
Gatewood
Portsmouth
Gallipolis Announcement of Miss Riggs Wedding
Rose Elizabeth Riggs wed Stanley Kempton Bliss at First Methodist Church Winthrop Musa on Saturday November 17 officiated by Dr W C Emig. Bride matron of honor was sister Mrs James Lowthian Cleveland. best man Ellsworth Sawyer. Reception at groom's mother home. Bliss served in Europe with the 30th Infantry Division, plans electrical engineering at MIT.
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Gallipolis
Ernest J. Riggs
Rose Elizabeth
Stanley Kempton Bliss
Walter Kempton Bliss
Boston
Mass
Mr. Bliss
First Methodist Church
Winthrop
Musa
W. C. Emig
James Lowthian
Cleveland
Ellsworth Sawyer
Miss Riggs
Gallia Academy High School
Columbus
Bliss
Army
30Th
Europe
United States
Oudy Electrical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clarence Viney Dies At 70 In Gallipolis
Clarence Viney known as Pokey Viney age 70 died suddenly of a heart attack Monday at his home at Fourth Avenue and Pine Street in Gallipolis He was a retired plasterer and active Republican worker Surviving are his wife Mary Black Anderson a brother Adolphus Columbus a nephew Arliss Lamb and two nieces The body lies at George J Wetherholt and Sons mortuary awaiting funeral arrangements
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Zallipolis
Clarence Viney
Fourth Avenue
Pine Street
Death of 15 Year Old Thomas Roush Near Addison
Thomas Henry Roush aged 15 died after a long illness of a heart ailment at his parents home near Addison. Born at Raccoon Island Eureka he is survived by his parents a brother Clarence recently discharged from service and sister Mrs Virginia Lee Amos. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at Addison Baptist Church with burial Reynolds Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Thomas Henry Roush
Clarence &. Roush
Addison
Raccoon Island
Eureka
Clarence
Virginia Lee Amos
Addison Baptist Church
Reynolds Cemetery
Dinner Socials Stitch Week in Pt Pleasant Personal Notices
Auxiliary events line a busy weekend in Point Pleasant with visits from Elmore Mossman of Indianapolis and Dr Joseph B Cady en route home after a refresher course. Local couples from Hartford and Kanawha Valley host and receive guests while Mrs W H Vaught and Mrs A K McClung plan church dinner for the Presbyterian Men’s group and the DAR National Defense initiative.
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Elmore Mossman
Indianapolis
Ind
Jessie Mossman
Sixth St
Mossman
John 8. Swift and Company
New York City
T. E. Blessing
Hartford
Joseph B. Cady
Frank T. Cady
Pennsylvania
Mayor Clinic
A. K. McClung
Point Pleasant
W. H
K. McClung
Presbyterian Church
Kanawha Valley
Mont
Iron Bush, Jr
Virginia
Elizabeth Sts
Charleston
Haner
Country Club Addition
DAR
National Defense de
Marriage licenses issued in Point Pleasant area
Three licenses granted over the weekend. Thomas S Burdette and Margaret Lee Thomas of Point Pleasant wed. James Morrison Wheeler of Charleston and Mary Jane Anderson of Point Pleasant, and William Henry Hitt and Mary Elisabeth apartment at a luncheon. Mrs Vaught and Mrs McClung will be in the receiving one.
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Point Pleasant
Thomas Stuart Burdette
Margaret Lee Thomas
James Morrison Wheeler
Charleston
Mary Jane Anderson
William Henry Hitt
Mary Elisabeth
Police raids target Charleston hotels and clubs in crackdown
Police raided twelve hotels four clubs and other places in Charleston at the weekend reporting 150 arrests. City officials declare the action marks the start of a campaign to stamp out illegal activities in the area.
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Point Pleasant
Charleston
Fullerton's Sports Roundup by Hugh Fullerton Jr
Columbus reports Leslie O'Connor plans to finish a comprehensive record on Commissioner Landis decisions by Jan 1. Minor league convention chatter says no major player deals, overstocked clubs seek cash sales, and buyers will be cautious. Branch Rickey hosted a five hour farm club drill. Billy Southworth reportedly moved from the Cards to the Braves for $10,000. Bramham's leadership of the minor leagues may be stronger after meetings. Mavner of Cincinnati aims to resume football next fall and considers Lt Phil Bucklew as coach, a Navy Cross and Silver Star recipient noted for defending sailors in Europe and aiding Shanghai merchants.
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Chicago
W. G. Bramham
A. B
Happy
Southern Association
Pacific Coast League
American Association
Ohio State League
Richmond
Ind
Dayton
Portsmouth
International League
Hugh Fullerton
Columbus
Leslie O'Connor
Landis
Leslie
Rickey
Billy Southworth
Braves
Judge Bramham
Mavner U. of Cincinnati
Phil Bucktew
Phil
Cleveland
Europe
Shanghai
Lunch room burglars hunt continues in Point Pleasant
There were no new leads in the robbery of The Smoker billiard and lunch room Sunday morning. Police report only a missing safe containing about 1500 dollars and say Ohio authorities are being asked to help track burglars who have cracked safes in northeastern Ohio recently. County home demonstration agent Miss Virginia Parsons lists December farm women’s club meetings across several locations with dates and hosts.
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Point Pleasant
Hesson
Ohio
Virginia Parsons
Pioneer
Jerry Atkinson
Illahee
Bruce Chapel
Terry Roush
Good Neighbor Club
Sebrell School
Anne Bailey
Shome
Milton Lewis
Wohelo
Leon
Lodge
Union Club
van Roush
Bucks Open Cage Season Against Hawks in Dayton
Ohio State basketball opens its season at Dayton against the Wright Field Kittyhawks, a veteran club that has upset Great Lakes Naval and Illinois. Buck lineup features guards Warren Amling and Paul Huston, center Arnold Risen, forwards Ray Snyder and Bob Bowen, with stars John Schick Dwight Eddleman Bruce Hale John Mahnken and AL Nelgretty on the Hawks roster. The Bucks host Pittsburgh Saturday in Columbus to close the clinic.
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Dayton
tPi
Ohio State University
Wright Field Kittyhawks
Bucks
Kittyhawks
Mid-West
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Illinois
Jedge
Harold G. Olsen
Warren Amling
Paul Huston
Arnold Risen
Ray Snyder
Bob Bowen
Hawks
John Schick
Ohio State
Dwight Eddleman
Illnos
Bruce Hale
Santa Clara
John Mahnken
Georgetown
AL Nelgretty
Seton Hall
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Panthers
Goodyear seeks second win as Akron-4% Wing invites clash
Point Pleasant notes include John L Smith son of Oak Street residents returning tonight after twin-Wallace cagers visit. Westminster College lost opener to Bald Eagles. Penn Collegians defeated by Invasion of Nor mandy. Also bazaar at First Presbyterian Church organized by Woman's Auxiliary and Howard Cann enters 28th NYU season as basketball coach.
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AKRON
Goodyear
Foots
Point Pleasant
John L Smith
John S. Smith
Oak St
Tome
Camp Cook
Calif
20Th Armored
Civil Westminster College
Pennsylvania Collegians
Mandy
Austria
Hejal
States
Japan
First Presbyterian Church
Hold Hearing on B O Suit at Ripley Today
Ripley hear ing to review condemnation actions by the Briti more and Ohio Railroad Company for land needed for a new bridge. Attorney attendees include Somerville Musgrave Bardin and F. G. F Johnson before Judge Lewis H. Miller. Commissions to set land values likely appointed.
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B&o
Ripley
Point Pleasant
E. J. Somerville
F. G. Musgrave
William H. Bardin
Johnson
Lewis H. Miller
Britimore and Ohio Railroad Company
A. L. Neale
George E. Miller
Bred W. Hartweg
Miller
Knockout Ends Grid Rivalry at Boxing Bout
The rivalry between Canton and an opposing team flared last night as John Koury defeated Erwin Wesley in the final round of a four round light heavyweight bout at the Twentieth Century Athletic Club. Promoter Frank Masterana signed the contenders after the clash.
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Canton
UPI
John Koury
Erwin Wesley
Twentieth Century Athletic Club
Finemen
Frank Masterana
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Fort Bragg
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Mason County
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