State Department Reorganization Expands Economic Focus
President Roosevelt reshapes the State Department to balance diplomacy with economics, merging Inter-American Affairs into the department under Nelson Rockefeller and elevating figures like Joseph Grew and Archibald MacLeish. The plan, long in preparation, aims to extend embassies and align foreign policy with business interests amid a shifting global landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Department of State
United States
Herbert Hoover
Department of Commerce
Congress
Coordinator of
inter-American Affairs
Department
Legation
Joseph C
Japan
China
Grew
Far East
Nelson Rockefeller
Office of Inter-American Affairs
Rockefeller
William Clayton
Archibald MacLeish
Secreta of State
Edward R. Stettinius
Dall
Acacia and Cedar Roots Amid Holiness and War Echoes
Michal requests an acacia tree to symbolize renewal after planting a cedar in anger, while Joel questions her memory of Drusus and Malachi. The scene shifts to village life in Millfield with Christmas party notes, gatherings, and local prayers as the town previews coming events and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service, Inc
Michal
Dan
Herod
Joe
Jonathan
Malachi
Maria
Shedar
Adar
Joel
Rome
Drusus
Jordan
Lake of Asphaltites
Flavia
Same Old Stuff on PAC Tactics Fueled by Fear and Pressure
An anonymous writer warns that the Political Action Committee uses coercive methods in elections and unions. He argues governments and industry exploit workers with wage and tax shifts, while a new Gestapo-like enforcement targets the middle class. He predicts political upsets as minority backlash grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Political Action Committee
PAC
Norden Bombsight Medal Recipient Earns Engineering Honor
Carl Norden, inventor of the Norden bombsight and related mechanical pilot, receives the American Society of Mechanical Engineers medal for a great and unique act of genius that serves public benefit. The Dutch-born innovator, noted for helping bombers hit targets and return home, remains modest despite wartime acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Carl Norden
Berlin
Tokyo
Korden
G. I
Engineers’ Society
Television and the postwar glow misfires in prose
The writer questions the rush to embrace television adulation, comparing it with radio and printing. They argue many inventions intensified human flaws, predicting wars and ignorance unless minds and hearts change, and warn that television may not prove a lasting good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tie Sachs
Hitler
Bec
Primitive Law Revised Frontline Tactics Report
Dispatches from the 3rd Army front describe Nazi soldiers breaking false teeth and glass eyes to avoid combat duty. The note suggests their desire to exchange an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth rather than endure harsher methods from enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
3Rd Army Front
War Labor Board ruling favors CIO in Big Steel case
Peter Edson analyzes how the National War Labor Board decision strengthens the CIO by granting specific wage and benefit awards for second and third shifts, while AF of L gains are weak. The piece discusses potential anti Little Steel Formula pressure, union strategy, and rising costs affecting wage demands before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Labor Board
WLB
Bie Steel
ALFL
Fumons
C. I
A. F
Evan
Cat. O
Pittsburgh
C. 1
Munitions note linked to 1908 war cautious tale
A 1908 munitions disclosure is cited as hinting World War I was due, while Athens events from ten years ago include a Santa arrival by air in Athens, student initiations, Rotary clinic for cripples, a Community Chest drive, and a WBA anniversary dinner with moonlight dance and musical performances.
Corning Social and Personal Notes at McNally Home
A party at Mr. and Mrs. John McNally honored their son Carl Martin before his Army induction. Guests included Phyllis Mintligo Zelda Vernick Martha Wilson Anna Belle Lanfrank and many others, with visits from relatives in Glouster Lancaster Columbus and Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Bohonich
Steve Toth
Jack Rodgers
Glenn Champlin
Glenn Wright
Don Fenneken
Charles Horn
Calmer Haskins
Willard Love
Harold Drake
Edward Hern
Don Moore
Gail Woodward
Richard Ivers
Glouster
Harold Stoneburner
Moxahola
William Ayers
Bobby Ayers
Lancaster
Stanley Banevich
Columbus
JR. Stallings
Lincoln Ayers
Johnny
Gene
Robert
Witham
Joan of Lancaster
John McNatly
Charles Morgan
Coleman Day
Terre Haute
Ind
Marie Altier
William Wright
Thomas Canales
Harry Canales
Toledo
Ohio
John Booth
West Virginia
Jacqueline Lamb
Helen Klarenberk
George Klarenbeck
Herman King
Rosemary Rocks
Rita Winnenberk
Gilouster
Dora Benedict
John Beres
Elytia
Stephen Benedict
China in Grave Danger War Today analysis by Dewitt Mackenzie
China’s eleventh hour effort to unite internecine factions faces a grave test as Japanese advances cut vital air bases and sever communications. Chiang Kai-Shek’s Kuomintang governs the south and center while Communists control the north, hindering a united front. Reinstating peace talks and naming T. V. Soong as premier may ease burdens, but experts fear China stands near its final base for a decisive strike on Japan.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
China
Japan
Tor Chunngking
Meas i Tre
Manchuria
Thoruga
Can
Chiang Kai-Shek
One Party
Kuomintang
Chiang
United States
T. V. Soong
Harvard
Soong
Second Troy Honor Roll Announced
COOLVILLE Troy's honor roll for the second six weeks lists students by grade including Velma Davis Patty Sue Humphrey Bobby Martin Betty Washburn Melvin Tanborey Velma Nutt Janice Murphy Lois Henderson Ruth Smith Betty McCoy Joan Clark Anne Archer Evelyn Davis Aladine Sinnett Arnold Smith Ronald Chapman Dotty Lou Brandeberry Madeline Sinnett Jack Baker Anna Mae Bise Clair Creamer Leslie Cole Kenneth Gorell Eloise Humphrey Nettie Lee Humphrey Evelyn Huffman Wilma Merrill Adie Murrey Robert Sinnett Doris Barnhart Eileen Blake Doris Jean Bratford Charles Butcher Juanita Chapman James Holbert Madene Lyons Billy McLeod Joan Mantle Doris Taylor Margaret Washburn Dorothy White Mary Blackburn Barbara Chapman Mayford Cook Myrle Griffin Freda Hall Mary Hayes Wanda Knapp Harold McPherson Rex Robinson Thad Tantharey Julia Ann Walden Betty Brawley Evelyn Griffin Betty Jo Humphrey Mr and Mrs William L Boston Eureka announce birth of Bettina Sue at St Joseph’s Hospital Parkersburg Dec 2. Grandparents Abe Burdette Coolville and W.S. Boston Eureka. Ruby McKnight returns from Oakland Calif to Camp Parks. Seaman and Mrs McKnight visited Reno and Fallon Nev. Keith Brandeberry from Western Reserve Univ spent weekend here. Lillie Dunfee Canton spent weekend with Etta Leora Dunfee Laura Hayes. Sunday dinner guests J W Kincade.
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Coolville
Troy
Velma Davis
Patty Sue Humphrey
Bobby Martin
Betty Washburn
Melvin Tanborey
Velma Nutt
Janice Murphy
Lois Henderson
Ruth Smith
Betty McCoy
Joan Clark
Anne Archer
Evelyn Davis
Aladine Sinnett
Arnold Smith
Kay Walden
Delores Baker
John Humphrey
Ronald Chapman
Dotty Lou Brandeberry
Madeline Sinnett
Jack Baker
Anna Mae Bise
Clair Creamer
Leslie Cole
Kenneth Gorell
Eloise Humphrey
Nettie Lee Humphrey
Evelyn Huffman
Wilma Merrill
Adie Murrey
Robert Sinnett
Joan Griffin
Austin Hall
David Holbert
Robert
Reed
Doris Barnhart
Eileen Blake
Doris Jean
Bratford
Charles Butcher
Juanita Chapman
James Holbert
Madene Lyons
Billy McLeod
Joan Mantle
Doris Taylor
Margaret Washburn
Dorothy White
Mary Blackburn
Barbara Chapman
Mayford Cook
Myrle Griffin
Freda Hall
Mary Hayes
Wanda Knapp
Harold McPherson
Rex Robinson
Thad Tantharey
Julia Ann Walden
Betty Brawley
Evelyn Griffin
Betty Jo Humphrey
William L. Boston
Marguerite Burdette
Eureka
Bettina Sue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Abe Burdette
W.S. Boston
Ruby McKnight
Oakland
Calif
Clarence R. McKnight
U. S. Navy
Kimberly Social Notes
Kimberly social notes list multiple relatives and service members connected to Mrs. Nettie Pickett's funeral from Columbus Canton Des Moines and California plus others visiting or connected by illness or discharge. Names include Jess Ryan Ben Ryan Vester Pickett Bobbie Hatfield Jr Harry Brown Marion Pickett Jr James Hatfield Edith Brown and Frank Pickett.
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Kimberly
Nettie Pickett
Jess Ryan
Ben Ryan
Vester Pickett
Bobbie Hatfield, Jr
Harry Brown
Co.lumbus
Merle Pickett
Canton
Seaman Frank Pickett
California
Edith Brown
Des Moines
Iowe
James E.hatfield
France
Marion H. Pickett
Tracy
Calif
Edward Nelson
Corning
William Searles
Junior Rupe
Floodwood
Rachel Moore
Nelsonville
Mary Tennikitl
Son
Neilsonville
Howard
Hil
James
Burt Hanning
Connell
Straitsville Social Notes
Straitsville social notes summarize visits and local happenings. Mrs Myrtle Boyle begins work at Ward's Confectionery. Ambrose family guests from Columbus, plus local reappearances, moves, and business reopenings amid community updates.
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
FDR. Placement Service
Boaz
Millfield
Clara Theisen
Euchre Club
Amy Jo Moody
Frances Z Wallace
Velma Wemmer
Janet Cole
Low
Maxine Boudinet
Deor
John Antle
Crescent Ridge
F. W. Wemmer
Charles Carr
James Wallace
Patty
Vera Rhoades
Eddie
Donna Sue Wemmer
Wallace
Ste
Harvey Stiers
Harold
Ben Misner
William Cole
Vaughn Earich
Trimble
Carl Walter
Genevieve Wemmer
Eranest Pughline
Mara Rhoades
Chauncey
Shauncey
Morristown Holness Church
James Mullins
Coonville
Andrew McKinney
Peter Edson
Santa Claus
Athens
Eugene Shafer
Eagles Toy Shop
Athenian O. A
Pai Beta Kappa
Ann Evans Matheny
Robert Sprague Singley
Eleanor Beasley Elliott
Athens City
Arthur Boyles
Florida
E. Rey Lash, Sr
Rotary Clubs
Methodist Church
J. M. Higgins
Charles Miller
Canaanville Schools
Community Chest Drive
Canaan Township
WBA
Anna Mae Fenzel
Frances Clutts
Elizabeth Willocks
Vianna Roush
Jennie Moore
Thelma Bingman
Margaret Gorham
Louise Kerr
Helen Cross
Kiwanis Club
T. N. Hoover
W. W. Anderson
R. WH. Galigher
3. D. Haskins
Cornin
Kimberly Social Notes
Williard Adams
the Plains
Andrew. Adama
Straitsville Social Notes
New Straitsville
Myrtle Boyle
Ward
H. A. Ambrose
Clyde R. Ambrose
Virginia
Chester Ambrose
April
Earl C. Ambrose
Sam Ambrose
Lester Ambrose
Lessie
Mabel Lines
Homer Blosser
Foster Ambrose
Sue Sirath
Kate Hartman
Floyd Matthews
Larmer
Elmer
Main St
Fond Market
Williams
Richard Williams
Logan
Neliie ‘Ward
Wilma Grandy
Aldrey Ambrose
Helen Strain
Mildred Grandy
Kenneth Hicks
Navy
Wanda Hueston
Tom Smith
Miss Bea Smith
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