Subscription Rates For Carrier And Mail In Ohio and Beyond
Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail delivery in Ohio and outside with year, six months, three months, and weekly options. Notices indicate service men overseas require a letter of request and reference at Athens Post Office. Advertising rate information available at home or foreign offices. obituary notices incur a nominal charge.
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Loweek
Maui
Ohio
Ohlo
Yrar
Athens
Cmnger
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
National Representatve
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Truman plan for single defense department sparks naval clash
The article criticizes President Truman for proposing a unified defense department and curbing Navy speech, arguing it sidelines naval power, risks morale, and risks undermining constitutional liberties. It notes opposition from Admiral Nimitz, Admiral Halsey, and lawmakers, and questions the plan's practicality and unification logic.
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Washington
Truman
Pearl Harbor
Department of Defense
Army
United States Navy
Mr. Truman
War Department
Navy
United States
Vinson
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Nimitz
Halsey
General Geiger
Marines
Japan
Europe
Congress
American Legion
Roosevelt
War
Navy Departments
Germany
Merry Christmas Amid Wartime Reflections and Hope
This Christmas message reflects on wartime hardships and the return to peacetime joys. It notes missing fathers during holidays, the strain on families, and the hope that by next year most fathers will be with their wives and children as a source of national peace and happiness.
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Santa Claus
Pearl Harbor
America
Newsprint Supply Shifts End of War Time Warnings
The end of newsprint rationing on December 31 lifts a wartime constraint though shortages linger. Canada controls wood pulp and manpower, risking higher costs as demand rises in Europe and Asia. Publishers warn of continued price increases and cautious supply, while readers’ interest remains strong. Two quotes from Colton and Parker underscore enduring pursuit of truth.
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Canada
France
England
Australia
Russia
Japan
Fraternization in Occupied Germany Draws Fire
Peter Edson reports that morale issues haunt U S occupation in Germany as discharges stall and letters reveal widespread fraternization with German women. Enlisted men and officers cave to leisure amid idle points and bribes, undermining American conduct and image abroad.
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Washington
Germany
Army
Information and Education Branch
War Department
Uter
America
Fraulein
The Poet's Corner Christmas Remembrance
A reflective poem recalls a family Christmas era gone by. The mother treasured handmade rag carpets sewn from dyed scraps to comfort the household. The narrator notes the daughter’s memory of shared craft and a final, poignant Christmas before life changed.
Reflections of a Veteran Social Notes
A reflective piece recounts Christmas memories and wartime echoes. It weaves small joys like handmade gifts and schooldays with the ache of absence and a veteran’s longing for past times. Named places include Athens Ohio and Columbus Ohio, capturing a Midwest sensibility through personal memories.
Gas Consumers To Receive $25 Million Bonus
About 900000 natural gas customers from Texas to Ohio may get a share of a $25,000,000 fund to offset excessive rates charged by Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. The state attorney general announced the plan saying it could be distributed to consumers. the eighth circuit court of appeals in Kansas City was to hear arguments on the fund’s distribution.
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Washington
Texas
Ohio
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company
Kansas City
Tom C. Clark
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Star Light Madonna Silent Night Poem
An evocative verse by Annie McIntyre Bartoe mixing sacred imagery with a modern protective message. It envisions angels, a newborn king and a world in need as star light bathes a quiet stable. The poem blends religious reverence with a calming, balm like light.
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Madonna
Mother
Babe
Annie-McIntyre Bartoe
Cuyahoga Veterans Seek County Cemetery Plan
The Cuyahoga Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars asks Mayor Thomas A. Burke to convene county leaders to urge the federal government to establish a national cemetery in Cuyahoga County.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Thomas A. Burke
Cuyahoga County
Trial of Japan War Criminals Is Started
A U S military commission in Yokohama began the first war crimes trial in Japan with Tatsuo Tsuchiya known as Little Glass Eye due on Monday to testify for the defense. He is charged with the 1943 fatal beating of Pfc. Robert Gordon Teas of Streator Illinois. Two elderly residents, Orville D. Shanks 74 and Sylvia Shanks, were burned to death in Milford Center Ohio when their home burned early today.
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Yokohama
U.S
Japan
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Little Glass Eye
Pfc
Robert Gordon Teas
Streator, I
Marysville
Milford Center
Orville D. Shanks
Sylvia
Universal Military Training and the Nation's Defense
The speech argues for universal military training as peacetime citizen readiness rather than a large standing army. It notes technology and total national effort in war, asserts training as democratic and affordable, and calls for immediate readiness through trained reserves to deter aggression and protect industry and homes.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Army
National Guard
United States of America
Japan
Hiroshima
Marianas
Pacific
U. S
Navy
Regular Army
Demobilize Fathers Now Says Soldier Father
CPL. LESTER BARBER urges immediate demobilization of fathers in service. He notes that wartime 3D classifications kept dads out of uniform and asks if Gilbert children deserve the same consideration as others as peace arrives. Barreled from the Philippine Islands on December 18.
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Gils
Cpl
Lester Barber
Eng
Philippine Islands
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Merry Christmas
Colton
Joseph Parker
God
Peter Edson
the Poet's Corner
Maree Ney
Bessie M. Gorslene
Coring
Grandfather
Mace the Roses
Rome
Athens, Ohio
Ogan, Ohio
Santa
Che
Renee Giniger
Jand
Emmett Weaver
K. H. Kennedy
Elmer Rowland
Kennedy
John J
Jack) Dawson
New London
Conn
Joshua Dawson
Rendville
Sam West
Corning
Harold E. Drake
Scott Field
Ill
George Drake
Drakes
Zanesville
Charles A. Dew
Fultonbury
Teresa
Mary Verfers
Luella Dunlap
Glouster
William Schlingerman
Emmett Frecker
Crooksville
Star Light
Prince of Peace
Cuyahoga
Onal
Fogert
Stall
Wor
Nik Garvin
Bie
Marshall
XL Universal
By Galbraith
Spa
Marine Corps
Hattie
the Public Forum
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