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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1943
Page
8
U S Marine Corps engineers in the South Pacific will match their Gremlins with any outfit and offer the photo above as proof. The high flying Gremlin is a bug that crawled between camera lens and film when a pile driver photo was snapped.
Christmas dinner guests and holiday gatherings fill Middleport notices. Families hosted relatives from Zanesville Wellston Canton and Gallipolis while Chet Haddox sang from San Diego in Navy training. Owen French heads to Fort Thomas Ky for Army service. Local clubs and shops held holiday events and reunions across the area.
New York reports a fractional gain at the opening as markets factor in end of steel strike and government control of railroads. Leaders include Southern Pacific Great Northern Douglas Aircraft Waukesha Sperry and American Sugar with mixed moves for Santa Fe American Can and A Rubber.
A Grass Roots Republican Leaders poll ranks Gov. Thomas Dewey as the top foreign policy favorite followed by Herbert Hoover and Wendell Willkie. The national survey, conducted for The Republican Leader by C. M. Oehler, used replies from about 20 percent of 3,581 county chairmen state committee members and other leaders.
Tri-Lustre Cleaners moved to the Park Building on Mill St to house one of the most modern interiors. The new facility includes multiple presses and a large room for cleaned clothes, improving efficiency. Elbert Robinson owns the shop with Mrs. Margaret Slack in charge locally.
Mrs Raymond Walburn learned Sunday of the sudden death of her brother Roy Harrison at his Clifton home after a short illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Dan Harrison. Mrs Harry Russell and Mrs Helen Barker, former Clifton residents, visited the Harrison home.
Jimmy Hood son of Mr and Mrs Milton Hood is ill. Chauncey Evans family of Gallipolos enjoyed a chicken dinner and exchanged Christmas gifts at Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe.
Adele Garrison presents a suspenseful installment featuring Madge, Steve Redfield, and Mary in a hotel intrigue. A secret espionage plot unfolds as Madge coerces Steve into spying for a shadowy gang, while tensions rise between Madge, her husband Dicky, and Redfield amid looming danger at the hotel.
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