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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1950
Page
4
HAL Boyle laments modern fiction’s drift to escape novels and self help titles and praises enduring reads. He cites three trusted sources the Bible Shakespeare and the World Almanac. He notes the 1950 Almanac lists 77 344 mental patients in New York State as a striking statistic.
A narrator recounts a pneumonia scare as loved ones debate care and blame. Mother insists on hospital help while John, Freda, and visiting doctors inject humor and chaos into the crisis, turning illness into unconventional theater. The bed changes become a slapstick battleground between nurse and patient.
John J. McCloy says no immediate danger from a merger of two small rightist parties in West Germany. Yet observers fear a nationalist revival, with leaders mouthing Western alliance while pressing for concessions under the threat of communism. Industrialists seek eastern markets, challenging Bonn’s ties to Russia and Marshall Plan integration is seen as the only attractive option, though it implies prolonged German division.
Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman urges every city and state to assess local watersheds and plan for ten years ahead to prevent future water shortages as drought risks spread beyond New York City. He warns that continued progress relies on securing adequate water.
A Western Senator and CIO leader offer opposing takes on coal strikes. The senator calls strikes inherently bad while labor leaders treat them as a tool. Public disfavor follows labor leaders, reinforcing the case for retaining Taft-Hartley Act despite public opinion.
Southerners remain cool to a merger with the Republican Party. Some on the ground see common ground yet a new party label would likely be required for any such union. Each major party stays a broad catchall aligned with varying conservatives and liberals.
The ham and eggs crisis threatens the price support program as insiders express the deepest concern to Agriculture Secretary Charles F. over policy stability and food costs.
In Kassel Germany the war’s devastation lingers almost five years on. About 20 000 residents were killed in the 1943 raid, half the city ruined in 90 minutes. Henschel works and related factories operate at half capacity amid ruins while historic sites and displaced districts endure.
The Roosevelt-Wallace era policy bans political economic upheaval while prices for pork and eggs plunge. The Commodity Credit Corporation must buy large weekly surpluses with no local market, storage costs rising, and legal limits on dumping. CCC lists 3 billion dollars in goods offered abroad at cut rates, yet foreign buyers are scarce due to dollar shortages and harvests. The note closes with a reflection on elevated art.
In Perry County court, Phillips F Moore was named administrator of George H Moore of Crooksville posting a $3000 bond. Estate values include $100 personal, $7000 real estate, and $450 in rentals. Katie Hull named administrator of James D Hull with $14,000 bond. appraisers listed as Chappelear, Pettet and Selby Sr. personal property about $7000 and real estate $5000. The last will of Walter O Taylor of Hopewell Township dated April 16, 1949 names Paul B Taylor as executor with Davis P Scott involved.
A reader quiz with multiple choice questions and a mix of local notices. Bearfield Township announces a county commissioner candidate on the Democratic ticket. Several lawsuits and real estate transfers are detailed, plus the death of A W Abele, former Ohio official, in Ironton.
A federal inspector urged Montell Coal Co to fix ventilation deficiencies and substandard conditions at the Montell mine near Perry County. The December inspection noted four workers producing 20 tons daily and proposed mechanical ventilation, air flow control, fire boss checks, weekly gas air inspections, safer lamps, and fire protection measures to reduce ignition and fire hazards.
Mr and Mrs Fred Fisher name infant Jay Norris. Deborah Kay and Brenda Lee chosen for daughters by other couples. Many local residents and visitors are listed including Emma Quickle, Earl Boyer, Kate Kerr, and others. Church groups hosted showers and visits occurred among Gallipolis and Bidwell residents. Dusty Dillon returns home from Lancaster.
Mrs Marie Sayre Rex Sayre and Eugene Roofe spent a weekend in Glouster with Mr and Mrs Frank Williams Guests of Mr and Mrs George Kempton were Mr and Mrs John Hook of Millfield Mr and Mrs Leonard Love recently visited Mr and Mrs Lee Vogelsang Mr and Mrs Curtis Harvey were guests of Mrs Ida Cope Mrs Lee Vogelsang and daughter Jean were visitors of Mrs Cope Sunday school is held at 9 30 am each Sunday at the Concord Union Church with Maynard Sayre superintendent in charge Mrs Grace Dixon and children returned home after two weeks at her parents
Radio programs listed for WCUI FM 88.1 in Ohio University on February 1. Evening slots show news, sports, dramas, variety shows, and music features from 6:00 PM to 11:15 PM, with multiple networks CBS ABC MBS and NBC TV mention. Includes Frank Sinatra, Jack Smith, Burns and Allen, Lone Ranger, and Sherlock Holmes dramas among others.
A detailed listing of radio programs across stations including Eddie Albert Show and Breakfast Club at 9:00, Tennessee Jamboree and Say It With Music through 11:45, then Ladies Be Seated and Music Variety Hour before 2:00 Double or Nothing and Welcome to Hollywood. Afternoon continues with Serials, Hannibal Cobb Drama, Queen for a Day, Bride and Groom, House Party, Garry Moore Show and more, concluding with Treasury Bandstand and Kiddies Time.
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