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John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Organ
Vinton
Washington
Economic Boom Breathing Spell Signals Planned Recovery
The piece notes large wartime spending pushing income up to 74.3 billion and unemployment falling toward 6.9 million. It cites housing and defense plant growth, rising urban wages, strong foreign trade at 4.022 billion, and stock-market lag. Analysts warn the boom is artificial and a controlled plan is needed for a durable recovery.
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Jesse Jones
National Industrial Conference Board
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Martin
SEC
Stock Exchange
Service Period Indefinite for National Guardsmen
The Army and Navy Journal warns that Guardsmen drafted last fall may stay longer than a year if tension persists, and Congress could extend the service. National Guard units risk dislocation if Guard members are sent home while draftees arrive, prompting acceptance of a possible longer service period.
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Army and Navy Journal
Congress
National Guard
Guard
Nazification in France and Europe's arrests for gossip
Paris reports indicate 50 people have been arrested for gossiping or spreading alarming reports under official measures spread via Berlin. The piece warns that such policing of trivial speech signals a grim future where daily life becomes tightly controlled and punitive.
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France
Europe
Paris
Berlin
Make Your Home Safe A City Fire Inspection Proof
A St Paul Minnesota campaign of home fire hazard inspections cut losses in dwellings by 42 percent since 1935. The American Municipal Association notes the results show how organized effort helps cities and how individuals can start one at home without waiting for authorities.
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St. Paul, Minn
American Municipal Association
Facing Europe as First Line of Defense in 1940s
Raymond Clapper argues the nation underestimates the danger of a German invasion and the need to keep British seapower in Allied hands. He recalls early warnings, Dutch and Belgian collapses, and a surge in defense after May 1940, urging action before England falls.
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Washington
Hitler
Holland
Scandinavia
Chamberlain
Walter-Logan
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Europe
Balkans
Berlin
Belgium
Luxembourg
Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
House Naval
Vinson
Congress
Defense Commission
France
Germany
Churchill
Westminster
England
Bruce Catton Reviews Washington Scene
Washington editorial review recounts how in 1938 an anti trust attorney warned War Department officials about German control over U S defense material production. It details investigations into Zeiss and Bausch & Lomb and Krupp and General Electric patent ties affecting tungsten carbide use for U S weapon manufacturing and wartime readiness.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Thurman Arnold
Europe
Germany
Anti-Trust Division
Arnold
Harry Woodring
U. S
War Department
Zeiss
Bausch & Lomb
U. S. Army
Hitler
Honest Man and Rascal Loss in the World Quote
A compilation of three quotation fragments about honesty and honor from Carlyle Jacobi and Bernard Shaw. The text presents reflections on integrity, work, and the value of honor in life.
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Carlyle
G."bernard Shaw
Letters Pamphlet From Athens County Reader
A Republican voter from Athens County comments on Bricker’s governorship and wage cuts. He argues against cutting low wage workers while a high salary remains, urges the county committee to investigate blame, and warns Democrats may gain if changes occur. Signed by Sam West, Athens, Jan. 28.
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the Messenger
Athens County
John W. Bricker
43Hio
Bricker
Sam West
Conscientious Objectors Poem Seeks Reader Letters
Messenger Readers urged to contribute verses bearing name and address in Poet's Corner. The sample poem by Charles E. Sellars of Gloucester, Ohio questions exemptions and defends defending the land amid wartime pressures.
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Messenger
Builders of Brain Power
A University of Iowa scientist, Dr Beth Wellman, challenges fixed IQ ideas by showing intelligence can rise with quality education. Her decade of tests at the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station links gains to teacher quality and pedagogy, while she nurturing three foster children.
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University of Iowa
Beth Wellman
Wellman
Iowa
Cheshire Social And Personal Highlights From Weekend Events
Cheshire society notes report the Past Matron and Patrons meeting at the Masonic Hall for their potluck with officers elected led by Vice President Ina P Rife. Also listed are visits, family gatherings, a Baptist church funeral, and multiple local illnesses and social visits across the community.
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Cheshire
Masonic Hall
C. W. Rife
Ina P. Rife
Charles B. Rife
Clara Ward
Garnet Kirby
Ella Rothgeb
The
Baptist Church
Alice Jones
Buswell Roush
Ernest Higginbotham
George Brooks
Gallipolis
Ivan Grover
Vinton
Wesley Scott
Elza Scott
Agnes Smith
Margaret Thomas
Charles King
Lloyd Roush, Jr
Cora Webb
Pomeroy
Bryan Creemeans
Ryger
Lloyd Roush
Conscripts Wife Bets On Work And Love In New York
Martha returns to the office for the Chief and travels with Paul to New York where she faces a clash of loyalties. She resists staying with him while keeping quiet about Bill's suspicions. The reunion ends with a tense payoff as perilous secrets loom in the boarding house shadow of Mrs Larkin.
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Martha
Paul
New York
Pauli
Helen
Grand Central Station
LaGuardia Field
Bill
Suzanne
Manhattan
Anl
Mrs. Larkin
Camp
Wamen
Coolville Troy High School to Host Final Home Game
Coolville Troy Township High School will host its last home game with Shade on Friday February 7 at 7 30 pm. A Tri County Apple Growers Association all day meeting is set for the same day with lunch served at noon by the home economics department.
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Coolville
Troy Township
Shade
Tri County Apple Growers Association
Ernest Harper
Winifred Russell
Melvin Jay
Phoenix
Arizona
Harpers
Patty
Brooks
Metta Thorne
F. Pariins
Columbus
Ohio University At Athens
Meriam Bingman
Lillian Reed
Nina Dixon
Orville Bibbee
Gerald Bibbee
Keith Brandeberry
Fred Swearingen
Harry Church
John Kayser
Ralph Scarlett
Kenneth Jeffers
Charles Bingman
E. M. Daugherty
Harold McBride
Karl Barth
Jimmy
Marietta
Otto Bartha
F. G. Runion
C. B. Kincade
Marguer Kincade
Ray Ward
Charles Gillilan
Alma May Kincade
Athens
Aps
Ronald Bailey
Chester
Marguerite Kincade
Francis Booth
Harold Wilcoxen
Alice Merle
Rockland
Elbert Root
Anno Root
Helen Macleod
Donald Runyon
Charleston
W. Va
E. B. Dean
Geneva
M. J. Oliver
Licensed To Marry in Ohio County Court
Marriage license issuances list John W Currys 28 Richwood and Marie Weber 23 Gallipolis Wendell I Halley 21 Eureka and Marjorie Ellen Davis 19 Gallipolis Russell Taylor 21 and Wanda Holston 16 both of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
John W. Currys
Richwood
Marie Weber
Wendell I. Halley
Eureka
Marjorie Ellen Davis
Russell Taylor
Wanda Holston
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Martin, Barton and Fish
Bruce Catton
Washington Scene
Jacobi
the Public Forum
Poet's Corner
Charles E. Sellars Glouster, O
Donald A. Laird
By Galbraith
Pat
Betty Wallace
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