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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1950
Page
4
Boyle contemplates faces as a playful, universal hobby that cannot be owned or caged. He admires children for their shifting light and old people for thrift and memory, noting dull midlife faces and choosing a Chinese face as a timeless, unreadable story.
A narrator recalls defending Mrs. Slater in a mock ax murder case with a sister witness and others who testified about cruelty. The experience sparks a medical career shift toward wills and insurance suits while facing fear of childbirth and the public’s sensationalized views. John questions the medical role as the narrator grows in size and confidence. The text ends with plans to conclude in a continuation.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer compares President Truman's budget to a bank loan scene where a neighbor named Truman borrows $500 while owing far more and spending beyond income. It argues Congress would back the loan, meaning taxpayers would sign the note for profligate spending.
The nation moves to cut corn production with Ohio farmers planting about a million fewer acres this year. Potatoes face lower prices amid price support doubts as growers seek closer planting and more fertilizer. Future profits depend on final yields after harvest next winter.
Rural counties struggle with rising welfare and road costs as they draft budgets. Officials weigh welfare needs at the top and attempt to balance remaining funds for government services amid uncertain funding and vehicle fees.
The Nation Today reports Congress weighing a move to ease FHA and VA insured loans by encouraging private investors to take over mortgages. FNMA started with 2.5 billion and now holds 800 million. December saw private lenders absorb 80 million in FHA and VA mortgages. The plan could add over 500 million without new taxes as part of RFC assets.
A reader voices opposition to the Taft Hartley act arguing the 80 day injunction harms coal miners during shortages. He cites coal production capacity, pension and welfare concerns, wage issues, and criticizes operators and press coverage while urging voters to oust Taft, Byrd, and Dixiecrats at the November polls. He recalls historical working conditions and notes production figures for 1949.
C H Harris recounts Athens origins tracing site choice to Ohio Company land grants and central location between townships Eight and Nine. The plan reserved land for a university and favored the settlement near the Hocking River bend at a central point, not The Plains, with earlier Elizabethtown and Middletown names fading into Athens by 1800. Whiskey legends are dismissed as fairy tales.
A fill in quiz with sections for men women and teenagers. It lists ten questions about history religion music and biology with multiple choice options and a garbled answer key. The reader is instructed to score themselves on a points scale from 30 to 100.
Rochester residents are offered free firewood by the city public works department. The supply comes from debris collected after the windstorm of January 14, with the wood described as mill waste and suitable for home heating.
In Athens County, residents report a high abundance of game with neighbors claiming 56 animals caught on under a square mile and another with 40 near homes. The writer notes few rabbits but many other species, and observes increased predation by owls hawks snakes and cats.
A broadcast directory lists stations in Ohio and nearby areas with call letters and frequencies including NBC WLW Cincinnati 700 KC ABC WCOL Columbus 1230 KC WSAZ Huntington 930 KC CBS WBNS Columbus 1460 KC WCHS Charleston 580 KC WPAR Parkersburg 1450 KC MBS WHKC Columbus 610 KC WMOA Marietta 1490 KC WCUI FM Ohio University 88.1 megacycles.
A dense list outlines February weekday broadcasting across NBC CBS ABC and MBS networks. Programs include news talk and variety shows with Frank Sinatra Bob Hope Eddie Albert and Garry Moore among others, plus serials dramas and kiddies time across eastern and western feeds.
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