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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1950
Page
4
The piece condemns RFC funded Lustron housing in Columbus as wasteful and flawed. It argues federal housing programs distort the market and cites RFC losses from synthetic rubber and tin operations. Senators have allocated $50,000 to investigate RFC experiments in government business.
U.S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy warned Germans in Stuttgart that Nazism must be halted as a threat to world peace. Leon Dennen reports a rising nationalist mood, Nazi influence in democratic guise, Ruhr industrialists colluding with extremists, and Western powers failing to teach democracy or curb dangerous economic and political conditions.
Ex congressman George Bender argues that Republican policy flaws show healthy debate within the party. He says platforms once ignored show the democratic process at work, urging a return to bedrock principles and a broad course to guide goals amid detail and disagreement.
Editor James Marlow explains how to maximize deductions on the 1949 tax return. Using forms 1040 A or 1040 short limits deductible percentages to about 10 percent for incomes under five thousand dollars. The 1040 long form allows full itemized deductions when costs exceed 10 percent, with specific limits for single filers and married couples. Examples show standard versus actual deductions for various income levels and filing statuses.
Boyle argues that adulthood is a one way path from childlike dreams to duties and responsibilities. The piece contrasts childish envy with adult burdens and ends noting a political line about steering postwar America toward a sound economy and peaceful world.
The Messenger prints a reader letter from Charles E. Miller of Athens arguing federal debt surpasses 2,000 per person when combined with local obligations. He condemns inflated project costs and urges careful scrutiny of proposed assessments and ordinances.
A reader quiz lists ten questions for men women and teens with multiple choice options on topics from actors and geography to music and Bible stories. The scoring scale assigns points and labels from Genius to Fair.
Myrtle Mayle from Sharpsburg asks whether destroying surplus potatoes is wasteful when famine looms, referencing Joseph storing grain. She notes ample people could use surplus commodities and urges reconsideration of stock destruction.
A gunman entered Stein’s Food Mart in Chicago, took $600 from ten customers and forced one victim into a walk in ice cooler. Police investigated the rushed robbery and searched for the suspect as temperatures plummeted that day.
Dr Edwin P. Jordan outlines sore throat causes from colds to tonsillitis, with symptoms, home care, and when to rest. He notes germs such as streptococci, milk handling and pasteurization affect spread, and advises fluids, sprays, hot compresses, salves, aspirin, and possible penicillin.
Bashan and Parkersburg residents visit relatives across towns including Letart Belpre and Reno. Families George Orr J C McKay and others entertain guests while Clint Orr purchases the Bailey property and Donald Davison remains ill at home.
Alice Pine, secretary to Muriel Mallock, observes tension between Muriel and her husband Brent Halleck, a moody artist. A beach outing with Rick reveals Brent’s brooding nature and guarded emotions as a thunderstorm approaches, ending with eerie screams as the chapter closes.
Seventy four friends gathered at the Baird home to honor Mr. and Mrs. Asa Eres after their recent wedding. Visits included Bob Childers and family from St Albans, and A O Woodall plus others enjoying time in Marion McGhee and Coen households. Influenza reports and mumps illness among locals noted.
City council members vote eight to five to permit the showing of the motion picture Stromboli in Akron. The decision follows brief debate over content and community standards.
A detailed listing shows Friday February 17 radio programming across NBC WLW CBS WBNS WCHS and others. It covers News Reports sports music talk dramas comedies variety and special broadcasts with times from 6:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. including Frank Sinatra Show Beulah's Skit I Love a Mystery Lone Ranger Drama and Grand Ole Opry among many others.
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