Athens Messenger Page Four Briefs and Notices
Scattered fragments report alleged theft and court actions including a larceny case with a $7,600 figure and references to a murder investigation. The notice page lists publication details for The Athens Messenger from 1828 to 1979 and standard subscription and advertising information.
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Athens Messenger
Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Frinting CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newepeper Publishers
Ohio
Audit Bureau of
If He Is a Candidate Third Term Drive in Ohio
The Ohio State Journal argues Roosevelt is a candidate in fact for a third term, with delegates pledged in multiple states and orchestrated support. It claims a calculated, indirect tactic using treasury influence, favors, and intimidation, while noting a lone counterexample in Senator Vic Donahey.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
California
Oregon
Jim Farley
Napoleon
Hitler
Vic Donahey
Treasury
Ohio State Journal
Technological unemployment and a path to a new era
The piece argues that fear of technological unemployment is overstated and historical. It notes sewing machine disruption once caused job loss but led to longer hours of leisure and shifts to new work. It compares global employment trends, highlights progress in roads, vehicles, education, and culture, and envisions a future of renewed advancement.
Georgia primary clash over Roosevelt renomination and control
In Georgia the push for a presidential primary faces resistance from pro administration factions who fear direct voter choice. Governor Rivers backs Roosevelt renomination but can block a primary. Garner allies push the effort led by Edgar Dunlap with support from Sen. Walter George and former Gov. Eugene Tal Madge. The Hatch Act debate echoes across party lines as insiders seek to preserve power.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ohio
Stooge
Governor Rivers
Roosevelt
State
Democratic Committee
Mr. Roosevelt
Gov. Rivers
National Guard
W. L. Miller
Rivers
Miller
Capitol
Garner
Edgar Dunlap
Sen
Walter George
Sen. George
Eugene Talmadge
Hatch
Sen. Minton
Indiana New Dealer
Washington Smell Tactics and Dark Horse Prospects for 1948
Bruce Catton reports on Republican delegates likely to be uncommitted at the 1948 national convention with Taft Dewey and Vandenberg as leading figures. Bricker backs a Taft run if a deadlock occurs while Gannett and Wadsworth push a broad convention choice. The piece notes shifting momentum and strategic maneuvers shaping the race.
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Washington
Taft
Dewey
Frank Gannett
New York
Bricker
Ohio
Vandenberg
Public Forum Letters on Current Events Welcomed
Readers are invited to submit signed letters to The Public Forum. Writers should keep contributions concise to fit space and allow multiple items daily.
Trimble Township Trustees under Fire Over Relief Orders
A letter from Glouster dated February 19 accuses Trimble Township trustees and Athens County officials of enforcing work for relief with oath violations. The writer alleges pressure on direct relief clients to work, cites unpaid compensation risks, and calls for state intervention to expose alleged corruption. The piece connects to local governance and ongoing hunger relief debates.
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the Messenger
Trimble Township
Athens
Abe Lincoln
Russiavelt
Abe
Trimble
Athens County
Questions and Answers from The Messenger Bureau
A reader asks about the Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University to be sealed in 1949 and opened in 2113. Other queries cover the founder of the modern Italian language Dante, 1939 motor vehicle deaths 28,690 versus 28,970 in 1938, ice contraction as it cools, 1929 to 1939 national income from 81.1 to 68.5 billion dollars, and Civil Service status for congressional and Library of Congress positions.
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Oglethorpe University
Georgia
Dante
United States Capitol
Library of Ag Ps
Civil Service
Understanding Concussion and Brain Injury From Head Bumps
Health experts explain that unconsciousness after head impact is often due to a brief period of cerebral anemia from vessels constricting, reducing blood flow to the brain. Repeated blows may cause oxygen lack and potential brain damage, as seen in carbon monoxide poisoning cases.
Explosion at John Koehler filling station rattles Minersville
A gasoline tank explosion occurred at the John Koehler filling station in upper Minersville while fueling from a tank car on nearby tracks. The blast, heard a mile away, prompted reports from Station WSAZ Huntington.
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John Koehler
Upper
Minersville
Pittsburgh
Ralph Whitmore
Eddie Tucker
Athens
WSAZ
Huntington
Preston-Patterson event honors Toledo guest at Ohio home
Mrs F L Preston and Mrs John H Preston hosted in honor of Mrs Harry Bartlett of Toledo at the Preston residence on S College St in Ohio. Ohio University presented The Merchant of Venice with W H Cooper as Shylock and cast members Antonio Nerissa and Launcelot Gobbo. Hizey’s orchestra played between acts. Deshler hosted a dinner concert by Ohio University Glee Club directed by Mrs Clara D Thompson. A surprise house warming was held for John R Elder conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad at Green Township near Logan at the former Woodruff home.
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F. L. Preston
John H. Preston
Harry Bartlett
Toledo
Preston
S. College St
Ohio University
W. H. Cooper
Shylock
John Overmeyer
Antonio
Doris Nye
Nerissa
Joe Morrison
Launcelot Gobbo
Hizey
Ohio University Glee Club
Clara D. Thompson
Deshler
John R. Elder
Hocking Valley Railroad
Green Township
Logan
Mr. Elder
Woodruff
Lonely hearts in Chicago library meet by gardenias
Orphan Ann Brown seeks companionship in a city of strangers and meets a distant, gardenia wearing young man at the Blashfield painting. A misread note and a hall of grove gardenias trigger a comic misunderstanding as Ann realizes she was mistaken for a social climber.
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Ann Brown
Gambler
Paul Hayden
Ann
Blashfield
Chicago
Hibbard Street
Shafer’s Christmas windows recalled with fond memory
Earl Wolfe of Nelsonville offers a tribute to Harve Shafer and his helper Gene for the long-running Shafer’s Christmas windows. With Harve ill and Gene retired, the cherished town display is said to become part of local memory, leaving grateful readers to reminisce about childhood and town life. A separate note reports a Little gull, a wartime refugee, found at Buffalo sewage plant by ornithology observers.
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Shafer
Harve Shafer
Gene
Shafers
Harve
Europe
Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Sewlage
European
Siberia
Africa
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John Counts
Ratch
Simain
Georg Dall
Pere Marr
Durin Court
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Detroit
Lanyor
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
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Raymond Clapper
Bruce Catton
Antarctica
Washington, D. C
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Dan Haydener Glouster
Questions and
Messenger
13Th Street
Messenger Bureau
DR. Morris Fishbein
By Galbraith
Gilbert Bettman
Father and Sons
Nelsonville
Louise Holmes
Steve Claybourne
Clara Brooks
Irene Temple
Ward
NEA Service, Inc
Poet's Corner
Omy
Earl Wolfe
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