Public Hearing on State Mine Laws in Athens Tonight
Gov Bricker's mining committee visits Millfield Mine No 6 and will hold a public hearing at 7 p m in the Athens County Courthouse. The panel studies mine safety after 103 deaths in two Ohio blasts and plans changes to the mining code.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Millfield
Athens County
Columbus
Senate
House
Bricker
Nelms
Ohio- Pennsylvania Coal Co
Thomas Price
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Strain
Mr. Price
Marcus Kerr
State Division of Mines
Adolph Pacifico
R. L. Ireland
Hanna Coal Co
Edwin H. Davis
New York Coal Sales Co
Walter Nichols
New PhiladelpkPphia
Harry Hughes
Hamilton County
Columus
John Pascal
Perry County
Lee Fair
Millersburg
Fire at Curry Home Causes 30 Dollar Damage
The second Athens fire of 1941 occurred yesterday afternoon at Herman Curry's home 304 Highland Ave. A stove overheat ignited piled clothes, spreading to wallpaper and causing 30 dollars in damage before firefighters arrived. Pumper and ladder trucks responded. Bert M. Barnes of 38 Court St. was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication by Mayor Cliff Cornell after arrest on New Year's Day. A note adds more than 1,000 kinds of star fishes are known to mankind.
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Athens
Herman Curry
Highland Ave
Harold Junod
Bert M. Barnes
N. Court St
Cliff Cornell
Local Flood Survey Nears Completion for Athens Project
U S Army engineers have conducted field surveys and prepared tentative plans to alleviate flood conditions in Athens. The work covers surveys and recommendations only, with no definite construction plans yet. The report will go to higher authority for transmittal to Congress, awaiting approval before action. The Hocking River survey near Athens was authorized July 12 1939 under the Flood Control Act and assigned to the Huntington office.
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U. S. Army
Athens
Thomas A. Jenkins
F. H. Falkner
Huntington
W. Va
Falker
Congress
Hocking River
Chief of Engineers
Board of Engineers
Falkner
President Roosevelt Seeks Record Peacetime Budget
The president outlined a $28.48 billion defense program expanding army to 1.4 million, navy, and factory expansion for 50 000 airplanes annually. He proposed a next year defense package totaling $10.81 billion with large allocations to navy and army and a big unallocated amount. He urged bond sales and called debt limits questionable while noting possible higher needs to aid democracies against aggressors.
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FBI
Defense
Navy
Army
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Social News From Guysville This Week
Sunday School members of the Methodist Church shared a New Year Eve watch party at Rev and Mrs Green s parsonage. Garrison Tucker and family moved from the F B Bean property to a farm near Carseytown. Mrs Laura Barnett and two others visited in Athens. Winifred Norris returned to Columbus for Office Training School after holidays with relatives. Charles Copeland of Columbus spent holidays in New York and Huntington before transferring to Indianapolis. Grace Love a teacher from Akron visited friends here. Richard Ashcraft left for Camp Shelby Mississippi after time with his parents. D M Bryson and Esther Mae Bryson returned home after Christmas visit with relatives.
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Guysville
Methodist Church
Green
Garrison Tucker
F. B. Bean
Carseytown
Laura Barnett
Freda Bean
Gladys Fuller
Athens
Winifred Norris
Columbus
Hattie Kincade
Eva Norris
Charles Copeland
New York City
Huntington
W. Va
C. H. Copeland
Indianapolis
Ind
Grace Love
Akron
Herman Pierce
Richard Ashcraft
National Guards of
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Ora Ashcraft
D. M. Bryson
Esther Mae, Hamden
O. M. Bryson
New England
E. I. Bean
OU Graduate To Supervise NYA Projects
Ralph E. Garner a 1940 Ohio University graduate returns to Athens as NYA project supervisor and assistant to Wesley Miller with charge of time-keeping compensation and inventories for projects in Athens Hocking Morgan Perry and Washington Counties. Sanah Bryan named secretary to the sub area supervisor replacing Martha Minnameyer training for six weeks. Bryan comes from Steubenville NYA office with over five years with the organization.
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Ohio University
Ralph E. Garner
Athens
NYA
Wesley Miller
Garner
Canton
Tilford Jewell
Hocking
Morgan
Perry
Washington
School of Commerce
Miller
Berlin papers say FDR speech inaccurate and self serving
Berlin afternoon press blasts Roosevelt's congressional message as historically wrong and already doomed to fail. German papers claim aid to Britain arrives too late and accuse the president of imperialist aims to dominate the Western Hemisphere and secure a British Empire heritage.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
South
Central America
British Empire
Night flight training at Athens CPTP program
Athens CPTP advanced students completed their first night training flight with instructor Alton L. Tucker at the unlit Athens Airways field. Three students earned restricted commercial licenses after dual instruction covering night landings and approaches. Night sessions continue as weather allows with all ten CPTP pilots slated for one hour of dual instruction each. Thirty four phone inquiries were logged suggesting public interest.
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Athens
Athens Airways
Alton L. Tucker
CPTP
Robert Paul White
Robert Liggett
Charles Hardman
Tucker
CAA
Arrest of Coolville Man After Route 33 Crash
Coolville man Grant Gilkey 36 from 92 Grosvenor St and Francis H Booth 53 of Coolville collided at the Routes 33 and 13 junction in Chauncey. Gilkey, a Messenger employee, headed north on Route 33 while Booth left onto Route 13 from the south and turned left in front of Gilkey. Damages were about 200 dollars to Gilkey’s car and 100 dollars to Booth’s. Booth was arraigned before Justice T R Bennet on unsafe operation and held to the grand jury under a 200 dollar bond.
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Grant Gilkey
Grosvenor St
Francis H. Booth
Coolville
Chauncey
Gilkey
Booth
Justice of Peace
T. R. Bennet
Social Security representative to hold office hours
A Nelsonville Social Security Board representative will hold office hours at the Employment Security Center on Court St. Thursday from 1 to 2 p m to assist with old age and survivors insurance questions. The Nelsonville office serves Athens Hocking Vinton Gallia and Meigs counties.
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Nelsonville
Social Security Board
Court St
Athens
Hocking
Vinton
Gallia
Meigs
Stewart Man Fined in Assault Case
Stewart Route 1 resident Albert Britton pleaded guilty before Magistrate T R Bennett to assault and battery on Carl Meek in Washington County. An affidavit was filed by Sheriff Charles Bayless.
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Albert Britton
Stewart Route 1
T. R. Bennett
Carl Meek
Washington County
Charles Bayless
Olive Tablets Promote Bowel Moves and Digestive Help
An ad urges correcting living habits and drinking water to prevent constipation. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy that stimulates liver bile for fatty food digestion, claiming 20 years of use by Dr F M Edwards and listing prices of 15 30 and 60 cents at druggists.
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Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
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George A. Strain
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Curry
Bert Barnes
Member
Federal Reserve System
Ane
Atlantic Ocean
Harbor
U. S. Air Base
Coral
High Land
Sony Railroad
U. S
Bermuda
Optometric Service
S. Court
Athens Ice & Storage Co
G. Householder
Mechem
Athens, Ohio
Stewart Man
DENTU
Polident
Siug
F. D
Athens National Bank
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