General Marshall as Secretary of State A Truman Shift
National Dispatch notes that rumors urged General Marshall as Byrnes’ successor and considers the change likely to quicken a presidential succession bill. It highlights Marshall’s suitability, Navy Secretary Forrestal as alternate, and unions’ skepticism toward military leaders in the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrnes
Marshall
Truman
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
General Marshall
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Navy
Edward Stettinius
Congress
James F. Byrnes
White House
Europe
Department of State
Pearl Harbor
Subscription rates and notice of publication policy
The notice lists AP credited dispatch rights and local news publication terms. It details subscription prices by carrier or mail in Ohio and West Virginia, overseas service, and rates for other regions, along with entry as second class matter and advertising rate notes. It mentions obituaries and cards of thanks with nominal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ohio
West Virginia
West Nia
West Injo
Athens
John W. Cullen
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Clevelan
Disinfection and care for contagious disease patients
Dr. William A. OBrien explains disinfection of hands linen body discharges and dishes during contagious disease, noting disinfection destroys germs while antiseptics only prevent growth. Physical methods heat steam or sun are most potent. wash hands after patient care. soak soiled linen rinse dishes with antiseptic then boil. avoid returning uneaten foods. cover sputum. boil handkerchiefs. simple disinfection suffices. The column also answers a reader query about belching after meals, attributing it to muscle weakness at the gastroesophageal opening and reflex contractions, with several possible causes.
Ohio's Taxing System Needs Overhauling Says Ohio State Journal
States that Ohio must overhaul its tax system to relieve municipalities starved by state preemption of taxes. Calls for a middle ground between centralization and local taxing powers, with reforms to reduce reliance on state aid and real estate levies as urban areas grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
General Assembly
Ohio State Journal
Educating Ohio on the United Nations for Global Peace
Local area efforts led by a 25 member committee aim to inform Ohio University and Southeastern Ohio residents about the United Nations and its work. The program emphasizes voluntary participation, the impact of war memories, and the role of UN spokesmen in achieving world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Russia
Ohio University
Southeastern Ohio
International Organization
Wilfred J. Smith
John C. Baker
Evan R. Collins
America
The Shortest Way to Do Many Things
A concise aphorism from Cecil advocates tackling tasks one at a time to maximize efficiency and focus. The quote emphasizes single‑tasking as a method to accomplish multiple goals with clarity and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Labor fights over union strategy and reform in Washington
Peter Edson compares President Truman's labor agenda with Senate Republicans on labor reform. The president backs limited anti boycott measures and supports arbitration, while Republicans seek bans on all boycotts and strikes, expanded court remedies, and a stricter Wagner act regime, plus a five member mediation board with cooling off periods. Both agree on expanding labor mediation and fact finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Senate Republican Conference
Republican Conference Labor Committee
Taft
Smith
Ball
GOP
Senate
Department of Labor
U.S
Gallia County veterans eye VA on the job farm training
D D Dodd outlines veterans on the job farm training plan in Gallia County with 200 hours classroom and 100 hours on farms or 50 hours under a competent employer. Pay equals GI college rate at 65 dollars a month for single veterans and 90 dollars for married. An advisory committee and local approval are needed before starting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Veteran's Administration
D. D. Dodd
Portsmouth
Gallia County
B. Lewis Jones
Dodd
Veteran’s Hospital
Chillicothe
R. M. Dew
Forrest A. Brown
Charles Shaver
Ray Bailey
Farmer's Home Administration
J. D. Fitzgerald
Soil Conservation Service
Supt. Jones
State Board of Education
Gallia
Rutherford Rites to be Held Friday in Gallipoli
Funeral services for Thomas Rutherford who died in the Woodmen's Sanitarium Colorado Springs will be at 2 p m Friday in Miller's home for funerals with Rev J E Hakes in charge Pallbearers will be local lodge members Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipoli
Thomas Rutherford
Woodmen
Colorado Springs
Miller
J. E. Hakes
Lodge
Pine Street Cemetery
Pythian Sisters Lodge 591 Meeting Scheduled
Wilkesville Pythian Sisters Lodge 591 will hold its regular meeting in town on Jan 17. Refreshments include sandwiches pie and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Haskins elected director of Ohio Retail Clothiers group
Morris Haskins of Haskins Tanner Co is chosen as director of the Ohio Retail Clothiers and Furnishers Association, signaling leadership within the regional apparel trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Morris Haskins
Haskins-Tanner Co
Ohio Retail Clothiers and Furnishers Association
Red Cedar Tree Cut On Haf Felt Farm A Century Old
In Gallipolis a red cedar felled on the farm of John Haf Felt shows through its rings an age of exactly 100 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Haffelt
Thivener
Hadji Ali Honored in Arizona Memory for Camel Drive
Arizona remembers Hadji Ali a Syrian immigrant known as the camel driver who came to promote camel transport in American deserts but failed to establish the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Hadji Ali
Syria
FBI Called In Gallipolis Forgery Case
Irvin Saunders of Gallipolis faced a forgery charge after cashing a 400 Armed Forces Leave Bond falsely bearing his brother Lewis Saunders’s signature. FBI involvement was announced with a representative expected by week’s end as other local cases resolved or continued in Justice J. H. Shato’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Irvin Saunders
Route 2
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. H. Shato
Oscar Bastiani
Saunders
Justice Shato
Lewis Saunders
Bastiani
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chillicothe
FBI
Marion P. Darnell
Andrew Kelly
Springfield
Lawrence Lundy
Harry Dickey
Darnell
Kelly
Stock-Yards
Kanauga
James Mills
Eddie Province
Marie Garlinger
Marie Garlinger, With Assault. When Miss Garlinger
Shato
Man Pleads Guilty After Two Mile Chase
Gallipolis Clarence E. Munday 26 of Long Bottom was arrested in Middleport after a two mile chase by the State Highway Patrol. He pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in Justice of the Peace L B Higgins court and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clarence E. Munday
Long Bottom
Middleport
State Highway Patrol
Court of Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
Sentence Awaited for Owen Barry in Non-Support Case
Owen Barry was found guilty of non-support by a jury in Common Pleas Court. He will appear for sentencing before Judge Lewis C. Warden at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, following the jury's verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Owen Barry
Common Pleas
Lewis C. Warden
Chamber of Commerce selects Gallipolis organizing committee
Paul Jarvis Gilbert Bush and Homer Walter named by the Gallipolis chamber to arrange the annual meeting and election of officers for the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Paul Jarvis
Gilbert Bush
Homer Walter
Chamber of Commerce
City Chamber Endorses Extermination Campaign
Gallipolis reports the Chamber of Commerce endorses an exterminating campaign for the city with a designated company to handle selling services to businesses and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Dauntless Stranded on Ohio River Below Benwood
Gallipolis Ohio River boat Dauntless grounded in shallow water below Benwood West Virginia with a ton of gasoline. Rivermen say she will stay until dams raise water level to float off. River at Gallipolis locks 42 feet on rollers, 17.8 upper gauge 22.5 lower gauge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Benwood
W. Va
Eureka
Wheeling
Ravenswood
Sterling
Diana
Winifred
Sardis
Cook
Millwood
Semet
Pete
Huntington
Hatfield
Kenna
Martha
Constanza
Talbott
Little Hocking
Especo
Paragon
Omar
National
Buchtillite
Virginia
Blaske
Patriot
Price
Portsmouth
Titan
Kanawha River
George III
Union
Marmet
Barrett
Winfield
Ohio River
Cornell
Lehigh
Vanceburg
Shirley
Maysville
Hook
Four Births Announced At Holzer Hospital
In Gallipolis the Holzer Hospital reported four births on Wednesday morning. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Montague Point Pleasant at 1 25 a m a daughter to Mr and Mrs C L Toler Point Pleasant at 2 a m a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Sayre Pome roy at 4 35 a m and a son to Mr and Mrs E McConshay Point Pleasant at 5 17 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
W. S. Montague
Point Pleasant
C. L. Toler
Charles Sayre
Pomeroy
E. McConshay
Weldon Scott
Earl Livesay
Carl FE. Weston
Jessie Verion
Jackson
George Adams
Ruby Adams
Crown City
Donna Lee Weber
Merritt Weber
Cove
Ohio
William Banks
Monroe Deal, Jr
Ashton
W. Va
Hollis Whitt
Daryl Gregory
Radcliff
Wallace Bradford
Middleport
Carl Richard Holton
Eugene Holton
Racine
Herman Stiles
Alex Kelso
D. C. Lanthorn
Ed Stevers
Carl
Richard Holton
Merrill Kerry
Ruth Holley
Thomas Steele
C. L. Long
Dan L. Farmer
Dana Canter
Temperance Day events and local notices in New Plymouth
Bob West of Chillicothe spoke at New Plymouth for Temperance Day with a basket dinner at the school on January 17 and a program including pictures by D. M. Bryson. Local Grangers and many families visited Logan and nearby towns for weddings and holiday visits as noted in community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Bob West
Chillicothe
WCTU
D. M. Bryson
Ewing Grange
Llesboro
I. E. Fri
Velma Karns
Creola
Raymond Salts
McArthur
J. M. Lanner
Lena McDaniel
Earle Heinlein
C. H. Jones
Larry
Rio Grande
Jones
Heinleins
Logan
Enterprise
Frank Schmidt
Frances
Akron
Schmidt
Martha Stout
Lawrence Weaver
Annie Hawk
Eva Robinson
Goldie
Bidwell
Hobart McDaniel
Wheeler Specht
Raymond
Local residents visit kin and report illness near Dundas
Ora Ward and others visited G V Quickle in Vinton. Ralph Lawerence with family from McGuffy and Robert Christian from Columbus stayed with Arthur Christian. Zimmerman from Logan and Eva Easterling ill but improving. Cottrill family visited Harvey Roof. Pat Boyer’s children ill. Anna Lou Peck from Radcliff stayed with sisters Delver Quick and Bill Whelker. Janice Pendleton of Radcliff visited her uncle and aunt Stanley Shelvnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Cottrill
Eula Lee
Sherry
Harvey Roof
Pat Boyer
Anna Lou Peck
Radcliff
Delver Quick
Bill Whelker
Janice Pendleton
Stanley Shelvnes
McArthur Real Estate Transfers in Vinton County
Six real estate transfers filed in the past week per County Recorder Agnes Scott. Mary Shipley to Joe Shipley 60 acres Wilkesville Township Dec 31. Shade Meek to E D Salmons and others 79 acres Madison Township Dec 31. Dora Lewis Lee to Hily Johnson 43 acres Wilkesville Township Dec 31. Sadie Cook to Dora Ray Lot G Hamden Jan 3. Leeman Rodgers et al to Arthur Lipscomb 40 acres Eagle Township mineral rights excepted Jan 4. George H and Edna Ferguson to Harley Swaim 12 acres Richeland Township Jan 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Township
George H
Edna Ferguson
Harley Swaim
Richeland Township
Miss Black to Speak Before Pomona Grange
Miss Black home demonstration agent will speak at the Wilkesville Vinton County Pomona Grange meeting on January 13. County agent will give a talk, Dorothy Hill will sing, and Thelma Campbell will serve as lecturer with an informal discussion period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Vinton County
Pomona Grange
Radio Highlight: Stoopnagle Becomes F Chase Taylor on Youth Forum
Col Lemuel Stoopnagle adopts the F Chase Taylor persona to host It's Up to Youth a teen discussion series on NBC. The first three day world affairs forum from Cleveland airs tonight at 11 30 with speakers Howard K Peterson and James K Penfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
F. Chase Taylor
Col
Lemuel Q. Stoopnagle
Zaney
Stoopnagle
MBS
NBC
Forum
Cleveland
Howard K. Peterson
James K. Penfield
Office of
Far Eastern Affairs
Japan
Henry Aldrich
Burns and Allen
Mills Bros
Abbott and Costello
CBS
FBI
ABC
Lum
Abner
Warnew
Antonini
N. Y
Farrell
Alan Young
Bill Stern
Godfrey
Cinderella Inc
Fanny Brice
Ann Sothern
Maisie
Jack Armstrong
Lone Ranger
Shady Valley
Harlem Club
Fulton Lewis Jr
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Neha
William A. O'Brien
Peter Edson
Thos. Rutherford
Pythian Meeting
Haskins
Dundas
By Galbraith
Miss Black
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!