Crackdown rumors and realities on wartime home front shifts
Washington debates war mobilization moves aimed at curbing leisure and luxury sectors to support defense. Byrnes eyes ban on race tracks and conventions while travel and hotel room rationing loom. officials label rumors as salubrious, not alarming, with restrictions to follow only as war demands dictate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Stich
Byrnes
Morales
ODT
J. Monroe Johnston
Florida
WPB
Washington Post
Business Week
Local Society Notes From Columbus and Athens
A jumble of items recalls a bride shower at the Rauch home for Mrs. Claud Chrisman, visits by Billy Roberts of Columbus to his grandfather, and Helen Heagen’s Florida vacation before returning to study in New York. Also noted are Edward A. Sprague’s fifth birthday party, Columbus automobilists, and OU activity with Chamber squads and press club elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Robinson
Jean Rauch
Rauch
Claud Chrisman
Anise
Helen Heagen
Florida
Jules R. Davis
Sue Hedden
Edward A. Sprague
J. R. Sprague
Morris Ave
Virginia Beasley
Alice Myers
Harley Moler
Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
0. U. Alumni
Ohio University Press Club
Messenger
Russell May
Siesalls
Greece in the Greek crisis and looming plebiscite
War Today discusses the Greek leftist insurgents and British troops halting clashes, the Allied stance on self determination, and the postwar plebiscite to decide Greece monarchy. It notes London’s Anglophile influence and the strategic aim to keep Greece in Britain’s Mediterranean sphere, amid widespread public interest and debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Greece
United Nations
Mister Churchill
England
Churchill
Britain
Bal ‘Kan
Mitchell Field
New York
George
London
John Bull
Mediterranean
Middle East
Suez Canal
Far East
Ex Corning Resident Missing and Local Notes
Ex Corning resident Pfc Ray E Brown is reported missing in action since December 17 in Belgium. War Department telegram confirms. Also noted are obituaries, family visits, and social events involving Corning area residents and relatives in Columbus Lancaster Zanesville Glouster Buckeye Lake and New Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
Cregford Brown
Columbus
War Department
Pfc
Ray E. Brown
Belesium
George Fenneken
Mary Helbig
Lancaster
Helbig
Wiletta Huffman
Rose
Mary Cavanaugh
Ritta Walters
Frank Walters
James Franklin
Glouster
Charles Trimble
Anthony Leroy
Arthur Little
Logan
Clara Little Wilson
Fred Stought
Buckeye Lake
Clarence
Grace Pedicord
Dorothy Foura
Zanesville
William Foura
Sherwood Rebekah Lodge
Roma Hawkins
Noble Grand
Margaret
Helen
Joan Klarenbeck
George Klarenback
Mona June Wright
Willis Wright
United Nations Council Seen as Needed to Harmonize Allied Policy
An opinion piece criticizes wartime diplomacy and the failure to use existing European advisory mechanisms. It argues that Britain France and the United States bear responsibility for missteps in Greece Italy and Poland, urging immediate support for a provisional United Nations council to coordinate actions and restore Allied solidarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Great Britain
France
United States
League of Nations Covennr
League of Nations
Greece
Italy
Poland
Thusia
Aia
Britain
European Advisory Commission
Tom Moscow
Rusia
London
Russia
Yugoslavia
United Nations Pro‘sional Council
Council
State Department growth mirrors America’s global role
Peter Edson notes the U S State Department expanded from a third of the State War and Navy Building to 974 Washington staff by World War II and plans 4100 for next year in six buildings, with Foreign Service abroad rising from 3700 to 7200. He argues increased diplomacy and cultural programs reflect foreign relations in a shrinking world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mama
U.S. Department of State
Washington
State, War and Navy
White House
War and Navy
Potomac River
Department State
Amer
State Department
Foreign Service
Department
France
Philippines
Germany
Japan
Harrisonville Personal Mention
Harrisonville Personal Mention recaps social visits in Harrisonville and Counville The Lends Hand Circle met at Mrs Mane Ball’s home with refreshments served Miss Clarice Waggoner spent the weekend with her parents Asa Jordan recently discharged seaman at home several local visits and family news including Waggoners and Cotters with Lt Gratton Stout stationed in the Dutch East Indies Also notes a Rio Grande river boundary commission and shifting land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counville
Mane Ball
Clarice Waggoner
Columbus
Henry Waggoner
Asa Jordan
Winis Lee
Ada
Racine
Kate ‘Wilson
Jack
eFinry Waggoner
Lillie Hasking
Bertha Gill
Clair Waggoner
Jacquelyn
Jonah Cotters
Bess Musser
Albany
Clinton Gilkey Visind
Elv. Atkins
George Clark
John Stout
Gratton Stout
Dutch East Indies
Bess Cr
Wilthy
Mildred Hoppes
Oscar Patterson
Cora Giles
Alma Atkins
Bernice’ ‘Porter
Alice ‘Young
Mary Will
Marcia Dennison
Marshal
Vera Collins
Amber Warner
Adah
Marjorie Rice
Ruth
Iva Johnson
Esther Peari Little
Martha
Audrey Patterson
Electa
Edith Williamson
Harry Williamson
Hemlock Grove Notes on Social Visits Listed
Local society notes from Hemlock Grove record visits and weekend gatherings in Pt. Pleasant Alfred Pomfret and surrounding areas. Mrs Alta Nelson Mrs Eldon Clark and families Mr and Mrs Ziba Midkiff Mrs Ernest Cullums and son Terry Mrs Emmett Hawk and son Robert Mr and Mrs C D Bentz Mrs John Sargent and daughter Carol Wolf Pen Mrs Iba Midkiff Mr and Mrs Orville Well Pomfrey Mr and Mrs Bert Romine sons Gene Kenneth Silas Midkiff and others visited relatives with several Saturday and Sunday calls recorded in the week notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lock Grove Garden Club
Alta Nelson
Eldon Clark
Grant Roberts
Pt. Pleasant
Ziba Midkiff
RV. Heilman
Bunker
Ernest Cullumms
Terry
Emmett Hawk
Rob ‘Ert
C.D. Bentz
Alfred
John Sargent
Carol
Wolf Pen
Iba
Midkiff
Orville Well
Silas T
Taylor
George Zeigler
Mee
Weber Thomasana Fais
Bunker Hill
Porter Midkiff
Jack Bowles
Athens FD
Sam Curtis
Donna Kee
Albert
Larry, Sr
Henry “Curie
Radcliff Social and Personal News and Local Updates
Radcliff notes show the town garden club meetings with twelve members and a guest, plus a report on indoor bulb planting. War news includes Cpl. Austin Napper reported killed in action after earlier missing status. Local marriages and military postings are listed, with several residents in Columbus, Ft Wayne, and Lockbourne Air Base. A local basketball defeat for Vinton teams and a Navy discharge are noted, along with brief family bereavement. An order mentions the Congressional Library displaying historic documents by special Secretary of State consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Napper
Corporal Napper
Napper
France
D. Eberts
Donald Cone
PL McClellan
Ala
Lucille Arbaugh
J. M. Arbaugh
Columbus
Albert Watkins
Watins
Army
Ft Wayne
Ind
Watkins
Audra Gall Ar‘baugh
Michael Medwig
Lockbourne Air Base
Joe Ale Bates
Webelle
Dolly Eberts
Oreton
Frank Dalley
Richland
Vinton
Floyd Perry
Navy
James Murray
Woodrow Zinn
Mansfield
William Zink
Pinkney Zinn
Florida
Athens
Chr
George Molihan
South
Elizabeth “Molihan
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Athens Post Office
Clae
Ase Nou
Onic
Ions Repraenauies
Callen Company
Realitie
Europe
Sgjende
Billy Roberts
L. W Roerts
Fred R. Beasley
New York City
Ned
Lnst
M. Wagginer
Birdsall
Memphis
St. Joseph
Missouri
Kansas City
Independence
Illinois
Kendall
Othe
Birdsalls
St Bedlam
Jake Birdsall
Land of Gold
Jake
Boldsecker
Fou
Betty Jones
Anna
Belle Jones
Congo
Rita Mae Rodgers
Dayton
Maurice Rodgers
Fred Roof
Gladys Fuecie
Pauline
Rosalie
New Lexingtonton
Rose Mary Rocks
Peter Edson
Harrisonville
Rio Grande River
Hemlock Grove
Radcliff
Social and Personal
Congressional Library
Washington, D. C
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