War Courses Added at OU To Aid Emergency Training
Ohio University expands with 60 new war courses in Chinese, Civilian Defense, and Explosives as part of a three year plan. Courses include Physics of the Air Military Psychology Morale and ROTC options. The program aims to prepare students for armed forces or defense industry roles.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio University
Ohio
Wilfred J. Smith
China
Far East
Germany
Einar E. Hansen
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Bile Flow
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to stimulate liver bile secretion aiding digestion and bowel movements. It claims relief from constipation and sluggish liver with use of the product available in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes at drugstores.
Leaders named for Boy Scouts Troop 56 event
Five Troop 56 committeemen led by the Rev John W Danford spoke at a Friday meeting attended by five Mechanicsburg Troop 51 members and leaders. J R Stratton spoke. First Class badges were awarded to Don Bingman Bob Cable Phillip Fox Danny Smith and Wallace LaBaw. Second Class badges went to Francis Frebault Hubert Frebault Jack Stewart Dick Shoemaker and Richard Fox. Tenderfoot badges were awarded to many scouts. Scoutmaster Roy L Dupler and assistants have registered for 1942 service. Other leaders include Wally LaBaw Joe Walburn Donald Bingman Danny Smith Robert Cable and Francis Frebault.
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John W. Danford
Edward Cole
W. B. Cable
Carl J. House
Ross Wright
Mechanicsburg
Mr. Thompson
Cradlebaugh
J. R. Stratton
First Methodist
Don Bingman
Bob Cable
Phillip Fox
Danny Smith
Wallace LaBaw
Francis Frebault
Hubert Frebault
Jack Stewart
Dick Shoemaker
Richard Fox
John Fee
Richard Grekila
William Smiley
Alfred Bechel
Donald Lawson
F. J. Beasley
John Good
Max Duncan
Richard Shoemaker
Edwin Thompson
Louis Thompson
Thomas Dowler
Danny Watkins
Roy L. Dupler
J. R. Williams
Walton E. Davies
James R. Cumley
Wally
Albany High Boy Wins Jackson Contest Prize
Albany High School sophomore William Elliott won second prize at a Jackson sectional public speaking contest during the stockholders meeting of the Jackson Production Credit Association. He spoke on Short Term Credit a Good Farm Tool and previously won local and district contests. First prize went to Billy Montgomery of Seaman. Kenneth Rose of Gallipolis took third with an FFA medal.
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William Elliott
Albany High School
Future Farmers of America
Jackson
Jackson Production Credit Association
Elliott
Louisville
Billy Montgomery
Seamen
Kenneth Rose
Gallipolis
Butcher Divorce Suit Filed for Gross Neglect
Blanche Butcher files in Common Pleas Court for divorce from Floyd E. Butcher accusing gross neglect and willful absence for over three years. She says since December 20, 1934 she paid taxes, insurance, and maintenance on their home and a farm, both rented with expenses exceeding rental income. They married April 24, 1913 and have no children.
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Blanche Butcher
Common Pleas
Floyd E. Butcher
Ames Bern PTA Meeting Hosts Dr Matheny Speaker
The Ames Bern PTA gathers Tuesday evening at the Ames Bern High School auditorium with Dr W A Matheny as speaker. The boys quartet provides the music.
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Ames-Bern Pta
Ames- Bern High School
W. A. Matheny
Athens County Scouts Readied for Civil Defense Roles
About 400 Athens County Boy Scouts are cleared to join local defense efforts as emergency medical units fire watchers and messengers under a joint Office of Civilian Defense and Boy Scouts of America bulletin. Training includes first aid fitness disaster drills and morale building with projects like salvage drives posters and Red Cross support.
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Athens County
Boy Scouts of America
Office of Civilian Defense
Boy Scouts of America, Inc
Civilian Defense Organization
Sions
J. R. Stratton
America
Stratton
Red Cross
England
Canada
United States
Civil Aeronautics Administration
London
Hawaii
Argentina Hesitates on Break with Axis at Conclave
In Rio de Janeiro the first major test of American solidarity in wartime nears as Argentina again spares immediate action on a proposal for all American republics to cut ties with the Axis. Observers expect Argentina and possibly Chile to oppose severance while 19 other nations reportedly favor it.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Argentina
Americas
Chile
Willkie Declines Government Posts to Preserve Citizen Role
Friends say 1941 Republican nominee Wendel Willkie intends to decline official positions to keep private citizen status and freely criticize the administration for the war effort. He already rejected joining a panel of arbiters for the War Labor Board to help settle industrial disputes.
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Washington
Friends of
Wendel L. Willkie
Willkie
New War Labor Board
All Urged To Register For Defense Work Here
Citizens are urged to register for volunteer defense service through the mayor's office at City Hall. Unregistered individuals should sign up promptly, while those already registered will be notified of assignments once organization and coordination of program activities are in place.
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Athens
Baby Born At Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Stephen of 200 Elmwood Place are parents of a daughter born early this morning at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Also listed as released are Pauline Wiggins 7% E. State St Elsie Cunningham 291 E. State St and Harry Ferguson Glouster Route 3. Ida Wanless 75 E. State St and Mrs Harry Six and infant son 139% W. Washington St released Sunday.
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James O. Stephen
Elmwood Place
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pauline Wiggins
E. State St
Elsie Cunningham
Harry Ferguson
Ida Wanless
Harry Six
W. Washington St
St. Joseph Aspirin Ad Claims Faster Safer Relief
An old advertisement promotes St. Joseph Aspirin as faster surer medicine with the slogan No aspirin faster surer safer. It touts the product as the world's largest seller at 10c and urges demand, noting larger sizes like 36 tablets for 20c and 100 tablets for a discounted price.
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St. Joseph
Ohioana Library Seeks Ohio History Volumes for Athens County
The Ohioana Library in Columbus requests donations of Athens County histories and other Ohio histories including works by Ohio authors. Walker's History of Athens County is especially wanted. Mrs. A. E. Wagner chairs the Athens County Ohioana Committee.
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Ohioana Library
State Library At
Columbus
Athens County
Ohio
Walker
A. E. Wagner
Ohioana Committee
Burma Premier Arrested in London Plot with Japan
Premier U Saw of Burma, who left London last November after failing to gain dominion status, has been arrested by the British for allegedly plotting with the Japanese.
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Burma
London
U Saw
League meeting announced for Tuesday evening
The Izaak Walton League will hold a meeting in the Fire Department rooms at 7 30 p m Tuesday.
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Izaak Walton League
Fire Department
Three fires started in Calcara home say state
Witnesses testified that three separate fires occurred in the Calcara residence with no connection between them. The first began in the living room chimney, the second in a living room closet, and the third in a kitchen cabinet. Fire alarms followed at 3, 4:30, and 7 p.m. respectively.
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O. F. Rowland
Calcara
Glouster
Wilkes E. Blower
John Crawford
Harry A. Mettler
Blower
Fred Heck
Prisoner Slashed at Athens City Jail Attack Highlights Overcrowding
In Athens City Jail last evening Robert McNeal 49 of Deanville suffered a throat slash by fellow prisoner David Yushinsky 30 serving for breaking and entering. McNeal in fair condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Jailer Harry Dalton said Yushinsky used a safety razor blade fashioned from cardboard and rag. Yushinsky held for investigation of Selective Service status after a prior fine for railroad depot burglary. Jail overcrowding noted as eight bunks but more than twenty inmates at times.
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Athens City
Robert McNeal
Deanville
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Harry Dalton
McNeal
David Yushinsky
Dalton
Yushinsky
Yuskinsky
Coolville
Pennsylvania
Racine Social And Personal Highlights
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Beegle and children Dolores Leon ard and Marlene of New Brighton Pa visit Mr. Ira Beegle and head to St Joseph Hospital New Brighton for skull fracture treatment. John Clark resigns after 11 years at Elm Street Gas Station. Oak Grove Church ladies host potluck dinner and all day quilting. Bonnie Miles arrives to spend the weekend with her parents Howard and Mary Miles.
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Racine
Brooks Beegle
Dolores
Leonard
Marlene
New Brighton
Beegle
Ira Beegle
Mr. Beegle
St. Joseph Hospital
John Clark
Elm Street
Clark
Wilbur Rose
Wilbur Theobald
Will Carnahan
Belle Spencer
Bertha Spencer
Willie Cross
Oak Grove Methodist Church
Norman Theiss
Myrtle Curtis
Mary Edwards
Chesapeake
Bonnie Miles
Franklin
Mrs
Howard Miles
Vine St
Defense Savings Group Meeting in Athens Tonight
The Athens County Defense Savings Committee holds its first meeting at Hotel Berry tonight at 7 oclock. General chairman Fred Weber asks all committee members to attend the important session.
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Athens County Defense Savings Committee
Hotel Berry
Fred Weber
Athens County
Auto Stamps On Sale Here At Athens Post Office
The federal automobile tax stamps went on sale today at the Athens Post Office. Fred Burch of Athens Route 4 was the first purchaser. Each stamp costs $2.09 and is valid until next July. All autos must bear a stamp by February 1. Sales run daily 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. except Saturdays. Purchasers receive a form to mail with a 1 cent stamp to Columbus.
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Athens
Fred Burch
McBee Co
Francis Frebault
Post Office
Internal Revenue
Columbus
Plan Gives Idle Workers Paid Schooling During War Shift
In Congress a proposal backed by Republicans would fund a paid schooling program for jobless workers due to plant shutdowns. The plan seeks 450 to 600 million dollars to provide up to 24 a week for 26 weeks of training to prepare workers for aircraft tanks guns and other war equipment roles. Senator Brown of Michigan said the measure would help ease the transition from peacetime to wartime industry.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Brown
D-Mich
Three Men Fined by Mayor After Intoxication Pleas
Three men arraigned Sunday before Mayor Franz Woodworth for intoxication pleaded guilty and were fined five dollars plus costs each. Named defendants are Robert Davis 26 Huntington West Virginia Harold Richard West Union Street printer and Howard Carson Route 1 Millfield.
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Franz Woodworth
Robert Davis
Huntington
Harold Richard
W. Union St
Howard Carson
Millfield
Legion To Solicit Funds For Red Cross in Athens
The American Legion will solicit funds from Athens area businesses and industries on January 26 to aid wounded in war zones. Fifteen percent stays in Athens County for Civilian Defense. the rest goes to war zones. Local and neighboring posts join in this drive with committees led by Harper C. Pendry and six chairmen.
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Legion To
Red Cross
American Legion
Athens
Athens County
Sir Humphrey Davy and the Jam Ending for Metals
British scientist Sir Humphrey Davy originated the jam ending in metal names. He added it to the stem of the word for the best known compound of a metal.
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Humphrey Davy
Saguaro Cactus Life Span Estimated At Two Hundred Years
A preserved fact notes that the saguaro cactus can live for about two centuries, highlighting its remarkable longevity and ecological role in desert regions.
Senior 4 H Members To Meet Wednesday
The January meeting of the Athens County Senior 4 H Club will be held Wednesday evening January 21 at o oclock in the Athens Grange Hall. John Sheridan and Carl Frische arrange a short quiz program after the business session. Miss Margaret Chadwick will lead folk games. President John Sheridan said all older rural youth who wish to attend will be welcome.
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Athens County
Athens Grange Hall
John Sheridan
Carl Frische
Margaret Chadwick
Car Crash on Route 13 Damages Three Vehicles
Robert Martin 24 of Trimble halted suddenly on Route 13 near Millfield to avoid a slower car. Weldon McCelland 17 of Trimble struck Martin from behind, with the state patrol reporting damage to all three autos involved.
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Robert Martin
Trimble
Millfield
Weldon McCelland
State Patrol
Athens Warmth Returns with 63 Degree Day
Athens saw a high of 63 degrees the warmest this month as Sunday brought sunshine. A light rainfall measured at 0.19 inches fell overnight with a low around 40 degrees.
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Athens
100000 To Work for Army Air Men
Ohio offices of the United States Employment Service seek to recruit about 100000 aircraft workers for expansion of air depots domestically and abroad. Propeller and engine mechanics electricians and other skilled trades are needed with salaries from 1680 to 2400 dollars yearly.
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Ohio
United States Employment Service
U. S. Army Air Corps
H. H. Sands
Logan
National Defense Program
National Defense Agency
United States Civil Service
United States
Panama
Hawaii
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