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Associated Press
Graee
Ohio
West Virginia
West
Athens
Nationa
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
New Plan Keeps Army Navy and Air Forces Independent
Washington reports a revised unification plan for the armed services aims to end interservice bickering while preserving autonomy. The executive order preserves separate branches, with joint chiefs coordinating during war and debates on strategic versus tactical control continuing as Congress considers legislation.
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Washington
United States
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Seven Seas
Army
Navy
Army Air Forces
Marine Corps
Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Psychotherapy and Patient Self Deception
Dr. William A. O'Brien discusses how patients often disregard medical advice and seek organic causes for mental conflict. He explains psychotherapy as reassurance persuasion and suggestion rather than drugs, emphasizing patient honesty cooperation to reveal true causes and achieve cure.
Truman and Congress End Honeymoon in Domestic Crisis
The piece compares early wartime cooperation to a marriage under strain. By January 6, after repeated wrangling and outside pressures, President Truman and Congress began reconciling to restore family duties. The tone notes cautious optimism in matured guidance over fleeting affection.
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Truman
Congress
White House
Alexandria
Mr. Truman
State of the Union
Tax Reduction Troubles in Congress Spark Debate
The article critiques congressional wrangling over timing and amount of tax cuts, noting less sweeping across the board reductions in favor of lower brackets. It argues the tax system burdens business profits and wages, contrasts the impact on racketeers, and cites a Phillips Brooks quote on moral courage.
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Congress
Phillips Brooks
Fictional note on Georgia politics echoes real tensions
Imaginary 1947 letter imagines a Polish envoy lamenting Georgia’s undemocratic actions and repression around a gubernatorial contest. It critiques police-like suppression, ties to Ku Klux Klan links, and echoes major postwar treaties while lampooning diplomatic pomp.
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Washington
Georgia
U.S.A
Joe Stalin
U.S.S.R
U.S
Poland
Atlanta
United States
Marquis of Queensbury
Emily Post
The
Columbians
Ku Klux Klan
Ambassador X
First Class Scout Sandra Jones Makes Mason County Debut
Sandra Sue Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Bartow Jones attained First Class Scout in Mason County the first girl to do so joining Scout Troop 2 led by Mrs Joseph Buffington and Mrs Richard Andrux She earned ten badges with arts and crafts basketry needle craft glass photography interior decoration swimming and cooking foods hostess and house keeper with home making as major field Subsequent to December 1945 she was the county’s first Second Class recipient.
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Point Pleasant
Sandra Sue Jones
Bartow Jones
Mason County
Miss Jones
Joseph Buffington
Richard Andrux
Scout
Four Men Taken To State Penitentiary From Point Pleasant
Deputy Sheriff T. L. Morrison and City Patrolman Curt Yeager carried four men to the state penitentiary in Moundsville this morning after they were sentenced at the recent circuit court term. Five men had been taken there several days earlier.
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Point Pleasant
T. L. Morrison
Curt Yeager
Moundsville
State Penitentiary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meet in American Legion Building
Point Pleasant group plans a Wednesday 8 p.m. gathering at the American Legion Building to discuss local veterans' affairs and upcoming events.
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Point Pleasant
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Dress Up Your Kitchen with Bright Window Plants
Beautify winter kitchens by adding blooming plants on the sill. Geraniums are popular, with African violets and buttercup primroses also suggested. The Athens Messenger Reader Service offers a booklet Success with House Plants and Flowers for 25e, via The Athens Messenger, Reader Service, 243 W 17th St, New York.
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Athens Messenger
17Th St
New York
N. Y
John Jeffers Dies in Fall From Truck
John Jef fers about 40 fell from a brother’s truck near Carson's store Route 2 Cabell County Friday evening and died Sunday at St Marys Hospital Hunting ton. Funeral Wednesday 2 pm from Brick Church Mercers Bottom with burial in church cemetery. Survived by widow Mary Scarberry Jeffers six children and several siblings.
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Point Pleasant
John Jeffers
Jake Jeffers
Carson
Cabell County
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Mercers Bottom
Jeffers
Liza Jeffers
Joe Jefers
Mary Scarberry Jeffers
Jake
James
Hershel Jeffers
Effie Hughes
Glenwood
Man Arrested and Fined for Intoxication in Route 2 Incident
Tommy Hammond of Pliny was arrested Saturday night on Route 2 south of the Kanawha by State Trooper H. D. Coyner. He pleaded guilty at arraignment and paid a $25 fine plus costs after driving one of Ike Whitt's taxies to Huntington and later off the road onto a country home lawn. The car stalled with the nose down and engine bearing damage occurred as he kept pressing the accelerator.
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Point Pleasant
Tommy Hammond
Pliny
Route 2
Kanawha
H. D. Coyner
Hammond
Ike Whitt
Huntington
Coyner
Pleasant area visit and local housing notes
Pt. Pleasant residents report visits from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Barrows and daughter Sally of Huntington. Mr. Felix Landrene from Flint Michigan has rented the Robert Norton cottage on Viand Street. Landrene works as a foreman for the American Bridge Company erecting steel on the new B and O bridge over the Kanawha. Charles J. Hyer and family from Sutton spent Sunday with Attorney and Mrs. C. J. Hyer in Country Club Addition. D. M. Park local, Tommy Harris, and Ed Kell of Hartford, hunting and fishing in Georgia, expect weekend return.
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Fred Barrows
Sally
Huntington
Felix Landrene
Flint
Mich
Robert Norton
Viand St
Landrene
American Bridge Company
B&o
Kanawha
Charles J. Hyer
Sutton
C. J. Hyer
Country Club Addition
D. M. Park
Tommy Harris
Ed Kell
Hartford
Georgia
War Brides Invited To Rotary Meeting In Point Pleasant
War brides residing in Mason County are invited to attend a Rotary Club meeting in Point Pleasant on Wednesday evening. Ladies night will be observed and dinner will be served at the Moose Club on River Street.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Rotary Club
Moose Club
River St
Central PTA Meeting in Point Pleasant
Central PTA will meet Tuesday evening in the school at Sixth and Viand Streets. The program features a solo by Mrs. F. H. Capehart Jr and a playlet The New Years Club by fourth grade pupils directed by Mrs. Rachel Somerville. Cast includes Nina Keener Emogene Cline Sara Burdette Marjorie Cottrill Joan Moore Barbara Peters Randall Garland Benny McKinley Bill Capehart Kenneth Walkup Clarence Greenlee and Bobby Stover. Principal C H Withers will speak on Building a Better West Virginia Through Education.
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Point Pleasant
Central Pta
Viand Sts
F. H. Capehart, Jr
New Years Club
Rachel Somerville
Nina Keener
Emogene Cline
Sara Burdette
Marjorie Cottrill
Joan Moore
Barbara Peters
Randall Garland
Benny McKinley
Bill Capehart
Kenneth Walkup
Clarence Greenlee
Bobby Stover
C. H. Withers
West Virginia
Directors of C. of C. Set Tonight Meeting Time
A meeting of Chamber of Commerce directors will be held this evening at 7 30 to consider industrial projects.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Marriage Licenses Issued in Point Pleasant Area
Marriage licenses issued to Isaac Andrew Lewis and Charlotte Young. Morton Jackson and Elaine Yost. Henry Lester Young of West Columbia and Clara Etta Fellure of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Isaac Andrew Lewis
Charlotte Young
Morton Jackson
Elaine Yost
Henry Lester Young
West Columbia
Clara Etta Fellure
Son Born to Stanleys in Point Pleasant
A son named Larry Junior was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs Worthy Stanley of First Street Point Pleasant. The infant weighed seven pounds seven ounces and is the couple’s first child.
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Point Pleasant
Larry Junior
Worthy Stanley
First St
Couple heads to Florida for winter visit
Mr and Mrs Earl H Arnett left Tuesday for St Petersburg Florida to spend two weeks with his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs B B Arnett of Charleston who are spending the winter in Florida.
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Point Pleasant
Earl H. Arnett
St. Petersburg
Fla
B. B. Arnett
Charleston
Florida
Diddle Expected to Resume Practice Tuesday
Henderson veterinarian Dr J W Diddle said he expected to resume practice Tuesday after a ten day illness.
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Point Pleasant
J. W. Diddle
Henderson
Public concern over Route 690 road condition near Canaanville
Maxine Dorr of Athens RD 3 appeals to The Messenger editor asking the state and a local leader to inspect Route 690 between Canaanville and Amesville. She argues a dirt coat was applied for gravel but the road remains rough and requests action before the next election.
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the Messenger
Canaanville
Amesville
Republican
Maxine Dorr
Athens RD
Mamie Gill Remains Hospitalized After Columbus Stay
POINT PLEASANT The Chapman ambulance was sent to Columbus Tuesday after Miss Mamie Gill, a patient at Doctors Hospital there for two weeks. Her condition is reported unchanged.
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Point Pleasant
Chapman
Columbus
Mamie Gill
Doctors Hospital
Woman Taken To Holzer Hospital After Sunday Incident
Mrs. Roy Blessing of 603 Twenty-First Street was taken to Holzer Hospital around 9 30 Sunday by Raynes Ambulance and admitted for observation and treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Roy Blessing
Twenty-First St
Holzer Hospital
Raynes
Marshall Faces Big Challenges as Secretary of State
At 66 General George C. Marshall takes the oath as secretary of state with a heavy to do list. He must shape German and Austrian postwar treaties, seek accord with Britain France and Russia, and address atomic energy disarmament and trade while possibly reorganizing the State Department. He aims to prove a great soldier can be a great secretary.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Truman
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Germany
Austria
Moscow
Britain
France
Russia
Byrnes
Italy
Europe
State Department
Settinius
Radio Highlights Shifts in Top List and Tonight’s Schedule
Hooper program rankings shift as Bob Hope ties Fibber and Molly for first. Jack Benny drops to third. Other movers include Charlie McCarthy and Red Skelton. Tonight features Scotland Yard on MBS and renewed schedules across NBC CBS ABC with a mix of music, comedy and dramas plus special broadcasts all evening.
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New York
Hooper
Bob Hope
Fibber and
Molly
Jack Benny
Charlie McCarthy
Red Skelton
Fred Allen
Screen Guild and
Radio Theater
Walter Winchell
Amos and
Andy
MBS
Scotland Yard
Michael Shayne
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
ABC
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Bruno Walter
NBC
Ruth Etting
Rudy Vallee
Amos and Andy
CBS
Corwin
Skip Farrell
Rex Maupin
New Time
Fulton Lewis, Jr
American Forum
N. Y
America
Gildersleeve
Frank Morgan
Irene Beasley
Jack Carson
Breneman
Jackie Hill
Post Office Losses Run Up to Millions Through Mail Errors
Improperly prepared and addressed mail causes an annual drain of four to five million dollars to the U S Post Office Department and to mail users. The issue highlights the costly impact of misaddressed or mishandled mail on federal operations and the public.
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U. S. Post Office Department
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National Dispatch
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Peter Edson
Point Pleasant News
Mason
VFW
Rotary
C. of C
Stanleys
the Public Forum
Gen. Marshall
By James Marlow
By Galbraith
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