Minersville News Notes and Obituary Highlights
Minersville items report the death of Lon Custer at 84 and details of survivors including children and grandchildren. Other notes mention Thomas of Dayton, church roles, and local funeral services. Community updates cover visitors, weddings, illnesses, and deployments from Pacific and European theaters with several locals returning home or assisting relatives.
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Minersville
Lon Custer
Miners-ville
Elisha
Jesse
Custer
Methodist Church
Ewing
Ell. Miller
Linnie Rummel
Barberton
Gladys Smith
Alberta House
Clay Parsons
Point Pleasant
Norman McCallum
L. Thomas
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
William H
Anna Morgan
Thomas
Gladys
Margaret Rea
Margaret
Esther Dan Jiels
Bailey
Pomeroy
Hugh Daniels
Ben Vittitoe
John Lambert
Laura Hayman
John Strikland
Marty Huber
Henry Kautz
Daston
Kautz
Ernest Maag
Middleport
Mr. Maag
Mary Radford
Katie Baer
Murray City Church Society Names New Officers
Murray City WSCS installed new president Mrs Effie Devol and officers during a candle light service led by Mrs Connie Barnhill. Eighteen members plus seven guests attended with reports, visitors, and a luncheon. Local residents and families mentioned include Misses Betty and Dorothy Wilson, Sgt Donald Lee Johnson, Leonard Sorrell, and several town couples and students.
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Murray City
WSCS
Methodist Church
Betty
Dorothy Wilson
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Dora Spencer
Connie Barnhill
Effie Devol
Blanche Johnson
Dot E. Lewis
Nora Coburn
Vada Quinn
Sally Riggs
Bess Lovett
Merle Martin
Della Hillner
Mary James
Martha Huston
Blanche Brooker
Mahala Johnson
Grace Robson
Blanche Shelton
Mary Potts
Nelsonville
Dale Reynolds
Akron
Andy Robison
Robert
Junior Hartman
Dayton
Wm. Cook
Park Cook
Lilly Spencer
Melrose
Howard Hillyer
Forever Separate: The Catholic Church and State Union Debate
I B Kile argues for a permanent separation of church and state in response to a Vatican Russia dispute. He cites Pope Pius, the German Vatican concordat, and Franco Spain, urging America to reject any alliance with religious powers and to pursue peace over war. Coolville January 21.
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the Messenger
America
Pope Pius
United States
Europe
Holy Roman Empire
Hitler
Germany
Russia
West
Jesus Christ
Japan
Church and State
Spain
Franco
Vatican
I. B. Kile
Dark Valley Road Confrontation Ends With Murder Reveal
Pike investigates Bateman's bungalow after a death odor and a silent room reveal Roger Bland lifeless on the divan with a gunshot wound. Marcia Clay confronts him with a pistol and taunts him about Emma Clay's murder as Fay's fate remains unknown and police intervention looms.
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Pike
Batemans House
Fay
Roger Bland
Saddleback
Bateman
John Clay
Mary Butler
Marea
Bateman’s
Marcia
Emma Clay
Father
Truman Leadership Queried In Bitter Postwar Critique
A harsh editorial rages against President Truman alleging weak leadership and disunity in government and labor, arguing he lacks courage and wisdom for postwar decisions. It criticizes his advisers and warns of a poor path to re election, urging a Clevelandesque purge of bureaucrats. It also questions returning veterans' votes in 1946 and 1948.
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Harry Truman
Congress
Truman
Moses
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Fair Trade Practices Board
Unemployment Services
White House
Washington
Hannigan
Grover Cleveland
Bradley curbs titles at VA to ease veteran contact
General Omar Bradley orders former officers at the Veterans Administration to drop military titles and be addressed as Mr or Miss. The change aims to reduce barriers between civilian staff and veterans, signaling a shift toward civilian handling of veterans’ benefits and improving administration in peacetime.
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Ohio
Athens
John W Guilen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Omar Bradley
Veterans' Affairs
Bradley
Veterans’ Administration
Washington
Colonel Jones
Mr. Jones
Truman State of the Union message outlines postwar policy
The report combines budget and policy aims to show how federal actions will sustain full production and employment as the nation transitions from war to peace. It stresses economic health, tax policy, and government responsibility, calling for collective bargaining with government aid but no compulsion.
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Washington
Truman
State of the Union
Congress
Shorter, Funnier State of the Union Satirized
Peter Edson mocks Truman's State of the Union and reconversion reports with jokes and quips. He jokes about inflation, price controls, social security reforms, and the push for full employment. He jests about succession plans and reconversion economy while weaving in period quotes and political quips.
Waiting for Homecoming After War Ends
CPL. Lester Barber writes from the Philippine Islands lamenting that surplus men must wait for eligibility to return home. He says ships return with empty beds and urges Congress to evacuate the surplus personnel to save taxpayer money.
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the Messenger
Congress
Cpl
Lester Barber
Ordnance
Philippine Islands
Jan
Priode and Evans Visit. Abboy Moves in with Mother
Mr and Mrs Albert Priode of Pomeroy recently visited Mrs Lena Evans. Sterl Abboy has sold his home and now lives with his mother in Middleport. Many residents here are using electricity. Ernest Black remains quite ill.
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Albert Priode
Pomeroy
Lena Evans
Sterl Abboy
Middleport
Ernest Black
Madrid palace praised as world’s finest royal residence
The columnist and companion toured the Palacio Real in Madrid, praising its state rooms, tapestries, and vast porcelain room. They note some damage from the civil war, but the palace remains a regal symbol with a 100 foot banquet hall and the world’s largest collection of tapestries. The piece also touches on Spain’s monarchy question and possible future changes.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Madrid
Colummnist
Spain
Don Juan
Europe
Alfonso
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Fred Bartels
Ernest
Mr. Litton
Walter
Dan Fisher
Charleston
Victor Brown
IGA Grocern
Pomerary
Murray City News
Springfield
Martha Jean Gouke
Williard Brown
Toledo
Rotty Hanson
Marvy Lou
Judith Ann
Ina Bauer
Lois O'Relish
John Sorrell
Betty Sabo
John Bulley
Logan
William Mackie
Gary Hoffman
George Hamer
Phyllis Banik
Danetta Bateman
Annabell Lanning
Esther Phillips
Carolyn Canter
Harry Campbell
Lester Phillips
Charles Rutter
Richard Robson
Jack Wooten
Nina Canter
Gloria O'Nail
Patty Sorrell
Gary Campbell
Kenneth Martin
Harold Neal
Charles Snyder
Marie Canter
Ronnie Six
Charles Sorrell
Evierett Martin
Bobby Dixon
Magdalene Sorrell
Jean Garner
Shirley Brooks
Mary Alice Baneild
Williard Orndorf
Richard Slater
Roger Spencer
Teddy Dixon
Eddie Hamer
Duane Martin
Billy Stone
Donna Graham
Marjorie Lanning
Rio Rita Mohney
Helen Morgan
Coleen Phillips
Mona Spencer
Dean Wright
the Public Forum
Coolville
Lbs. Nea
Marcia Clay
Peter Edson
John Snyder
Sam Rosenman
Ogden Nash
Nash
Nike
Missouri
T. L. Curtler
Moody
Woodrow Wilson
By Galbraith
Sadie
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