Logan and Hocking County Firms Map Postwar Plans
Logan and Hocking County businessmen map postwar expansion focused on a 50 acre Clear Fork Valley Lake project and new coal processing industries. Local plants forecast higher output, increased employment, and wartime labor shifts as defense demand stabilizes.
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Logan and
Hocking County
Securiy Ale
Ft the
Clear Fork Valley Lake
Logan
Ball School
Midway Fill
Ohio
Hocking Parks
Walter E. Brehm
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Brehm
Roosevelt
Logan and Hocking County
H. C. Godman Shoe Co
Marvin Kuhn
Kuhn
United Shoeworkers of America Local 153
CSO
United States
Athens County must solve its own problems first
A local columnist argues Athens County should address its own economic and community issues before judging national or world affairs. He urges frequent local meetings, greater citizen participation, and a shift from Washington blame to local action, especially as taxes loom on March 15 and bonds for national defense are urged.
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George
Athens County
United States
Washington
Russia
Frankin D. Roosevelt
Polly
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Weather Sways Aged Lawyers On Raw Knoxville Day
In Knoxville Tennessee on a raw day attorney John W. Green nearing 85 visited a downtown law office while James A. Fowler about 81 moved through. Across the street 88 year old Hu Barton Lindsay stood in the rain noting his peers’ endurance.
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Knoxville. Tenn
John W. Green
James A. Fowler
Hu Barton Lindsay
Tobacco supervisor scribbles notes on sale tickets
Knoxville report notes Ed Johnston Jr of Rocky Mount North Carolina keeps home papers by marking burley sale tickets. His father reads the notes as each bundle of tobacco arrives at the Rocky Mount home office.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ed Johnston, Jr
Rocky Mount
N. C
100 Octane Gasoline and War Effort Highlighted
Washington report notes 100 octane fuel as a key factor in Allied air power. Geoffrey Lloyd cites Britain’s need for 100 octane. Allies use iso-octane and tetraethyl lead to push octane higher, with production expanding rapidly after Pearl Harbor.
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Herman R. Allen
Washington
Geoffrey Lloyd
Great Britain
Battle of
Britain
Germany
Graham Edgar
Detroit
Army
Pearl Harbor
Dr. Edgar
Edgar
Scientista
Army Dog and Master to Receive Honorable Discharges
Pvt. Rudolph Kropaczek of Rahway New Jersey and his fox terrier mascot, once aboard Canton Island, earned honorable discharges from Bushnell General Hospital near Brigham Utah. The dog rode in a barracks bag and learned to dive into fox holes during Jap bombing runs. They survived a sea crash after a bomber loss and were rescued by a destroyer.
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Brigham
Utah
Oahu
Bushnell General Hospital
Pvt
Rudolph
Slim” Kropaczek
Rahway
N. J
Kropaczek
Canton Island
Little Terrier
Australia
Slim
Moonshine Ration Sparks Sugar for Bees in Tennessee
In Chattanooga an ill wind affects rationing as a farmer seeks sugar to feed bees after moonshine mash from local stills dries up. The farmer secures sugar despite the prior source being unavailable.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
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Paul Linsford
Messenger
Planun
Vistor
United Furniture Workers Local Aid
J. Meyer
Hocking Valley Brick Co
Logan Pottery Co
Ross Adcock
Adcock
James McNamee
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pomeroy
Logan Retail Merchants Association
Rome
Logan Pliant
Sun Glow Industries, Inc
Illinois
Pennsylenis
New York
Henry
Harmony Beng
Dowler
Mene
Rice Department
Burley
Office of Price Administration
DOLLA
of Labor Index
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Cline Bidg
U. S
Athens, Ohio
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Quick's
W. Union St
Post Office
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