Call to Citizens to Support War Effort and Remain Vigilant
The piece urges sober national resolve as Americans fight with allies in distant theatres. It warns of home-front risks from sympathizers and spies, notes ongoing air operations against Japan, and predicts further battles across the Axis powers with potential casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
Aleutians
Midway
Coral Sea
Near East
Far East
Jhe
Australia
Seven Seas
Result of Poor Soil Explains Draft Rejection Rates
Malnutrition from soil exhaustion is linked to increased army draft rejections in southeastern Ohio. Depleted acres washed away soil, preventing restoration by farmers. Food from exhausted soil lacks nutrients, weakening public health and raising tax burdens to support the physically unfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Atrocities and war mentality seen in World War II reports
The piece reflects on atrocity narratives from World War I to World War II, noting Nazi and Japanese abuses and their impact on public resolve. It cites Jewish death tolls, mentions Polish victims, and contrasts Axis brutality with Allied aims, then closes with a series of 18th- and 19th-century quotations on pleasure and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
China
Tokyo
Raymond Clapper's Frontline View of U S Troop Embarkations
A detailed tour of the U S Army port of embarkation shows how thousands of troops and vast supplies are staged for overseas movement. Officers supervise trains and ships while Red Cross volunteers aid feeding, and secrecy is strictly maintained during the long, coordinated process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Red Cross
Services of Supply
Athens Notes Highlight June Fire Record And Local Events
Fire Chief Edward Laughlin notes Athens had no fires in June matching last year. The piece lists marriages, church trustee appointments, social events at The Beeches, and campus speakers. Also mentions a 20 year ago travel story and society notes with local residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Edward Laughlin
Sugar stockpile plan runs into wartime storage problems
Peter Edson analyzes proposed wartime sugar stockpiles and the challenges of storing refined sugar. He notes risks from humidity, caking, and higher rehandling costs, and details proposals for government subsidies and private storage, while observers warn against heavy public sequestering of private sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsi-Cola
Pop
Broadwell Society Meets at Mrs Parsons Home
The Broadwell Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs. Frank Parsons home with seven members present. Local families shared visits and Sunday gatherings across Chesterhill Amesville Columbus Guysville and Layman as relatives stopped by for dinners and short visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Parsons
Chesterhill
John Smith
Lathrop
Lilly Smith
John Young
Roger
Perley Keirns
Amesville
Joe Young
Ross Hoon
Vint White
Amos White
Clarence White
Columbus
Margaret Hayes
Guysville
Leslie White
Annapolis
Betty and
Lewis
Henderson Social Notes Highlights Visitors and Weekending News
Henderson social notes list Mr and Mrs George Nutter and daughter Jackie in Huntington Saturday. Spauns Show drew a large crowd for a week’s run. Mrs Dora Austin hosted her son Harry’s family from Huntington. Various locals visited Gallipolis, Simon West Virginia, Portsmouth and Swan Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
Poling
Franklin Shoe Store
Glenn Sayre
Point Pleasant
Harold Supples
Trix Caudill
Betty Sue
Lawrence Austin
Caudill
A. E. Waugh
Swan Creek
Jeanette Waugh
T. C. Caudill
Frenda Casey
Kenneth Young
J. B. Casey
Madison Snodgrass
Cedar Grove
Point Rock social notes and local gatherings
Columbia Grange guests attended a quarterly birthday supper at Laurel Grange. Locals and guests visited nearby towns, attended Gleaners events, and joined Legion and Sunday School activities. Several residents hosted relatives and friends, with birthdays noted for Wanda Foster and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Rock
Laurel Grange
Denver Whittington
Leo Dudgeon
Gerald Starkey
Charles McClain
Columbia Grange
Harley Pickett, Jr
Doris Radekin
Carolyn Holcomb
Clyde Morris
Donald Cone
Joe Rife
Athens
Bernice Funk
Logan
Dorothy Weyand
Columbia Chapel Sunday
Canaanville
D. W. Morris
American Legion
Vinton County
Gomer Bowen
Eighth District Legion
Wellston
W. D. Bable
Lester Spires
Rocky Hill
Elsie Morton
Columbus
Lawrence Morton
Neva Ogdin
Bud Morris
Harrisonville
Afred Foster
Zella Rupert
Joe Turner
Edmund Foster
Wanda Foster
C. B. Wells
Bert Bolen
Albany
Alta Cone
Donald
Betty
Donnie Nelson
Star Grange
Arlin Verigan
R. S. Vale
Pomeroy
W. R. Holcomb
D. V. Morris
Point Pleasant
T. E. McLaughlin
Middleport
R. D
Howard Knapp
Judith Kingsly Seeks Tom Burke Across the West Coast
Judith Kingsly, an eastern office employee and holder of bomber plans, travels to California after Tom Burke vanishes. She poses as a maid to reach the west coast factory manager, learns Burke’s fate, and vows to trail the spy ring with FBI aid while evading kidnappers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Kingly
Tom Burke
West Coast
Tom
Judith
San Diego
Mr. Mathews
Judit Kingsly
FBI
Watson
California
Mathews
Burke
Miss Ily
Lenae Factory
Goodby
Murray City Social Notes Farewell party honors Kinneer kin
Social items note high awards for Eula Slater and Lifie Jonas at a farewell bridge party for Mrs. Kath on Kinneer who is moving to Dayton. Various locals visit relatives in Detroit Logan and Dayton. surgery and travel updates included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Eula Slater
Lifie Jonas
Mven
Gece Donoghue
Ruth Brooks
Grace Thomas
Kathon Kinneer
Dayta
Kinneer
Ruth Davis
Nellie Tamer
Esther Donson
Tunice Sanborn
Bid Volker
Homer Trimmer
Lemlock
Magdalene Byron
Patsy
Nancy
Ed Pertier
Bert Lairson
Detroit
Roy Martin
Calvin McDaniel
Ed Donson
James Hamer
Shawnee
Vivian Peacock
Logan
Frank Shaner
Denton
Noah Acker
Howard Frazee
Pittsburgh
Ruth Penn
Ralph Hamer
Scottsdale
Arizona
Lawrence Lewis
Lake Field
Lewis
Miss Penn
Reuben Sweeney
Glouster
Charles Vancurren
Columbus
Vancurren
Clarence Cook
Grace Donoghue
Funice Sanborn
Jimmy Vollmer Mer
Mr. Vollmer
Effie Jonas
Deanville
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Richard Fuller
Samuel Johnson
Thomas Arnold
Bruyerg
Raymond Clapper
Martha Lauretta Fielder
Chauncey
J. W. Hickman
Nelsonville
Gilbert B. Courtney
Church of Christ
Athens Methodist Church
W. N. Alderman
W. B. Lawrence
W. A. Carpenter
T. R. Biddle
C. W. Super
L. G. Worstell
F. J. Beasley
Charles Bethel
M. M. Kerr
Gordon K. Bush
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Harvey B. Ackerman
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. T. Houf
University
First Methodist Church
C. M. Coulter
M. E. Twiss
Mary Joe
Michigan
Goshen
Ind
Rocksavage
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
Marguerite Alice Guthrie
Carolyn Fuller
Phyllis Logan
Natalie Slaughter
Alice Wolfe
Parker Walker
Marie
Frank Grim
Julia Ann Guteman
Ruth Allen
Mary Helen Lee
Mary Ellen DeMolet
Susan Lash
Betty Hoyt McCoy
Ruth Phillips
Helen Hayes
Winifred Black
Oscar Fulton
Coal Grove
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Broadwell Society
Henderson Social Notes
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By Galbraith
Blanche Roberts
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