Red Flag Flight Through Danube Capitals Explores Occupied Lands
A 10 day jeep journey traces the five Danube capitals Prague Brno Bratislava Budapest and Vienna revealing occupation scenes. Russian troops control traffic wear bright uniforms and deploy Red Flags to signal stops while German markers remain with Bohemian spellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Danube Valley
Prague
Brann
Bratislava
Budapest
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Stalin
Eduard Benes
Jan Masaryk
Austria
Hungary
If We'd All Keep Busy Being Good Piece
Dialog and stage directions reveal a family quarrel triggered by a driving incident. Mrs Pringle frets over Mildred and Corliss pushing boundaries while Mrs Archer and Dexter urge calm as tension rises at the Archer home and Pringle residence. To Be Continued.
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Mildred
Mrs. Pringle
Corliss
Mrs. Archer
Dexter
Raymond
Dorothy
Janet
Archer
Dex Iter
Camp
Springer Spaniel
Cor
Moronica
Franklins
Pringles
Mr. Franklin
Mrs. Franklin
Bedan
Pringle
Coriss
Mrs Pringle
Cor| Wiss
Mrs
Bo0d
Franklin Tg Deinea
Mole Hills
War Worker's Demobilization Sparks Policy Debate
In face of mounting front line war, home front labor shifts threaten Navy shipyard repairs on the West Coast. President Truman calls for unemployment benefits of at least 25 dollars weekly for up to 26 weeks to curb demobilization while Congress debates federal versus state responsibility for unemployed war workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Japan
Europe
Truman
Congress
The Public Faces Wartime Shortages and Scrap Drive Realities
An Athens reader laments scarce meat and rationed goods while pondering Lafayette's costly war visit. Veterans report tightened meals and cuts in military supplies as many 1941 and older cars head for the scrap pile. The piece notes public rumors flourish without official wartime data, and black market activity remains profitable in the final year of the war.
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Athens
General Lafayette
United States
Dad
New War Chapters Loot Plunder Across Germany Revealed
Descriptions show Germany’s collapse with vast caches of bullion securities jewels and art looted by the Nazis. Homes of soldiers reveal items taken across Europe while banks and museums were stripped. Loot valued in the billions, with major treasures stored for safe keeping as defeat neared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Third Reich
Berlin
Europe
France
Poland
Allied plans to round up German General Staff in Berlin
The article describes Allied control council aims to dismantle the German General Staff after WWII. It outlines selection, screening, and rigorous training to become a General Staff officer, with emphasis on field command experience and a red stripe insignia.
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Washington
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Yalta
Germany
Junkers
Star Corps
General Service
General Staff
Institute of Technology
Berlin- Charlottenburg
General Staff Corps
Tor Ite
Need Safety Lights
Safety experts admit the danger of glare from headlights and offer only to urge drivers to slow and keep eyes on the right edge of the road. Night driving remains essential as trucks and cars move through high-cost roads and urban districts, yet no major manufacturer has reduced headlight glare.
Open Covenant Prospects Bright for UN Charter Vote
The piece argues the U S Senate may ratify the United Nations Charter swiftly due to open proceedings in San Francisco and a bipartisan delegation. It credits transparent negotiations and public confidence as paving the way for more open diplomacy, while noting this does not guarantee complete openness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
San Francisco
Senate
Independent grocers plan half a billion postwar upgrades
The May issue of Progressive Grocer reports four of five independent food merchants plan to spend about half a billion dollars in the immediate postwar period. Merchants in every state are optimistic, financially stronger, and able to modernize. The piece argues independents are expanding their share, countering anti chain pressure and supporting consumer choice.
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Department of Justice
Congress
May
United States
Murray City Notes Impressions
Murray City column reports on local social visits and travel between families. Residents like Sgt. Joe Frazee and Mrs. Bessie Frazee hosted and visited relatives in Columbus, Detroit, Logan, Nelsonville, and Athens. The piece captures numerous short notes on neighbors, dinners, and weekend trips.
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Murray City
Joe Frazee
Columbus
Bessie Frazee
Robert Johnson
Halstead
Michigan
Mary Jeanette Roberts
Dian Volmer
Detroit
John Shelton
Rocksprings News Notes From Local Social Roundup
Rocksprings notes recount visits and travels of local families. Mr and Mrs Henry Bailey and Elmer Bailey along with Mr Cinda Arnold visited Will Bailey in Gloucester. Florence Burnelée visits Akron relatives. Eugene Collins and Jean of Newark stay with Elmer Bailey's family. Florence Goett and Victor Goett of Missouri visit. Others attend memorials and visit kin in Athens, Corning, Pomeroy and Columbus. Glass strings by U S Army Air Force crews used for radio antenna in downed aircraft.
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Henry Bailey
Elmer Bailey
Cinda Arnold
Glouster
Mark W. Grueser
Earnest Leith
Maxine Epple
Akron
Leifheit
Will Eichinger
Janice Roush
Athens
E Ene Geneva Joachim
Jean
Howard Bolin
Edward Bolin
Roy Biffle
Darwin
Fred Bailey
Margaret
Youngstown
Arnold Snowden
Corning
Wilbur Batley
Covad
U. S Army Air Force
Jena
Patriotic Motif in Boy's Spankings Written by A L Snedden
A terse note by A L Snedden of Athens Rt 1 describes a father’s harsh discipline as a means to imprint patriotism on a boy. The fragment hints at the influence of the Star Spangled Banner in a harsh upbringing.
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A. L. Snedden
Athens
Rt. No. 1
Corning Social Notes Appealing Homecoming Telegram
Corning residents report First Sgt. John F. Kocks arriving at Camp Shanks N Y and due home soon after six months in England and Germany. Leo Radkoski announces Seventh War Loan Drive success in Monroe Township. Mrs Fuecie and daughter Mae Jones with T Sgt Al Fornene seen in Glouster Grace Ann Rocks visits Columbus relatives incl Jack Tierney and family as he recovers from tonsillectomy at Mt Carmel Hospital.
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Corning
John Kocks
Thei Son
John F. Kocks
Camp Shank
N. Y
Sgt
al Fornene
Glouster
Grace Ann Rocks
John Tierney
Jack
Tommy
Columbus
Grace
Jack ‘Tierney
Mei Hospital
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Mary Dixon
Eleanor Mason
Cleveland
Pauline Mason
Ralph Barber
Harry Shaffer
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Harold Johnson
Pearl Hillyer
Harold Potts
Elaine
McArthur
George Potts
C. A. Slater
Joe Hillyer
Paul Person
Loudenville
Wm.Currens
Myrtle Person
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Bobby
Oscar Loper
Charles Shaffer
Logan
Lillie Spencer
Goldie Hoffman
Kate Anders
Nelsonville
Floyd Keeton
Coolville
Willis
Marie Palmer
Dorina Lu
Matt Thomas
Thomas
Effie Spencer
Eunice
Betty
Charles Sorrell
Barberton
Henry Wilson
Delci¢ Baaks
Mabel Williams
Mabel Baaks
Shawnee
Howard Bush
Ber Hiliver
Edgar Hilyer
Charles van Duren
Bobby Cook
Clarence Cap
Anna Bell Thomas
Leonard Phillips
Clarence Cook
Marilyn Cook
Floyd Stiff
Henry
Seidenfeld
Millard Hayes
Edward Hayes
Dave Campbell
George Archer
George
Violet Huntley
Dave Lanning
Harry Jonas
Clayton Worthington
J. J. Hogan
Howard Craft
Emmett Short
Middleport
A. J. Barnhill
Dan Simmers
Springfield
Joan Marinko
Betty Lou Johnson
Carbon Hill
Lester Sorrell
J. W. Martin
Charles Martin
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Murial
Exerman
Lancaster
Martha Jean Gottke
Mary Louise Donson
Nancy Donsor
Jerry Snyder
Charles
Gary Barnes
Edd Jonas
Mias Effie Jonas
Frank Spencer
Dwight Spencer
Josephine Swyers
Magnetic Springs
Josie Stobbs
New Straiteville
Effie Jonas
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Blanche Brooker
Harold. Johnson
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