Truman popularity dips as tax veto power shifts party strength
Gallup polling shows Truman's personal approval falling from 60 to 54 while Democratic party strength sits at 55 percent, with vetoes on tax reductions blamed for hurting votes across multiple groups. Analysts warn further declines if the Senate does not override the veto and defer tax cuts to 1948.
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Washington
Gallup
Truman
Mr. Truman
Democratic Party
Senate
Millikin
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue
Congress
Coronary thrombosis and recovery guidance from Dr. O Brien
Dr. William A. O Brien explains heart healing after a coronary attack and the need for rest and mental reassurance. He notes extra blood flow around clots, lifestyle limits, and a typical three to six week convalescence with gradual return to normal activity. He warns against tobacco and overexertion and highlights hope for long, useful lives when patients follow medical advice. He also fields a reader question on hair loss, assuring most cases regrow and stating treatment changes nothing if it does not.
England's Postwar Economy Faces Austerity Under Labor Rule
The piece argues that England’s economy remains faltering amid wartime drains and continued austerity. It notes shrinking pound value, inflation, rationing, reduced quality goods, and reliance on American loans, with criticism of Labor policies and fears over civil liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Soviet Union
United States
Great
London Times
Retailers Seek Price Relief Through Cost Reduction
Retail leaders report focus on halting price rises and cutting costs. They aim to improve product quality as a form of price control while collaborating with manufacturers to pass savings to buyers. The drive centers on reducing costs in every direction to aid the consumer.
Coordinator of Information takes the Capitol stage in wartime
In Washington, Congress creates a Coordinator of Information position led by J Frederick Richardson. He has $65 000 to start and a small staff, with about 3600 organizations submitting data and 800 offices in D C. Fifty of these are deemed important, and the plan is to funnel material to his new office for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
South America
Archie MacLeish
Capitol Hill
Wilson Wyatt
Congress
J. Frederick Richardson
Richardson
Capitol
House
Retailers Help Keep Prices From Climbing Too High
The speaker notes rising costs for many items with few falling. He credits retailers for preventing much higher prices, calling it a positive achievement for the public pocketbook.
Ex Principal Becomes VA Training Specialist
Fred Burchfield of Warner Ave Logan has joined the Veterans Administration as a training specialist in the education and training department with headquarters in the Marietta division. He previously spent 15 months with Quarrie Corporation as representative for southeastern Ohio and earlier served 16 years as Logan High School principal. He plans to remain in Logan, is married with one son Tim, and holds a bachelor from Oberlin and a master's in school administration from Ohio State. He was an officer in the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League for several years.
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Logan
Fred Burchfield
Warner Ave
Veterans Administration
Burchfield
Suspect Fined And Sentenced In Local Case
Logan Willis Arter of Willoughby Ohio was fined fifty dollars and costs and sentenced to ten days in the county jail after pleading guilty to entering an inhabited building. The judge suspended a portion of the fine and the entire jail term for good behavior. Arter was released after paying the fine and costs.
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Logan
Willis Arter
Willoughby
Ohio
Floyd Duffy
Arter
S. B. Whikehart
Duffy
Whikehart
Ice cream social and visits feature Bidwell notes
The Young Adult Class and the WSCS held an ice cream social at the Payne home Tuesday. Local residents Mary Lou Knotts and several families are mentioned visiting relatives in Gallipolis Williamsport Columbus and Clifton.
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Bidwell
WSCS
Methodist Church
F. M. Payne
Mary Lou Knotts
Gallipolis
Charles Knotts
T. K. Bell
Williamsport
Ohio
C. B. Robinson
Emmett Welker
Paul Soles
Columbus
Lester Soles
Richard Act Charged Against Hocking Man
Logan Alva E. Seifert 39 Marion Township bound over to Hocking County grand jury after pleading innocent to opening a gate charge. Sheriff Floyd Duffy said he was arraigned before Magistrate S B Whitehart who set bond at 500 dollars and released him after posting. The arrest followed a Monday complaint by Thomas Kessler of Marion Township.
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Logan
Alva E. Seifert
Marion Township
Hocking County
Floyd Duffy
Duffy
Seifert
S. B. Whitehart
Thomas Kessler
Logan Brief Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Donald Gordon and daughter Kathleen return from visiting Mrs Gordon s brother and sister in law John G Frazier in Brentwood Maryland They visited Mount Vernon and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Smithsonian Institute They traveled home via Skyline Drive They also visited their daughter and son in law E L Gothard in Gallipolis
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Donald Gordon
Kathleen
Zion EUB Ladies Aid Met for July Meeting
The Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church hosted the Zion EUB Ladies Aid for its July gathering. Miss Thelma Mowrey led with business, program topics included God in Natural Life, and youth conference reports from Newark were shared by Misses Harden and Lash. Plans for August family picnic at Rachelmacher Park were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Eub Ladies Aid
Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church
Thelma Mowrey
Clyde Guthrie
E W. Seymour
Leo Armstrong
Will Hansel
E. W. Seymour
Herbert Lash
Newark
Bonnie Harden
Louise Lash
Rachelmacher Park
Frank Linton
Harold Rheinscheid
Lloyd Nutter
Carl Harden
Hospital Notes Logans Births At Hocking Valley Hospital
Logan area births include a Schrader son six pounds ten ounces Bowen Nelsonville a son six pounds nine ounces Gulley Nelsonville a daughter six pounds eight ounces Sigler Logan a son eight pounds fourteen ounces Shuttleworth Somerset a daughter eight pounds two ounces Mount Nelsonville a son eight pounds Donald Black Laurelville Donald Bowerick Logan Frances Riling Murray City George Hougland Radcliff Route 1 William S West Nelsonville Clement Pruden Nelsonville DISMISSED Frank St Clair Logan William Hutt Rockbridge Route Herbert Leyshon Philadelphia Pa.
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Howard Schrader
Logan Route 2
William Bowen
Nelsonville
Richard Gulley
Douglas Sigler
Logan
Samuel Shuttleworth
Somerset
Howard Mount
Donald Black
Laurelville
Donald Bowerick
Frances Riling
Murray City
George Hougland
Radcliff
William S. West
Clement Pruden
Frank St. Clair
William Hutt
Rockbridge
Merle Stump Taken to Pen
Merle Stump, 41, of Logan, was taken to the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus to begin an indeterminate sentence for probation violation. Stump, placed on five year probation in November 1946 after pleading guilty to a forgery charge, was arrested last week for passing three additional bad checks and admitted the acts at arraignment before Judge Harley Meyer.
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Logan
Merle Stump
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Floyd Duffy
Stump
Duffy
Harley Meyer
Common Pleas Court
Assault Charge Filed in Court
Charles Dexter Logan, 26, of Coonville pleaded guilty to assault and battery before Magistrate S B Whitehart after arrest on a complaint by Charles Jarvis. Dexter was fined 25 dollars and costs with a suspended 90 day jail sentence in Hocking County jail. Sheriff Floyd Duffy said the arrest followed an altercation in Coonville.
Local gossip notes from Harrisonville and surrounding towns
Sunday dinner guests and visits fill pages with names and places across Harrisonville and nearby communities. Families such as Carl, Atkins, Diehl, and Waggoner are listed alongside trips to Athens and Parkersburg and references to Ohio Fuel Gas Co meetings.
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Harrisonville
B. E. Carl
Carl Phillips
Lillian Jewell
Ruby Diehl
Dan Carl
W. A. Dye
Ava Gilkey
Hiel French
Morgan French
Norma Wilson
Maxine Markin
Alma Atkins
Stella Atkins
Eliza Welsh
Ruth Alkire
Pearl
Edith Campbell
Gene Young
Jack Sorden
Joan Fierlaw
Pomeroy
Chicago
Peoria
Ill
Henry Waggoner
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Stewart
Dwight Seiple
Dayton
Mae Ball
William Musser
Hubert Musser
Roseville
Ohio
John Musser
Hysell Run
Fred Brown
Gallipolis
Arthur Musser
Bill Musser
Clair Waggoner
Parkersburg
Marietta
Earl Lee
Lethia Jewell
Burlingham
Athens
R. S. Blackwood
Emma Warner
Fred Thomas
Amanda
Frank Halliday
Everett Tracy
Virgil Atkins
Sharon
E. V
Eugene Atkins
Howard Clark
Columbus
Joe Clark
William Kramer
Cleveland
R. A. Diehl
Logan Doctors Report Injuries
Mrs. Paul Bickle of Enterprise suffered severe lacerations to her left hand after catching it in a washer wringer while doing laundry. Warren Cannon Jr of Logan Route 2 was treated for right foot injuries from an incident at his parents home. Mrs. George Clark of Logan received multiple leg lacerations from flying glass after a soft drink bottle burst at the Logan Bottling Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Paul Bickle
Enterprise
Warren Cannon, Jr
Warren Cannon
George Clark
Logan Bottling Co
Schrader Family announces birth of son Howard Francis
Mr and Mrs Howard Schrader announce the birth of a son, Howard Francis, at Hocking Valley Hospital on July 12. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Roy Schrader and Mr and Mrs Ira Stephenson of Logan. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Henry Schrader of Columbus.
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Logan
Howard Schrader
Howard Francis
Hocking Valley Hospital
Roy Schrader
Ira Stephenson
Henry Schrader
Columbus
First Child Is Born Christie Alice Smith
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Smith of 456 Vine Street announce the birth of their first child, Christie Alice, born Monday at Doctors Hospital in Columbus. Grandparents are Mrs. Alice Smith and Mrs. Delbert Conkle.
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Logan
J. Robert Smith
Vine St
Christie Alice
Doctors Hospital
Columbus
Alice Smith
Bowen Sr
Delbert Conkle
Zanesville Ave
Logan A Marriage License Issued in Hocking County
A marriage license was issued yesterday in Hocking County Probate Court by Judge E L Ewing to Clarence Banfield 23 of Orbiston, miner, and Veda Lacey 17 of Union Furnace at home.
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Logan
Hocking County
E. L. Ewing
Clarence Banfield
Orbiston
Miner
Veda Lacey
Union Furnace
Mrs Floyd Disbennett Taken to St Francis Hospital
Mrs Floyd Disbennett was removed from her home on E Main Street by Woodard ambulance to St Francis Hospital in Columbus where she was admitted Sunday.
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Logan
Floyd Disbennett
E. Main St
Woodard Ambulance
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Vinton Township School Board Names New Teachers
The Vinton Township school board appointed Oreton L M Cooper Sr Eva Rush Gladys Barnes Parnie Barnes Middlefork E T Burns Hickory Withe J J Hawkins Cote trill George Knox Mound Hill Edith McLaughlin Eakin and Wales Mills to teach upper and lower grades. Supt H J Dye of Hamden was hired to teach the Vinton Township High School. Two unimproved road stretches between Logan and the Fairfield County line are set for sale for improvement around July 21 per County Commissioner A J Ulrich. Wiley Rhoades of Logan left the Logan Garage to start his own business at the Fickle Garage.
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Vinton Township
Oreton
L. M. Cooper
Eva Rush
Radcliff
Gladys Barnes
Parnie Barnes
Middlefork
E. T. Burns
Hickory Withe
J. J. Hawkins
Cote Trill
George Knox
Mound Hill
Edith McLaughlin
Eakin
Wales Mills
H. J. Dye
Hamden
Hocking County
A. J. Ulrich
Logan
Fairfield County
Ohio University would gain funds if budget approved
Ohio University faced a 200 757 increase in its biennial appropriation versus 1935 36 if Governor Davey signs the 94 554 000 compromise budget bill approved by both houses. EB Edwards was elected eminent commander of Rose Commandery No 43 Knights Templar at Gallipolis. Also elected were L L Stone generalissimo C T Robinson captain general D Blazer Weatherholt senior warden and A P Kerr prelate. In Middleport the Charity Council Daughters of America installed Estella Roush as counsellor and James Stevens as vice counsellor. A M Bennett, former Glouster resident, bought the Clover Farm Store at Amesville.
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Ohio University
Davey
EB. W. Edwards
The
Rose
Knights Templars of
Gallipolis
L. L. Stone
C. T. Robinson
D. Blazer Weatherholt
A. P. Kerr
Middleport
Charity Council, Daughters of America
Estella Roush
James Stevens
Old Friends Write Editor From Marion Family
The Goodspeeds of Marion Ohio send greetings to Athens friends. They report good health and describe daily life including mowing lawns. They announce a Ringling Brothers circus in Marion on July 18, the fourth circus in the area that summer.
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the Messenger
Athens
Marion
Ringling Brothers
Goodspeed
Radio Broadcast Schedule for New York Listings
Wednesday night and Thursday broadcasts across NBC CBS ABC and MBS include Dramas such as The Whistler and Doorway To Life, musical programs featuring Paul Whiteman and Frances Langford, variety shows with Eddie Albert and Phil Silvers, and sports with Joe Hasel. Other programs include Crime Book drama and Shady Valley Folks.
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New York
NBC
Gramps
Summerfield Band
CBS
ABC
Paul Whiteman
Eddie Albert
Phil Silvers
Joe Hasel
MBS
Johnny Madero
Fred Waring
Frances Langford
Arthur Godfrey
Robert Q. Lewis
Tom Breneman
Lum
Abner
Martin Block
Also Mentioned on This Page
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
William A. O'Brien
Peter Edson
Logan News
George Rhoades
Samuel Jobe
Jobe
Holzer Hospital
Bradford Robinson
Charles
Lewis Fillinger
Monaca
Helen Yarhouse
R. H. Myers
C. P. Frederick
Gerald Hull
Clifton
Tra Fitch
Hobart Fitch
Marguerite Hineman
Crown City
Amos Adams
Springfield
William Frailey
Richard
Hocking
Herbert Leyshon
Philadelphia
Merle
By Galbraith
Wiley Rhoades
A. M. Bennett
Glouster
Clover Farm
H. O. Sedwick
Amesville
the Public Forum
Marion, O
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