Professors Talks and Local Crime Reflect Postwar Issues
Ohio University history professor claims foreign aid to nations is gifts not loans and warns of Soviet influence as he outlines postwar policy shifts. Four Columbus men are arraigned in Mt. Vernon on slot machine robbery charges amid reports of widespread raids across multiple counties.
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Athens Messenger
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O. D. Morrison
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Knox County
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State Highway Patrol
George Bateman
New Army Recruiter Assigned to Athens Station
Delbert P. Carmichael is the new Athens recruiting station recruiter working with T-Sgt. Harold F. Buck. He arrives from Baer Field Ft. Wayne Ind where he was sergeant major and veterans of two and a half years in the China Burma India theater. He resides with his wife and three children on Peach Ridge.
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Delbert P. Carmichael
Athens
Harold F. Buck
Carmichael
Baer Field
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Peach Ridge
Patrolmen Conduct Route 33 Safety Check
State Highway Patrol stopped 48 passenger cars and six commercial vehicles on Route 33 south of Athens for a safety check. Eight warning tickets were issued to address minor mechanical defects before the yellow windshield sticker approval was awarded.
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Route 33
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Mayor Fined For Intoxication Plea
Floyd McDonald aged 49 a Currier Sr was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Franz Woodworth after he pleaded guilty to intoxication charges.
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Floyd McDonald
Currier Sr
Franz Woodworth
Gerald Glass Case Nolle Prosequi Approved
Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland approved a nolle prosequi in the case against Gerald Glass of The Plains for cutting with intent to wound. Prosecutor Gordon Gray sought dismissal after Glass was indicted last August for cutting James Hunter and was released on a $1,000 bond. He had pleaded innocent at arraignment before Judge Rowland and earlier before Mayor Franz Woodworth on Sheriff George Bateman's complaint.
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Nolle
Common Pleas
O. F. Rowland
Gerald Glass
Plains
Gordon Gray
Nolling
Glass
James Hunter
Rowland
Franz Woodworth
George Bateman
Former OU Music Instructor Eugenia Liston Jones Dies
Mrs Eugenia Mae Liston Jones a former Ohio University music instructor died Wednesday night at the home of her niece in Lincoln Nebraska She was wife of the late Dr Will Lloyd Jones a Presbyterian and Athena social figure in Athens She married during World War I before he went to Russia with the AFF They later lived in Seattle and her sister Mrs Harry Swaim died in 1940 Funeral services were held in Lincoln and the remains cremated with ashes to be taken to Seattle
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Ohio University
Eugenia Mae Liston Jones
Harold Mardis
Lincoln
AFF
Seattle
Wash
Harry Swaim
Athens
Neb
Jones
RFC Loan Examiner Post Is Open
The Reconstruction Finance Corp. announces an examination for the loan examiner position in Cleveland Ohio and Louisville Kentucky. Salaries range from 3170 to 5655 dollars per year. For details see the U S Board of Civil Service Examiners at the Athens Post Office.
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Reconstruction Finance Corp
Cleveland
Louisville
U.S. Board of Civil Service Examiners
Athens Post Office
County Pomona Grange Schedules Meeting
The Athens County Pomona Grange will meet at the Athens Grange Hall July 24 at 8 30 p.m. J T Hope master urged nearby granges to bring candidates for the 5th Degree. This final meeting before the State Grange session at McConnelsville July 28. Refreshments to be served by the Pomona Grange.
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Athens County
Pomona Grange
Athens
J. T. Hope
Hope
State Grange
McConnelsville
Pamona
Weather Damp Heat Continues With Warm Thursday
No relief from humid conditions as the thermometer hit 76 degrees at 9 a.m. after a high of 84 and a low of 64 Thursday, according to weather observer Mrs. C. N. France.
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C. N. France
SA Hospital Expands Beds Staff and Facilities
Sheltering Arms Hospital announces increases in capacity from 46 to 52 adult beds and a nine bassinet maternity ward. The staff now totals 35 with 24 nurses on three daily shifts, a renovated nurses’ home, and a lab directed by Dr. Carl A. Frey equipped for full X rays under Dr. B. R. Goldsberry.
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Theron H. Morgan
Carl A. Frey
Ohio University
Howard Eschenbacher
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Morgan
Five Students Named To OU Committee
Acting Dean George Starcher appointed five Ohio University students for the 1947 48 academic year to serve on the University College committee alongside ten faculty members. Appointees are Kathryn Gottshall Alliance Norma Kodes Warrensville Heights Bettina Laborde Shaker Heights Don Schuster Belle Vue and Earle Stiner Middleport.
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Ohio University
University College
George Starcher
Kathryn Gottshall
Alliance
College of Education
Norma Kodes
Warrensville Heights
Bettina Laborde
Shaker Heights
Don Schuster
Bellevue
Earle Stiner
Middleport
College of Commerce
Shelterings Arms Hospital Notes
A list of births and admissions at Shelterings Arms Hospital includes Mr and Mrs Edward Weatherhead of Athens with a son, and several families from Athens and surrounding towns noting daughters and sons. Individuals admitted include Helen Hutchinson Nelsonville for medical care and Mary Mitchell Albany for medical.
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Edward C. Weatherhead
Athens
William Gribble
Helen Hutchinson
Nelsonville
Mary Mitchell
Albany
Robert Hill
the Plains
Helen Davis
Millfield
Katherine Buck
Hazel Heller
Joyce James
Charlene Skipper
Glouster
Glen Byard
Virginia Thomas
Mary McPherson
Cecilia Salisbury
Harold Greathouse
Edward King
Harrisonville
Frank Dussel
Ath
Downey, H W, 74, Athens County resident dies
Herbert W. Downey of Athens Route 5 dies at home after six years of ill health. Survived by Grace his wife two sons Earl and Glen four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Preceded by first wife Ida and a brother. Funeral at Bates Church Saturday 2 p.m. officiated by Rev F A Immlet and B H Pugh. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Calling hours at Jagers funeral home Friday evening and at the family residence Saturday morning.
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Herbert W
Bruce) Downey
Athens County
Athens Route 5
William and
Mary Downey
Marriage Licenses Issued in Trimble and Nearby Towns
Milton Henry Jenkins 26 and Christina Frances King 22 of Trimble. Jack Dwight Coon 24 and Betty Lee Heavener 21 of Athens. Robert Branson Davis 21 and Betty Lou Williams 17 of Nelsonville.
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Milton Henry Jenkins
Christina Frances King
Trimble
Jack Dwight Coon
Betty Lee Heavener
Athens
Robert Branson Davis
Betty Lou Williams
Nelsonville
Transferred Sgt Varney Kelley Moves from Ohio ROTC to Notre Dame
Major Courtney L. Faught announces Tech. Sgt. Varney W. Kelley transfers from Ohio University ROTC to the University of Notre Dame in South Bend Ind. Transfer effective July 17. Kelley came here in 1946 from Perrin Field Texas and served as an instructor in the Air Corps unit with Mrs. Kelley living in Fair grounds Village.
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Tech
Varney W. Kelley
Ohio University
Military Department
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Set. Kelley
Perrin Field
Texas
Kelley
Air Corps
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