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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1950

Page

4

United Nations under scrutiny in postwar role

The piece weighs UN performance amid disillusionment and praise. It argues the United Nations must endure and mobilize Asiatic security, noting Russia’s vetoes and Korean crisis outcomes. It stresses American pledge to support UN actions in Korea and warns against losing prestige.

United Nations League of Nations Raymond Moley United States Walter Lippmann Philippines Pacific Russia South Korea Korea Asia Herbert Hoover Soviet Union

No Government as Usual in Truman Address Says Plain Dealer

The Cleveland Plain Dealer critiques President Truman for keeping non essential programs and Marshall Plan spending during the Korean crisis. It argues taxing and wartime controls require curbs on government planners and calls to end projects like Point 4 and farming education films. It concludes the era is no time for government as usual.

Truman Congress The Cleveland Plain Dealer Office of Information Department of Agriculture Greece Turkey

Why savers face rising costs and shrinking buying power

The piece explains that savers lose purchasing power as the dollar buys fewer eggs than a decade ago. It argues inflation stems from farm subsidy policies, postwar wage policy, and government spending exceeding income, increasing the national debt.

America

Government tightens homebuyer aid to curb prices

President Truman orders three agencies to slow home loan generosity to conserve materials for munitions. The Housing and Home Finance Agency will tighten loan insurance and city programs. VA will reduce guarantees and limit direct loans. Fannie Mae will curb mortgage purchases and reduce held but unsold S1 mortgages.

James Marlow Washington Truman Congress Housing and Home Finance Agency Veterans Administration Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae HHFA FNMA

Murder Frame Leads to Confession Hint

State Criminologist Curtis Durbin visits the McGregor case as Ben Keever and Sheriff Nelson observe. Ben declares he will reveal the killer of W G McGregor while Shelton faces career peril and Sylvia McGregor seeks truth as Keever wavers over pursuing names.

Daily Grand Sylvia McGregor Lew Jeris McGregor Shelton Sylvia Curtis T. Durbin Keever W. G. McGregor Ed Nelson Nelson Paul Waring Bill Atkins Ben Jake Good Kay Kennedy Waring Opu Colonel Winton Sammy Berend Wendy Hillyer Gregor Mr. Keever Sheriff Nelson

Tokyo Sentiment Cools as Korea War Moves At Pace

HAL BOYLE notes the warfront mood in Tokyo shifts from panic to cautious optimism after the Pusan perimeter hold. evacuees face hardship with lost belongings and passport woes while officials grapple with returning funds and resettling displaced families.

Pusan United Nations 38Th Parallel Supreme Headquarters Korea Myold Japan State Department John Baldridge ECA Iowa United States Seoul

Hamden Notes on Visiting Friends from Across States

A long list of visitors stops in Hamden including Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Larsen from Seattle and Mrs. Cora Winters as well as Mr. and Mrs. Rex Murdock and Evan in Columbus. Other guests include families from Dundee Michigan Lancaster Logan Saginaw Harlan and Kentucky with numerous extended relatives visiting local households.

Norman Green Roy Zervis George Geiger Lancaster Charles Salts Clarence Salts Logan Hamden Donald L. Hendershott Ann Henry Perry Walter Halliday Dexter

West Columbia notices and obituaries

West Columbia rites were held at the EUB Church for James Saxon son of Mr and Mrs Nolan Saxon who drowned in the Kanawha River. Mr and Mrs Jess Synes visited local families and several residents were noted in small community exchanges. Charles O Neville of Mason and former West Columbia residents announced the birth of a daughter their second child. Bruce Yound and Ralph Booth were mentioned in local visits and moves with Helen EF Roush also listed.

West Columbia Eub James Saxon Nolan Saxon Kanawha Jess Synes James Lee Ray Brumby Brumby William Young Charles O. Neville Mason Bruce Yound Clarksburg W. Va Ralph Booth Logan Helen EF. Roush

Television Schedules for WLWC and WTVN Stations

Listing of daily programs with start times across WLWC channel 311 and WTVN channel 6. Includes news, theater, sports, children's shows, educational segments, and late night features with occasional misprints and sequence errors in the scanned text.

WLWC Pictorial News

Quiz Hall Answers and Score Guide

A historical quiz lists ten multiple choice questions across men women and teens with points per correct answer. It includes tough questions on actors acre size water in milk biblical punishment biographical figures state flowers and baseball greats with an encoded answer key at the end.

Langsville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Funeral

Imogene Barr and Dolores Pierce joined Rev. Edward Dickinson for a Summer Youth Conference. Mrs. Isaac Taylor and Mrs. Carol Pierce attended the funeral of Frank Braley in Fostoria Ohio. Bernice Ledlie of Denver visits her Langsville parents. Various residents hosted and visited families in Meigs County and neighboring towns during a busy weekend.

Langsville Imogene Barr Dolores Pierce Edward Dickinson Isaac Taylor Carol Pierce C. C. Bolen Joe Chester Erwin Middleport Anna Entsminger Margaret Combs Cora Morris Marvin Morris Gallipolis Charles Bayless Dunbar W. Va J. W. Brightwell Charleston W. E. Crouser Chancy Jones Moundsville Clyde McKnight

Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs J L Vanbibber

Friends and relatives gathered to celebrate the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs J L Vanbibber. All children attended with their families for the evening dinner. Mrs Margaret Chiverlier and grandson Charles Paul of Athens joined later.

Laurel Run J. L. Vanbibber Vanbibber Margaret Chiverlier Charles Paul Athens Stanley Price Margaret Kapler Smith Chapel Rd Everett Dicken Lawrence Wolfe Blanche Moorehead Logan Harvey Wend Near the Diamond Vance Wolfe Jerry Fosnaugh Columbus Stanley, Price

Radio Schedule for July 24 25 Daily Programs

Daily and Monday July 24 25 radio lineup with ABC CBS NBC and mutual network blocks. Includes news at 6 and 7 pm music dramas comedies sports and kiddies hours across regions with time codes and show titles.

Woulfm &S Negacycles Abc Cbs Network Abc-Weat Mbs-West Cbs Abe Cebs One Man's Family Abe Garry Moore Mbs Nbe Ordon MacRae Klywood Playhouse Cebs Land Albert Abe Tobby Benson Barrow Nbc-Tvv Brodway Dbs Henry Taylor Joe Hasel Voorhees Tex Beneke Abea Paul Lavalle Abe Granby

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