Contributions in Athens County USO Drive Near 3000
The Athens Messenger reports Athens County USO contributions total almost 3000 toward an 8400 goal. Frank Harvey notes house to house solicitation continues with donations sent to Ralph G. Palmer at Bank of Athens. The drive seeks to fund 32 million for the year and 940 club houses and bases abroad.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Athens County
USO
Frank Harvey
Ralph G. Palmer
Bank of Athens
United States
Herbal remedy claims to cure biliousness and indigestion
A home recipe promotes ZODEX Concentrate mixed with water to relieve biliousness sour stomach and digestion issues. The ad asserts quick relief with no harm and suggests buying ZODEX from druggists, praising its effectiveness.
Graduate Lewis Completes AAF Radio University Training
Private Lewis age 23 son of Mr and Mrs Frank J Lewis of Con verse Street Chauncey has graduated from the radio university of the Army Air Forces at Scott Field Illinois and has been transferred to Langley Field Virginia He entered service last February.
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Lewis
Frank J. Lewis
Converse St
Chauncey
The
Radio University of the Army Air Forces
Scott Field
Til
Langley Field
Army
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
George Byers
Elliott St
Camp Wolters
Tex
Roy K. Taylor
Dresden
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Pvt
Glennis L. Hawk
Albert Hawk
Shade
Air Corps
Keesler Field
Miss
Curtis-Wright Technical School
Glendale
Calif
Audrey Bumgardner
the Plains
Floyd Bumgardner
Great Britain
Bumgardner
Gerald
West Indies
Henry R. Bailey
Harvey Bailey
Reedsville
Burton L. Potter
Marion Potter
Guysville
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Armed Air Forces Technical Training Command
Drunk Drivers Assessed $100 in Athens
Two Athens County men were fined 100 dollars and costs each by Mayor Franz L Woodworth after state patrol arrests for intoxication. Edmund Hull Morse 45 Albank pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after Route 50 near Fisher Station arrest. William Hunter 48 Athens Route 3 pleaded guilty to actual physical control while drunk after Route 33 north of Athens. arrest occurred while still at his destination.
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Athens County
Franz L. Woodworth
Edmund Hull Morse
Albank
Woodworth
Fisher Station
William Hunter
Athens
Hunter
Two Injured as Auto Hits Rear of Truck
State patrol says a passenger car rear ended a light pickup on The Plains Road Beaumont as the truck turned into a driveway. Driver Chauncey Cline 37 and passenger Alfred Deal 38 suffered bruises. Other driver Orland Ashbaugh 47 Logan was uninjured.
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Plains Road
Beaumont
John Cline
Chauncey
Alfred Deal
the Plains
Orland Ashbaugh
Logan
Barker Returns to Akron After Weekend Visit
Harold A. Barker returned to Akron after spending the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Barker at 19 Raymond Drive. He is employed by the Goodyear Aircraft Co. in Akron.
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Harold A. Barker
Akron
Ralph Barker
Raymond Drive
Goodyear Aircraft Co
Navy opens Columbus branch for officer procurement
A new Office of Naval Officer Procurement to serve Michigan and Ohio opens a Columbus branch this week. Lieut D G Shea says officers will interview applicants at the Old Post Office Building Wednesday and Thursday. The unit seeks doctors engineers dentists architects and midshipmen trainees for V-7.
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Naval Officer Procurement
Michigan and
Ohio
Book Tower
Detroit
Columbus
Toda
D. G. Shea
Shea
Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Third
State Sts
U. S. Naval Reserve
Serial Number Request For Federal Use Stamp Advised
Chief of Police J B Grogan advised Saturday to record the serial number of the federal use stamp on your automobile. He noted several stamp thefts have been reported and said you can replace a stolen stamp at no cost if you have the serial number.
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J. B. Grogan
Grogan
Five Athens County couples wed in probate court
Marriage licenses were issued last week to five couples: Lawrence Farrell Bartlett and Flo Gay Riddle. Virgil Homer Walraven and Esther Gertrude Callentine. Loyal Damond Morris and Arnetta Lavana Bland. Charles Curtis Stimel and Virginia Dave Stanley. Albert Roland Eastman and Doris Opal Chevalier. John William Parfitt pleaded guilty to driving a car with no tail light after arrest Saturday night and was fined five dollars plus costs before Mayor Franz L. Woodworth.
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Athens County
Lawrence Farrell Bartlett
Stewart
Flo Gay Riddle
Virgil Homer Walraven
Columbus
Welder
Esther Gertrude Callentine
Athens
Virginia Dave Stanley
Carbodale
Albert Roland Eastman
Flora, Farmer
Doris Opal Chevalier
John William Parfitt
Franz L. Woodworth
Woman Held on Intoxication Charge Fined in Mineral
Mae Cleveland 33 of Mineral was arrested Friday by city police on intoxication charges. She was fined 15 dollars plus costs at arraignment before Mayor Franz L. Woodworth and jailed in Nelsonville City Jail after failing to pay the fine. High in Athens 87 yesterday. low 70. At 1 p.m. today during a shower the temperature was 16.
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Mae Cleveland
Mineral
Franz L. Woodworth
Nelsonville
Athens
Five Injured In Collision On Route 50 Alternate
A crash on Route 50 Alternate near Amesville at 1 30 am Sunday left five of six passengers with minor injuries. Driver Joseph M Schenz 29 Buchtel was fined 15 dollars and costs for driving on the left side. Injured were Robert Gibson 20 Sharpsburg Route 1 Harley Mayles 20 Lathrop Gretchen Mayles 15 Cutler June Mayles 18 Cutler and Carlos Crosten 22 Sharnsburg. Eugene Mayles 19 Cutler was uninjured.
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Amesville
Joseph M. Schenz
Buchtel
Thomas Clark
Robert Gibson
Sharpsburg Route 1
Harley Mayles
Lathrop
Gretchen Mayles
Cutler
June Mayles
Carlos Crosten
Sharnsburg
Eugene Mayles
Use tax stamps required for motorists in Columbus district
Harry F. Busey announced that while most vehicle owners have purchased and affixed the federal use tax stamp, some motorists in the Columbus Internal Revenue District still face penalties. After August 1 stamps will no longer be sold at post offices. unpurchased stamps must be obtained from the internal revenue office. Offenders may be fined 25 dollars or jailed up to 30 days or both, and officers will enforce the law in Franklin and neighboring counties.
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Harry F. Busey
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Office
Columbus
Internal Revenue District
Franklin
Westfall Fourth in Inspector Test in Columbus
Frank H. Morgan of Columbus ranked first in the inspector examination for the State Board of Barber Examiners and the State Civil Service Commission. Four inspectors will be appointed to the $150 monthly posts plus traveling expenses. Ural Westfall of Athens placed fourth.
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Columbus
Frank H. Morgan
State Board of Barber Examiners
State Civil Service Commission
Ural Westfall
van Vorhes St
Athens
Athens man jailed for unpaid fine after intoxication plea
Quince Anderson aged 54 of Athens Route 2 was committed to Athens County Jail today for failing to pay a $5 fine and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. Anderson was arrested Saturday night by city police.
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Quince Anderson
Athens
Athens County
Franz L. Woodworth
Anderson
Son of Terrells stationed at Fort Sill in Signal Corps
Mr and Mrs T A Terrell of 221 W Union St have received notice that their son Pvt Lewis D Terrell is stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma in the Signal Corps.
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T. A. Terrell
W. Union St
Pvt
Lewis D. Terrell
Fort Sill
Okla
Signal Corps
Carl E. Wyer
Edward Wyer
Coolville
Camp Campbell
Corps Area Service Command
Night watchman shot during burglary at steel plant
Earl Wheat, 45, a night watchman for American Compressed Steel Corp, was killed when burglars shot him and fled with a metal box containing 425 dollars. In Scioto River near Cooperville, Ralph Van Dyke and Cecil Flowers, both 16, drowned yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Earl Wheat
American Compressed Steel Corp
Scioto Waverly
Ralph van Dyke
Cecil Flowers
Scioto River
Cooperville
Damages Sought After 1942 Athens County Crash
In Athens County Common Pleas Court 16 year old Isabelle Bailey seeks 10000 dollars in damages from Leslie Hoke for injuries from a Route 33 crash near Chauncey and Nelsonville on March 17 1942. The suit alleges alcohol impaired Hall drove left of center and failed to light his car. Hoke was a passenger.
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Athens County
Bailey
Hoke
Herbert Hall
James Mitchell
Isabelle Bailey
Hall
Mitchell
Athens Area Men Advance In Rank In Armed Forces
Readers learn from multiple sources that Athens area servicemen are being promoted and reassigned. Russell J. Crane graduates Naval Reserve indoctrination and will join pre flight training in Athens. Army Second Lieutenant Robert H. Wheaton, Camp Lee, and corporal Clarence E. Smith at Patterson Field are among others advancing. Additional men train at Chanute Field and Keesler Field while others report transfers to Camp Wolters and Fort Harrison.
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Athens Area
Athens
Russell J. Crane
United States Naval Reserve
Ohio University
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Crane
U. S. Navy
Camp Lee
Robert H. Wheaton
Fred Wheaton
Northwood Drive
Quartermaster School
U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Clarence E. Smith
Clay D. Smith
Grosvenor St
Roy R. Christy
W. E. Christy
Long Bottom
R. D
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Chanute Field
Ill
Ohio
Technical Training Command
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
James William Rickey
Albany
James Maywood Hosom
Beverly Route 2
Raymond Denzil Tinkham
the Plains
Its Time To Seed Alfalfa Says Wright
Ross Wright, county extension agent, identifies July 20 to August 20 as a prime seeding window for alfalfa and notes success after soybeans. He advises mixing timothy, soil testing for lime, and applying 300 to 400 pounds of 0-12-12 fertilizer per acre for multi year hay production.
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Wright
Ross Wright
Eight Red Cross motor corps members earn advanced first aid cert
Eight members of the Red Cross Motor Corps of Athens completed the advanced first aid course. The 12 hour class added to the standard 20 hour curriculum. Certificates will be awarded to Mrs. J. E. Algeo, Mrs. Anne L. Comer, Mrs. Roberta Fielden, Mrs. Theodora L. Good, Edna K. Kasler, Mrs. Helen E. Lewis, Mrs. Roy Shirley, and Mrs. O. T. Shouse. Class instructor was Mrs. B. F. Cutler.
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Red Cross Motor Corps of
Athens
J. E. Algeo
Anne L. Comer
Roberta Fielden
Theodora L. Good
Edna K. Kasler
Helen E. Lewis
Roy Shirley
O. T. Shouse
B. F. Cutler
Prizes Awarded at 4-H Club Meeting
The Non-Stop Stitchers 4-H Club met at Maxine Bartlett’s home with Helen Pennell and Mary Ellen Chadwick winning prizes after a business session. The Victory Can Lid Canners 4-H Club held at Mrs. Harold Straight’s home reported nine of ten members answered roll by naming hobbies.
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Maxine Bartlett
Helen Pennell
Mary Chadwick
Martha Cabeen
Thelma Baker
Peggy Shafer
la Roma Gaver
Jean Lowe
Mary Ellen Chadwick
Harold Straight
Army May Buy Idle Power Plants to Meet War Needs
The Army plans to buy idle small power plants to support growing military needs. County and state war boards are asked to help locate 50 watt to 25 kilowatt gasoline diesel kerosene or fuel oil driven plants operating 110 to 220 AC. Owners may be contacted through Army Signal Corps. ownership does not guarantee purchase. Farmers with idle plants should notify Frank Pugh promptly.
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Frank Pugh
Athens County
Usda War Board
Elmer F. Kruse
County War Boards
Signal Corps
Army Signal Corps
Army
Pugh
Demand St Joseph Aspirin From Largest Seller
Advertises aspirin at 10 cents from the world’s largest seller. Promotes St Joseph Aspirin and urges readers to buy.
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Joseph Spirin
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