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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1945

Page

4

Subscription Rates and mailing details noted

The notice lists subscription prices for Ohio and outside Ohio including yearly, half yearly and weekly options. It mentions special weekly service worldwide at 1.50 per year and notes second class matter status at Athens Post Office. Representatives and office locations are given and obituaries and cards of thanks incur a nominal charge.

Ohio Gene Athens Ce Ee John W. Culler Company Chicago New York Columbus Cleveland

Britain Election Signals Shifts in Wartime Leadership

Washington columnist notes Stalin as enduring figure in talks on world war plans and discusses Attlee's cautious postwar approach. It argues British voters punish the in power, compares Britain to American politics, and warns Truman on potential 1948 leftward shifts amid war debt and New Deal echoes.

Washington Josef Stalin Soviet Union Britain Clement Attlee San Francisco Attlee Labor Party Churchill America Congress Wilson Cox Ohio Japan England Democratic Party Truman Tru

Potsdam terms press Japan toward surrender endgame.

The Potsdam ultimatum signals unconditional surrender terms and shows Stalin’s awareness and approval. The Allied declaration, a United Nations judgment, leaves Tokyo unsure when a Japanese reply will come. Air and naval operations against Japan will continue relentlessly ahead of any invasion.

Japan Tokyo Potsdam Russia Stalin United Nations Pacific

Advice to the shop worn during wartime rationing

A Dutch uncle style guide urges young housewives to prepare for peacetime shopping after rationing ends. It recalls prewar values of money, quality, and bargain hunting, notes that Ration Book 5 may be final, and encourages ladies to maintain poise while relearning peacetime consumer habits.

OPA Direett Chester Bowles

Reno Divorce Special Sparks Luxury Air Travel Debate

A editorial mocks a proposed chartered flight service from New York dubbed the Reno Divorce Special aimed at wealthy couples seeking quick separations. The piece condemns wartime gasoline shortages while noting the sponsors skirt the law, using private planes for leisure amid national rationing.

East New York

Learning By Experience in Wartime Agriculture

The year ahead will give farmers material to ponder as wartime controls touch daily life. Price ceilings and floors, rationing, and political demands shape outcomes, sometimes creating shortages or black market prices and interfering with fair costs. Farmers will gauge government roles as the war ends and policy shifts occur.

Farm Journal Farmers Wife

Senator Murray faces critiques of his Full Employment Bill

Peter Edson notes two days of hearings on Montana Senator James E. Murray's Full Employment Bill. Opponents doubt feasibility of balancing prosperity via comprehensive policy tools, while Murray and co sponsors argue for stabilization and peace through employment. Wagner and Pepper provide historical context on earlier stabilization efforts and political risk in 1928 election year.

Washington Montana James E. Murray Murray Senate House Joseph C. O'Mahoney Wyoming O'Mahoney National Economic Committee ITNEC Elbert D. Thomas Utah Senate Committee On Robert F. Wagner Senate Committee On Banking and Currency Congress Senator Wagner Wagner George Wharton Pepper Pennsylvania Wesley L. Jones

Memorial Services For Glouster War Hero

A Glouster memorial service was held for S Sgt Cloyd Clemons who died in action in Europe during World War II. Relatives and many from out of town attended. The service, conducted at the local church, featured prayers, songs, and remarks by Rev C B Tigner, with music by Mrs. Marcela Jonas and Anna Lu Davis. Surviving relatives included wife Loretta Passen Clemons and daughter Maribeth, plus Clemons parents James and Neva Clemons and siblings.

Glouster Charles Q. Brown Christ Ccincinnati Cloyd Clemons Brown Ees Alfred Howard Betty Bob Keith Air Gad Eheatey ‘Balth Louis Pallo Barbara Seas Nottingham England Holland Rome France Rhine United States Linberg James Clemons Neva Clemons Loretta Passen Clemons Maribeth James Jr Bedford Ohio Paul Italy Alma Pritz Toledo Deloris Eddy St. Clairsville Pauline Williams Ralph Pritz Virgil Eddy Joe Wiliams James Clemons I Jr Mary Passen Margaret Fiemming Thomas Passen Lawrence Passen C. W. Young John Yost Cloyd Columbus John Passen Corning Carl Tinkham the Plains Marvin Wood Caldwell W. W. Wallace Marcela Jonas Pianis Esta Cunningham Anna Lu Davis Rev. Tigner Lord’s Prayer

George Love Funeral Services Held Today

Funeral services for George Love aged 66 who died Saturday morning at his home were conducted at 2 o clock this afternoon at C F Wallace Funeral Home Rev Eugene Brown officiating Burial followed at Green lawn Cemetery Nelsonville He is survived by his wife Grace one stepson John Speelman at home two brothers Tom Toledo Wesley Millersport and one sister Mrs Pat Bulstrom Taylor Ridge

Weatherman Delivers Rain After Drought Forecast

After days of predicting scattered showers the forecaster’s Saturday and Saturday night rain began at nine in the morning and lasted five hours with about 1% to 3-4 of an inch. Rain continued Saturday night pushing the unofficial total to around 1% inches by Sunday morning. Crops showed signs of breath and pastures revived as the gentle rain soaked in, saving them from drought damage.

Drouth

Robinson Brothers Report First Corn From Own Patch

GLOUSTER The Glouster cor respondent reports the Robinson brothers farm on Hooper Ridge. The brothers say they are the first in the region to have corn on the cob from their own patch. They enjoyed their first corn on July 4 and have had corn on the cob daily since. They note their early Bantam crop is exhausted but more corn is maturing.

Glouster Tee Robinson Brothers Hooper Ridge

Cards From Scouts Displayed at Drugstore

Scoutmaster Ralph Hines took his troop to a camp near Parkersburg Sunday afternoon. The boys pledged to write a card a day to W. R. Drury while away, and Drury will display the notes in the drugstore window for parents and friends to read.

Glouster Ralph Hines Cargp Parkersburg W. R. Drury

Eagles Attend Seiler Funeral in Chauncey

Aerie No. 468 F.O E members are asked to meet Tuesday at 8:00 AM in the lodge room to attend the funeral of William Seiler. Chauncey visits include Carrie Miller and Marie Morgan Love of Columbus, and locals Clint Courtney and Minnie Mariner noted in activity.

Seiler Glouster Aerie No. 468 F.O E William Seiler

Chauncey Birthday Celebrations and Local Moves

Tommy Lovsey hosts a July 24 birthday dinner marking his first year with guests including Oscar Lovsey and family, Mary Arbell baking the cake. Dane Osborne and family plan to move to The Plains from Chauncey area by Sept 1. Fred Sanders and sons attend a Grange picnic in Carpenter Ohio with several Granges represented.

Chauncey Tommy Lovsey J Mary Arbell Oscar Lovsey Emma Deal Elmer Bietelschies Gladys McClellan Terry Alfred Deal Oscar Lovsey Jr Betty Lovsey Roy Arbell Jamie Donna Jean Skipper William Lovsey Sonny Sissy Tommy Chawncey Dane Osborne Vore Ridge Daniel, Smart Plains Fred Sanders Trimble Beights Carpenter Ohio Granges

Kiss and Tell By Fence 3 An Actual M4 Script

The scene unfolds as Corliss announces she and Dexter are married, provoking shock and a mock- solemness from Mr Franklin and Mr Archer. Corliss feigns pity while Dexter stumbles, and Louise answers a doorbell as tensions flare over the hidden marriage and family reactions. The confrontation ends with a cliffhanger: to be continued.

Dexter Corliss MR. Franklin Mrs. Archer MR. Archer Louise Archer

Dover Vacation School Ends After Friday Program

Sgt Harry Phillips completes two weeks West Side Bible School duties before Pacific duty. The Dover Vacation School, supervised by William James and assisted by local staff, enrolled 51 with 25 receiving perfect attendance certificates. A pot luck dinner honored the sergeant and Friday exercises drew parents and friends.

Chauncey Harry Phillips Bible School Abner "Phillips West Side Pacific Jean Nelsonville Wiliam James New York City Abner Phillips Sergeant Phillips

Lands Walton wedding announced at Chauncey

Announcement of the marriage of Lois Jeanne Lands and Gilbert Walton. The ceremony occurred July 18 in Gallipolis. Lois, daughter of Mrs. Effie Lands, attended Chauncey and Athens schools and studies at Ohio University. Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Walton, is from Chauncey and to report to Chicago after a furlough.

Chauncey Lois Jeanne Lands Effie Lands Frank Lands Seaman Gilbert, Walton Marion Walton High St Gallipolis Athens High Ohio U Chauncey-Dover High Chicago

Garden Club Annual Picnic Is Held CHAUNCEY

The Plains Garden Club held a Wednesday night picnic at Mrs. Herman Humphrey's home with dinner at six. Officers re-elected were Lucy McDonald as president and Thomas Marcinko as vice president, Elizabeth Winefordner as secretary. Members listed include Barrows, Barrows, Brown, Daugherty, Bell, Michael, Slater, Slater, Tipton, McDonald, Winefordner, and Humphrey with plan for next meeting at Harold Winefordner's home.

Chauncey Herman Humphrey Humphrey Lucy McDonald Thomas Marcinko Elizabeth Winefordner

Entertaining Guests Henry Morgan and Family

Mrs Henry Morgan and Mrs Marie Love visited relatives in Trimble and Milfield this week. They spent a day with Donna Morgan, and Thursday joined Fred and Ela Byers for a chicken dinner at their Milfield home.

Chauncey Henry Morgan Marie Love Columbus Eugene Morgan Dorina Trimhte Donna Trimble Fred and Ela Byers Milfield

Three Physicians Fishing in Canada

CHAUNCEY Dr C N Sanders Millfield Dr Alien Bald Win and Dr John Sprague Ath ens are at Big Lake Manitoulin Island Ontario for a two weeks outing and fishing trip. They will be gone until next Sunday.

Chauncey C. N. Sanders Millfield Alien Bald- Win John Sprague Athens Big Lake Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada

Noble undergoes operation and returns home in Athens

Harry Noble of Chauncey underwent an emergency appetite dectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens and has been moved to his home. He is recovering and is the son in law of Mr and Mrs Henry Osborne.

Chauncey Harry Noble Athens Sheltering Arms Hospital Henry Osborne

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