Anniversary recalls Jap raid on Dutch Harbor
Eye witness Don Pyvans recalls the June 2 1942 Japanese raid on Dutch Harbor Alaska detailing the surprise air attack on Fort Mears and the naval base. He notes warning signs, dispersed troops omissions, and postwar expansion of the Aleutians defenses while referencing later military land and sea use and asset sales.
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Dutch Harbor
Don Pyvans
Ohio University Journalism
the Messenger
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Seattle
North American
Fort Mears
Naval
Jimmy Doo
Little
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
C. S. Freeman
13Th Naval District
Naval Base
Northwestern
Navy
Mon C. Wallgren
Truman Committee
Aleutians
Midway Islands
Attu
Kiska
Kansas City Star
Seattle Times
Gen. MacArthur
Fort Glenn
Adak
Anchitka
Aggatu
Umnak
Pribilof Islands
Kisha
Alaskan
Aleutian
Asia
North America
Federal Register For
Shemya
Great Sitkin Islands
Atka
Unalaska Islands
Kodiak
War Assets Administration
TEOL Fungicide Ad Promises Quick Germ Death
An advertisement offers TEOL a strong fungicide containing 90 percent alcohol with a money back guarantee if not pleased. It claims to penetrate and reach more germs to kill itching. Available today at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store Drury's in Glouster.
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Quick
Drury's
Glouster
Ki state St Auto Agency to Open After Remodeling
The former Rollercade building on E State St will host a grand opening Friday and Saturday by Roger Dean Inc Lincoln Mercury dealers. The flood lighted 27 foot curved window showroom spans 34 by 50 feet with a black and white tile floor and acoustical ceilings. Departments include sales service parts and body shop with ten mechanics.
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Rollercade
E. State St
Roger Dean, Inc
Lincoln-Mercury
Charles Floyd
Fritz Howard
Homer Byrd
Tom Ruth
Harry Koons
Lucille Good
Patrolman Bound Over On Student Charge
Patrolman R A Morris charged with assault and battery by Milton R Wetherbee Ohio University student whom Morris arrested May 22 bound over to grand jury under $100 bond Morris pleaded innocent at arraignment and waived preliminary hearing before Mayor W P Mickle Tuesday
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R. A. Morris
Milton R. Wetherbee
Ohio University
Morris
W. P. Mickle
Mrs. Maggie Wyeth dies at 82 in Hillcrest Rest Home
Mrs. Maggie D. Wyeth, 82, died Tuesday morning at Hillcrest Rest Home. Born in Gallia County she spent most of her life there. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Danville Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Coy Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home at any time.
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Maggie D. Wyeth
Hillcrest Rest Home
Gallia County
Danville
Floyd Kimball, local grocer, dies at 57
Floyd Kimball 57 of 71 S May Ave died at his home at midnight Wednesday. He moved to Athens two years ago from Conneaut Ohio and with his son in law operated the Perry Kim ball grocery store. He was a Conneaut Masonic Lodge member and past commander of the Conneaut American Legion Post. Survived by wife June two daughters two sons and one grandchild plus siblings. Friends may call at Jagers Funeral Home Wednesday evening. Burial at Marcy Funeral Home Conneaut Friday at 2 p.m. in Glenwood Cemetery.
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Floyd Kimball
S. May Ave
Mr. Kimball
Athens
Conneaut
Ohio
Perry
Kay Perry
Charles L. Whitney
R. E. Mygatt
Glen
William Kimball
Jagers
Marcy Funeral Home
Glenwood Cemetery
Death Claims Mrs A Hahn After Mlness
Mrs Anna Hahn 84 died Tuesday night after months of illness at her daughter Mrs Thomas L Murphy’s home 132 W Washington St Born in Germany she came to the United States 55 years ago most of them in Athens County Her husband Jacob a son William and a daughter Mrs Lucy Fray preceded her in death Survived by five other daughters Miles Kinney Zanesville Frank T Gibbs Cambridge George Pennel Athens Thomas Gingerella and Anthony Mireles Detroit also four sons Lewis Athens Albert Gloucester Jacob Frazersburg Henry Tunnelton W Va 28 grandchildren and several great grandchildren Friends may call after 2 pm Thursday at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home Services Friday 4 pm conducted by Rev Harold F Kellogg Burial in W Union St Cemetery
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Anna Hahn
Thomas L. Murphy
Washington St
Germany
Hahn
United States
Athens County
Jacob
William
Lucy Fray
Murphy
Miles Kinney
Zanesville
Frank T. Gibbs
Cambridge
George Pennel
Athens
Thomas Gingerella
Anthony Mireles
Detroit
Lewis
Albert
Glouster
Frazersburg
Henry
Tunnelton
W. Va
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Harold F. Kellogg
W. Union St
Boy Scouts Plan Trip to Kootaga Area Camporee
Athens Boy Scouts plan to attend the Kootaga Area Camporee at Spencer West Virginia from Friday to Sunday. They will depart by bus from the Presbyterian Church Friday at 1 p.m. Scouts must register for the bus ride Thursday at 1 30 p.m. at Troop 55 headquarters.
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Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of
Athens
Kootaga Area
Spencer
W. Va
Presbyterian Church
Troop 55
The
Day-Old Deborah Day Honored At Graveside Service
Graveside services were held Wednesday at W Union Street Cemetery for Deborah Lyn Day one day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Day Ohio University E State Street Apartments The infant was born Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital Rev Harold F Kellogg officiated
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W. Union St
Harold F. Kellogg
Deborah Lyn-Day
Arthur Day
Ohio University
E. State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Legion Meeting Set for Wednesday at 8 P.M.
K. T. Crossen Post 21 of the American Legion will hold a meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at the Legion home located at Congress and Washington. Commander John Cox announced the gathering.
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Legion
K. T. Crossen Post 21
American Legion
Congress
Washington
John Cox
Widow sues state in Ohio work death benefits case
Nineteen May petit jurors are summoned to hear Selena Zimmer v Industrial Commission of Ohio. Zimmer alleges her husband Albert Zimmer died from a heart attack at Drydock Coal Co due to overwork and seeks death benefits denied by the ICC. Jurors from Athens Nelsonville Stewart Amesville Millfield Chauncey Albany Shade Guysville and New Marshfield named.
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May Petit Jury
Selena Zimmer
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Zimmer
Albert H. Zimmer
Drydock Coal Co
ICC
Myrtle Camp
Merwin Mansfield
James A. Bell
D. M. Goddard
Mary Smith
Athens
Kate Pettit
Margaret Freer Galvin
Clancy Brooks
Baird Stewart
Nelsonville
Grace Brill
John Barrows
Stewart
Fred Wilson
Ruth Linscott
Amesville
Cecil Keirns
Millfield
Luther Cruikshank
Chauncey
Edith Chase
Albany
W. Leo Williams
Shade
J. Louis Winner
Guysville
Sam Stott
New Marshfield
Military Rites Set Friday for T-5 C. L. Lee
T 5 Chester L. Lee 21 died in action Nov 3 1944 in eastern France. Born in Marion County he lived in Athens County before enlisting Feb 8 1943 and serving overseas July 1943. Bronze Star awarded posthumously for heroic action Oct 14 1944 near Fremb ontaine France. Survived by parents Mrs and Mr Hubert Lee Athens Route 2 sister Martha and brothers Charles Bill Frank. Services Friday at Bates Methodist Church at 2 pm with American Legion in charge of graveside rites. visitation after Thursday noon at Dowler and Ferguson funeral home.
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T-5
Chester L. Lee
France
Marion County
Athens County
T-5 Lee
Frembontaine
Hubert Lee
Athens
Martha
Charles
Bill
Frank
Charles Lee
Gus Graham
Bates Methodist Church
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home
Weather Update From Hocking River Area
Mercury reached 81 degrees at 11 am Wednesday, two degrees above Tuesday’s 79. Overnight low was 47 with the Hocking River at 3.40 feet, per weather observer Mrs. C N France.
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Hocking River
C. N. France
AHS Students Honored At Annual Awards Day Assembly
The Athens High School senior class held its annual Awards Day in the school auditorium with Bruce Neal presiding. Students received certificates and awards across multiple activities including music, drama, sports letters, and scholastic honors, highlighted by golf trophy to team captain Roger Pedigo and a gold key to Margaret Scott.
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AHS
Athens High School
Bruce Neal
Nancy Packard
Cole Porter
Rachmaninoff
Lyndall Wooley
Romberg
Barbara Fierce
Bassman
Gershwin
April Showers
George Williamson
Jane Windisch
Claude Westfall
Margaret Robe
David Algeo
Joan Vance
Roger Allen
Charlotte Lane
Jane Hamilton
April Kinsel
Theresa Lavelle
Ann Rowles
Shirley Seigfred
Marion Vanity
Annita Clark
Charlene Nicholson
Marjorie Pugh
Shirley Stevens
Marilyn Tucker
Barbara Whittington
Joan Davis
Esther Farley
Tom Ashton
Ted Cunningham
Charles Orr
Sam Henderson
Maurice Currens
Ronald Cox
Don Flowers
Norman Dupler
Tom Oldfield
Dan Tolson
Dale Leach
Hubert Koker
Russell Smith
Harold Houx
al Gubitz
Jan Clark
Shirley Miller
Lindley Jones
Theresa Josten
Frederick Stehr
Robert Bigley
David
Jane Long
Flora Armbruster
Ruth Blaker
Dorothy Clutter
Miriam Clip
Joanne Juanita Dailey
Dick Mathews
Margaret Scott
Farm Women To Study Health Education
Mrs Litta Roberson of the Ohio Farm Bureau will address a joint Athens and Meigs County Home and Community Committees dinner at the Albany Hotel Friday at 12 30 p m. She will discuss establishing Kellogg Health program health education classes in schools. Guests include Carl Roberts Ohio University program coordinator and Glen Hanes county superintendent of schools.
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Litta Roberson
Ohio Farm Bureau
Athens and
Meigs County
Albany Hotel
Esther Dailey
Athens County
Roberson
Kellogg Health
Carl Roberts
Ohio University
Glen Hanes
STOP Paul Fiske, Representative, 23 N. Congress St.
Representative Paul Fiske at 23 North Congress Street seeks to halt a local matter. Contact phone 490 for details on actions and deadlines.
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Paul Fiske
N. Congress St
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Athens, Ohio
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Harris
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Mlness
C. L. Lee
Mercury
St.Joseph Aspiri World
Bernadine Klingenberg
Mary Varnes
Shirley Andrews
Jacquelyn Deem
Norma Sams
Lewis Hamilton
Bill Johnson
Joe Todd
Jim Algeo
Harold Douglas
Bill Langston
Robert Calentine
Jim Hooper
Harrison Scott
Merrill Thomas
Tom Wootten
Dan Morrison
Zemo
Keystone Custodian Funds
Roy E. Hawk & Co
Investment Securities
Cline
Saul
America
BOKAR
RED
Circle Coffee
Strawn Plumbing Co
N. Court St
Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Pomeroy
Willis Anthony Plumbing & Heating
Lincoln St
Middleport
N. Second St
YOUR
Securit
the Security Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Court Street
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