Missing in Action Hawk and Wounded McCune Named
War Department telegrams report Tech. Sgt. Ralph G. Hawk missing in action over Germany since May 19. Pvt. Ralph A. McCune listed slightly wounded after 18 months overseas with Field Artillery, with combat in North Africa Sicily and Italy.
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War Department
Athens County
Tech
Ralph G. Hawk
C. ,.D. Hawk
Athens
Ralph A. McCune
A. D. McCune
Sharpsburg
Hawk
Army Air Forces
Germany
Shade High School
Dayton
Armed Forces
Pvt
Joseph V. Hawk
Scotland
David Arden Hawk
Otis F. Hawk
England
McCune
Italy
North Africa
Sicily
Presbyterian Church Opens for Prayers for Boys and Country
The Presbyterian Church in Athens will remain open all day for prayer for service members and the nation as invasion begins. Rev. Fred Luchs announced the policy. The Graham Chapel Prayer Band will meet at the Lauer home Thursday evening June 8 with Fred Carter leading.
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Presbyterian Church
Athens
Fred Luchs
Graham Chapel
Henry Lauer
Fred Carter
Man Burdened by Brick in Stomach Reaches Relief
A man claims ten years of discomfort from a constant brick like feeling in his stomach. After using ERB-HELP, his symptoms vanished the next day and his bowels, gas, and headaches improved. The ad touts 12 herbs to cleanse bowels and aid digestion, at Athens Pharmacy 7 N Court St.
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Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Adv
Mrs. Baker 77 Dies Suddenly at Home Near Fisher Station
Mrs. F. R. Baker aged 77 died suddenly Monday night at her home near Fisher Station at 8:20 p.m. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 1 p.m. at the home, Rev. Fred Lachs officiating, burial in W. Union St. Cemetery. She was born in Greensburg Preble County and lived in Athens County 54 years. survived by five children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
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F. R. Baker
Fisher Station
Fred Lachs
W. Union St
Baker
Greenbush
Preble County
Athens County
Cleveland
Ralph R. Baker
Springfield
Reginald E. Gifford
Batavia
Elizabeth Gifford
Westerville
Good Elected President of Printers Federation
P. F. Good of Lawhead Press Athens was elected president of the Ohio Printers Federation at the annual meeting in the Deshler Wallick Hotel over the past weekend. About three hundred Ohio printing businesses are members of the federation.
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P. F. Good
Lawhead Press
Athens
Ohio Printers’ Federation
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Ohio
CAPC News Cadet Examinations and Meeting Schedule
Examination tonight at 7 p.m. at the Airport for cadets completing the first section. Regular meeting for other cadets follows at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Airport.
Soldier Letter Thanking The Messenger From Overseas
A serviceman from New Straitsville expresses gratitude for The Athens Messenger while overseas with a San Francisco APO. The article highlights U S Army railway shop battalion work in England restoring 100 ton locomotives and quotes Major E C Hanly on rapid, versatile rebuilding. It also notes individual service members and promotions including Harold C Hickman and Leona Syx family news.
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Athens Messenger
Pfc
Ivan B. Thomas
San Francisco
APO
New Straitsville
England
United States Army
Harold C. Hickman
Town St
Glouster
E. C. Hanly
Transportation Corps
Hanly
United States
Army
Tired Husbands Rundown Wives Tonics Ad
An old time patent medicine pitch touts a tonic claiming to restore energy and vitality. It urges readers to buy Getres Tete Tablets at drug stores in Athens including Gallahers and Athens Pharmacy.
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Crug
Athens
Gallahers
Buchtel Girl Keeps Busy as London WAC Billet Corporal
Cpl. Mary M. Savage of Buchtel Ohio works as a London billet corporal in the Women’s Army Corps. She acts as house mother to 40 WACs, handles repairs, oversees appearance of the billet, and accompanies inspectors. It’s a 24 hour job demanding constant readiness.
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London
Women’s Army Corps
Cpl
Mary M. Savage
Buchtel, O
Wacs
Savage
Ministry of Works
WAC
Safety Engineer Speaks at Athens Rotary Club Meeting
Sidney Smith of the Ohio Industrial Commission described decades of safety work in factories and workshops before the Athens Rotary Club at Hotel Berry. He noted growing cooperation between management and workers and praised Ohio’s safety record.
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Sidney Smith
Department of Safety and Hygiene
Ohio Industrial Commission
Athens
Families Reunited as Servicemen Return from Leave
Great Lakes Illinois reports note 82 year old Bill Allen Riley of Chester Hill arrives in New Guinea. Pfc Grant Dunfee returns to Camp Hale after a 13 day furlough with wife Margaret and parents A W and Mrs Dunfee. Richard Craig and Eugene Craig spend leaves with mother and sister Mrs Frank Elliott of Chester Hill.
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Ermel R. Beckley
Fort Jackson
W. M. Beckley
Albany
Bill Allen Riley
Chesterhill
New Guinea
Pfc
Grant Dunfee
Camp Hale
Colo
Margaret Dunfee
A. W Dunfee
Coolville
Richard Craig
S 2-c
The
Great Lakes
D Day Invasion Timeline Early Morning Reports
A chronology from Allied and German sources tracks the first hours of the Normandy invasion. Reports note Transocean and DNB broadcasts, the Le Havre bombardment, Calais radio declaring D Day, Eisenhower’s inland move orders, Caen as a invasion center, ShaEF landing on the northern French coast, and Montgomery taking command of the assault army.
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Associated Press
Transocean
DNB
le Havre
Calais
Eisenhower
London
Berlin
Caen
Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
France
Shaef
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Urges All To Send Letters To the Boys
Herbert C. Doughty of Portsmouth urged the Athens Kiwanis Club to back the war effort by maintaining regular, informative letters to soldiers and by actively supporting their church stance on the war. He spoke at Hotel Berry, accompanied by Clarence W. Feil, with Philip N Russell as a guest.
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America
Herbert C. Doughty
Portsmouth
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Berry
Mr. Doughty
Ohio Valley Division
Ohio Power Co
Clarence W. Feil
Kiwanis Club
Philip N Russell
Allied Soldier Seizes Mussolini's Soapbox Balcony Moment
In Rome the Allied entry reaches a symbolic peak as a soldier stands on the marble balcony with a comrade atop the Palazzo Venezia, seizing the spot Mussolini long used to address Italians. The image follows the fall of the dictator and his regime.
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Mussolini
New York
Rome
Famus Palazzo Venezia
Pressure Canner Check Offered Free at University
The Physics Department of Ohio University offers free pressure canner gauge and petcock checks this week. Prof. H H Roseberry, on the first floor of Super Hall, will inspect your canner. drop off during open hours 9 30 a m to noon and 1 to 3 p m.
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Physics Department
Ohio University
H. H. Roseberry
Super Hall
Petcock
City urges residents to curb grass and refuse disposal
Athens residents were reminded by A. N. Johnson, city service director, to obey the street rubbish ban. Grass and shrubbery cuttings dumped on curbs wash into sewers and clog them. Grass waste should be placed in containers and hauled away by garbage collectors for subscribers.
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Athens
A. N. Johnson
Johnson
Girl Scouts Register for Day Camp This June
Girl Scouts and Brownies may register for Day Camp and Play Day on Wednesday June 7 at the scout rooms from 12 noon to 1 30 p.m. This will be the last registration before Day Camp begins June 138.
Troop 56 to Meet at First Methodist Church
Troop 56 of Boy Scouts of Ath ens will meet tonight at 7 o'clock in the First Methodist Church.
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Boy Scouts of
Athens
First Methodist Church
Legion Will Meet at Home Here Wednesday
The K. T. Crossen Post American Legion plans its monthly meeting at the Post Home on Wednesday at 8 p.m. A Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority committee will speak on postwar matters, and refreshments will follow.
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Legion
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Post
Delta Kappa Gamma
Crystal Pool to Close Mondays and Tuesdays
A. N. Johnson service safety director reminded Athens residents that Crystal Pool will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays each week.
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A. N. Johnson
Athens
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Good
Printers’ Federation
Capc News
Kerr Hdwe. Co
Ralph Walker
N. Spring St
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Vic Daughey
Columbus, Ohio
Carl Crispin
Athena
OUR
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Roscoe Braham
Xenia
RAF Training Command
Marfa Army Air Field
Marfa
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the Plains
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Harold F. Syx
Camp Roberts
Calif
Kelly Collins
S 2c
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Invasion
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NEA
Buchtel
Great Lakes, Ill
Sohio
Sohio Reporter
TIMES
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Doz
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White House
Certo
Enid C. Swarner
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