Damage from Sunday cloudburst swamps Athens district roads
A weekend cloudburst in the Athens district caused three feet of water to wash over US Route 50 Alternate near Sugar Creek. Bridges to miners' homes washed out, rocks and logs blocked the highway, and debris damaged several cars. The State Highway Department sent 15 men. county road surfaces were stripped bare. Route 691 near Nelsonville suffered heavy damage. The Hocking River rose to 11.83 feet before easing later that morning.
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Athens
Sugar Creek
State Highway Department
McDougal
Mush Run
Nelsonville
Longest Dam Around the World Targets Santee in SC
The article notes the Santee dam in South Carolina as the world’s longest when finished in 1941, reaching eight miles in length. It also cites the Conchas dam in New Mexico as a close rival at 26 000 feet.
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Santee
South Carolina
Conchas
New Mexico
Four Drivers Arrested By Patrolmen In Week End Crashes
Five injuries were reported in accidents over the weekend by the State Highway Patrol. Franklin Lauden of Lakewood was fined for unsafe operation after a collision with Wilbur Ruth of Athens on Route 50. Other infractions involved Oden Queen of Zanesville and Kathryn Dawson of Columbus, with minor injuries and no serious damage noted. Burt Pallo of Athens was fined for unsafe operation after hitting a pole, and John Van Meter of Athens faced injuries to Octa Van Meter in a separate rear collision. all cases heard by Mayor Cliff Cornell.
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State Highway Patrol
Franklin Lauden
Lakewood
Cutler’s Corner
Wilbur Ruth
Athens
Lauden
Cliff Cornell
Ohio University
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lake Zaleski
Frost
Oden Queen
Zanesville
Ray Kimbale
Queen
Cornell
Kathryn Dawson
Columbus
Route 33
North Y
Miss Dawson
Paul Peffer
Bethesda
Mabel Dozer
Burt G. Pallo
Pallo
John T. van Meter
Canaanville
Dale Gibbs
Coolville
Octa van Meter
Experts To Direct First State Reading Program
Ohio University hosts the Read ing Conference June 23 28 in the Student Center opening a statewide series to boost school reading programs. The event features lectures group sessions book exhibits and method demonstrations with Dean T C McCracken leading the local program and notable faculty and visiting lecturers from several universities.
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Ohio University
Ohio
T. C. McCracken
College of Education
Edith E. Beecher
Margaret T. Hampel
Ruth Bristol
Milwaukee State Teachers College
Eloise Ramsey
Wayne University
Detroit
Mich
Mark May
Institute of Human Relations
Yale University
Wilda Rosebrook
Ohio State University
Francis P. Robinson
State
Gertrude Cordis
Rena Erickson
Evelyn Luchs
Hare Pendry
R. J. Studer
F. J.taylor
Verna Fogg Walters
Athens
Martha Caskey
Ann Dilley
David Goldsberry
Elizabeth Kolenick
Elizabeth Riley
Coover Staats
Jean Dow
Bill Hemmerle
Jack Stokes
Cutler Hall
Miners threaten to quit June 23 in Hocking Valley
In Chauncey the Hocking Valley miners pass a resolution to cease work on June 23 1941 unless unemployment compensation checks dating back to 1939 are paid. Some have received the checks while others owe delays due to injunctions in appeals court.
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Chauncey
Hocking Valley
Peen Pain
Pertore
Nate
Marble Champion to Compete at Chippewa Lake
Russell Michael a WPA leader in Athens County and Alvin Walker chippewa Lake marble champion left Chippewa Lake and will compete in the Mid West Sectional Marble Tournament. The winner advances to Wildwood New Jersey for the national tournament. Michael and Walker stay at the lake until Thursday.
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Russell Michael
WPA
Athens County
Alvin Walker
Chippewa Lake
Walker
Wildwood
N. J
Michael
Athens Bank Names Sands New Cashier
Fred Sands, longtime assistant cashier at the Bank of Athens, National Banking Association since 1927, is promoted to cashier succeeding F. D. Forsyth. Sands, born in McArthur Ohio, rose through the bank after graduating Ohio University in 1922 and joining the bank in 1923. Forsyth, who began at the bank after graduating in 1911, announced plans for the future are indefinite.
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Fred Sands
Bank of Athens
National Banking Association
F. D. Forsyth
Mr. Sands
McArthur
Vinton County
Guysville
Stewart
Ohio University
Mr. Forsyth
Cleveland
W. B. Golden
Forsyth
Ohioans Study Means Of Fighting Sabotage
Five meetings will be held with law enforcement officers in northern Ohio this month to strengthen safeguards against espionage and sabotage. FBI Cleveland district agent Lee F. Boardman said he would enlist police sheriffs state patrolmen and other authorities amid rising tips on security concerns.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lee F. Boardman
FBI
Hartman Graduates in Rensselaer Class of 116th Commencement
Lieut. Herbert J. Hartman son of S C Hartman of 158 Morris Avenue was among 300 graduates at the 116th commencement exercises of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York. He earned a bachelor of civil engineering degree.
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Herbert J. Hartman
S. C. Hartman
Morris Ave
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Jacksonville Home-Coming Meeting Planned for June 17
Jacksonville announces an Old Settlers Home-Coming meeting set for Tuesday night June 17 at 7 30 in the mayor s office. All interested in the Jacksonville Home-Coming are urged to attend.
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Jacksonville
London docks concentrate power near city center
The largest docks in London cluster within a 10 mile radius of central London. They handle major shares of England's imports with about 70 percent of meat, 56 percent of rubber, 44 percent of wool, 33 percent of oil and 27 percent of timber arriving through these ports.
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London
England
NYA Deploys 256 Girls To Defense Projects Here
National Youth Administration assigns 256 area girls to light defense industry tasks in Athens Perry and Hocking counties. Ohio NYA head Lee B. Jacobs praises progress and notes shifts to outdoor construction and mechanical work as defense needs rise. Typical duties include sewing building repair hospital work and machine shop tasks with 60 in machines 22 in radio and electrical and 83 in woodwork plus others in welding forge ceramics and hospital roles.
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National Youth Administration
Lee B. Jacobs
Ohio
NYA
Jacobs
Athens
Perry
Hocking
Britain
Ohio University Offers Dual Control Car Driving Course
An unusual summer course in driver education at Ohio University uses a dual control car for actual instruction. The program, run by the Industrial Arts Department with James O. Stephan directing, partners with AAA and the OSAA, includes lectures demonstrations and requires each student to teach someone to drive. Enrollees need two years of driving and a valid license. some may later become instructors. PLAN ISLAND SHELTER HONOLULU A 600 foot long food storage tunnel on Oahu could serve as an air raid shelter in emergencies, army officials disclosed.
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Ohio University
College of Applied Science
James O. Stephan
Stephan
American Automobile Association
Einar A. Hansen
McGuffey Hall
Plan Island
Honolulu
Oahu Island
Army
Athens loses bid for airmail service by All-American Aviation
Civil Aeronautics Administration rejects Athens request for daily airmail pick-up citing annual cost to government of 5572 dollars and extended route needs. Despite high local mail volume and receipts, the commission notes three extra miles and lower costs in other towns justified denial. A meeting of the Athens Izaak Walton League follows later that week.
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Athens
All-American Aviation, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Awaminan Nacan Thalana
LIU Vaginal MU Vellewesiwan UU
Ripley
W. Va
Newport
Mechanicsburg
Newville
Pennsylvania
Six ROTC Students Report to Six Week Camp at Ft Knox
Six Ohio University ROTC cadets from Athens and Nelsonville depart for a six week Summer Training ROTC Camp at Ft. Knox Kentucky. The group includes John E Bailey Carl Beasley Dwight A Riley Charles E Pritchard Patrick D White and Bradley D Peck among 25 university students attending. The camp provides three college credits and is required for advanced ROTC. All units in the fifth Corp Area attend and will return July 26. Advanced training leads to commissions and draft exemption until degree completion.
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Athens County
Ohio University
Ft. Knox
John E. Bailey
Carl Beasley
Dwight A. Riley
Athens
Charles E. Pritchard
Patrick D. White
Nelsonville
Bradley D. Peck
Carbondale
Poultry Day Held in Wooster June 25
The 25th annual Ohio Poultry Day will take place in Wooster on Wednesday June 25 sponsored by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station with Ohio University cooperation. Poultry keepers and researchers attend an open forum to seek solutions to their problems. Speakers include B E Crider Auglaize County C M Ferguson and R K E Cray Ohio State University and W D Termohlen chief of the poultry Division Surplus Marketing Administration Washington DC. County Extension Agent Ross Wright can provide further details.
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Wooster
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ohio University
B. E. Crider
Auglaize County
C. M. Ferguson
R. KE. Cray
Ohio State University
W. D. Termohlen
Surplus Marketing Administration
Washington, D. C
Ross Wright
Elmer Stanley Dies Suddenly at Home
Elmer Stanley aged 49 pain ter and decorator died suddenly at his home 519 12 Richland Ave following a heart attack. He leaves wife Maude Shaffer Stanley a daughter Wilbur Perkins two sons Jack and Lincoln a brother William and three grandchildren. Funeral at Richland Ave Methodist Church Tuesday at four with burial Hebbardsville.
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Elmer Stanley
Richland Ave
Stanley
Maude Shaffer Stanley
Wilbur Perkins
Jack
Pleasant Hill
Lincoln
Houston
Tex
William
Bridgeport
Richland Ave. Methodist Church
Hebbardsville
Moon Superstitions Across Asia and Burma Beliefs
In the Middle East moonlight is linked to nightmares and headaches. In the Far East a morning thick head is added. In Burma the insane are said to experience storms that correspond to the moon phases.
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Middle East
Far East
Burma
Olive Tablets advertised to aid liver bile and digestion
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a remedy for constipation and sluggish liver. It claims to stimulate bile flow and improve digestion, noting the product is purely plant based and available in 15 30 and 60 cent sizes at all drugstores.
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John Barry
Victorville
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In. Court St
W. T. Bryan
Clara DeLand
Esther Dunham
Agnes Eisen
Mary Flanagan
R. A. Foster
Louis Hammerle
E. A. Hansen
Dean T. C. McCracken
Viola Nelson
Mabel Olson
James R. Patrick
Genevieve Porterfield
Marie Quick
Mary Ward
Janet Wilson
Chippewa
Athens Bank
Sands
Hartman
Rensselaer
London’s Docks
Akron
Tommy Fisher
Ohio State Automobile Association
The
AAA
T. A. Jenkins
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Huntington
Charleston
Athens County Savings & Loan CO
Lostro Building
Athens, Ohio
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ABC
Ford & Young Electric Appliances
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