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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
4
The Athens Messenger established 876 details publisher owners and staff dates. It lists subscription rates for home delivery by carrier and by mail in Ohio and West Virginia, with Vance rates and foreign rates on request, under the 1915 act.
The piece likens the Truman Congress feud to a slugfest with little defense and notes that both sides attack. It warns the election year theme risks degrading issues and deepening partisan divides. It frames a White House Capitol Hill dispute as a choice between the worst president or the worst Congress.
Friday listing outlines NBC WLW Cincinnati ABC WCOL Columbus CBS WBNS Charleston WCHS Parkersburg MBS WHKC Columbus WMOA Marietta and more. Full day and night nets include news, music, dramatic programs, and children’s shows with multiple repeats and network hours.
The piece argues Republicans face a rare risk of losing power after the 1950s election and warns inflation, debt, and labor struggles threaten any victory. It notes Democratic splits among Truman Wallace and Jefferson Davis and compares potential long-term shifts to 1840s 1860s patterns. It stresses that party control may not endure and warns of a fragile political era ahead.
COOLVILLE A homecoming is planned at Bethany Church June 27 with Sunday school at 10 a.m. a basket dinner at noon and services at 1 30 p m. Special singing and preaching in the afternoon. The public is invited.
James Rogaski Sr. underwent surgery at St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg and has returned home to recover.
Jessica faces a painful confession as Tom returns from war to find love, suspicion, and family strain. She contemplates revealing she loves David Gregory, while Tom confronts the possibility Lucy may be his sister, and decides to act by visiting City Hospital.
The writer argues party platforms no longer bind Congress noting historic examples like Cleveland tariff acts and Wilson Panama Canal policy. He claims modern platforms blur meaning and threaten welfare with global entanglements, urging voters to rebuke platform repudiation and demand accountability.
Peter Edson notes a sharp shift in GOP platforms from 1944 to 1948 across foreign policy labor welfare and economic policy. The 1948 platform favors strengthening the UN universal arms limits expanded armed services and mutual aid while embracing price supports social security expansion and soil conservation with broadening welfare goals.
The text contrasts 1948 Republican planks with 1944, noting no anti-Communist stance then and a new anti-Communist plank now. Civil rights, veterans, small business and equal rights recur, with new planks on water power development tidelands return to states and reform of presidential election procedures to better reflect the popular vote.
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