Bretton Woods plan faces calls for careful amendments
David Lawrence argues the Bretton Woods proposal offers a solid postwar economic start but urges careful, amendable shaping. He warns against tying U S funding to San Francisco momentum and cautions about international bank versus monetary fund roles and potential misuse of funds for armaments or unpayable loans.
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Washington
Europe
Bretton Woods
New Hampshire
Congress
San Francisco
International Monetary Fund
United States
American Bankers Association
Association of Reserve City Bankers
International Bank
Monetary Fund
America
Italy
Ethiopia
Japan
Manchuria
Uncle Sam
Wagneris Night Opera Show by Allied Soldiers in Cologne
Allied troops occupying Cologne used the city’s opera house as a command post and stage for a two hour impromptu performance. Soldiers dressed in costumes from the dressing rooms and wigs, sang and played instruments, improvising roles from Wagner and other works while German residents listened. The show boosted morale before resuming combat duties.
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Hal Boyle
Cologne
Cologne Opera House
Wagner
Opera House
Admiral
Pvt
Jock D. Robertson
Logan
W. Va
Romeo
Gallia Flier Returns for Brief Stay
Staff Sgt. Frank Belville arrives in Gallipolis after 20 months with the Eighth Air Force in England where he served as gunner and bombardier. He wears the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross earned July 28, 1944. Belville helped in the invasion of France and Normandy. He married Jean Rastmary Dalby on May 12 in Watford England. He expects his bride may join him soon in the U. S. after a convoy of American brides. After furlough ending April 5, he will rest at Miami Beach before reassignment.
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Gallipolis
Frank Belville
Eighth Air Force
England
Bartlett Beaman
Germany
Belville
France
Normandy
Jean Rastmary Dalby
Watford
St. John the Evangelist
States
B. Ametton
Sergean Belville
Miami Beach
Fis
The Messenger subscription and advertising notices
The text shows newspaper membership, Associated Press policy, and subscription rates for Ohio and outside Ohio. It lists carrier, year, half year, and weekly prices, plus special weekly service and advertising rate notes. It mentions Athens Ohio postal entry and multiple city offices and nominal obituaries and cards of thanks.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ioelle
Associated Press
Associated Frese
Ohio
Monk Ecuvon
Athens
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Mystery at the Commonwealth Theatre Club
In a tense late night sequence Nick tracks a possible intruder after Charley’s absence. A shadowy figure watches from the street while Pat senses danger. Inside, Magda Calavestri lies dead, throat slit, as the curtain falls on a suspenseful cliffhanger.
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Arlington Street
Calavestri
Commonwealth Apartments
Charley
Nick
Pat
Eric
En Pat
Magda Calavestri
Private enterprise must lead to jobs not government plans
Opinion argues against declaring fixed job totals postwar. It states government can only sustain wartime spending through taxes and bonds, harming savings and competition. The piece urges lawmakers to foster private enterprise with fair regulation and taxation to raise production and employment.
National Sunday School Week to Boost Attendance and Values
The Laymen's National Committee of New York launches National Sunday School Week from April 9 to 15, 1945 to stimulate Sunday School attendance and support. Admiral Reginald Belknap notes the aim to prove that attending Sunday School builds character and American citizenship amid wartime and postwar concerns.
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America
Decline of the Cuss Word by H L Mencken
H L Mencken critiques profanity in American Speech at Columbia University urging restoration of general invective. He laments reduced true profanity since the Civil War and cautions against substitutes like capitalist Communist Fascist and Nazi. He argues intrinsic innocuity hides harsh intent and favors concrete proof before accusation.
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H. L. Mencken
Columbia University Quarterly
Mr. Mencken
Victory Garden Wear Sunscreen Early Spring Work
A spring gardening advisory warns that early outdoor work can cause absenteeism. National Safety Council notes over exposure to the sun is the main ailment, with fifteen minutes of sun the first days enough to prevent toasted skin. Protective clothing is advised for longer sessions.
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National Safety Council
Peter Edson's Letter From Washington
Army Air Forces in Washington denies changes to strategic bombing policy despite incendiary raids on Tokyo and heavy raids on Berlin and Dresden. Goop magnesium bombs boost incendiary effectiveness. Kaiser Permanente process enables direct use. Under-Secretary Grew offers a concise foreign policy guide: win the war quickly, secure lasting peace, and align with the United Nations.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Tokyo
Berlin
Dresden
Germany
United States
Air Forces
USAAF
Henry Kaiser
Permanente
Calif
Kaiser
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
United Nations
Conservation League Plans Activities in Gallia County
Gallia County Conservation League held its quarterly meeting in the Court House with about a dozen members present. Dr. Raymon T. Allison presided as president. the group discussed Ohio conservation laws and voted a ten dollar award for each county high school for eliminating depredatory animals, with proof of killing to be provided by the Vocational Agriculture teacher. Officers elected for the next year include Claude Miller as president, with Allison moving to secretary treasurer. new directors are B. Lewis Jones, Harvey Denney, William Cherrington, Frank Brothers, and Sheriff E. E. Hatfield. The new officers and directors assumed duties immediately. Miller announced appointees James Wetherholt, Junior Simmons, and Warner Craft for the Entertainment Committee to plan the June meeting.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
B. Lewis Jones
Harvey Denney
William Cherrington
Frank Brothers
E. E. Hatfield
Miller
James Wetherholt
Junior Simmons
Warner Craft
Entertainment Committee
Aged Resident of City Dies Thursday
James Madison Burks aged 92 died Thursday at his daughter Mrs Bonnnie Wells 627 Main St after a weeks illness He celebrated his 92nd birthday January 47 at a family dinner and was active downtown Funeral services set this afternoon at Arnett Funeral Home led by Rev Frank T Cads Burial in Lone Oak Cemetery Surviving are five grandchildren and close relatives Burks was a Cabell County native who lived in Point Pleasant most of his life and worked with the Kanawha Dork Co before retiring about 25 years ago
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Point Pleasant
James Madison Burks
Bonnnie Wells
Main St
Burks
Arnett Funeral Home
Frank T. Cads
Catch Young Buck in Kanawha Near Look 11 Flood
A young buck deer swam the Kanawha near Look 11 as flood crested on Sunday March 11. Henderson men Melvin Bush and Gene Shepherd pursued by boat but Clarence Casto cut between deer and shore in a motorboat. Bush and Shepherd then regained the deer and returned it to Casto's farm on the south shore.
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Point Pleasant
Look
Melvin Bush
Gene Shepherd
Henderson
Clarence Casto
Hen- Gernon
Bush
Shepherd
Corning Personal Mention Items Spread Across Visits
Corning society notes list various visits and social happenstances. Mrs. Arthur Hillis hosted Euchre Club. Pinochle Club met at Leo Radkoshi’s home. Several visitors from Camp Bowie Tex Newark Nashville Jackson Mich Columbus Crooksville Fultonham and other locales stopped by or stayed with local residents.
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Earl Spray
Newark
Ann Spray
Mae Schmidt
Nashville
Tenn
Andrew Garbline
L. E. Connoway
Crooksville
Henry Spray
Thomas Howell
Columbus
Frank Waiters
Vicky Fouts
Jackson
Mich
Nancy Fouts
Edna Hartley
New Straitsville
Maxine Stickhorn
Harry Esselstein
Hubert Esselstein
Albert Embrey
Fultonham
James Lunning
Millertown
Vern Palmer
Rose
Lulu Dunlap
Wheeler Williams
Jimmy
William Spence
Tom Gerlen
George Eichet
Dexter Rural News Notes and Social Least
Dexter Rural News Notes records a weekend of family gatherings in honor of Mrs Holliday and Earl Strong with many relatives visiting. Also notes Star Garden Club meeting, Red Cross donations, and local visits from residents including Camp Atterbury serviceman Carl Martin and Ed win Nelson in Arkansas Army camp.
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Norma Gail
Robert
Carl Martin
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Henry Martin
Alice Cahoon
Wilkesville
Cash Nichols
Albert Bolen
McArthur
Walter Holliday
Millersport
Rundstedt Loss Rumor Sparks Talk of Nazi Power Strife
The piece questions rumors that Nazi Field Marshal Von Rundstedt was dismissed after the Remagen Bridge capture. It argues distrust by Hitler's inner circle, notes Rundstedt's stature, and suggests a broader decay of loyalty within the German high command amid disaffection and capitulation pressures in the Western Front.
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Dewitt Mack
Sweden
Switzerland
von Rundstedt
Europe
U. S. First Army
Remagen
Rhine
Rundstedt
Britain
Montgom 4Ery
Rommel
Hitler
Reich
Alps
Moscow
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National Dispatch
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Saint Louis
Hausfrauen
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Hans Vac Leal Ek
Fisk Tread
Thea Wer
Srasger
Nemed Becker
Wansy-Prep Walilon
Gofm
Fat Mudnom
Charley Strand
Olf
Shim
Chertey
I Miternewn
Ha Farber Mense
Riappear
Mick
Magda
Calaveniti
Calavtetel Presse
Erie Weel
Germer
Pal
Gladstone
Peter Edson
Conservation League
Kanawha
Corning
Dexter
Winnie Bolen
Star Garden Club
Sylvia Amos
Lab
Red Cross
Minnie Nichols
Forsythia
Elizabeth Stout
Nora Amos
Harlin Rite and
Richard Lee
Mary Bolen
W. R. Amos
Pearsey Nelson
Onzie
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