War Can Be Won This Year Says Ramsey at Athens
E C Ramsey told Rotary and Kiwanis clubs in Athens that English resolve, allied air and Russian aid could end the war this year 1944. He warned of German air attacks and poison gas, urged a people's postwar government, and predicted an invasion of Europe by fall with Soviet help and continued Allied support for Russia.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Ramsey
England
United Nations
E. C. Ramsey
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Rotary
Kiwanis
Japan
Russia
British Isles
France
Germany
Italy
Axis
Africa
Spellman
Vaticans
Soviet Union
Hitler
Invasion of continent by Autumn and Mussolini talk
A free-lance journalist and lecturer spoke at Athens High School about Europe war trends. He predicted an assassination attempt on Mussolini and described Italian leadership as Nazi guarded. He warned of a shifting balance as Italy, described as a boot shaped country, faced crises.
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Europe
E. Ramsey
Athens High School
Italy
J. Ramsey
Mussolini
Jesse Dowler Fined on Drunk Driving Charge
Athens police on W Union Street charged Jesse Lee Dowler age 37 Mineral with driving while intoxicated. He was fined 100 dollars and costs after arraignment before Mayor Franz Woodworth. Wood did not pay, and was jailed. One other man and two others were fined for intoxication. Larsson pleaded not guilty to pocketbook theft and was held to the grand jury with $500 bond.
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Athens
W. Union St
Jesse Lee Dowler
Mineral
Franz Woodworth
Dayton L. Wood
Sharpsburg
Alonzo Calentine
Shannon Ave
Wood
Harry L. Larsson
W. State St
Woodworth
Edward Bobo
Larsson
Bobo
Gabriel Coon Dies At Home At The Plains
Gabriel Coon aged 85 died Monday morning at his home at The Plains from a heart ailment. He lived with William Hess and leaves a daughter Nora Laverly of Athens, five grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. His wife preceded him in death. Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 at the home of daughter Saverly 26 Fern St with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Saverly home after 8 tonight.
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Gabriel Coon
the Plains
Albany High Show Thursday Night Attic Review
Albany High School students present Attic Review, a musical show in the high school auditorium Thursday evening March 25 at 7 30 for the Red Cross War Fund Drive under the direction of Mrs Don Millikan.
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Albany High School
Don Millikan
Plane crashes into Hofstra College building in Hempstead
A low flying Army plane struck the side of a classroom building at Hofstra College near Mitchell Field early today, starting a fire. No students were reported in the area at the time.
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Hempstead
N. Y
UPI
Hofstra College
Mitchell Field
Athens First Auto Bought by Local Resident in 1903
Forty years ago this March Dr. C L Jones, manager of the Athens Home Telephone Co., bought what was Athens’s first automobile from Oldsmobile in Cleveland for 565 dollars. It had a single cylinder four horsepower engine and top speed of about 15 miles an hour. Dr. Jones said mileage ran about 20 mpg, noting autos often varied in performance. In 1904 the couple took a six day trip to the St. Louis Exposition, traveling Route 40 through Ohio and Indiana. Many Athens residents, especially youngsters, rode their first auto in that car.
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C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Co
Athens
Oldsmobile Co
Cleveland
Dr. Jones
Army letters honor Chadwick with Purple Heart posthumously
Mrs. Helen Chadwick of Athens received letters from General Marshall and Chaplain Chadwick regarding her husband Lieutenant Harold E. Chadwick of the 147th Infantry. The Adjutant General’s office notified her of the Purple Heart award posthumously. Other local service members, including Cadet Eugene Cole, Pvt Dana Tom, and Flight Officer Neil Tippett, were listed with recent transfers and training updates.
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G. C. Marshall
War Department
Clifford Chadwick
147Th Infantry
Helen H. Chadwick
Athens
Harold E. Chadwick
Pacific
United States Army
Mr. Chadwick
Chadwick
Pvt
Dana Tom
Fred Lee Tom
Boca Raton
Fla
Southeast American Air Forces Training Center
Newport
Ark
Tom
Army
Post War Trade Topic At Ohio Forum
Ohio University students will hold a forum Wednesday at 8 30 p m in the Student Center Men s Lounge to discuss Post War Trade Nationalistic or Global Dr King Adamson statistics instructor and Roy H Paynter associate professor of marketing will each speak for 15 minutes followed by an open discussion and Q A from the group.
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Ohio
Ohio University
King Adamson
Roy H. Paynter
OU Students Affected by New Rulings of Military Induction
Ohio University receives notices on new wartime induction rules for medical and pre medical students and certain junior technical engineering students. Inductees will enter the Enlisted Reserve Corps in an inactive status and may return to campus to await future active duty. Navy Class SV-7 opens to full time juniors or seniors in engineering or physics related majors with specific credentials required for transfer.
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B. T. Grover Armed Services
Ohio University
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Naval Reserve
Fifth Service Command
Army
Selective Service
Navy
Ames Township Surpasses Red Cross War Fund Quota
Ames Township exceeded its Red Cross quota by 66.60 dollars. The combined Amesville Village and Township quota was 500 dollars, with total collections of 566.60 dollars announced today by Mrs Lucille Linscott of Amesville.
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Ames Township
Red Cross War Fund
Amesville
Lucille Linscott
M W Blazier Dies at Shade Home Monday
Mr M W Blazier 72 died at his Shade area home Monday afternoon after a long illness His wife Zella died two months earlier He was born in Lodi Township and lived there as a farmer He leaves a daughter Josephine Blazier a son Fred Blazier and four grandchildren John in the Navy Marion in the Great Lakes Navy Betty Mae and Rose Blazier The funeral is Thursday at Shade Methodist Church at two o clock EWT with Rev Earl Cowan. burial at Shade. Friends may call at Dowler and Ferguson Funeral Home after Wednesday noon.
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M. W. Blazier
Shade
Zella
Mr. Blazier
Lodi Township
Josephine Blazier
Fred Blazier
John Blazier
South Pacific
Marion
Great Lakes Training Station
Betty Mae
Rose Blazier
Shade Methodist Church
Earl Cowan
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
Okapi Uses Tongue to Wash Its Ears
An African okapi demonstrates a curious grooming habit by washing its ears with its tongue. Researchers note the behavior as an example of flexible self-care in forest-dwelling wildlife.
Calendar and Mercury Are Not in Agreement
Low temperatures persisted despite spring arrival. At noon the thermometer read 40 degrees while yesterday’s high was 43 and last night’s low reached 20. The Hocking River fell from near flood stage to 9.25 feet today.
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Calendar
Mercury
Athens
Hocking River
Nesslevy outlines steps for a Victory Garden
Carl Nesslevy spoke on planting a Victory Garden at Athens High School. He stressed soil pulverization, proper fertilization with 3-8-7 fertilizer, careful seed bed preparation, spacing, thinning, and transplanting while avoiding wet foliage. He warned against overcultivation and urged shallow cultivation to conserve moisture.
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Carl Nessley
Athens High School
Nessley
Victory Garden
Rodehaver Dies At Home In Guysville
C H Rodehaver aged 78 died Sunday morning at his home in Guysville. A retired farmer and longtime Rome Township resident he was one of nine children. Surviving brother George of South Canaan. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 pm (EWT) at his home with Bean Cemetery burial. Friends may visit the home.
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Guysville
C. H. — Rodehaver
Rome Township
George
South Canaan
Bean Cemetery
Troop 56 to Meet at First Methodist Church
Boy Scout Troop 56 of Athens will meet at the First Methodist Church tonight at seven o'clock. Scoutmaster Roy Dupler asks that all scouts be present.
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Athens
First Methodist
Roy Dupler
Monkeys Lack Facial Muscles For Smiles
Scientists note simians show no facial muscles dedicated to smiling, suggesting ape social signals differ from human expressions. The finding highlights evolutionary paths of facial movement and communication in primates.
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