Communism Gains Ground Across Europe Amid US Unease
The piece notes rising Communist influence in France and England postwar, with Tito and Russia pressing provisional governments. It warns Americans that Kremlin allies seek dominance, others resist, and the world risks mistrust as liberty and democracy are reinterpreted as oppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
England
Soviet Union
France
Europe
Third Time Narrowly Dodged Axis World Conquest
The article argues Anglo Allied victory over Germany and Japan in 1941 relied on German errors. It warns of a future where Germany and Japan could conquer the world if unchecked, and urges preparedness for peace with a cautious public favoring nonbelligerence over sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Japan
England
Russia
Congress Tours and War Aftermath as a Duty
The piece argues President Truman approved congressional trips to Europe, noting such junkets add to war costs but are valuable. It urges lawmakers to witness the war’s impact, meet Nazi camp survivors, study Europe’s politics, and review agencies like OWI for informed regional and national duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Europe
Congress
OWT
Brooklyn Bag Toss Scandal Inspires Possible Scholarship
In Brooklyn a girl tossed a bag with 1050 dollars to a colleague but it flew from a window. A passing bobby-soxer intercepted the bag and ran for the goal line. Police are still seeking her. if released she may win a freshwater college scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
America must keep US safe as war reaches home
David Lawrence argues after the United Nations Conference that America's primary goal remains protecting the United States. He stresses keeping war zones distant from US shores, maintaining strong air, land, and sea power, and building international peace structures as secondary aims to prevent any invasion or attack on American soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Francisco
United States
America
Europe
Roosevelt
Congress
Rhine
Continental
Americas
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Asia
Rocksprings WSCS Meets at Church May Meeting
The Rocksprings WSCS met at the church on May 1 with seven members. Devotions focused on "At the door of the home" a world wide prayer. President Mrs Leonard led the business session as families and friends visited in nearby homes through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C 8
Leonard
Robert Richards
Gallipolis
Richard
Clement Arnold
Amos Leonard
Dorothy
Betty
Harry Smith
Naylors Run
Tawhey
Charleston
W. Va
Scott Folmer
Daisy Brown
Mabel
Bibare Brown
Charles Elliot
Athens Road
Clarence Grueser
Roger
Grueser
John Hamm
Nease Settlement
Charles Eskew
Barbara
California
Seaman Charles Eskew
Carl Baker
Frances Reibel
Declaring United Nations Forebearer on Landed at San Francisco
Peter Edson notes a facsimile of the United Nations Declaration hangs in the Fairmont lobby as the San Francisco Conference nears. He recalls the 1942 signatories and explains that 47 nations have signed, with Poland Ukraine White Russia and Argentina absent for various reasons. The Argentine hesitation to sign weakens the unity sought for the world charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U. S
United Nations
Washington
Germany
Poland
Ukraine
Russia
Soviet Union
Family Near Little Hocking Quoted $6000 Price
A statement notes a family near Little Hocking is quoted a price of 6000 dollars. The fragment mentions this amount in connection with a likely sale or settlement, but no further identifying details are readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ney
Little Hocking
Wilkesville Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits and Health
Wilkesville residents share family visits and travel notes from South Pacific furloughs to Pennsylvania camps. Local members of Pythian Sisters and Eastern Star listed among attendees at recent inspections. Hospital and health updates include Marion Reed’s transfer to Huntington Veterans Hospital for care.
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Wilkesville
Cooper Strausbaugh
Bert Thacker
South
Pacffe
Lawrence Strausbaugh
Lem Thacker
J. M. Jackson
Harold Thompson
New Lexington
Nealie Thompson
Bear Steele
Earl Cray
Pennsylvania
Lena Cray
Ray Straushaugh
Pythian Sisters
Nelsonville Temple
Vinton Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Louise Waltz
Blanche Penn
Bessie Wells
Jewell Strong
Selah Strausbaugh
Dayton
Col
Price Baird
Fred Baird
James Mahaffer
Oklahoma
William Mahaffey
Emmett Mahaffey
Alva
Colo
A. L. DeVault
A. L. DeVauit
Max Edmundson
Mildred Straushaugh
Fred Sayre
Strausbaugh
Predestined To Fail And Sovereignty In Edits
A letter from W. I. Endicott argues sovereignty is absolute and not relative, criticizing San Francisco Conference assertiveness and calling for equal treatment of nations as common rights of man. The piece contends there are no large or small nations in principle and laments failures in applying this view. Additional brief items report the Cincinnati Red Cross blood center logging 100,000 donors and a Cleveland cafe owner robbery by three masked men stealing 5800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
San Francisco
Aiffords
United States
Ecuador
Russia
Paraguay
Haiti
Canada
France
Venezuela
Endicott
Chesterhill
Cleveland
Sarah Haddad
Lottridge Social Notes Highlights and Visits
Lottridge social notes record Sunday visits and family gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Oden Johnson of Athens visited their parents the Barnhills on Dutch Ridge. EW Swisher joined them for dinner. Gordon Collins and family from near Success dined with Bernard and family and Michael Kinnen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottridge
Oden Johnson
Athens
John W. Barnhill
Dutch Ridge
EW. Swisher
Gordon Collins
Near Success
Pened Bernard
Michael Kinnen
Leroy Boggs
Rexjal Boges
Robert
Lillie Davis
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
O. L. Davis
Davis
John_Archer
Naomi
Charles Kincader
Coolville
Fred Varner
Local Personal Mentions From Nelsonville Area
Kimberly and Jimmie Lauderback return home after a fishing trip to Guysville. Numerous locals, including Olive Woods and daughter Hester in Columbus, Jack Nelson in Morristown, and Miss Dorothy Smith in Columbus, visited relatives in the area. Attendees at a Nazarene Church revival in Parkersburg were accompanied by the Nelsonville pastor and local Jehuren members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
Soate Pickett
Jimmie Lauderback
Guysville
Olive Woods
Hester
Columbus
Andrew Adams
Jack Nelson
Morristown
Ed Natson
Jennie Fugitt
Nelsonville
George Griffon
James Lauderback
Haydenville
Herman Williams
Mabel Williams
Audry Lauderback
Dorothy Smith
Lee Smith
Betty Nelson
Margaret Lanning
Chauncey
Birdie Davis
Nellie Barber
Carbondale
John Statum
William Robinson
Ed Nelson
Orpha Campbell
Cotbett
Hero Bailey
Jax Spice Lick
Thresa Fields
Esther Hatfield
Donna Martin
Rooatt Hatfield, Jr
Fred Adams
William Davis Oliver Carsey
Rachel Hook
Howard Hill
Nazarene Church
Parkersburg
Demint
Jehuren
Chief Causes of In Law Trouble in a War Bride Era
A wartime domestic etiquette piece outlines chief friction points between couples and in laws. It cites sharing a home, parental interference, early quarrels, grandchild rearing, and financial strain as core issues. It advises tact, independence, and self‑support, noting a busy wife adapts better to separation and wartime conditions.
Mothers of Athens High Girls Honored at Tea Event
Mothers of Athens High School girls were entertained at a tea with Marjorie Wheaton welcoming them. Alice Rardin sang Mother Macree, Ruth Phillips and Alice Bardin performed a duet, Jane Fultz sang, and Jane Foster played Claire de Lune. Logan Knights of Pythias district meeting drew 300 delegates from 14 lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Marjorie Wheaton
Alice Rardin
Mother Macree
Alice Bardin
Ruth Philllips
Jane Fultz
Jane Foster
Claire de Lune
Debussey
Logan Knights of Pythias
K. P
Walter Leonard
Joe Harden
Joe White
W. S. Yaw
C. E B. Blackston
Helen Louise Martin
Mineral
Ohio
Tito Tests Unity as Tito Expands Yugoslav Claims Tests Allies
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports a crisis as Marshal Tito presses claims to Italian Trieste and Gorizia and Austrian lands near Aillach Klagenfurt. Allied leaders urge evacuation plans and warn against forceful occupation, signaling a potential showdown with Churchill Stalin and Truman amid Moscow’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
Dewitt MacKenzie
Yugoslavia
Italy
Austria
Marshal Tito
Trieste
Gorizia
Isonzo
Aillach-Klagenfurt
Alexander
Mediterranean
Plite
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Moscow
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Britain
America
Russia
Poland
Europe
Balkans
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William White
Clarence Laughlin
Elaine Roe
Helen McLaughlin
Ruth Cone
Bernice Atkins
Marjorie Dixon
Delia Dorsey
William Cooper
Eldridge Whipple
Stacey Wolfe
William Phillips
Jack McCarty
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