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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1949
Page
4
The piece questions federal spending under the Fair Deal and compares relief costs to past economic downturns. It argues cuts are possible in direct relief and urges scrutiny of broader taxpayer expenditures as Roosevelt and Truman era policies are weighed against current prosperity.
Tod quits the Conover Agency after a failed relationship with Liz and moves into a low rent Chicago area with Ma. Harriet returns, Nina updates him on Jenny and Rick’s plans, and Tod learns Jenny plans to marry while managing a new job and house arrangements. The March wind amplifies his loneliness as he reflects on past choices.
The CIO convention in Cleveland expelled the United Electrical Workers and formed a new union to raid UEW membership. The move signals a broader purge of left wing affiliates as President Murray pushes to crush Communism amid potential factory clashes and NLRB involvement.
The piece notes that direct relief payments in 1948 more than doubled those of 1934, citing Department of Commerce data. It highlights a 20 percent annual rise since 1945, contrasts relief with Social Security and pensions, and points to overall wartime and postwar expenditures on aid and private resources available to the needy.
A columnist warns the steel settlement will boost costs and prices, creating an artificial boomlet in 1950. He argues government tax policy fuels inflated profits, currency devaluation, and misleading business activity, urging readers to see through the illusion.
The piece argues for funding more smooth top roads to spare vehicles and drivers from rough surfaces. It notes coal trucks exceed anticipated loads, old roads fail under heavy traffic, and repeated patching hides road conditions. It credits cheap surfacing materials for sustained smooth riding and fewer accidents.
In New York Lehman defeats Dulles, boosting Truman's Fair Deal rhetoric while voters may judge the plan in upcoming 1950 elections. The piece notes the off year context, party splits, and possible shifts in control of Congress.
Democratic committeeman reports voting machine delivered with 87 votes registered before polls opened. He notes the device did not show which party benefited.
Guards captured three prisoners at Lecum berry Penitentiary in Mexico City for stealing prison supplies. One thief hid 15 yards of cloth around his waist while the other two concealed 25 bars of soap each. They admitted it was a regular practice to sell items in a neighboring market.
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains that sinusitis causes headaches facial pain and fatigue. He notes nasal obstruction with pus buildup can be relieved temporarily by widening or washing the sinus openings and shrinking membranes. He discusses climates with minimal temperature change and advises trying a new climate before moving. He answers a reader’s question about a cure for arteriosclerosis, stating no sure cure exists though symptoms can improve with treatment.
Wilton E Hall presents a ten question quiz with 10 point per correct answer and a scoring rubric from Genius to Fair. The 10 items cover sports age eligibility geography gems and crime lore with multiple choice and true false formats.
Callers at the Engle home included Blanche Holliday Emo gene Holliday and others from Bremen Westerville Portsmouth Utica and Dayton. Attendees joined wiener roast visits and weekend gatherings with multiple local families and a baptism at St Matthews Lutheran Church Logan.
Mr. and Mrs. Caster Giffin of Akron spent a weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Caster Bobo. Mrs. Orren McFadden visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brooks of Mineral. Yvonne Blankenbeckler and Glenn Woods accompany Mrs. McFadden to her home in Inster, Ohio.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Ebersbach and Mrs Allen Hartley left for Greenbriar Military Institute for Parents Day. E Paul Cotton chosen chair of the 1940 Community Chest campaign after doubt about holding a drive this year. Seventy five Army National Guard members from Battery C, 134th Field Artillery, Ohio, ordered to Columbus for five days of field training. Corporal Herbert Boroff home on furlough from Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. About 1000 attended the Fox Hunters Horse Show at Logan. Miss Clara Key of Nelsonville struck by hit and run driver. Mr and Mrs G C Fawcett and family of Glouster returned from Delaware. J A Laughead of Portland Oregon returned to Middleport to visit friends. Miss Evelyn Ogan hosted McArthur High Senior Halloween masque at her home. Mrs Hattie Coon of Nelsonville visiting sister in The Plains.
Local farmer Howard Dupler lost his left arm at the wrist after his hand was caught in a corn shredder on the Glenford Som erset road. Displaced persons from Latvia arrive in Perry County to live on the Walter Howdy shell farm. Five county schools fed 1150 children daily last year at a cost of 39 281 71. Deaths outpaced births by 10 in September. The second set of twins arrived for Mr. and Mrs. John Dulles in Oakfield the past week.
A catalog of radio stations with call letters and frequencies including NBC WLW Cincinnati 700 KC ABC WCOL Columbus 1230 KC WSAZ Huntington 930 KC CBS WBNS Columbus 1460 KC WCHS Charleston 580 KC WPAR Parkersburg 1450 KC MBS WHKC Columbus 610 KC WMOA Marietta 1490 KC
A detailed listing shows the November 10 11 schedule across NBC CBS ABC and MBS with daily time slots from 6:00 p.m. to midnight including news reports sports music talk shows dramas comedies variety programs and duchess repeats for West coast. It captures program titles hosts and network notes for the Thursday and Friday schedule period.
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