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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1947

Page

4

The Messenger Publishing Co Notice and Rates

Advertises subscription prices for home delivery by carrier and mail in Ohio West Virginia and beyond. Includes rates by week month and year with advance payment and foreign quotes on request. Mentions Athens Ohio post office classification and Associated Press rights.

Frederick W. Burn Suni - the Messenger Publishing CO Gordon K. Bush John W. Webb Associated Press Ohio West Nia West Virginia Athens

Traffic Safety Call to Athens as Cars Increase

Editorial urged caution as Athens faces rising traffic with Ohio University enrollment and more vehicles. Pedestrians ignore crosswalk signals despite signs while drivers must watch blind corners and curbside hazards. Citizens urged to uphold signals to avoid harm and defend freedoms against overreach in safety measures.

Athens Ohio University

Turbulent Times and Rising Prices Ahead of War Impacts

The era shows record peacetime prosperity yet brings uneasy inflation. Price rises strain fixed incomes while wartime parallels warn of inflation. Congress will likely scrutinize possible emergency controls amid global dislocation and debate over free enterprise versus measures to stabilize prices.

Europe Congress

SILLIONS FOR BONUSES SILLIONS FOR BONUSES

Kermit Bateman a demobilized Eighth Air Force corporal sailed for England due to scarce living quarters for his wife and two children. He says housing here is better in rural America than on the English farm where his wife works, criticizing wartime bonus spending as misallocated to short term relief instead of housing. He questions if election cycles drive the billions spent on bonuses rather than housing.

Kermit Bateman Eighth Air Force England Batemans America Bateman

Gifford proposes American executives assist Europe recovery

Roy W. Gifford of Borg-Warner asks Congress to mobilize U S business to donate top executives engineers and technicians for six month tours to aid Europe under the Marshall Plan plan would be coordinated through NAM and Federation of British Industries with no forced assignments European sovereigns may resist American involvement CEEC warns against interference in recovery funds and governance

Washington Congress Roy W. Gifford Chicago Borg-Warner _ International Corporation Europe United States U. S. Chamber of Commerce National Association of Manufacturers N.A.M Federation of U. S Gifford America CEEC Committee On European Economic Cooperation Paris

FCC Licensing Choice Sparks Free Press Debate

Lawrence's Dispatch critiques FCC decision to grant a FM channel to a Methodist church unit over a newspaper. It warns of government control of radio content, urges legislative standards for sale or lease of facilities, and stresses protection of public interest and press freedom.

Cleveland Trust Federal Communications Commission FCC National Methodist Church New York Daily News Congress

Community Notes From Nelsonville and Nearby

News in brief from Ohio University and surrounding areas includes Beta Pi Omega members meeting with Miss Monroe F Brown at the Davises home, Higley Study Circle with Mrs Jennie O'Dell at Lindley Hall, a Pig Tail quartet, readings by Miss Melba Woodworth, and Emma Cook returning from Parkersburg. Activities span PTA reports, Shakespeare lecture by Dr Edwin Watts Chubb, Athens Garden Club tours of Sunnyside greenhouse, chrysanthemum talks, and Hazel Roach visiting with her mother Mrs H M Roach.

Beta Pi Omega Ohio University Monroe F. Brown Val Davis Higley Study Circle Jennie O'Dell Lindley Hall Charles Cameron C. C. Millikan Wiley Sprague Hal Woods Melba Woodworth Edwin Watts Chubb Pomeroy Senice High Schoool

Laurel Run Laurel Run Community Notes

The Friendly Neighbors club met with Mrs. Algernon Todd on November 6 for mending and a pot luck dinner led by Mrs. Charles Patton. Attendees included many local families and the next meeting was set for November 20 at Mrs. Everett White's home.

Laurel Friendly Neighbors Club Algernon Todd Charles Patton William Sparks Sr Paul Terry John Norris Millard Patton Clarence Patton Charles Wood Gary Wayne Arthur Todd Lawrence Wolfe Everett White Herman Bumgardner Donald Campbell Donnie Henry Todd, Jr Ted Groves Thomas Huddy William Kennedy Shirley Kay Warren Sowers Friendly Neighbor Club Sowers

Community notes in Crown City gale of visits and unions

The WSCS met at Mrs. Paul Stanley’s home with eleven members and three visitors. Birthday cake honored Mrs. Venia Brown on her 73rd birthday. Arvilla Woodyard and Abner Holderby wed in a formal parsonage ceremony. Several residents away visiting relatives and taking trips. John M. Williams joined the Wholesale Grocers Association as a salesman in Huntington. Multiple locals hosted and visited kin across Gallipolis Ashland Kentucky Norfork Virginia, with flu keeping Mrs. Woodrow Hayner home and others at football in Athens. Kathryn Rankin and Co R Simms arranged sale of a house and lot from Max Garlie.

Crown City WSCS Paul Stanley Venia Brown Arvilla Woodyard Athalia Abner Holderby Proctorville Frank Harding Emmett Pickett Tucson Ariz Gid Brumfield Nancy Hineman Etta McCall Gallipolis John M. Williams Wholesale Grocers Association of Huntington Eugene Deubner Susan Grosse Point Mich George Woodyard Woodrow Hayner Vernon Simms Jimmy Dale Billy Joe Lockhart Richard Graham Jack Williams Athens Alice Daniels Junior Daniels Norfolk Borm Tast Tepe Clark Caldwell Emmett McCrasky Mil- Sundey L. V. Caldwell Paul Stanley Watts Charles Henderson Victor Ashland R. Simms Max Gar Kathryn Rankin

Alcohol and liver harm from chronic drinking

Dr. William A. OBrien explains how excessive drinking harms the brain spinal cord and liver, with delirium tremens risk and eventual cirrhosis. He notes that alcohol depresses the nervous system, hinders coordination, and dangerous driving is possible during intoxication.

Local residents visit relatives in Mt Vernon and beyond

Mrs Ben Evans and son Mike of Clearwater Fla visit her parents Prof W H Welker and Mrs Welker in Mt Vernon and Mr and Mrs E A Evans in Vinton. Irene Casto Hall of New York stays with her father B G Casto who is ill but improving. Opal Stewart, Columbus worker, visits her parents O M Stewart and wife. The G V Quickle and Minerva Warren party visit Ironton. Clyde Alexander travels to Cece Winter Hostel in Florida. Shit and dull ay Edmiston attend Ohio University visit parents Claude and family. Dr J W Butler and Barbara Ann visit his mother Vernie Butler. Dr W C Feltman joins birthday celebration at the Butler home.

Vinton Ben Evans Mike Clearwater, Fla Irene Casto Hall New York B. G. Casto Edmiston Ohio University Cleyton Edmiston J. W. Butler Barbara Ann Dr. Butler Vernie Butler W. C. Feltman

Radio Program Listings and Station Mix Across Areas

Radio stations listed include WSAZ Huntington 930, NBC WLW Cincinnati 50 KC, ABC WCOL Columbus 1230, CBS WBNS Columbus 1460, WCHS Charleston 580, WPAR Parkersburg 1450, WHKC Columbus 610, WMOA Marietta 1490. A snapshot of regional broadcast frequencies and affiliations.

WSAZ Huntington NBC

Radio Schedule Highlights From November Listings

A dense listing of radio programming for Monday and Tuesday November 17 and 18, detailing hours of news, music, drama, quiz shows, variety programs, and kiddies hours across networks ABC CBS MBS and others with multiple repeats and regional notes. The long schedule names hosts programs and times, noting cross network repeats and regional variants.

Abc Cbs Network Abc-Weat Mbs-West Cbs Cbs East Lum & Abner Cbs West Abe Lowell Thomas Cbs News Fulton Lewis, Jr Abe Jack Smith Cbs Daily Abec Mbs Abe Bop Abe Henry J Taylor—mbs 7:45—Kaltenborn Comment—abe Ed Murrow News—cbs Sports Abe Abe Gabriel Heatter Dr. J. Q Abe Sammy Kaye & Band Friend Irma Cbs Music Fish and Hunt Club Fred Waring Screen Guild Karl Goodwin Buddy Weed Abe West Abe Kate Smith Nbe Abe Queen Paida Croom Abhe Martin Block Cbs Ladies Paul Whiteman West Luia Abner

Challenge To Love at Eta Mu Tea Dance Cliffhanger

Cam dates Her bert Powell amid campus gossip while Maurine seizes Eta Mu pledge status. Maurine calls Senator Blair aide Nick Sutton from a Georgetown phone to request a favor linked to a survey on proposed airports before the story continues.

Cam Herbert Powell Herbert Joel Maurine Eta Mu Delta Williams

Sam Simmons on Economic Reward and government

Sam Simmons argues that a system denying economic advancement for the so called common man would curb ambition and waste talent. He says poverty motivates effort and that a free society rewards work, while government acts as a brake on enterprise and should avoid closing doors to the hardworking. He contrasts U S prosperity with a Russia style fate for the downtrodden.

Local Social Notes From Burr Oak Area

Mr and Mrs For rest Dennis and son Glenn of Hemlock visited Mrs Eva Ivers and Virginia. Mr and Mrs Tommy Dew and Miss Donna Mae Dew of Detroit weekended here. Mr and Mrs Earl Briggs announce a daughter born to Mrs Vina Fouts of McLeish. Mrs Eva Ivers and Virginia visited Mrs H qt Creamer at Millertown.

Burr Oak Forrest Dennis Glenn Hemlock Eva Ivers Virginia Tommy Dew Donna Mae Dew Detroit Earl Briggs Vina Fouts McLeish H Qt. C. Creamer Millertown

Also Mentioned on This Page

U.S Los Alamos NEA Telephotos Peter Edson Lawrence Emma Cook Parkersburg James Knight Parent-Teacher Association Cleveland Nelsonville High School PTA W. W. Connett Athens Garden Club Sunnyside Hazel Roach The American Home Economics Association H. M., Roach Bob William Sparks Harold Clarence Woodard Springfield Henry Todd Sr Gerald Wilcox of McArthur Hocking Valley Hospital William A. O'Brien N. Y Oklahoma Shady Valley Aetty Crocker Arthur Godfrey Hollywood Ben Alexander Ethel Hamill David Blair Georgetown Nick Sutton Aladdin Nicky Sutton Sutton Aid William Nick White House Sam Simmons Russia By Galbraith NEA Service, Inc T. M. Reg U. S. Pat
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