Debate over League of Nations model alarms American observers
David Lawrence notes that despite formal groundwork for a new world league, Britain and Moscow backed spheres of influence threaten to fragment the plan. He cites Woodrow Wilson’s opposition to balance of power and urges the U.S. to reject imperial blocs to avoid widening conflicts and a costly arms race. Catholic bishops join in opposing spheres of influence as a guard against totalitarian trends.
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Washington
League of Nations
Congress
London ‘Times
Europe
Britain
Russia
Woodrow Wilson
London Times
New World Organisation
New League
Roosevelt
Hull
Erith
Balkans
New World Peace Organization
American Congress
Inter- Europe
America
United States
E States
Announcement of a bigger income tax levy faces public reaction
The piece criticizes planned 1945 federal income tax hikes, calling them the heaviest levy in modern history. It warns that withholding will rise sharply, detailing increases for single and married earners and urging voters to push for different wartime fiscal policy.
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Washington
Uncle Bam
Pearl Harbor
America
Santa Claus
Gleaning War News and Nazi Retreats in Europe
The piece cites Eisenhower's communique on Allied advances east of Cologne as German forces pull back from strongholds while sustaining heavy losses. It notes renewed German shortages, and praises Allied strategic gains near the Rhine, urging continued pursuit to prevent a renewed Nazi offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Dewitt MacKenzie
Cologne
Gellen- Kirchen
Gellenkirchen-Aachen
Germany
Ruhr
General Tire
Rhine
Ohio University
Ohio
Wesleyan
O. U
Frump
Knachel
Winters
Snouffer
Pearce
Turner
Eiesnhower
Dexter Social Notes Reflect Community Life
Funeral services for Mme Laure McCann were held at Salem Center Church after a heart attack. Family updates include births, visits, travels to Columbus and Dayton, and gatherings at Dexter School events. The social column blends local notices with a short, reflective prose piece on weather and a wartime meditation.
Hemlock Grove Notes and Nearby Social Nods
Community fragment records visits among residents such as Clifford Ruth and family in Shade and Tom Ruth in Athens. The report moves to a lunch and coffee chat with neighbors, then shifts to a tense personal scene involving Leo, Boggio, and a driving job offer with pay of seventy five dollars weekly as a potential motive for loyalty and truth.
Unfinished business colors postwar labor plans and war work
The article argues reconversion must slow to keep workers on the job after wartime gains. It notes shortages in five Army supply items, Kaiser’s shipyard losses of 28 percent, and calls for government and local appeals to retain workers. It envisions 60,000 promised postwar jobs via cooperative effort.
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France
Europe
Patton
Patterson
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser
Hopeful Cure for Smoking Becomes Farce
The area Alliance touts a smoke shortage as a golden chance to quit, proposing a cure with diet changes, Rochelle salts and cream of tartar, Turkish baths, and chewing gentian or camomile. The plan risks long lines, black market activity, and widespread dissatisfaction.
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Area Alliance
Suckers and skeptics in wake of Martian invasion broadcast
A Chilean ram producer staged Orson Welles style Mars invasion on air provoking panic, heart attacks, and people fleeing in night clothes. The piece notes similar reactions in New York and New Jersey six years earlier and argues people crave belief in invasion despite assurances it is a joke.
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Orson Welles
Mars
Chile
New York
New Jersey
Edson on World Court and UN Charter Plans
Peter Edson analyzes Dumbarton Oaks plans for a United Nations charter. He notes the fate of the World Court and potential for a new international tribunal under the charter, with election by the Geneva Assembly and limited ties to the General Assembly and Security Council.
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Byuvimon Loe
United Nations
United Nations Organization
General Assembly
International Court of Justice
Geneva Assembly
Security Council
Fed
Dumbarton Oaks
Bermuda legislature rejects land income and inheritance taxes
The Bermuda legislatures vote down proposals to levy taxes on land income and inheritance. The editor asks for a women's angle as news grows scarce, noting that women are often willing.
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Bermuda
Legislatues
Ten Percent Dividend Declared by Glouster State Bank
The Glouster State Bank announced a ten percent dividend totaling over $4600, the third such payment since the bank closed. In Gallipolis, property owners will see more than a mile of new concrete sidewalks funded by FERA. Athens County marks National Unemployed Days on Saturday November 24 per the Unemployed League executives J C Johnson and C N France.
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Ty the
Glouster State Bank
Gallipolis
FERA
Athens County
The
Unemployed League
J. C. Johnson
C. N. France
Charity Show Draws Support for Ellis Event
A list of participants supports the Ellis Charity Show for December. Included are S. M. Johnson Robert S. Wood Mrs Frank X Rauch Jack Sweeney Darrel Sams D Scott Allen M P Shannon G G Jordan Carl G Nett J L Maxwell W L Slaughter Fred Forter H J Dalton Alex M Moore C C Cornwell K P Jennings and general chairman J A Fuller.
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Ellis
S.M. Johnson
Robert S. Wood
Frank X. Rauch
Jack Sweeney
Darrel Sams
D. Scott Allen
M. P. Shannon
G. G. Jordan
Carl G Nett
J. L. Maxwell
LW. Slaughter
Fred Forter
H. J.dalton
Alex M. Moore
C. C. Cornwell
K.P. Jennings
J. A. Fuller
Chester Area Personal Notes Rise From Army Honors and Travel
Relatives report Bernard Eiselstein honorably discharged from the Army. Detmar Rau and Delbert caravan plan a hunting trip with guest lists including Everett Hayden and John Pruitt. Lucille and Elma Smith join a pre Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Wile bur Dean and Edna R. Dean. Pte Howard Knight of Martinsburg spends furlough with family as Chester residents attend Frank Koehler funeral in Tuppers Plains.
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Bernard Eiselstein
C. E. Roecher
Delbert Caravan
Detmar Rau
Mutual
Everett Hayden
John Pruitt
Fostoria
Esta Kimes
Dayton Eisel
Roy Eisel
John
Holden
W. Va
Paul Orr
Bashan
Walter ‘Taylor
Martin
Earl Dean
Lucille
Elma Smith
Wilebur Dean
Edna R. Dean
Howard Knight
Martinsburg
Chester
Frank Koehler
Tuppers Plains
Clarence Hutchinson
Kittanning
Ewington News Notes Highlights Local Visits
Local residents record visits and travel notes as Nettie Painter goes to Columbus for work and Milton Snyder with Carl Harder visit homefolks. The Parsons family aids farm work in Jackson County West Virginia while L A Parsons’ daughter Lillian assists on the farm as Ede ward of the Coast Guard prepares for South Pacific assignment.
Social and Personal of Pleasant Wall
Svalyn Pugh was called to Ni varre last Friday by her mother Mrs. Oscar Pratt. Mrs. Pugh was with her aunt Mrs. Jessie McCall and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hanning of Pearl Chapel they spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brooks. Miss Joyce Tyler stayed Friday night with Miss Laurie Hanning. Mrs. Frank Pugh and daughter Mrs. Grace Whaley visited Outrander guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ea Cranmer. Ed Brooks and wife sold their farm to Mr. and Mrs. George Milliran of Cleveland and moved to Albany. Arthur Goodin got a letter from son Cpl. Homer Goodin stating he is in Holland. Pearl Brooks accompanied Dr. T. H. Morgan and W. H. Logan of Athens to Findley Ohio for hunting.
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Pleasant Wall
Pleasant Valley
Svalyn Pugh
Nivarre
Oscar Pratt
Outrander
Pearl H. Brooks
T. H. Morgan
W. H. Lowgan
Athens
Findley
Ohio
Corning Boy Discharged From Army
Sgt. V. M. Rodgers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rodgers, has received an honorable discharge from the U S Army after knee injury treatment in Army hospitals in Florida and elsewhere. Rodgers is a graduate of Corning High School. Other local notes mention hospital visits, visits to Columbus and West Jefferson, and a missionary meeting scheduled for November 24 at the Church of God. A vaccine plan using diethylene sodium bis-nicotine carbonate sprayed on ground is noted to boost potato yields from 25 to 100 bushels per acre in trials.
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Cornings
V. m. Rodegers
Harold Rodgers
U. S. Army
Florida
Sergeant Rodgers
oCrning High School
Percis Wilson
Grant Hospital
Martha Newton
John Newton
Columbus
Carl Murphy
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Frank Murphy
Catherine McCabe
Rendville
Bennett
Corning
Rita Winnenberg
West Jefferson
Henry Winnenerg
Church of God
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Dexter
Mme
Laure McCann
Salem Center
Mes McCann
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F. Jeffrys Price
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Emerson
Marchington
Homer
Miles Nelson
Dexter School
Wrue Reid
G. B. Davis
J." D. McCann
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Papa
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Leo
Henry Leach
Hemlock Grove
Porter
Midkiff
Carl Fellman
Peach Fork
James Clark
Wilbur Midkiff
Bert Smith
Herbie Smith
Tewas
Macel Smit Silver Ridge
Sam Curtin
Larry
Albert Smith
Frank Clark
Porter Midkiff
Joe Bowles
Ernest Cullums
Terry Rex
Ralph Welker
Pomeroy
Tom Ruth
Sally
Mia
Conrad Mulligan
Athens RD
Sthe
Boggio
Don
Joe
Ben
Peter Edson
Athens Country Club
L. J. Brown
T. W. Craig
Pred Beckler
B. T. Grover
Eleanor Bolin
Charles Cameron
Ewington News
Aoe
Rodney Sprouse
Milton Snyder
Nettie Painter
Annie Cameron
A. C. Woodall
L. A. Parsons
Lillian
Jackson County
E. A. Woodall
A. ©. Woodall
Glen Strong
Emmett Sprouse
Ethel
Margaret ‘Ann
Sprouse
Roberta Timken
Carl Harder
Ede Ward
Coast Guard
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