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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1944
Page
4
Liberty at risk as America risks free institutions
A Cincinnati Times-Star editorial warns that power concentration in the presidency during the thirties and debates over term limits threaten free institutions. It cites Upton Close censor incidents and notes press silence, urging vigilance to preserve liberty and constitutional protections amid wartime prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Metz
Upton Close
Julius Caesar
Pharsalus
Rome
Petrillo
Geor Sokolsky
Cincinnati Times-Star
Japanese envoy defends Pearl Harbor actions in 1941 protest speech
Kurusu, speaker for the Japanese Foreign and Political Affairs Association, argues that Japan's 1941 actions were not aggression and that Britain and the United States are aggressors. He claims 100,000,000 Japanese seek freedom with heart and soul and praises Kamikaze forces while urging fair treatment for Japan postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurusu
Japan
United States
Cordell Hull
Pearl Harbor
Delares
Patrick
Hongkong
Singapore
Britain
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Hitler rumor claims cut off kin to gift to Nazi party
The item reports a sensational World War II rumor that the Fuehrer has disinherited his relatives and left his assets to the Nazi party. It notes ongoing Allied and Russian forces competing in a separate “friendly rivalry” over claims to heirs and payments, reflecting wartime stress and intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuehrer
Nazi Party
Idealism versus expediency in world affairs and the League
David Law rence argues that practicalism and expediency erode moral aims in international relations. He cites Hitler, Mussolini, and Japan to warn that wars begin years before crises, and urges a courageous universal society of nations. The piece laments compromise and praises steadfast idealism despite great costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnins
Hitler
Europe
League of Nations
United States
Conress
Warsaw
Rhineland
France
Britain
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Japan
Manchuria
League
Churchill
Viscount Cecil
League of Nationa
America
Dumbarton Oaks
Universal Society of Nations
Russia
Edson argues WPB overreach in moral reform calls
Peter Edson criticizes New York Mayor LaGuardia and others for pressing the War Production Board to use wartime power for social moral reforms. He notes WPB was created to prioritize armament production and civilian economy, not policing drinking, crime, or gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGuardia
New York
Purity League
Anti-Saloon League
Remember U2
Society For the Prevention of Crime
WPE
Chairman Krug
Mr. Krug
Trimble Bond Committee Seeks Shift To 7 PM In Glouster
Glouster The Trimble Township War Bond Committee will meet tonight in the mayor s office at 7 o clock instead of 8 as previously announced The change comes due to a high school basketball game between Glouster and Eve The varsity game will not begin until about eight o clock Volunteer workers unable to attend should send their sales slips with someone who is attending others from area towns were noted in the same report including Mr and Mrs W R McMullen and families of Columbus and several Glouster residents attending events and visits in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Trimble Township
Eve
Ninevah Rebekah Lodge Thanksgiving Dinner Held in Jacksonville
The last noble Grand Club of Ninevah Rebekah Lodge held its annual Thanksgiving dinner at the I O O F Hall in Jacksonville on November 21. Members invited guests included Mrs Swartz Mrs Bratka Mrs Meeks Mrs Dust Mr William Gaskalla Mrs Clayton Roberts and others. Contest prizes went to Mrs Grimm and Mrs Kioh. The club plans a Christmas party at Maude Davis’s home with a gift exchange and officers for next year will be elected at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Ninevah Rebekah” Lodge
F. Hiall
Jacksonville
Rebekah Lodge
William ‘Swartz
Julius Bratka
Robert’ Meeks
Albert Dust
William Gaskalla
Claton Roberts
Duane Roberts
Ira Conaway. Grimm
Maude da
Martha Kioh
William Kait
Ida B. Davis
Grimm
Park grading begins at Memorial Park entrance
The park grading committee reports work has started at the Memorial Park entrance south of the stadium. First dirt was turned on Saturday and little will be done this fall due to unpredictable weather. Ground cleared and seeded, with plans to proceed in spring to assemble the park units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Park
Bodkins Report Arrival in Tucson Arizona
Mr and Mrs Dele Bodkin write that their son Floyd and daughter in law have arrived in Tucson after a snowy mountain journey. They describe passing through beautiful country and enjoying the trip. The note mentions hot Tucson weather in contrast to the snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louster
Delehert Bodkin
Ndd
Floyd Bodkin
Tucson
Arizona
Couple celebrates 30th wedding anniversary at home
Nellie Shafer Chauncey and Mrs. Guy celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary on Saturday November 25. Their daughter Thelma Jean planned a two course dinner at the family home 49 Converse Street. The table glowed with candlelight a pink white cake baked by Thelma. Price and cards equipped the evening and small baskets of nuts adorned the place settings. Mr and Mrs Harold Parsons Columbus formerly of 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guyhe
Nellie Shafer
Chauncey
Thelma Jean
Converse St
Thelma
Price
Tench Place
Harold Parsons
Columbus
McCutcheon family notes soldiers overseas and Thanksgiving
Letters reveal Cpl Harold McCutcheon in France after two months overseas in the 136th ordnance maintenance battalion and brother Cpl Robert McCutcheon having left the U S for overseas. Other items report Thanksgiving visits, furloughs, and service relocations along with local church events and quilting club plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avy McCutcheon
Cpl
Harold McCutcheon
France
136Th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
Robert McCutcheon
Floyd McCutcheon
N.T. Brown
Trimble
Jack R. Brown
Mary Hawk
Warren
Jack
Paris
Jim D. Wolfe
Charles Wolf
San Pedro
Calif
Kenneth
Air Corps
Engad
Norris L. Ogg
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Glouster
Merrill Ogg
Norris
Elsworth Byers
Hollister
Betty J. Byers
Jean
Mare Island
Fries F. Ferguson
Bloomdale
Ohio
Thomas Smathers
Ianlaan
Ant Laan
Ickernan
Timner
Abe Glouster
Harvey South
Betty J. Byers Sc
Gritty kidnapping scene unfolds as captors taunt captive
The narrator endures a tense abduction in a speeding car toward an unknown destination. Perez and Louie use intimidation and violence, probing about a letter to the FBI and pressuring cooperation while a radio blares classical music. The ordeal ends with grim threats and a plan to keep the victim from escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx
Westchester
Dea
Perez
Louie
Boggio
FBI
Loule
Rachmaninoff
Hollywood
Chauncey Boy Is Prisoner of Germans
Mr and Mrs James Henderson of Chauncey learned from a War Department telegram that their son Pvt Arthur Henderson is a prisoner of the Germans. He served with the Engineers in Italy and France where he was reported missing on August 23. Another son Pvt Franklin Pennell with the Medical Corps is stationed in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ars James Henderson
War Department
Pvt
Arthur Henderson
Engineers Dept
Italy
France
Hendersons
Franklin Pennell
Medical Corps
Philippines
Birthday Party Honors Ruth Fifth Birthday at Chauncey
Mrs Anna Gretz Hammond hosted a party in Chauncey honoring Ruth Hammond on her fifth birthday. Guests included family and friends, gifts were exchanged, and Mrs Annie Gretz assisted with serving while Mrs Paul Shay baked the cake. Several attendees were unable to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Anna Gretz Hammond
Ruth
Paul Shay
Hammond
Thanksgiving Day Visits Across Chauncey and Nearby Towns
Chauncey hosted Thanksgiving Day gatherings at multiple homes with guests from Glouster Athens Columbus Millfield and Jacksonville. Notable attendees included Elizabeth Pervel Eva Benne, Lulu Jennedum, Harold Blower family, Fred Leake, Lucinda Kirkendall, Steve Berta and Robert Babson relatives from Cleveland and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Elizabeth Pervel
Eva Benne Jum
Heir High St
Lulu Jennedum
Lower Plaing
Glenn McDonald
Glouster
Helen Perrel
Dayton
Thomas Hamilton
Mound St
James Duffee
Athens
Mire
Kittie
Harold Blower
Millfield
Blowers
Mes
Fred Leake
Greens Run
Adrian Wade
Main
Lucinda Kirkendall
High St
Steve Berta
Robert of Columbus
Misia
Berth
Charles Koee
Thomas McCaskey
Tommy
Kolar
Mrv
Rm Steve Berta
Dr Robert
Columbus
Charles Kolar
Gackle
Donald’ Freeman
Birthday Club hosts pot luck at Chauncey home
Chauncey Emmett and Dickerson invite Entertain Club members to a monthly Birthday Club meeting Thursday evening at her West Mound Street residence. A pot luck supper will be served and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Mra
Emmett Y Dickerson
Birthday Club
W. Mound St
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Lloyd
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Gerald Lautenchleger
Dorothy Ad Susan
William Zimmer
Daryl Jones
J Udy
West Lafayette
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James Kearns
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Judy
Leonard Wolfe
Joe Davis
Richard
Akron
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Pennsville
Davis
W. D. Witham
Dayne
Frank Avers
LA. Andrews
Florence Andrews
Andrews
Minnie Humphrey
Dora Bennett
Arriv
Pythian
K. of P. Hall
Totiques
Colum Pian
Kehrli
Cleveland
R. E. Ernst
Chillicothe
Mound Hill Church
Ons County
Church of Christ Glouster
Rothwell Club
H. F. Kittle
Emmett Byers
By Galbraith
Joe
Mel
Stanley Paley
NEA
Beret
Kabateck
Tay
Weil
Inter
Lale
Bozzie
Mickey
Chauncey Boy
Thomas Fo Hamil
Méew Ruts Eemmlin
Calicothe
Rand
Harton
E. Mound St
Eees
Dougherty
White Cross Hospital
Guy McDaniel
Meier Wy Wasnesday
Aatoany
Albert Jack
Mildred Poling
Fis
Daugherty
Church of Christ
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