Willkie's death etc triggers liberal leaders tribute
Washington notes a tribute to Wendell Willkie as a great liberal who refused to compromise for gain. The piece surveys his independent stance in the 1940 campaign, his nuanced views on Dewey Roosevelt and Britain, and his likely influence had he lived. It also honors three prominent liberals Norris Smith and Willkie, praising their courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell Willxie
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
Roosevelt
World Organization
Willkie
Mr. Hull
Senator Ball
Minnesota
Britain
George Norris
Alfred
Smith
Wendell W
Germany Will Try It Again Coprtiacht 1944
War dispatch notes progress for the Allies with the American First Army in Aachen and Russian advances in Lithuania. Weather and mud hinder supply mobility while Allied air power targets the Reich, and German scorched earth tactics grow as devastation spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Aachen
Lithuania
Wood
Hitler
Reich
Western
Europe
West
Poland
Balkans
Germany
New Plymouth Social Notes and War Era Reflections
Recurring local social notes from New Plymouth mix heartfelt greetings with memory of past neighbors and family, noting wars, birthdays, and daily life. The piece shifts to a European wartime analysis by Sigrid Schira, detailing Nazi propaganda networks, agents like Edit von Coler, and the expansion of female operatives to influence occupied and allied regions.
Social Notes of Stewart and Guests Across Town
Social notes list visitors and residents: Donald Dean Parsons at Great Lakes St Miss. Joanne Seiple of Athens stayed with Roy Parsons. Frankie Sweeney Annapolis Everett Parsons Akron and Morris Parsons Detroit visited Alex Root. Nell Newman Columbus with Laughlin family. C F Griffith Clarksburg hosted Ellora Seaman and daughter. Geraldine Berry Parkersburg visited Parkersburg and Huntington with Ruth and Virginia McBee. M J Charlton visiting daughter Grace Copeland in Eaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Donald Dean Parsons
Roy Parsons
Great Lakes
Joanne Seiple
Athens
Alex Root
Frankie Sweeney
Annapolis
Everett Parsons
Akron
Morris Parsons
Detroit
Mich
Carl Hayes
Stewart Wscs
Ralph Coulburn
Colburn
Charles Coulburn
Pratts Fork
Nell Newman
Columbus
Laughlin
C. F. Griffith
Clarksburg
Ellora Seaman
Geraldine Berry
Parkersburg
Charlie McBee
Ruth
Virginia McBee
Parkettsburg
Huntington
M. J. Charlton
Eaton
Grace Copeland
Fire Prevention Week in Athens Engages Public Safety
This week marks Fire Prevention Week in Athens with inspections by State Fire Prevention Association members. The effort aims to secure owner and occupant cooperation to remove fire hazards in homes and stores as part of a national plan to reduce risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
State Fire Prevention Association
Chambers of Commerce
United States
Fire Prevention Association
New Partnership A-Borning Opinion on Browder Speech
The piece critiques Harl Browder's New York campaign speech portraying it as communistic and alarmist about Dewey. It argues postwar U.S. need for Russian friendship and continued business with the Soviet Union regardless of election outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harl Browder
Camphor
New York
Dewey
Browder
Iagic
Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
PAC
White House
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
HOME FRONT HERO AND POP STARS IN FRANCE AND NEW YORK
A World War II era scene recalls German attack near allied forces while Bing Crosby performs for soldiers in France and leaves the stage unharmed. In New York city reporters note Frank Sinatra loses a bow tie and coat buttons amid boisterous fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
France
Bing
Frank Sinatra
New York
Hollywood
Frankie
Evan
Lunatic fringe of American politics grows in 1940s era
Washington Peter Edson surveys how Senate and House probes and the Dies Committee expose a flourishing lunatic fringe. He notes diverse groups from Prohibitionists to Communists, highlights Langston Hughes as an isolated Communist, and critiques campaigns exposing Gerald L. K. Smith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Roosevelt
Senate
House
Dies Committee
Prohibitionists
Liberty Leaguers
Townsendites
Coughlinites
Socialist Party
American Labor Party
Farmer-Laborites
Progressives
America Firsters
Sines Tillman
National Citizens’ Political Action Committee
Communist Party
Langston Hughes
New York
Dies
Washington
League For American Writers
House Committee
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Eduard A. Rumley
Constitutional Government
Joseph P. Kamp
Constitutional Education League
Annual Policeman Ball Draws 500 In Athens
Don Sanders led Albany Grange booster meeting with York and Summit Granges reps. Athens County farmers gain 13899.70 from AAA corn hog payments. Noah's Ark cake and animal crackers featured at Trimble Church of Christ homecoming. Cake by Mrs. G B Courtney Chauncey. Primary training demo by Miss Edith Peyton with Miss Dorothy Covert and first graders. Talks by H R McVay and Dr S K Mardis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Sanders
Albany Grange
York and
Summit
Athens County
AAA
E. S. Haller
Association
G. B. Courtney
Chauncey
Edith Peyton
Deanville
Peyton
Dorothy Covert
H. R. McVay
S. K.mardis
Detours Placed On Multiple Ohio Roads During Repairs
Road repairs prompt detours on the Athens McArthur Road Athens Marietta Road Sharpsburg Chesterhill McConnellsville Road Athens Glouster New Lexington Road and Nelsonville Logan Road causing local impacts and travel delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens-McArthur
Athens-Marietta
Sharpsburg-Chesterhill
McConnellsville
Athens-Glouster
New Lexington
Nelsonville-Logan
Albany Grange Booster Night honors past masters and members
Albany Grange recently presented a Booster Night program honoring past masters Henry Chase E E Lewis Ed Rickey Ray Knowlton Sam Scott Don Sanders Frank Pugh L F Miller Lee Elliott and James Whaley. Thirteen members now in service were honored by a poem reading and Frank Pugh gave an agricultural talk. Refreshments served to 130 members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany Grange
Henry Chase
E. E. Lewis
Ed Rickey
Ray Knowlton
Sam Scott
Don Sanders
Frank Pugh
L. F. Miller
Lee Elliott
James Whaley
Belle Fought
Ida Elliott
Pherice Wingett
Grange
Clarys Stack
G. W. Johnson
Minne Willmore
S. A. Welling
Columbus
Guy Gardner
Athens
M. H. Hunter
Patricia
Phyllis
Point Pleasant
Johnson Home
Dana Hanning
Gold Ridge
Joe Cuckler
Pasadenian
Calif
Wendell Hooper
Albany Rural
Ella Knopp
Harrisonville
Harley
Hanning
Pomeroy
Pat
James Quivey
Rodney
Pratts Fork
John Warner
Dannie Carl
Pomeroy Rural
Orville Cuckier
Raivenna
Hattie Cuckler
Geraldine Cuckler
Jesse Gilkey
Pomeroy Road
Nancy Wood
Webber Wood
Normen
Delores Wood
Russell Hoffman
Gail
Gilkey
Meilvina Gillogly
John Caster
Victoria Gillogly
Octa Gillogly
Wallace Gillogly
Basil
C. R. Brown
E. V. Springer
Henry Sribe
Carrie Hall
Catharine Rickey
Soldier on Furlough Greeted by Friends
Open house was hosted by Mrs. Ruth Richards in Gallipolis to welcome her nephew Robert Mills home from two years of active duty in the South Pacific. A large gathering of Mills and Richards family members attended, with a refreshment course served by the hostess and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ruth Richards
Robert Mills
United States Army
South Pacific
Ed L. ‘Mills
Tom Mills
Bernice Mills
Columbus
Will Cox
T. Way McCormick
Edwin McCormick
Jack Mills
Jackie
Dickie
Harry Mills
James Mills
Jimmie
Homer Kerr
Robert Richards
Eleanor Kay
W. H. Walker
Emma Richards
Mabel Mills
Sallie McCormick
Crown City Social Notes Visitors and Family
Crown City social notes record Sunday visits from Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kearns and granddaughters of Huntington to Miss Etta Kearns. The Greers and their son visited Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson. Mrs. Ora Callicoat stayed in Huntington with relatives. Kathryn Rankin spent the weekend with grandmother Maude Halley. W A Lanier and daughter hosted Chariles Doughman, Mrs. Hobart Dillon, and Tom Rue visitors from Huntington and Chesapeake. Elizabeth Moore returned to Dayton for work after being called by her father Oscar Moore’s death. Sam Rankin of Columbus spent the weekend with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown City
Lloyd Kearns
Huntington
Kearns
Etta Kearns
Virgil Greer
Proctorville
John Henderson
Ora Callicoat
Virgil Martin
Kathryn Rankin
Maude Halley
W. A. Lanier
Hugh Stevers
Charilies Doughman
Hobart Dillon
Tom Rue
Chesapeake
Sam Moore
Arnold Pigman
Sanford Brumfield
Elizabeth Moore
Dayton
Oscar Moore
Sam Rankin
Columbus
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National Dispatch
Sigrid Schultz
NEA Service, Inc
New Plymouth
Poet's Corner
Mesaenger
ATK
Sor
Ani
Lare
Ribute
Riley G. Wolfe
Father
Uncle Riley
Grandpa
Aeord
Elya M. Wolfe
Ohio
Marion
Frantz
Marine
Earle Frantz
Margaret Haas
S. M. Heinlein
Tom Noble
Baltimore
I. J .Trowbridge
Pvt
Finley Rice
Camp Harrison
Ind
Rice
Eddie
Evelyn Turner
Abbas
Fred Parker
Robert Parker
Cincinnati
Mowrey
Wharf
Cherry
War Department
Robert
Eugene Reasoner
Long Island
N. Y
Helen Reasoner
States
Cpl
LaVern Fuller
Missouri
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mary Kirke
Vallejo
Nelsonville
Propaganda Ministry
War Office
Labor Front
P Gestapo
Association of Germans
Alfred Rosenberg
General von Epp
Edit von Coler
Himmier
Prince Auci
Kaiser
Edit
Bucharest
Himmaler
Roumania
Turkey
Iran
Africa
South America
Romania
Mussolini
Munich
Berlin
Spain
Sigrid Schira
A-Borning
Peter Edson
By Galbraith
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