War strategists map three wartime mysteries ahead
Washington dispatch outlines three current mysteries shaping 1943 strategy. Nazi air strength, Russia's industrial capacity, and who strikes first in the Near East dominate discussions as Allied planners seek a two front war with growing American mobilization.
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Y Thomas M. Johnson
Washington
United Nations
Russia
Europe
America
Luftwaffe
Near East
Britain
Goering
Aleutian Islands
VU. S. R
Ethel Reeves Ends Life in Athens Home
Miss Ethel Reeves aged 53 died by swallowing strychnine while visiting at the Littler home on Congress Street Athens. Coroner A L Pritchard reported ill health and suicide notes. She leaves three brothers H E and G W Reeves of Charleston W Va and O S Reeves of Lancaster and a sister Mrs J E Howard. Funeral at Alexander Presbyterian Church Thursday at two with burial in the adjacent cemetery.
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Ethel Reeves
Thomas Littler
Congress St
A. L. Pritchard
Miss Reeves
Alexander Township
Charles and
Mary Reeves
Wayne Wingett
Pratts Fork
Pleasant Valley
Lancaster
J. E. Howard
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Howard Warner
Dowler and Ferguson Funeral
Overshoes Sale At East Side School PTA Event
The East Side PTA Finance Committee invites families to donate and buy overshoes and galoshes at the East Side School auditorium on Thursday October 15 starting 3 30 p m. Proceeds support PTA projects. Donations welcomed from outgrown footwear.
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East Side Pta
East Side
The
J. B. Roberts
W. F. Smiley
Franklin Potter
Vincent Jukes
Stars Forecast Ambition and Security Across Ventures
Propitious stars suggest many opportunities to push affairs toward high achievement. Forecasts promise stability, security, and endurance in business, arts, music, and intellectual pursuits. Lands and investments may prosper, but beware deception and fraud. Birthdays favor pleasure and solid foundations for the future with personal industry and integrity guiding success.
Hemlock Grove Social And Personal Notes
Mrs Barnett of New Marshfield filled her church appointment here Sunday. Residents visited relatives and attended a football game in Middleport. The Sewing Club met with Mrs Stockton. The Garden Club gathered with Mrs Hart. Euler family moved to Racine for work. Heilman and Romine families connected with local employment and visits.
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Hemlock Grove
Barnett
New Marshfield
Emmett Hawk
C. D. Bentz
Ziba Midkiff
R. V. Heilman
Bunker Hill
Stanford Stockton
Theo Hines
Ralph Welker
Leota Hawk
Robert Hawk
Nina
Paul Taylor
Vada
Earl
Bernard
George Wilbur
George Paulsen
Middleport
Garden Club
Edison Hart
Henry Euler
Racine
Eldon Gaul
Euler
Cecil Heilman
Allan Heilman
Canton
J. A. Smith
Diphtheria Cases Rise in Chauncey Dover School District
Ten cases of diphtheria have been reported in the Chauncey Dover School District with a new case at Poston. The Athens County health commissioner says vaccines and Schick tests are being used to identify immunity and inoculate those not immune. Health workers schedule inoculations at Shade School Albany School and New Marshfield, with earlier inoculations in Coolville Carthage and Stewart districts.
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Poston
B. B. Buckley
Athens County
Chauncey-Dover
Health Department
No Sign of Shortage Of Leather Shoes
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department announced there is no evidence of a shortage in leather shoes despite wartime rumors. Officials said supply lines remain steady and inventories adequate to meet demand.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Ohio students to christen new liberty ship for scrap drive
Ohio schools with the highest scrap metal per capita between Oct 5 and Oct 17 win a student for the ship christening. Pupils may nominate deceased distinguished Ohioans as ship names, submissions due by Oct 31 to the state director of education.
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Columbus
Herre
Ohio
State Director of Education
Coast Guard Introduces New Hollywood Screen Actor Cesar Romero
Cesar Romero a tall dark handsome Coast Guardsman joins the service and is highlighted as a new Coast Guardsman with film star appeal.
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Coast Guards
Hollywood
Cesar Romero
Coast Guardsman
Morristown Oliness Church Plans Friday Meeting
Weekly cottage prayer gathering of the Morristown Oliness Church will be held Friday at 7 30 P M in the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Hiles Morris town.
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Chauncey
Morristown Oliness Church
Charles Hiles
Morristown
Stokes Named President of Ohio Baptist Ministers Council
Rev. A. Stokes Watson of New Lexington has been elected president of the ministers council for the 117th Ohio Baptist convention.
State Guard and Citizens Defense Corps Urged to Cooperate
Col. E. W. Brannon of the 2nd Regiment Ohio State Guard urged close cooperation with the Athens Citizens Defense Corps. He announced a two day gas mask and poison gas detection training school and praised the guard as a seventh column. Harold E. Wise called for more intra unit recruitment and class resumption this fall with local officials present.
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Citizens Defense Corps
E. W. Brannon
Ohio State Guard
Athens Corps
Brannon
Stalingrad
State Guard of
Russia
Defense Corps
Harold E. Wise
Athens Citizens Defense Corps
State Guard Satisfactory Brannon Reports Athens Review
After a brief inspection at the Athens Armory Colonel E W Brannon of the 2nd Regiment Ohio State Guard declared Co B satisfactory. The review included Capt Craig D Slagle Lt Col Louis E Hauser Capt Edward Rosser and Lt George Perry observing training demonstrations with about 50 townspeople in attendance.
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Franz L. Woodworth
Athens County
George Bateman
Craig D. Slagle
George Perry
Athens Co. B
Ohio State Guard
Athens
E. W. Brannon
Brannon
Louis E. Hauser
Edward Rosser
4 Day Cartridge Plant Strike Ends in Illinois
AFL molders and brass workers return to work at Western Cartridge Company in Alton Illinois ending a four day walkout that halted important munition production.
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Illinois
Alton
Ill
AFL
Western Cartridge Company
Legion To Meet For Special Post And Auxiliary Session
A special meeting of the K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary is set for Thursday night October 15 at 8 o clock. The group will plan the Eighth District Fall Conference to be held in Athens Refreshments will be served after the gathering.
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Wele Utlati~ Mous
Southeastern Ohio
DEA
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
J. W. Wilson
K. T. Crossen
American Legion and
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