Men of Battery C Leave Athens for 950 Mile Camp Shelby Trip
At 4 15 a m about 50 friends and relatives saw Battery C 134th Field Artillery depart Athens Armory in nine trucks headed for Camp Shelby Miss for a year of military training. The departure followed hours of prep with breakfast at Bob's Restaurant and final roll call by Capt. E E Carmichael.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Battery C
City
Camp Shelby
134Th Field Artillery
U. S. Army
Miss
Bob's
E. E. Carmichael
Willard Dewey Dies At Home of His Son
Willard W Dewey 82 died Sunday at his son Wade Dewey s home 186 W Washington St He had lived in Athens 40 years coming from Meigs County He leaves five sons Elmer Wade Frederick Myron and John of Athens four daughters Eva Stephenson Elva Stevers Bell Keirns and Grace Croxall 31 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren His wife and one son George Wesley preceded him Funeral set for Wednesday 2 PM at Jones Funeral Home with burial in W Union Street Cemetery Friends may visit Wade Dewey s home any time
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Willard W. Dewey
Wade Dewey
Washington St
Athens
Meigs County
Dewey
Elmer
Wade
Frederick
Myron
John
Eva Stephenson
Elva Stevers
Bell Keirns
Amesville
Grace Croxall
Richland Ave
George Wesley
Jones Funeral Home
W. Union St
Luminous Paint Used on Ohio Highways Marking Lines
The Ohio Department of Highways launched luminous white paint with glass beads for center lines on busy roads. Night beams reflect strongly, improving visibility. Eight miles of US Route 50 from South Y to Albany are painted.
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Ohio Department of Highways
Albany
Short Circuit Ignites Power Lines Overload
Fire broke out on insulation of electric lines yesterday afternoon at West Washington and College Streets. Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. workers traced the blaze to a three-phase short circuit when two wires touched powering the church organ. Overload heated insulation and caused burning. current was shut off and replacement of the wires was deemed necessary.
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W. Washington and
College Sts
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
First Methodist Church
Driver Fined After Guilty Plea on Unsafe Operation
Harry F. Bower of 15 Montrose Ave was arrested Sunday morning by the State Highway Patrol at the North Y on Route 33. He pleaded guilty before Mayor Cliff Cornell and was fined $10 plus costs.
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Harry F. Bower
Montrose Ave
State Highway Patrol
North Y
Cliff Cornell
Death Destruction Seem Unreal in British Morale Letter
Miss Winifred E. Whiteman, sub editor of Health and Efficiency in London, writes Dr. Robert E. Nye of Chauncey that morale is real despite reports. She describes nightly air raids, the odd calm between bombs, and acts of resilience including a bomb at Ettie Beswick's building and aid for bomb removal squads.
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Nyes
Winifred E. Whiteman
Robert E. Nye
Chauncey
Nye
London
Miss Whiteman
United States
Barker
Hyde Park
Ettie Beswick
Ettie
NYA Film to Be Shown at Jacksonville School Tonight
NYA youths will view the technicolor film Builders of Tomorrow at the Jacksonville schoolhouse tonight at 7 30. County NYA Supervisor E S Haller overseeing the program invites all interested in NYA work to attend.
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Jacksonville
Nya
Vandenberg and Willkie Set for Radio Talks Tonight
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg Republican speaks from Logansport Indiana on NBC from 9 to 9 30 p m Wendell Willkie follows from Milwaukee on the same network 10 to 10 30 p m addressing young Republicans
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Logansport
Ind
Wendell Willkie
Milwaukee
Walker To Speak at Rally in Amesville
A Republican meeting is planned in the Amesville High School Auditorium on Wednesday night October 23 at 7 30. John Walker of the State Speaker's Bureau will deliver the principal address. All county candidates of the party will be present. There will be entertainment and a lunch.
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Amesville High School
John Walker
State Speaker’s Bureau
Student admitted to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Ohio
Sheltering Arms admitted Bill Ben Brown an Ohio University student of 10 W Mulberry Street on Sunday for medical treatment and released him the same day. Also released Sunday was Mrs. Clarice Ines of 199 Grosvenor Street. Mary Collins of New Marshfield was discharged today from the hospital.
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Bill Ben Brown
Ohio University
W. Mulberry St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Clarice Ines
Grosvenor St
Mary Collins
New Marshfield
Auto Collision Probed in Court and Carpenter Streets
Cars operated by Russell Medert of Chillicothe and Roger McDonald of Cleveland collided at Court and Carpenter Streets last night. Medert’s left rear fender was damaged and McDonald agreed to pay for damages per police report.
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Russell Medert
Chillicothe
Roger McDonald
Cleveland
Carpenter Sts
Medert
McDonald
Pony found wandering in Athens on Lorene Ave
Athens police seek the owner of a black pony found wandering on Lorene Avenue Sunday morning. Mayor Cliff Cornell urged the owner to contact the police office to claim the animal.
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Athens
Lorene Ave
Cliff Cornell
Stormy Petrel of Dry Era Dies at Hillsboro
Roy Asa Haynes a stormy petrel of prohibition era died at his Hillsboro home aged 58. He was a federal prohibition commissioner under Harding and Coolidge in charge of enforcing the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act. Haynes was an early supporter of Harding, appointed in 1921 with Anti-Saloon League backing and served until 1927.
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Hillsboro
Roy Asa Haynes
Haynes
Harding
Coolidge
Anti-Saloon League
Self-Defense Claim in Cleveland Apartment Shooting
Detective reports Joe Salupo 60 claimed self defense after fatally shooting Alex Stowoff 21 who forced entry into an apartment where Mela Salupo entertained Steve Brugany 26. Stowoff attacked Salupo when he intervened, authorities said.
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Cleveland
Joe Salupo
Alex Stowoff
Joseph Kuch
Stowoff
Mela Salupo
Steve Brugany
Kuchta
Carmen Miranda Arrives in New York for Broadway Comeback
Brazilian musical star Carmen Miranda smiles on arrival in New York from Buenos Aires. She will film in Hollywood and then headline a new Broadway show.
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U.S. A
Carmen Miranda
Broadway
New York
Buenos Aires
Hollywood
Knute Rockne Film Attracts Record Athena Audiences
The Athena screens Knute Rockne All American a powerful screen biography of the Notre Dame legend. Pat O’Brien stars as Knute Rockne with Gale Page as Bonnie and Ronald Reagan as George Gipp. Donald Crisp portrays the Notre Dame president and Lloyd Bacon directs.
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Athena
Knute Rockne
Pat O’brien
Notre Dame
Gale Page
Bonnie
Rockne
George Gipp
Ronald Reagan
Donald Crisp
Knute
Robert Buckner
97 Boys Leave for Western CCC Camps
Seventy seven young men entered the Civilian Conservation Corps through Athens for processing in Yellow Springs Ohio. Enrollees receive thirty dollars monthly with twenty two sent home. A later group will depart in December with no quota yet announced.
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Western CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Athens
CCC
Yellow Springs
Dale Ziggaroos
Athens Man Is Fined For Leaving Accident
R. C. Orr of Stewart Street was fined 25 dollars plus costs after a warrant charged him with leaving the scene of an accident. Hofstetter of Huntington West Virginia reported his car collided with Orr on Route 33 south of Athens. State patrolmen arrested Orr after Hofstetter filed the affidavit.
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R. C. Orr
Stewart St
Cliff Cornell
E. F. Hofstetter
Huntington
W. Va
Ori
Athens
Hofstetter
Arrest of Ray L. Smith on Route 33 for speeding and lights
Ray L. Smith of 165 E State St was arrested six miles south of Athens on Route 33 by the State Highway Patrol on Saturday. He faced charges of excessive speed and driving a car with insufficient lights. Mayor Cliff Cornell fined him five dollars on each charge plus costs.
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Ray L. Smith
E. State St
Athens
State Highway Patrol
Cliff Cornell
Civil Service Exams Announced By U S Civil Service
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for positions in the Apprenticeship Unit Division of Labor Standards Department of Labor. Salaries range from 1 260 to 4 600 dollars yearly with retirement deductions. Full details and applications available from J L C Kelley secretary at the Athens Post Office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Division of Labor Standards
Department of Labor
J. L. C. Kelley
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Athens
Fair Is Promoted to Rank of Lieutenant
Charles H. Fair an Ohio University military science instructor has been promoted from technical sergeant to second lieutenant effective Oct. 17 He was promoted from staff sergeant to technical sergeant on Oct. 9 and will remain at his university post.
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Charles H. Fair
Ohio University
Fair
Cystex Advertises Kidney Bladder Relief
An old advertisement claims Cystex helps with nighttime urination backache nervousness leg pains and swollen ankles from non organic bladder and kidney trouble. It guarantees money back unless satisfied and asks readers to ask their druggist for Cystex at 35 cents.
Board approves Cone addition restrictions in Athens
Athens County Board of Commissioners approved a set of building restrictions for the Frank W. Cone Ridgepark addition in Athens on FE State Street near the Children's Home. The policy was signed by Commissioners Charles Stratton H. G. Householder and Milton Nuzum at today's regular meeting.
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Athens County Board of Commissioners
Frank W. Cone
City of
Athens
FE. State St
Charles Stratton
H. G. Householder
Milton Nuzum
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