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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
4
The issue shows editor credits associated press attribution and notes subscription costs. In Ohio and West Virginia weekly carrier delivery at 2h per week and mail rates listed: 1 year nine dollars, 6 months five dollars, 3 months four dollars, 1 month one dollar. Foreign rates quoted on request. Class matter under act of 1918.
Lawrence's Dispatch notes broad agreement that Europe must be helped under the Marshall plan while methods vary. Congress favors year by year appropriations with careful monitoring, central oversight, and piecemeal disbursements to ensure effective use of American goods and dollars.
Camellia faces a first day crowd at Kremolka's Kandy Kitchen as Carter College resumes after war. her past with Gary Marlowe and present with Herbert Powell collide while she weighs romance and duty. Herbert pursues Cam for a private chat, seeking clarity beyond postwar memories.
The article critiques a November ballot proposal to amend Article XII to prohibit certain motor vehicle tax revenues from being used for purposes other than highways. It argues the measure would hamper legislative flexibility, cites past defeats, and urges voting against the amendment as unwise for state governance.
Senator Taft’s Pacific coast remarks frame foreign policy as in transition and dominated by Vandenberg. The record quotes Taft on Atlantic Charter, UN Charter, Europe, Latin America, defense, and Palestine amid postwar diplomacy.
An opinion argues against British government ownership of coal, noting lower output per man hour and wages in Britain versus the United States, higher accident rates, and more primitive methods. It claims private ownership has yielded wage and condition benefits and links future ownership to production efficiency.
Canton Ohio Thomas L. Longe aged 48 received a 20 year sentence after pleading guilty to first degree manslaughter in the death of Alfred Goins 40 a coworker in the city garage department yesterday at the county courthouse.
Ernest T. Weir former National Steel Corp chairman toured Europe including England France and Switzerland last month. He praised Switzerland for order and contentment and noted London theatre Paris dining and Paris attire as signs of normalcy. He warned against politics that fuel debt high wages and reduced initiative in both England and France.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Asbury Methodist Church for William Chesser. Six sons served as pallbearers with the Rev. Carrol Chesser and Rev. Harry Swartz officiating. Mildred Barber of Columbus and several local residents were mentioned in brief social items.
Dr. William A. OBrien explains edema as fluid buildup between cells and dropsy when whole body is affected. Causes include heart weakness, liver vein obstruction, kidney trouble, infection inflammation, allergy, and famine. For a baby with puffy eyes consult a physician for diagnosis and behavior guidance.
Minnie Davis returns home after visiting Everett Corner in Beverly. Vance Bartlett and wife of Zanesville spend Sunday with Myers Van Fossen family. C. S. Hiatt attends Lancaster fair. John Ellis visits daughter Essie Newton in Hillcrest. Morgan County teachers attend a Pennsville School reading demonstration and lunch by Home Economics. Emma Wagoner visits son George D. in McConnelsville before his Columbus hospital eye operation. Myers Van Fossen loses fox hound to temper. Golda Van Fossen.
Local residents return home after visits to relatives in Detroit Barberton Canton and Cleveland. Oscar Albaugh returns from Detroit after visiting brother Walter. Mrs Edward Strucker and daughter Karen plus Rosemary Rocket Jo e and Stephen Sabo travel home from Barberton. Betty Sabo visits Canton relatives while Gyneth Thompson goes back to Cleveland. Roger Wilson visits Portsmouth area with parents, and numerous Nelsonville, Barberton and Bar berton visitors are noted including Mary Dixon Elroy Dixon Helen Morgan and Rex Phillips.
A list of area radio programs and station lineups for NBC WLW WCOL WSAZ CBS WBNS CHS WPAR MBS WHKC WMOA across Cincinnati Columbus Huntington Parkersburg Marietta and Charleston detailing 6:00 to 12:00 programming. Includes news reports sports, kiddies hours, variety shows, dramas, comedies, and late-night music blocks with network affiliations CBS ABC MBS and others.
Morning programs feature Abe Breakfast Club Oklahoma Roundup and Fred Waring Show with My Story Drama. Afternoon includes Kate Smith Speaks Words and Music and Queen for a Day. Evening highlights Treasury Bandstand Lum and Abner with serials and kiddies shows throughout the day.
Mrs Wendell Roush undergoes surgery at St Anthony Hospital Columbus. Mrs Anna Topping stays with son Blaine Topping in Gallipolis Thursday and Friday. Carrie Kent ill. Mr and Mrs H G Roush from Chicago dine with Artie Roush and C E Denney visits. Roush mother to visit great granddaughters Linda and Lynne Norman. Mr and Mrs Joseph Dinenzio of Athens weekend with Walter Neal family. Mrs Seymour Lawless mentioned. A dairy cow requires about 1500 more man hours of labor per year than any other farm animal.
The Levisay reunion gathered at the Gatewood home with Fred Levisay Lee Ky Homer Mossman Bidwell Marston Lowks Northup Ernest Lee Levisay Huntington Stanley Simms Ernest Levisay Daisy Simms Charles Gatewood all Crown City residents. A lawn dinner followed. A Crown City Methodist Church fire during Sunday School was doused quickly by S C Callico and Edward Corbin likely caused by a defective stove pipe. Dayton visitors included Ernest Thompson. Property changed hands as John Burcham sold to Carl Adkins of Lincoln County W Va. Others featured include Herschel Call and daughter Karen Nitro. Rev Bill Coffey Gallipolis. Ellis Starkey Gillie Tumbleson S M Starkey. Hobart L Moore. New hot water system installed at Stanley Watts restaurant. Cincinnati visitors John Nickeson. Addison residents Harley J Easter family moved to Alphonso Sheets property. Rev Carl Finch Carol Woodrum Patriot visited. Warren Sheets Ada and Phyllis Williamson Cambridge spent weekend with Bertha Sheets. Mrs Vernie Blake injured a foot in a fall. Rochester N Y Anderson Brumfield and Houston Tex Willard Brumfield recent guests of Gid Brumfield, Mrs Ermel Woodyard.
John Mohler of Middleport blasts The Messenger columnist Sam Simmons in a public forum letter. He argues Republicans blocked OPA and caused rents to rise while praising Roosevelt era programs and criticizing Truman. He urges readers to distrust GOP leadership and endorses editorials.
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