Inducted Athens County men enter U S Army in Columbus
One hundred four men called by Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1 were inducted into the U S Army after Army mental and physical exams in Columbus. The group includes Athens City residents like Earl Jones and James Weisenbach and Millfield Glouster and Chauncey routes, with Edward Baker of Youngstown among out-of-town registrants. Most sit on two week furloughs and will report to Army camps when furloughs end.
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Athens, Trimble
Dover Township
U. S. Army
Columbus
Athens County Selective Service Board No. 1
Board No. 1
Athens City
Earl Jones
W. State
James Henry Weisenbach
Mill St
Paul Harold Beasley
S. McKinley Ave
John Lewis Lowry
N. McKinley Ave
Hal Kenneth Osborne
Wis
Robert Gloeckner
Han Ave
Robert Myron Nice
Boyd Ave
Bernard B. Spaulding
St. Court St
Thomas Baxter Haller
Grosvenor St
Harold War- Tom
Elliott St
Mitchell
David
S. Congress St
le Coon, Jr
Franklin Ave
Ide Jones
Central Ave
Ichland Ave
Kenneth Delbert Thomas
Richland
Clark Wayne Ins
Athens
Harold Franklin Long
John Earnest White
Harley Eugene Thomas
Charles Vernon Webb
Robert Lee Shields
Arthur Stewart Rorick
Leonard David Shrimplin
John Wilson, Jr
Paul Eugene Dowler
Robert William Mitchell
Dale Hershel Kirkendall
Jack Bruce
William Jenning Rutter
Edward Howard Baker
Youngstown
Ohio University
Navy invites coaches to apply as leaders in fitness program
The Navy seeks men ages 21 to 40 with two years of college and prior coaching or instructor experience to become chief petty officers in the physical fitness and drill instruction program. Interviews will be held September 7–8 at the Cincinnati Navy Recruiting Station. bring college transcript birth certificate discharge and two photos. Selected enlistees go to Norfolk for eight weeks of indoctrination before assignment.
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Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Two Men Fined For Intoxication In Lawrence
Robert Tipper 41 of Lawrence Pennsylvania and Harry L Anderson 48 of New Castle Pennsylvania were fined 15 dollars plus costs by Mayor Franz L Woodworth. They were jailed after failing to pay. Bar Harbor Me Baron Alphonse De Rothschild 64 Vienna native and member of the Austrian branch of the ranking family died last night.
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Robert Tipper
Lawrence
Harry L. Anderson
New Castle
Franz L. Woodworth
Bar Harbor
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild
Vienna
Ranking Family
Mayer Amschel
Frankfort
Germany
Season at Lake Hope Extended for Month
Lake Hope near Zaleski will continue recreational activities through September. Officials extended the season due to public demand, keeping all facilities available until month end after Labor Day originally planned discontinuation.
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Lake Hope
Zaleski
Airways Plane To Be Used in Coast Patrol
Group Commander Gordon K. Bush and Mrs. Bush traveled from Ohio to Panama City Florida to deliver Athens Airways Waco for coastal submarine patrol duty. The Ohio Wing of the Civil Air Patrol operates an all Ohio based base with pilots observers and staff aiding eastern coast defense under Army Air Corps orders. The next Waco aircraft will be flown by Wing Commander G A Stone and previously served under Director Earle Johnson now CAP national commander in Washington. Ward of Columbus accompanied the Bushes to Atlanta.
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Gordon K. Bush
Civil Air Patrol
Panama City
Ohio Bureau of Aeronautic
Waco
Earle Johnson
C.A.P
Washington
G. A. Stone
Wilcox joins Army Service as a Captain
Dr Abbot Y Wilcox Jr of Cincinnati son of Rev Dr A Y Wilcox joins the Army Medical Corps as a captain. He will report Friday at Billings General Hospital Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Born Dundee New York 1904 he is a 1922 Athens High School graduate 1926 Ohio University and 1930 University of Pennsylvania Medical School graduate. He is on staff at Jewish and Deaconess Hospitals Cincinnati assistant director of the gastric clinic at General Hospital and clinician at medical clinics there. He maintains offices in the Union Central Building. He is married to Janet Levy and they have one son aged five.
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Abbot Y. Wilcox, Jr
Cincinnati
A. Y. Wilcox
Wilcox
Athens
Army Medical Corps
Billings General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Dr. Wilcox
Dundee
N. Y
Athens High School
Ohio University
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Jewish and Deaconess Hospital
General Hospital
Union Central
Janet Levy
Potts Sues for 3000 Dollar Insurance Judgment
Leo Potts filed in Common Pleas Court against Travelers Insurance Co seeking 3000 dollars under a group policy. He alleges head and jaw injuries on October 17 1935 at Stedman Co Athens caused permanent total disability since February 20 1940 and that the insurer owes full settlement under the contract terms.
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Common Pleas
Travelers Insurance Co
Leo Potts
Potts
Stedman Co
Athens
Local Blue Lake Notes and Meetings Across Town
Blue Lake reports Raymond Ross broke a shoulder while working horses at home. Rev. L B Wetherhold filled a Mt Zion Church appointment in Milton and Rev Carl Burrows hosted meetings at the Townhouse. Large crowds attend St Nicholas Chapel and a Kentucky preacher leads two weeks of services. Schools reopen September 8. housing demand remains strong. Mrs. Elmer Bailey visits Fairmont and guests of Mrs. Wilbur Waugh. Gillingham and Gay convalesce after surgeries. John Carroll University appoints Rev Thomas J Connelly S J as president.
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Blue Lake
Raymond Ross
Elmer Bailey
Fairmont
W. Va
Wilbur Waugh
Lena Taylor
Columbus
L. B. Wetherhold
Milton
Mt. Zion
Grace Austin
Carl Burrows
Hogsett
Wallis
Kentucky
St. Nicholas Chapel
Gallia County
Virginia Gothard
Flint
Mich
F. A. Graybeal
Gallipolis
Orin R. Sheets
Cora Gillingham
G. M. Smith
Dewey Gay
John Hoalenomb
Donate Trophies Now Get Some of This War
The War Department appoints Maj. Gen. Fred C. Wallace to collect old cannon, weapons, ammunition, trophies, and metal objects for war material. A record will be kept for future priority in returning trophies with high sentimental value. Details available from Fort Hayes, Columbus.
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United States War Department
Fred C. Wallace
Fifth Service Command
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
War Department
Wallace
Stauffer Completes Great Lakes Navy Course
Philip M. Stauffer, son of Mrs. Lenore Stauffer of The Plains, completes a 16 week training course for fire controlmen at the U S Navy Service Schools in Great Lakes Illinois. Graduates are sent to the fleet or an advanced school for further instruction and later may qualify for petty officer ratings after exams.
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Great Lakes
Philip M. Stauffer
Lenore Stauffer
the Plains
U. S. Navy
Service
Grange To Meet in Athens On Thursday
Athens Grange will hold a meeting Thursday Sept 3 at 8 pm in the Grange Hall. Summit Grange of New Marshfield will run the lecture hour. All members invited. serving committee includes Mr and Mrs Tom Porter Mr and Mrs George Snyder Mr and Mrs J FE Stansbury Ruth Fiske and Harper C Pendry.
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Athens Grange
Grange
Summit Grange
New Marshfield
C. R. Morrison
Tom Porter
George Snyder
J. FE. Stansbury
Ruth Fiske
Harper C. Pendry
Athens Retail Stores Extend Hours This Thursday
Retail stores in Athens will resume normal schedules and stay open all day this Thursday. During summer months they close at noon on Thursdays.
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Athens
Ohio officer promoted in overseas unit
Whittier S. Bird, attached to Ohio's 37th Division overseas, reports promotion from major to lieutenant colonel in a July 4 letter. The letter provides no location of the 37th's station.
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Columbus
Adj
Donald F. Pancoast
Whittier S. Bird
Ohio
Bird
Great Lakes iron ore movement rises in August
Iron ore moved through the Great Lakes in August reached 13,235,862 gross tons, up from 11,496,303 tons in August of the previous year. The data highlights stronger lake traffic and regional ore shipments for the month.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Slagle Judges Drill Events at Boys' Industrial School
Captain C. D. Slagle of Athens State Guard Co. B will judge a military drill at the Boys' Industrial School near Lancaster. About eight hundred boys will take part starting at 8:30 a.m. The new training program aims to prepare those of military age with a three month course emphasizing security, first aid, tactics, marksmanship, hand grenades, maneuvers, and bivouacs.
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C. D. Slagle
Athens State Guard Co. B
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Slagle
War Time Glass Being Produced in Toledo
Libby Owens Ford plant in Toledo manufactures a strong new window for wartime use. Dr George B Watkin demonstrates its strength by dropping a 25 pound weight from 25 feet. the pane buckles but does not break, as designed to withstand missile impact.
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Toledo
Libby- Owens-Ford Glass
George B. Watkin
Libby Owens
Athens Police Report Reveals 40 August Arrests
The August report to Mayor Woodworth from Chief Grogan shows 40 arrests on 10 charges, with 39 pleas of guilty and one case bound for grand jury. Eight juveniles were arrested including theft and auto larceny.
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Athens
Franz L. Woodworth
J. B. Grogan
Berry Hotel
Grogan
Athens County
Beans Giant Size on George Cottrill Farm
George Cottrill of Stewart displays championship size lima beans with shells as long as ten percent inches and claims 200 hills of them. The first picking yielded 14 quarts of hulled beans ready for cold packing, a result not matched by nearby growers who bought the same beans. Cottrill has no explanation for the extraordinary size.
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George Cottrill
Stewart
Cottrill
Roger Jones Enters Army Flying School
Lieut. Roger J. Jones Jr arrived at Minter Field Bakersfield California to begin basic flying training with the U S Army Air Forces He is the son of Mr and Mrs Roger J Jones Sr of 44 Elmwood Place After completing 60 hours of primary flight training he enters service following graduation from Ohio University and studies at the United States Military Academy
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Roger J. Jones, Jr
Roger J. Jones
Elmwood Place
Minter Field
Bakersfield
Cal
U. S. Army Air Forces
Jones
Ohio University
United States Military Academy
Flag-Raising and Honor Roll Dedication Set for Marshfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3477 will hold a flag-raising and honor roll dedication at New Marshfield next Sunday at 2 PM after a weather postponement. Floyd L. Bridge, commander, announced the event.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 3477
Floyd L. Bridge
New Marshfield
Hollister Schools to Open September 8 for Registration
Hollister High School and Grade School will open September 8 at 9 o clock for student registration. Classes begin Wednesday at the same hour. Principal Treva Black will teach English in the high school. Mary Mulligan, social science. Letha Rowland, commercial. Hazel Pride, home economics. No teacher yet for industrial arts and physical education.
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Hollister High School
Treva Black
Mary Mulligan
Letha Rowland
Hazel Pride
Omar Hines
Taxicab Industry Placed Under Federal Control
Washington notes the nation’s taxicab industry fell under federal control today marking a major regulatory shift. The move centralizes oversight, dispatch rules, fare structure, and safety standards across major cities.
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Washington
Williams Returns to Athens for Non-Support Charge
Cameron Williams of Akron was returned to Athens by Sheriff George Bateman to face a non-support charge in Athens County Probate Court. He was to be arraigned today.
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Cameron Williams
Akron
Athens
George Bateman
Athens County
Fire damages refrigerator motor at home in Athens
A short circuit in a refrigerator motor caused basement smoke at 109 Sunny Side Drive in Athens yesterday afternoon. The fire department responded and estimated damage at 10 dollars, confined to the motor according to firefighters.
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Albert Werwick
Sunnyside Drive
Athens
Athens Temperatures Hit 83 at Noon
The Athens area recorded 83 degrees at noon today with yesterday’s high at 85 and last night’s low at 58. The day brings warm conditions and a mild breeze across the region.
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Athens
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