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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1947
Page
4
Subscriptions are payable weekly to the carrier at 25¢ a week by mail in Ohio and West Virginia where newspaper boy delivery is not available. Rates include 1 year free, 6 months 5.00, 3 months 3.00, 1 month 1.00. Foreign rates quoted on request. Second Class Matter under Act of 1918.
The DoJ probes price fixing while unions escape antitrust rules. coal and steel sectors raise costs as labor costs rise. The piece argues wages largely set price levels, notes agricultural and industrial price dynamics, and critiques past wage and price control policies as insufficient to rebalance supply and demand.
Dr William A Obrien explains German measles is mild but dangerous to unborn children if contracted early in pregnancy. He outlines incubation symptoms rash and spread, school restrictions, and notes vaccines or exposure practices. Also covers canker sores causes and treatment variability with chronic cycles.
A contemporary editorial argues labor's post Taft Hartley strength marks the nation’s power in economics and politics while warning of Communist influence within unions. It urges democratic union governance and American steadiness in Europe, stressing Britain’s role and Ruhr recovery under international control considerations.
A cartoon by David Low portrays three acrobats labeled Ruhr Coal Talks German Industry Talks and British Dollar-Payment Talks. It notes Truman and Marshall are central players, not spectators, as the United States shifts from observer to bottom man in a Soviet blocked postwar European act.
Washington reports the Federal Trade Commission is preparing a Septem ber report on how manufacturers' price restrictions keep costs high for certain controlled consumer goods. The probe traces the Newburyport Plan fallout and examines legal price fixing under fair trade agreements and retailer-ordered price pegging.
The column argues government withdrawal would unleash a housing boom by private capital amid investor fears of corporate attacks. It links market confidence to a swift construction surge and cites biblical and Emerson quotes.
The Ravenswood area notes James S. Beau seau named secretary treasurer of First Federal Savings and Loan after A L Rose fell ill. Beau seau is a New York City resident with four years in the army including two overseas campaigns and is now a captain in the Army reserve. The column also reports honors for Clyde W. Hibbs and a Milhoan family home-coming with officers and attendees from Ravenswood and surrounding counties.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Pratt of Stockport plan to open a Clover Farm store in the former Dillinger property building next week. Mrs Della Ellis will close her store in the former hotel and move from the community. Various locals host family gatherings attend reunions and travel, including Dwight’s fifth birthday party, academy reunion attendees from Wooster and Carroll counties, and visits to Canton Coshocton Mt Vernon and Parkersburg.
Joe Sheline of Dundas visited the Carol Pierce family for a week. Morris family outings included trips to the state fair. Carol Pierce Jr. of Pickerington visited his parents for ten days. Kenneth Thompson and his bride of Amsden stayed with Mrs. Cora Morris. Detours due to high water affected travel from McArthur to Athens. The Pip er reunion at the Kennedy home near Vinton included Von Miller and sisters Daisy and Ethel. Beulah Kennedy returns from Cincinnati where she worked as a nurse helper. she will attend high school in Rutland.
Vinton residents share travel plans and visits. Anna Mae Evans and Bettie Evans plan a Chicago month with Mrs. Mary Richards. Hobart McGinnis and mother Hollace Metcalf enjoy a vacation. Ralph George and Kenneth Reed families tour the Southwest West and Northwest. Everett Gene George visits grandparents as parents are away. Norman Stewart, Messenger carrier, ill at home. Vernon McCoy and daughter Jean with Bill Matthews and Joe Bill spend a weekend in Cincinnati. Don K. Wilcox and mother Clem Wilcox visit Columbus relatives. A son returns home from two months with grandparents. Roselle Burdue travels to Milan Ohio on business. G Playford Ewing reported ill. Ella Edwards and grandson Arthur Stewart visit O M Stewart in Columbus. George Cardwell moved to Holzer Hospital. A miscellaneous shower for Billie Quickle hosted by Don Judy home. Mrs. David Ball assists at the post office while Verna George vacations. Edmund Hull Howard Harmon and Ella Miller attend Miller Barton Reunion at Middleport. Mrs. Stella Wilcox.
A flurry of travel and social notes from Murray City Nelsonville Zanesville and nearby areas recounts Mrs Lawrence Smith Connie Smith and a host of visitors including Gerald Bittner Coleen Phillips Emmett Short Granville Thompson Lorna Nancy Bonnie Shuttleworth Jean Craft Wanda Evans Barbara Donson and many others visiting relatives business friends and returning home.
Weekend visits feature Porters, Pierpoints, and Wades with family gatherings across Canton Columbus Orville and Lancaster. Church group at WSCS meeting, farm bookkeeper school in Lancaster, and multiple relatives visiting kin in McConnelsville Dalton and Zanesville amid birthday dinners and musicales.
Rev. Dr. Charles M. Bowman of Westerville was chosen Wednesday to serve a four year term as superintendent of the Southeastern Ohio District of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Albert Kern Marie Hope and Pauline Walled, all of Athens, were named teachers at Lorain Junior High School. A. C. Roach, Athens County humane officer, returned to work after a near year illness. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heine hosted a chicken dinner in Logan with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sailor and daughter Mickie, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Campbell and son Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Higgins, and Mrs. Orla Hoch of Nelsonville.
Mary Lee Thompson of Amesville wins complete costume and Sue Kostival of The Plains takes the well dressed girl class at the state fair. Newell Groens, Logan pharmacist, holes in one at Hocking Valley CC on nine. Mrs. John Ahern hosted a bridge party honoring Mr. and Mrs. Johnson before they left for Minnesota.
New York schedules NBC CBS ABC and MBS lineups for Tuesday night. NBC presents Milton Berle at 8 pm and 9 30 pm programs while CBS features Big Town Mr and Mrs North Studio One Thunder Rock and Return Engagement. ABC offers Green Hornet and Summer Serenade. MBS showcases The Falcon and American Forum on the British Economic Crisis with Miss America Talent Quiz at 9 30.
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