Freshman Week Activates Ohio University Campus
Ohio University opens its new year with Freshman Week as hundreds of students move into dorms and housing, buy meals and supplies, consult advisers, and join rushing plans. Activities include convocation, tests, schedule conferences, and an open football scrimmage. New faculty appointments announced by President James include Frances Burnette as acting periodical reference librarian Camilla Manson as assistant reference librarian and Mary Perry as titian at the Men's Dormitory.
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The
YWCA
Irma E. Voigt
Teshman
Memorial Auditorium
University Library
Ohio University
Herman G. James
Frances A. Burnette
Lima
Miss Burnette
Miami University
Oxford
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Miami University Library
Grandview Heights
Columbus
Camilla Manson
Murfreesboro
Miss Manson
Chowan College
Peabody College
St. Louis
Police believe Collins killed by train on tracks
Middletown police say 36 year old Charles Collins was found dead on the Big Four Railroad tracks and authorities believe he was struck by a train.
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Middletown
Charles Collins
Famous medicine praised for bowel relief by Athens Pharmacy
Do you suffer sleepless nights and a sluggish, listless day after? Prulax, the vegetable laxative made with cascara prune juice and senna, promises relief from constipation and related ills. For sale by Athens Pharmacy, 7 N Court St.
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Athens Pharmacy
Hit by Auto Corning Man Fatally Hurt
Corning man Edward Innes, 57, was struck while walking with his daughter along Route 13 near Corning and died Sunday in a Zanesville hospital. His daughter, 34, was injured but survived, and Pearl Cavince, 21, of Crooksville Route 2, was charged with unsafe operation after pleading not guilty.
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Corning
Edward Innes
Zanesville
Wlso of
Pearl O. Cavinee
Crooksville
Cavince
Murray Brown
Four Are Assigned to Wichita Falls Field
Four men from the area have been sent to the Air Corps at Wichita Falls Texas. The report from Capt. Alfred G. Karger at Ft. Hayes Reception Center in Columbus names William A. Broker of Nelsonville Route 1 Paul E. Jurgensmier of 432 North Mulberry Logan Floyd R. Pierson of 548 Bowen Logan and Charles O. Starcher of 45 North Logan as the assigned group.
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Air Corps
Wichita Falls
Texas
Alfred G. Karger
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
William A. Brooker
Nelsonville
Paul E. Jurgensmier
N. Mulberry St
Logan
Floyd R. Pierson
Bowen St
Charles O.starcher
North St
Battrell Divorce Suit Filed by William Battrell in Athens County
William E. Battrell of Lee Township filed for divorce from Viola Battrell in Athens County Common Pleas Court on a Saturday. They married August 11 1924 and separated July 7 1926. The note adds a separate fact that the first playing cards were designed by an insane man in an asylum.
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William E. Battrell
Lee Township
Viola Battrell
Columbus
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Winds and air currents dominate Sunday aviation in Athens
The Athens Airport saw light southeast winds with gusts and cross winds shaping landings and takeoffs. Pilots, passengers, and observers noted updrafts and downdrafts over hills, air pockets myth debunked, and the impact of terrain on flight paths as CPT tests and cross country routes continued.
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Athens
Red Cross First Aid Course At Ath ens High School
Ellen Biddle announces a Red Cross standard first aid course in the Little Theater at Ath ens High School starting Tuesday. Classes run eight weeks from 7 to 9 30 pm with Miss Audrey Meighen as instructor. Open to all. 60 cents for the textbook. certificate awarded upon passing the exam valid three years.
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Red Cross
Athens High School
Ellen Biddle
Audrey Meighen
Four Youths Captured After Akron Robbery
Akron police pursued a stolen car for about 20 miles along route 18 near the city eastern limits. A cruiser rammed the vehicle, fired six shots blowing a tire and breaking the rear window, forcing the youths to stop and surrender near Edinburg.
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Akron
Edinburg
Carl Kitchen
Diamond
Carl Hanes
Food hoarding injurious to defense says official
Washington agriculture department consumer's counsel D. E. Montgomery warned that hoarding of food by consumers or distributors harms the public and national defense. The department has received reports of large scale buying of staple foods amid fears of shortages or to dodge higher prices. Reuters started its news service about a century ago with a pigeon post.
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Washington
D. E. Montgomery
Agriculture Department Consumers’ Counsel
National Defense
Montgomery
Department
Train Timetable Summary for Major Rail Lines
East and west bound trains listed for Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio lines with numbered services and daily or daily except Sunday schedules. Key departures and arrivals include No. 4 Diplomat 1:56 am and No. 2 National Limited 9:38 pm, Nos 30 and 37 Chesapeake and Ohio south and north bound, plus New York Central services split into south and north lines with times around noon and evening.
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Diplomat
National Limited
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Navy Enthusiast Roger Wiseman Brings Friends to Enlist
Roger Allen Wiseman of Athens has enlisted in the U S Navy after graduating from Athens High School. He completed six weeks of boot camp at Great Lakes and will transfer to a Navy clerical school. He plans storekeeping or paymaster work and is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl Wiseman of 135 Mill Street.
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Francis Fuller
Charles Ogg
Continental Motor
Gene Griffen
Roger Allen Wiseman
Athens
U. S. Navy
Roger
Great Lakes
Illinois
Navy
Paradise
Chicago
Waukegan
Carl Wiseman
Mill St
Seven Drivers Arrested By Patrolmen Across Weekend
State highway patrolmen reported seven arrests over the weekend with five fines levied. Ralph Wines of Coolville pleaded guilty for leaving the scene after a collision with Mary Mitchell of Beverly Hills, California, and was fined $15. Dorothy Miller of Dayton pleaded guilty to unsafe operation and paid $10. Three men fined for insufficient lights, William Singer, Thompson Garfield, and Warrior Coleman, each paid $5. Two others, Charles Potts and Joseph Warne, were to be arraigned today for insufficient rights.
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Ralph Wines
Coolville
Mary Mitchell
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wines
Justice of the Peace
Ira Fairchild
Dorothy Miller
Dayton
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Thomas E. Clark
Amesville
William Singer
Cutler
Thompson J. Garfield
Chesterhill
Warrior Coleman
Seaman
McConnelsville
Charles E. Potts
Malta
Joseph W. Warne
Fire damages car interior at McNeal residence
Fire damages the interior upholstery and accessories of Ernest McNeal's auto at 307 W Union St. early Sunday. The Athens Fire Department extinguished the blaze, damaging the car's interior and the garage. the motor was undamaged and the origin remains undetermined.
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Ernest McNeal
W. Union St
Athens Fire Department
McNeal
Two Fined by Mayors in Athens Area for Intoxication
Two men were fined for intoxication in separate incidents. On Saturday night in W Union Street Athens Route 2, a man arrested by Officers Bradfield and McBride faced a $5 fine and costs by Mayor Cliff Cornell. On Sunday morning in W State Street Strouds Run, Ralph Brown was arrested by Officers Church and Wilson, fined $25 and costs, and jailed for failure to pay.
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Verne Riley
Athens
W. Union St
Bradfield
McBride
Cliff Cornell
Ralph Brown
Strouds Run
W. State St
Church
Wilson
Brown
James Anderson Dies At Haydenville Sunday
James Anderson aged 79 died at his Haydenville home Sunday afternoon. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the Haydenville Methodist Church with Rev W E Bancroft officiating, burial in Haydenville cemetery. Friends may call at his son Ben Andersons Haydenville home after Monday evening. He leaves widow Nerma, two sons Ben and Ed, two daughters Flora and Christeen, two brothers Charles and Pearl, and two sisters Flora Russell and Katie Gillette.
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James Anderson
Haydenville
W. E. Bancroft
Ben
Anderson
Nerma Anderson
Basil
Flora Anderson
Christeen Norman
Lancaster
Charles
Redtown
Pearl
Wellston
Flora Russell
Millfield
Katie Gillette
Jacksonville
Statler Hotel Company Sues Athens Resident
The New York Statler Co. filed a three claim case in Athens County Common Pleas against Reed Phillips Rose of Athens for hotel bills totaling 893.53 with interest from 1936 to 1939. Three actions seek 473.73, 193.80, and 226 plus interest.
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Reed Phillips Rose
Athens
New York Statler Co., Inc
Athens County
Harrises welcome son at Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr and Mrs W Harris Shade are the parents of a son born Sunday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Robert Drake of Elmwood Place was released Sunday. Mrs Margaret Russell of Albany is now in treatment at the hospital instead of Mary Russell as previously announced.
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W. Harris
Shade
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Robert Drake
Elmwood Place
Margaret Russell
Albany
Mary Russell
Made To Order Farm Program Outlined For 1942
Athens County AAA Committee announced a made to order 1942 farm program aligned with national defense needs. Special allotments stay for corn wheat and tobacco with no total depletion limits. 20 of every 100 acres must conserve soil and remaining cropland may grow other crops. The soil building allowance equals 70 cents times the surplus of total cropland over special allotments.
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Athens County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
AAA Committee
Frank Pugh
U. S
Pugh
National Farm Program aims to curb over expansion
The chairman says the new program will prevent mistakes of the first World War by boosting needed production while keeping some commodities in check for national defense. He notes increased output in some areas does not imply free rein for all, stressing prudent balance. Athens Izaak Walton League chapter meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall fire department quarters.
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Pugh
Athens
Izaak Walton League
Athens Fire Department
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