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Fallacious reasoning on Truman message critique echoes left drift
Samuel B. Petengill argues the White House communiqués misrepresent prosperity through postwar debt and inflation fears. He accuses Truman of leftward shift, inflationary policies, and political manipulation, contrasting government spending with genuine economic health.
MacArthur Sees 200000 Troops Sufficient To Occupy Japan
Washington column argues the occupation of Japan requires about 200000 ground troops, contending MacArthur knows the situation on the ground and that a large peacetime army risks fueling anti Allied sentiment. It criticizes State Department skepticism and cites atomic bomb precedent and Japan’s docile surrender.
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Washington
MacArthur
Department of State
Japan
Acheson
United States Navy
State Department
Seerecy
Congress
Germany
Rhineland
United States
Pearl Harbor
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Letter From Washington reflects wartime slang and Groves tale
Peter Edson reports in Washington slangy GI nicknames for Chinese leaders like Shanky Jack and Sunset Sam. He recalls Maj Gen Leslie Groves’s TNT blast memory and cites Dean Acheson's quip on staff help. Somervell resists dress uniform costs as epaulets approach 60 dollars per pair. Vinson estimates atomic bomb saves two billion dollars by shortening the war, even if only nine days.
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Washington
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sun Yat Sen
Sunset Sam
Leslie R. Groves
War Department
Groves
Hiroshima
Dean Acheson
Spruille Braden
Acheson
Byrnes
London
Brehon Somervell
Army
Somervell
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
U. S
Vinson
Ohio Honored Burton for Supreme Court Seat
Selection of Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio for the highest judiciary honor is a tribute to Ohio and to a man who has served in national politics with steadiness. The piece notes Burton’s liberal but practical stance and frames his nomination by President Truman as preventing a more radical appointment.
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Harold H. Burton
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Burton
Truman
Supreme Court
White House
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Noting the State of the Nation and Supreme Court
The speaker pledges a seat for common sense and unwavering belief in America. Future days may bring attacks on the Constitution and laws, making the nine old men controversy seem trivial. Expectation that Justice Burton will speak in a way that will be applauded by the American people.
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America
Justice Burton
Five OSU Medical School freshmen named from the district
Five applicants from this district for enrollment in the Ohio State University Medical School were accepted as freshmen. Those accepted were Alice G. Poston Logan, D. Franklin Davidson New Lexington, Dr. Lawrence J. Jones Gallipolis, Virgil L. Cross Athens, and Charles J. Deishley Logan. A school for deaf children opened in Athens with Miss Betty Ridenour from Jackson in charge. Hattie Lou Grones marked her tenth birthday at a party for ten at 64 Elmwood Place. Charles Woodworth and Claude Wentfall attended Camp Perry for the annual title matches. 38 years ago: Kerr and Hoover at Kiwanis convention in Dayton. Biddle couple vacationing in Chatham and Bretton Woods. Gordon K. Bush, UP A, visiting Athens, bound for Harvard Business School. Ohio University forecast record enrollment of 1,850 students.
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Ohio State University Medical School
Alice G. Poston
Logan
D. Franklin Davidson
New Lexington
Lawrence J. Jones
Gal Itpella
Virgil L. Cross
Athens
Charles J. Deishley
M. M. Kerr
T. N. Hoover
Dayton
Ohio District Kiwanis Club
Dexter Social and Personal News Highlight Local Guests
Dexter residents and visitors share social visits across towns. Mr and Mrs Jesse Sisson of Carpenter and Mr and Mrs Charlie Ellis of Columbus plus John Babee of Ashcroft were recent guests of O S McCann. Athens and Columbus families visit and travel for clinics and employment, with others stopping by Salem and Cleveland. Elwood Swearingen receives honorable discharge and heads to Toledo with wife seeking work. J W Weaver takes vacation from duties as local express agent.
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Robin Love
Columbus
Lillie Minor
Gerald Minor
Cleveland
W. R. Halliday
Elsie Danny
Emmett Davis
W. R. Hallida
Elwood Swearingen
Toledo
Kenneth Davis
Rosalie
Baltimore
Carh Braley
Dyenville
Braley
Race Hill
Parker Run
Homer West
G. B. Davis
Clintonville
Time Public Forum in Japan Cannot Be Changed Quickly
DEWITT MacKENZIE argues General MacArthur’s Japan occupation cut proposal sparks conflict. Readers urged to submit short, carefully crafted letters to the Public Forum, balancing space, opinion, and impact amid school space limits and county educational concerns.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
MacArthur
Uncle Sam
Japan
the Messenger
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Alex Root
Athens County
Wants School Change It Is in Shame and Disgrace
A citizen blasts Chauncey Dover Exempted Village School management citing perpetual turnover of teachers and poor discipline. He argues for moral rearmament and long occupation of Japan to enforce Potsdam aims, and warns that real cultural change must start with education of youth.
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Personal Items Of Broadwell Personal Items Of Broadwell
Broadland gossip lists visits as Ernest Brooker of Dunbar West Virginia calls on sister Mrs Hattie Hendershott over the weekend Mrs Mary Davis of Oskaloosa visits also Mrs Hendershott. Numerous Midlands residents from Massillon Chester Am Athens Columbus Shawnee Belpre Nelsonville and nearby towns drop in for weekend calls and family time.
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Broadland
Ernest Brooker
Dunbar
W. Va
Hattie Hendershott
Mary Davis
Keith
Perley Keirns
Charlotte Justis
Athens
John Young
Clarence Rathburn
Columbus
John Graham
Tennessee
Clyde Bobo
Ed Smith
Shawnee
Albert “Smith
Leonard Brown
Charlies Brown
New Lexington
Apent
Connie van Dyke
Philip Ross
Dorothy Porter
Corning
Cook van Dyke
Leonard Smith
Margaret Rutter
Belpre
Delbert Ogg
Willian Mingus
Nelsonville
Ella: Ogg
Albert Ogg
Vote in November on Athens County education board
J H McNabb of Athens RD 5 urges parents and teachers to vote against the current county board of education setup. He criticizes the handling of a high school teaching position, argues politics should stay out of schools, and calls for electing a board that will clean up the system before the November election.
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Athens County
County Board of Education
Board of Education
Black Market Boosts Yanks Monthly Income
Berlin figures show American troops received 33,044,224 marks in August pay while sending 3,153,517 marks to money orders transfers and war bonds as Berlin major black market activity centers on wrist watches sold to Russians. Robert W. Roddy, 23, Lima, is held for removal to Toledo for failure to report a change of address to his selective service.
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Columbus
Robert W. Roddy
Lima
Toledo
Train Robbery Foils Secret Shipment Plot
Carolyn and Bob orchestrate a covert shipment of lead-encased crates aboard a guarded freight car. The train is attacked and the four crates vanish, but Carolyn claims she removed the valuable contents before departure, leaving Bob alarmed as authorities report the heist.
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Schoenfeld Laboratory
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Leana Sormi
Tnepee Tyler
Lynn
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Ba Gonthound
Portland Personal Notes From Local Residents
A Portland column lists visits and travels of area residents. First Lt. and Mrs. Adams and others from White Sulphur Springs and Charleston gathered with A. A. Adams family. Lawrence Ritchie reports to a North Carolina hospital. Ralph McDade home hosted an old fashioned serenade for son-in-law Russell Latton recently discharged from the Navy. many locals travelled to or from Cincinnati Parkersburg Morgantown and Pittsburgh for visits, vacations, and schooling. lingering mentions include U. S. Lock 21, death in Portsmouth, and family gatherings at various households.
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Portland
Barry W. Adams
White Sulphur Springs
Harry Adams
Alvin Boyles
Charleston
A. ‘Adams
Lawrence Ritchie
North Carolina
Ralph McDade
Russell Latton
Latten
Navy
Russell McDade
Parkershirg
Arlos Gwinn
Cincinnati
C. A. McDade
Pittsburgh
B. L. Chenowith
Ronald
Charles. Bose
Akron
Marvin Swan
Columbus
Mabel Worthington
Francis Worthington
U. S. Lock 21
Charles Sharp
Portsmouth
Charles Shaver
Morgantown
W. Va
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Elijah Nester
Grantsville
Eva Blosser
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