Defense Seeks Mental Test for Murder Suspect
Charles R. Henderson, charged with first degree murder for the fatal Club 33 shooting of John Gwinn, will seek a mental examination before trial. Defense attorney R W Finsterwald says the move is to exhaust the mental angle, not to plead insanity. Henderson, a Navy veteran, described war experiences and a temper triggered by being struck, with details of the sequence after the confrontation and his attempt to surrender.
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Charles R. Henderson
John Gwinn
R. W. Finsterwald
Finsterwald
Henderson
Pacific
Navy
University Functions To Be Discussed
The Very Rev. Dr. Bernard Iddings Bell will speak at Ohio University on Thursday at 10 25 a m in Memorial Auditorium as part of Cutler Hall Week. The Chicago University chaplain and educator, born in Dayton, has written 18 books and lectured at Oxford Harvard Yale Columbia Princeton and Westminster Abbey.
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Bernard Iddings Bell
Chicago University
Episcopal Bishop of
Chicago
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Cutler Hall
Canon Bell
Modern University
New York Times
Oxford
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Princeton
Westminster Abbey
County weighs executive secretary for child welfare board
Athens County officials considered funding an executive secretary for the Child Welfare Board after the board rejected transferring welfare duties to the County Welfare Department. The move hinges on finding a suitable candidate and the 1948 budget.
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Athens County
Q-99 Vitamin B-1 Ad Claim at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
An old advertisement touts Q-99 with Vitamin B-1 as an appetite booster and stomach aid. It claims relief for nervousness headaches constipation and gas with laxative and diuretic effects. Available in two sizes 1.25 and 2.25 with mail order options and post charges.
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Quick’s
Quick
War Surplus Goods Sale Planned in Columbus
War surplus administration items including nonoperational jeeps and trucks will be sold at Lockbourne Army Air Base Ft Hayes and the Columbus Naval Air Base. Veterans must show discharge papers to prove eligibility for purchases. The sale date is set for Sept 25 and is announced by Veterans Administration official N K Blosser.
Salvation Army Visit Noted At City Service
Adjt. and Mrs. Walter Murdoch will join a Salvationist group from Marietta for a service here tonight conducted by Rev. Florence Bromley of the Salvation Army, officials announced.
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Adjt
Walter Murdoch
Marietta
Florence Bromley
Salvation Army
Prayer Band to Meet at Gaston Home
Graham Chapel Prayer Band will meet Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaston with Mrs. Effie Chapman as leader.
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Graham Chapel
Charles Gaston
Effie Chapman
Roads and Bridges Up for State Highway Projects
State highway contracts in Athens and Hocking Counties will be sold for federal aid projects. A bridge on the Amies ville-Trimble Road near Amesville will be rebuilt with a continuous steel beam and concrete deck, plus graded and paved approaches. A second project on Route 180 between Logan and Chillicothe will replace Mocassin Creek bridge with similar construction. completion dates are set for Oct 31 1948 and Aug 31 1948 respectively. Paving treatments and protective emulsions are applied to nearby bricks and roads around Athens, with several bridges and guardrails scheduled for painting.
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Athens
Hocking Counties
State Department of Highways
Ames Township
Athens County
Amesville
Amiesville-Trimble
Logan
Chillicothe
Hocking County
Mocassin Creek
Perry Township
Richland Ave
Athens State Hospital
Nelsonville Corporation
Sharpsburg Hill
Coolville
Sock Price Comes High
Amesville youth Robert R. Jago, 19, was fined 25 dollars and jailed 15 days plus intoxication costs after swinging at Officer Morris in a Court Street restaurant disturbance. His companion Denzil Robinson, 41, pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid 10 dollars and costs.
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Robert R. Jago
Amesville
Jago
Court St
Franz Woodworth
Denzil Robinson
Scout Ushers To Be Assigned At Ohio University Games
A meeting of all registered Boy Scouts and leaders from Athens Nelsonville Chauncey and Glouster who plan to usher at Ohio University football games this fall will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at the OU stadium. Permanent assignments for the five home games will be made at the meeting and scouts must attend all games. Instructions will be given. District commissioner Raymond A. Lee issued the request for all scouts to be present.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Chauncey
Glouster
Ohio University
A. H. Rhoads
University Athletic Department
Rhoads
Raymond A. Lee
New Alexander Pastor To Be Installed
Installation services for Rev. James L. Hyde as pastor of the Alexander Church near Hebbardsville will be conducted Wednesday at 8 p.m. by the Athens Presbytery, it was learned today.
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James L. Hyde
Alexander
Hebbardsville
Athens
Mrs. Susan Barto Dies at 78 in The Plains
Susan Barto 78 born in Austria died Wednesday at her daughter Mary Wessele’s home in The Plains She came to the United States in 1909 with husband Michael who died in 1945 Survived by three daughters Agnes Coleman Elizabeth Latchney Anna Turlik and son Michael Funeral Friday 9 am at St Pauls Catholic Church burial Mt Calvary Cemetery Friends may call at the Wesselo residence after 6 pm Wednesday
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Susan Barto
Austria
Mary Wessele
the Plains
Barto
United States
Michael
Agnes Coleman
Elizabeth Latchney
Detroit
Anna Turlik
Duquesne
Michael Barto
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Wesselo
Legion Post 21 Installation and Fish Fry Planned
New officers of K. T. Crossen Post 21, American Legion, will be installed at a Thursday 8 p.m. meeting at the Legion home at Congress and Washington. Retiring commander Donald E. Robinson announced the plan and said a fish fry would follow for post members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Legion
Congress and
Washington Streets
Donald E. Robinson
Man Held as Stolen Radio Is Recovered
Everett Teare Jr 21 of 6 Park Place pleaded guilty to concealment of stolen property after a stolen radio from a March basketball tournament was found in his car The owner alerted police and Teare was bound over to the grand jury under a 200 bond Chief Grogan said the owner who reported the loss identified the radio at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Teare, Jr
Park Place
Franz Woodworth
J. B. Grogan
Autumn Arrives With 35 Degree Drop
Official arrival of autumn presaged as the mercury fell to 35 degrees last night and stayed low this morning. Fog kept frost at bay but tonight could bring damage. the thermometer rose to 47 by 9 a.m. Monday’s high reached 60.
Degree Team Sets Meeting at Grange Hall
Delilah Rebekah Lodge degree team members will meet tonight at 7 30 o clock at the Grange Hall.
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New Marshfield
Delilah Rebekah Lodge
Grange Hall
Masons to Meet in Special New Marshfield Session
Constitution Lodge 426 F and AM holds a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m to confer the Master Mason degree S L Collins the master invites visitors to attend the session in New Marshfield Ohio
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New Marshfield
Constitution Lodge 426
F&am
S. L. Collins
Enrollment Peak May Be Reached This Year
Ohio University Director of Admissions Dr. Frank B. Dilley told the Athens Rotary Club that college enrollment may reach a peak this year or next, after 1946 showing a 50 percent rise over prewar levels. He cited factors that could slow or sustain the upward trend and noted projections from the U.S. Office of Education.
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Frank B. Dilley
Ohio University
Athens Rotary Club
Dilley
Rotarians
United States
United States Office of Education
U.S
Marietta Paints Distributed by Regional Firms
Marietta paints are distributed by Bardin Bros. Co. Athens Pomeroy Cement Block Co. Pomeroy and Plymale Wagner Co. Gallipolis. The notice lists the firms handling distribution in the area.
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Marietta Paints
Bardin Bros. CO
Athens
Pomeroy Cement Block CO
Pomeroy
Plymale Wagner CO
Gallipolis
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Chuck” Henderson
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Ray Bobo
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State Department of Welfare
County Welfare Department
Bobo
Ralph Elliott
Glenn Scott
Children’s Home
Scott
Carthage Township
R. V. King
Dale W. Wilson
Welfare Department
Kantleek
Superior Rubber Goods
Cussins & Fearn
N. Court St
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Bank of Athens
Olio
Columbus
Church of the Nazarene
the Plains, Ohio
Curtis R. Brown
James Fitch
Cincinnati
Athens City
Rosser Bateman
R. A. Morris
Morris
Alexander Pastor
Legion Post
Vincent Price
Dragonwyck
Claudette Colbert
Culligan
Ome Co
Mtten TU Mey Mama II
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Thomas Jefferson
the Cline Pharmacy
R. E. McCammon
Finance ‘Corporation
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Wit Powett
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Sone
MNR
Ce Ma
New York
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