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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
4
Jerald B Fortney serves as editor and publisher for a Batavia Ohio newspaper founded in 1836 with a annual subscription of $1.50. The notice notes the paper is entered at the Batavia post office as second class matter.
An opinion urges a gradual reduction of OPA authority within a year to curb bureaucracy and spending. It notes rising federal employees, costly price controls, and ongoing regulations in Cincinnati and Washington, while acknowledging some benefits from OPA. It questions delivery of nylon and rayon stock items.
The article notes high feed and clothing prices, limited stock of shirts and underwear, and new ceiling prices for garments. It cites Mexico City as a source of American goods, blames manufacturers and OPA, and urges personal price discipline to curb inflation and preserve prosperity.
Captain Edward J. Agin received the Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in the China Burma India Theatre in 1945 as personnel officer of an Air Forces Service Group. He later commanded the Second Chinese Air Force Service Group liaison team after serving as Group Adjutant. Overseas since December 1944, he enlisted in 1942. His father, a State Barbershop Inspector and former Clermont County Republican official, was informed.
On Monday May 13 at 1 15 p m the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs holds a regional meeting at Wilmington Court House. All interested garden enthusiasts are invited to attend.
Jesse McCollum opens a real estate office in the Ernst Building sharing space with S. 8. Gatch. The article notes a recommendation of commercially mixed 10 per cent DDT dust for controlling cattle and hog lice dog and hog fleas and dog ticks with two ounces said to treat an average size cow.
Ohio’s Division of Conservation reports rising inquiries for maps and info as tourists flock to public lakes and resort centers. Seneca Lake in Guernsey and Noble counties hosts the crappie fishing test with liberal rules to study overfishing risk. Black bass remain closed in most northern waters until June 15, and licenses cost one dollar plus a ten cent insurance fee with stiff penalties for fishing without one.
The Fish Management Section releases Bulletin 190 with diagrams of rearing pools to help propagate minnows economically for fishermen. It is free on request from the Fish Laboratory Ohio State Museum Columbus and lists Harold Wasco and Clarence F. Clark as authors. Pymatuning Lake in Ohio and Pennsylvania draws anglers with large walleye and pickerel catches, prompting promotion by conservation staff and local boat and lodging information.
The text explains that shearing offers the best chance to count ewes and identify those with no lambs for culling and meat sale soon after shearing. Ewes with low quality lambs or light fleece should be marketed when lambs are weaned, as profits dwindle if poor animals are kept in the Ohio flock.
Federal officials announced on April 23 an increase of 15 cents per hundredweight in the 1946 support price for potatoes.
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