Athens Daily Messenger Shipping Rates and Publishing Details
The Athens Daily Messenger in Athens Ohio provides subscription and pricing details for 1947. It lists publisher Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush and the paper as a member of multiple press associations. It covers rates by carrier and mail, domestic and overseas, with varying durations and special notices for service members.
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Ens Amtmessenger
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Onique Shessenger Publishing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
West Virginia
Westirginia
Man
West Nia
Serven
Joan W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
U S Stance on the United Nations and Greece Turkey
David Lawrence surveys how major powers by pass the U N through bilateral treaties and veto powers. He argues the United States should leverage the UN while acknowledging its limits and warns against relying on a weak UN as Russia expands influence in Europe.
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Washington
America
United Nations
United States
United Nations Organization
France
Russia
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Poland
U.N
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Albania
Adriatic
Warren Austin
Balkans
Europe
Gum chewing offers no health benefits warns medical column
Dr. William A. O'Brien states chewing gum is unsanitary and offers no scientific support for health claims. He notes no reduction in nervous tension and reports gum chewing can raise mouth temperature and spread disease. He suggests hand activities for nervous relief and questions ear infection prevention claims.
President Truman appeals to business to cut prices
The president urges American business to slash prices to blunt a potential wage push and rising cost of living. The article notes past weak corporate response, postwar price and wage dynamics, rising unemployment, falling retail sales, high inventories, and a cautious stock market signaling a looming recession.
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Truman
Census Bureau
N. Y
Your Living Costs and the Retailers Burden
The piece explains high food prices press on retailers and consumers alike. It notes retailers earn little profit per dollar, cover overhead and purchases, and strive to minimize operating costs while government and others seek remedies. Time will tell price trends.
Planned State and Despotism in Britain
In The Atlantic Monthly Francis and Katharine Drake analyze Britain's economic distress under a Labour government. They warn that a Planned State can emerge from well intentioned reform but risk hijacking, curbing free enterprise and individual rights through union controls and limited judicial power.
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Atlantic Monthly
Francis
Katharine Drake
Britain
T.U.C
Trade Union Congress
Sugar controls end voted by Congress sparks market concern
Peter Edson outlines congressional move to end sugar price and rationing controls effective Oct. 31. He notes likely effects including stockpiling ahead of a optional decontrol and limited domestic crop capacity, with industry and political motives driving the decision. He cites key lawmakers and industry views, including Pepsi-Cola's call for immediate decontrol.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
United States
California
Florida
Louisiana
Jesse Wolcott
Fred Crawford
Michigan
John Overton
Allen Ellender
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Hugh Butler
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
House Banking Committees
Pepsi-Cola Co
The Planned State and the Loss of Liberty
The passage warns that a planned state aims for ownership or control of key resources and labor, leading to dictatorship. It argues government economic control erodes freedoms, noting historical examples where surrendering economic liberty results in broader rights loss. It urges the U S to remember this lesson.
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Hell
United States
School Financing in Gallipolis Outlined by E E Higgins
E E Higgins Gallipolis city superintendent explains state foundation program and its local impact to teachers at Washington school. Carlos D Bradley reports 100 percent OEA NEA affiliation and possible joint school board and teacher association meeting.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Washington
Carlos D. Bradley
Gallipolis Teachers Association
State Foundation
Supt
Higgins
Bradley
OEA
NEA
Teacher Association
Boy injured in dynamite cap case seeks specialist help
Eleven year old Roger Frazier, sick with influenza, was taken from Holzer Hospital to a Pittsburgh specialist for the eye injury caused by a cap he found and exploded. His hands suffered two fingers lost on the right and one on the left. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Frazier of 84 Vine Street and found the cap near the family dry cleaning plant on Eastern Avenue.
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Gallipolis
Little Roger Frazier
Pittsburgh
Holzer Hospital
Roger
Kenneth Frazier
Vine St
Frazier Dry Cleaning
Eastern Ave
State Highway
Traffic Mishap Fatal To William Wildish
Gallipolis, William Nelson Wildish, 21, son of Mr and Mrs I S Wildish, was killed in a traffic accident near Jackson Michigan where his parents live. He had recently returned from Japan where he served as a Marine. Brother Robert Wildish is in Yokohama. Grandparents and Gallipolis residents Mr and Mrs Charles Rose traveled to Michigan for the Marine funeral. Mrs Wildish was formerly Nelle Bowman daughter of the late A N Bowman.
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Gallipolis
William Nelson Wildish
I. S. Wildish
Jackson
Mich
Japan
Robert Wildish
Yokohama
Charles Rose
Michigan
Wommer Family Plans Move to Pt. Pleasant
Mr and Mrs David Wommer plan to move this week from 100 Pine Street to Point Pleasant West Virginia. They have bought a home at 94 Burdette Avenue in the sister city.
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Wommer
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
David Wommer
Point Pleasant
Pine St
Burdette Ave
West Virginia
Navy contact opens at Gallipolis office for enlistment
Navy recruiters invite interested men to contact CPO F. J. Kremer at the Gallipolis post office building every Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to discuss enlistment opportunities.
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Gallipolis
CPO
F. J. Kremer
Gallipolis Society Notes Carried By Acting Writer
Mrs Wayne Booth acts as social writer for the Gallipolis daily newspaper while society editor Mrs Margaret Carter is ill.
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Gallipolis
Wayne Booth
Margaret Carter
Parents Visit James Johnson in LaGrange Illinois
Parents visited James Johnson in LaGrange Illinois and stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs JJ A Johnson at 560 Fourth Ave.
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Gallipolis
James Johnson
LaGrange
JJ. A. Johnson
Fourth Ave
Pupil Nurses Prepare Easter Sunrise Rites
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing will host Easter sunrise services at 6 am Friday for 39 students. Orpha Burgess leads, Rev. Linson H. Stebbins delivers the opening sermon, Elinor Deepping to sing during ceremonies opposite the hospital on First Ave.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Orpha Burgess
Linson H. Stebbins
Presbyterian Church
Elinor Deepping
First Ave
Mrs. Orlena Landreth Surber Rites Set in Bidwell
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p m Thursday at the Glen Hash residence near Bidwell for Mrs. Orlena Landreth Surber 81. Burial will follow in Miller Cemetery. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Glen Hash and Mrs Maggie Barr both of Bidwell and a brother Floyd Landreth of Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Glen Hash
Bidwell
Orlena Landreth
Miller Cemetery
Maggie Barr
Floyd Landreth
Virginia
John D. Ellis Dies at 43 in Huntington
John Douglas Ellis aged 43 of Huntington dies with funeral planned at Guyandotte Second Baptist Church officiated by Reverends Cremeens and Bies. Burial is Bethel Cemetery. Survived by wife two sons John R and Wayne D of Topeka Kansas two sisters Thelma Elva at home and half sister Ruby Ellis Huntington. Funeral date awaiting arrival of son Sgt Lee E Ellis stationed in West Field Massachusetts.
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Gallipolis
John Douglas Ellis
Huntington
Guyandotte Second Baptist Church
Earl Cremeens
Walter Bies
Bethel Cemetery
Lee E. Ellis
West Field
Mass
John R
Wayne D
Topeka
Kans
Thelma
Elva Ellis
Ruby Ellis
Admissions and births listed at Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis reports multiple admissions including Mrs Willard Grover Rio Grande and Mrs Austa Deckard Rio Grande for surgical and medical cases. Newborns include a son for Mrs Robert Crow and a son for Mrs Carlos Smith Pomroy. Discharges include Mrs Frances Davis with a fractured leg and several others.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Willard Grover
Austa Deckard
Rio Grande
Carol Greene
Ray
Willard Call
Adamsville
Thomas Lambert
Oak Hill
Clarence Skeens
Hamden
Marvin Houck
Charles Vernon
John Dale
Albert Frazier
Addison
Surgical
Glen Furst
Ambrose Gibbs
Cora Knott
Clarence Stebbins
Frances Davis
D. A. Evans
E. E. Jordan
C. M. Smeltzer
Charles Donnett
Tomato Producers Meet in Gallia County Discussion
Tomato producers in Gallia County plan a 7 30 p m Friday meeting to discuss marketing at the Springfield Township Iowa house.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Springfield Township
Iowa House
Wolfe Hill Wedding in Kentucky Unites Families
Mr and Mrs Carl Wolfe announce the marriage of their daughter Jane to Dale Hill son of Albert Hill Letart Falls. The ceremony occurred in Kentucky on February 15. Doris Hayman and Doris Miller of Columbus were weekend guests of George Hayman. The Hills visited the Wolfes, Derrell Sayre returned from flight training in Oklahoma, and Roy Buck attends his aunt Mrs Earl Chism’s funeral near Cincinnati with Frank and the Buck family. James Carpenter and wife announce the birth of son Spencer Raymond at Holzer Hospital on March 20 with Charles Beegle and Howard Carpenter grandparents. Charles McKelvey and family were guests of R A McKelvey in Portland. Orpha Barr returned home after a week with her parents near Buffalo West Virginia.
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Apple Grove
Carl Wolfe
Jane
Dale Hill
Albert Hill
Letart Falls
Kentucky
Doris Hayman
Doris Miller
Columbus
George Hayman
Derrell Sayre
Oklahoma
Roy Buck
R. A. McKelvey
Orpha Barr
Buffalo
W. Va
River traffic at Gallipolis locks on Tuesday
Locks gauges read 18.1 and 23.5 feet while river rollers showed 48. Upstream passages included Neville 7:25 am and O F Shearer 12:50 pm. Other boats listed along the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with various times. The Sullivan moved downstream at Marmet on the Kanawha River at 11 am.
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Gallipolis
Neville
O. F. Shearer
Patriot
George T. Price
Ohio River
Talbott
Wheeling
Atlas
Martin
Sardis
Hubbard
Benwood
W. Va
Ductilite
Marietta
Parkersburg
Titar
Millwood
Peace
Campbell
Portsmouth
Hatfield
Maysville
Marmet
Kanawha River
Eight Henderson Dogs Die of Poisoning in Point Pleasant
Eight Henderson dogs were killed by poisoning in Point Pleasant this week. A ninth dog owned by Dr. J W Diddle, a veterinarian, survived.
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Henderson
Point Pleasant
J. W. Diddle
Local cattle and hog prices slip at Point Pleasant sale
Secretary James Johnson reports a weak market with only medium grade steers and heifers selling 17 50 to 21 50 and common grades 14 50 to 17 50. Medium cows bring 12 to 14 50, good heifer type cows 14 50 to 17, canners 8 50 to 12, bulls 13 50 to 17 30. Hog top 26 on 235 lb, 200 to 250 lb hogs 25 50 to 26, 180 to 200 lb 24 50 to 25 50, 140 to 170 lb 21 50 to 24, sows 19 50 to 21 75. Calves top 26 30, seconds 24 70 to 25 50, medium 18 25 to 20 50, light 12 50 to 16 50, 100 lb avg 10.
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Point Pleasant
James Johnson
Navy Sale Slated at U S Naval Warehouse
A Navy warehouse in Point Pleasant announces a public sale with items from telescopes to hand hammers. Bids must be submitted by April 28.
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Point Pleasant
U. S. Naval
Meeting Day Changed for DAR Chapter in Point Pleasant
The April meeting of Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR moves from Friday to Thursday to observe Good Friday. The board meets at 2 30 p m and the society an hour later.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
Dar
Registration Of Firearms To Be Made At State Office
Investigators from the U S alcohol tax unit plan a firearm registration for armed forces members at the State Employment Office in Huntington on April 8 and 9 from 8 30 a m to 5 p m. Registration covers machine pistols submachineguns machineguns fully automatic pistols semi automatic pistols with shoulder stocks and short barreled shotguns and rifles with silencers. Penalties include a 2000 dollar fine and up to five years in prison for noncompliance.
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Point Pleasant
William R. Harvey
Roy Hundley
Huntington
U. S. Alcohol Tax Unit
Sixth St
Germany
Japan
Harvey
Pt Pleasant Personal Notices Highlight Local Travels
A roundup of residents traveling for business and leisure includes Mr and Mrs Harold Haynes heading to Pittsburgh, Rev C G Billups and niece Dorothy Billups returning from Florida and the West Coast by April 8, and others visiting St Petersburg Florida, Nashville and Williamson for Easter.
Plans to Move Eads Family to Pittsburgh Area
Mrs J Oral Eads with children and her father-in-law complete plans to relocate from Jericho Road to Pittsburgh area after securing living quarters. Her husband works as a squad boss in Bridgeville chemical plant drafting department. Nearby residents Mr and Mrs Van Smith and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Goodman move to Fritz Frey home as Smith and Goodman serve in Coast Guard at Lock Eleven.
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Point Pleasant
J. Oral Eads
Early Eads
Jericho Road
Eads
Florida
Chemical
Bridgeville
Pittsburgh
Kenneth Goodman
Fritz Frey
Mt. Vernon Ave
Smith
Goodman
Coast Guard
Lock Eleven
Audit of Mason County Offices Expected Thursday
State tax official Harrah said the annual audit of Mason County offices will wrap up Thursday. The review covers the sheriff and assessor plus circuit and county clerks.
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Point Pleasant
E. O. Harrah
State Tax Commissioner's Office
Mason County
Board to Close Office for Good Friday Observance
Acting county superintendent Manford Blessing said the board of education office would be closed Friday for Good Friday, and would reopen as usual Saturday.
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Point Pleasant
Manford Blessing
The
Board of Education
Man Taken to Hospital After Incident
John Northup, 75, of Gallipolis Ferry, was taken to Holzer Hospital by Chapman ambulance Tuesday for admission and treatment.
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Point Pleasant
John Northup
Gallipolis Ferry
Holzer Hospital
Chapman
Boat Victim Robert Melton A Mason County Resident
Robert Melton, a Mason County resident and war veteran, was among three men missing after a boiler explosion on the boat Joe Cook near Ravenswood. He married Helen Moses in 1946 and lived in Winfield with his parents and five sisters and three brothers listed as survivors.
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Point Pleasant
Ravenswood
Robert Melton
Joe Cook
W. R. Melton
North Africa
Sicily
Anzio
France
Germany
Serv Ice
Helen Moses
Winfield
Lillian Roach
Rachel Sumner
Catlettsburg
Dorothy Lewis
Arlee
Ruth Blain
Beech Hill
Mary Mars
Garet Melton
Rex. Melton
Charleston
Dexter Melton
Newport News
Dale Melton
Cleveland
Fire on Farm Brings Arrest
Roderick R. Ball of Mercers Bottom was arrested after a controlled burn to clear a tobacco bed spread on his farm. A magistrate granted a continuance to Saturday at 10 a.m. Ball had a fire warden permit. wind then picked up. State Game Protector Bert L. Dotson made the arrest.
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Point Pleasant
Roderick R. Ball
Mercers Bottom
Ball
Bert L. Dotson
Campaign toward Red Cross goal in Mason County
$2,428.36 has been raised in the current Red Cross campaign led by Rev. William Meade. He aims for a $4,000 goal and plans to extend the drive two weeks, noting influenza and bad weather slowed progress while illness among volunteers eased as spring arrived in the area.
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Point Pleasant
Red Cross
William Meade
Mr. Meade
Grass and Residence Fires Reported by Department
Point Pleasant volunteers responded to a grass fire on Jefferson Blvd at 2 55 p m and 30 minutes later to Henderson for a house fire at Jack Bonecutter s home near the chimney. The blaze was put out before the firemen arrived and damage was said to be small according to Mrs Bonecutter.
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Point Pleasant
Voluneteer
Jefferson Blvd
Henderson
Jack Bonecutter
Rev Dorsey Accepts Call to Pastorate at Main Street Baptist
POINT PLEASANT The Rev D A Dorsey of Welch has accepted a call to pastor Main Street Baptist Church. He conducted services here recently and may move his family after the upcoming school term ends.
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Point Pleasant
D. A. Dorsey
Welch
Main Street Baptist Church
Consgregation
Dorsey
Staging Delayed for Cornezopoppin Musical Comedy
Presentation of the musical comedy Corne zapoppin has been postponed to Thursday and Friday evenings April 10 and 11 at Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Corne Zapoppin
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Mister
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
William A. O'Brien
Meniere
Peter Edson
Roger Frazier
William Wildish
Navy
John D. Ellis
Harold Haynes
Eighth St
C. G. Billups
Dorothy Billups
West Coast
J. G. F. Johnson
Ripley
Camden Hogg
Homer Fisher
St. Petersburg
Fla
Walter Crooks
Middleport
Walter Crooks, Jr
W. B. Stanley
Mervin Chapmans
J. Woodell Burdette
Williamson
Rice
Ben Underwood
Benita Kay
W. H. Gress
Nashville
Tenn
B. F. Sommer
Leon
Robert Kayser
Washington, D. C
Joyce Doolittle
Rupert L. Kayser
Jackson Ave
Mason
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