The Messenger and Herald publication details
Publisher Frederick W Bush lists history from 1825 to 1929 and notes daily afternoon editions except Sunday with a larger Sunday morning issue. Printing co. Gibbs Gordon K Bush as publisher and Gen Mgr. Harris as managing editor. Memberships include AP and several Ohio press associations. Subscription rates show yearly four dollars fifty, six months two dollars sixty five, ten weeks one dollar, weekly fifteen cents. extra postage for other zones.
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Frederick W. Bush
Messenger & Herald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Onaries
H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
John W. Cullen
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Athens City Council backs Lancaster Street improvement drive
Athens City Council votes to support the Route 33 north approach project and allocates 5,000 to its progress. Civic groups and residents pressure for the three mile, six hundred thousand dollar project despite demands for high damages from several property owners and potential delays caused by obstructionists.
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Athens City
Ohio
Lancaster Street
Athens
Athens County
Coolville
Holy Week 1941 Nazi Invasions Mark Palm Sunday
The piece notes Hitler chose Holy Week to invade Yugoslavia and Greece as war spreads. It contrasts Nazi justifications with biblical imagery and warns that millions suffer as Europe escalates toward catastrophe. It frames invasions as coercive peace and emphasizes self defense by Greece.
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Hitler
Prince of Peace
Jerusalem
Yugoslavia
Greece
Jesus
Golgotha
Raymond Clapper Warns Against Press Censorship Push
Raymond Clapper argues government pressure risks compulsory censorship under the guise of military needs. He notes Knox favored voluntary co operation but condemned forced limits on reporting especially after British warship Malaya's New York arrival drew coverage despite calls for silence.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
News
Malaya
New York Harbor
Times Square
New York Herald-Tribune
New York Daily News
Baltimore Sun
Washington Times-Herald
Chicago Daily News
Fear of German gains through British ship arrivals
The argument warns that publishing details of a damaged British battleship's arrival and repair schedule would aid Berlin in naval strategy. It urges restraint by the press to avoid aiding spies, protests censorship, and highlights risks to public and wartime morale.
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Germany
Berlin
Britain
New York Harbor
New York
Washington probes multiply as defense inquiry widens
Peter Edson notes a Senate probe into the 40 billion defense program expanding into two additional House investigations. Chairman Andrew Jackson May drives a three-pronged plan on aviation land needs and ordnance, seeking 100000 dollars for a rapid nationwide fact gathering effort starting in Washington before field hearings.
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Senator Truman
Britain
Capitol
House of Representatives
Senate
Truman
Andrew Jackson May
Prestonsburg
House Committee On
House Naval Affairs Committee
Carl Vinson
Milledgeville, Ga
House
May
House Committee
Washington
Department of Justice
Triumph of Life Over Death in Holy Week
The text expresses faith that during Holy Week countries marching toward sorrow may find life again. It asserts confidence that the path of life will prevail over death and suffering, signaling spiritual renewal and hope.
Public Forum Letters Welcome Signatures Included
Readers may submit signed letters on current events for the daily column. Authors must include their signature, and brief use of space allows multiple contributions each day.
Easter reflection on poverty and Christian duty in 20th century
In a Messenger letter, G. L. Humphrey discusses hardship from low wages, greed, and war. He contrasts modern inequities with Jesus teaching against selfishness, urges charity though relief was misused, and looks toward a future Kingdom of perfection. Carpenter, April 7.
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the Messenger
Jesus
Earth
God
Albany School Concert Promises Varied Selections
Albany Consolidated School students will present a concert on Wednesday April 16 featuring the Girls Glee Club Boys Glee Club and school orchestra. Soloists include Worley Baughman Lamar Springer Harry Hoffee Robert Meighen Eileen Ashcraft Joan Gandee Beulah Calvin and Eloise West. Mrs Wanda MacDonald organized the program with classics Negro spirituals Indian music and modern pieces.
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Albany
Boy’s Glee Club
Albany Consolidated School
Wanda MacDonald
Worley Baughman
Lamar Springer
Harry Hoffee
Robert Meighen
Eileen Ashcraft
Joan Gandee
Beulah Calvin
Eloise West
P.T. A
M. E
Athens
Howard Ayler
Clarence Vorhees
D. I. Gandee
Bart Allen
Charles Shaver
Julia Ewing
Wellston
Ewing
Lena Welch
Welch
Lester Breweiser
Methodist Church
Sydney Everson
Ed Bodkins
Bee Davis Faces Empty Future After Kidnaping
Beatrice Huntington Davenport grapples with loss of status as Bee Davis after a kidnaping news frenzy. She contemplates leaving Budget Fashions, fearing recognition by Clarence and others, while clinging to Anthony and the shop’s fading glamour. She weighs ending the masquerade to protect those she loves.
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Bee
Clarence
Toby
Vera
Beatrice Huntington Davenport
Bee Davis
Mr. Weeming
Miss Dane
Beatrice
Mimi Frothingham
Bruce Sheldrake
Trust Company
Anthony
Beatrice Davenport
Terry
Miss Ryan
Miss Getz
Social Notes from McArthur Highlight Local Visits and Weddings
The column records multiple social events and movements. Leslie Foreman and Kathryn Senior announce their March 31 Columbus Georgia marriage. Army officer transfers, Eastern Star observations, and various local visits by families and guests are noted.
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Zaleski
Miss Robbins
Florence Kokensparger
Columbus
Ralph Smith
George Pilcher
Portsmonth
Wylye Minton
Cliff Swaim
West
McArthur
Robert Chatfield
Warren
John Chatfield
Jackson Garrison
Canton
Earl Foreman
George C. Snyder
Cincinnati
Garry Clark
B. F. Willis
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Carlisle
Oliver Henry
Frank Robinette
Arthur Bethel
Dayton
J. E. Rosser
Springield
Arline Graves
George Blake
S. R. Cline
Chillicothe
G. C. Frye
Bridgeport
P. O. Frye
Anna Matney
Union
W. Va
W. F. Cline
Forest E. Weinrich
Logan
Bayard Cherry
Donald
Jane
Nancy
Toledo
E. E. Griffith
Jimmy Gaffner
Delaware
Pearl Clements
Harry Hulbert
Paul
Dwight
Indianapolis
Orville Scott
Gallipolis
Harold Steele
Knight Montgomery
Hursday
Springfield
Earhart Autogiro Flight Aims At Women Altitude Record
Amelia Earhart attempted a new altitude record for women by taking off from Pitcairn Field near Philadelphia in an autogiro. Ohio University baseball practice continued for a game versus Capital University in Athens with Jim Durfee as umpire.
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Amelia Earhart
Pitcairn Field
Philadelphia
Ohio University
Capital University
Athens
Jim Durfee
Steel production leaders by country
The United States tops global steel output followed by Germany Russia and Great Britain in order of production.
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United States
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Grange Meeting and Community Notes from Dundas area
Dundas Vinton County Grange and nearby chapters gathered Saturday evening with about 50 attendees. An Easter themed program followed by a potluck lunch, chalk drawings by Milo Scott, and notices of upcoming May meeting at Allensville Grange Hall.
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Dundas
Vinton County
Pomona Grange
Vinton Township
Green Valley
Allensville
New Plymouth
Milo Scott
WPA
Arthur Christian
Floyd Peck
George Peck
Arthur Camp
Columbus
Fred Camp
George Trainer
George Knox
Knox
Radcliff
Richard Simpson
McArthur
Glendon Herbert
United Brethren Church
Ralph Goodrich
Russel Dye
CCC
Vernal
Utah
Aliot allocates $6,000 for Gallia County road repairs
GALLIPOLIS The Gallia County commissioners approve $6,000 for the county engineer to spend on emergency road work. County highway crews will be placed at work immediately.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Farm Wheat Grown On 1,200,000 U.S. Farms
The Department of Agriculture reports about 840 million bushels of wheat produced annually on roughly 1.2 million U.S. farms. This reflects a broad national wheat program and farm-scale output across regions.
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United States
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NEA Service
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Chauncey
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YWCA
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Grange
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