The Messenger Subscription Rates and Associated Press Notice
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, with Ohio and outside Ohio pricing, and overseas service pricing. It notes The Associated Press exclusive republication rights and mentions offices in Columbus Cleveland and Chicago. It also records posting status at Athens Post Office and advertising rates on application.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Messenger
Kellona
Jonos Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Fourth term bid looms as Roosevelt backers push early tactics
The piece argues Democratic machinery aims for a Roosevelt first ballot nomination with a strong delegate count. It notes voter apathy, wartime workers spending, and a potential soldier vote shaping November results, while warning of chaos if Republicans mobilize. It recalls Hoover and Wilson presidencies.
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Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Dole
Capitol Hill
Fdr
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Home Garden urged as war time food aid
Veteran produce men warn that wartime shortages will reduce commercial vegetable output as growers enter the army. Citizens with any soil should plant onions, lettuce, radishes and perhaps beets and carrots now. Early indoor starts will speed frost-free planting and help families avoid lean summer shortages.
Rude Yet Helpful Call for Hearty Pioneer Breakfast
The piece argues potatoes and eggs should be eaten more, urging readers to stop waiting for bureaucrats and instead start active mornings. It favors hearty pioneer style meals and a early, busy daily routine like Grandpa and farmers.
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Grandpa
Grandma
Supreme Court blocks price fixing on rose tinted lenses
The court invokes Sherman anti trust law against an optical company for fixing retail prices on pink tinted eyeglass lenses and restricting sales to licensed retailers. It portrays the ruling as a democratic verdict and urges post war access to rose colored views for all citizens.
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Supreme Court
Dewey poised to attack Roosevelt over judiciary control
In a preview of the 1940 campaign, Governor Dewey could wield the claim that Roosevelt has debauched the federal judiciary by filling it with political allies. The piece notes the difficulty of Senate maneuvers over Senator Bone’s seat in Washington and cites past precedents and concerns about impartiality and patronage.
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Washington
Dewey
Roosevelt
New York
Senate
Bone
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
United States
House
Fred M. Vinson
House of Representatives
Court of Appeals
Ways and Means
Labor press clashes in AFL and CIO columns
Tryon Edwards endorses labor press honesty by highlighting editor Phil Pearl of the AFL and Len De Caux of the CIO News Service. He cites criticisms of capitalist press bias and urges readers to trust labor papers as fearless, forthright journalism from Washington sources.
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A. F. of L
Phil Pearl
A. F. of
Len de Caux
Washington
Pardon
Labor
American Federation of Labor News Service
Philip Pearl
Mr. Pearl
American Federation of Labor
Daily Worker
United Nations
Moscow
de Caux
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Times
Allied assurances ease worry over Japan invasion of India
Admiral Mountbatten’s favorable view of Allied position in Manipur amid India invasion is presented as evidence that the threat is not a major one. The piece critiques official news presentation while noting India’s vast defenses, including British and American air power, reserves, materiel, and transport, now in operation to aid the defense.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Louis Mountbatten
Manipur
India
New Delhi
America
Britain
Cheshire News Notes Highlights Weekend Visits
Cheshire residents hosted and visited relatives from Gallipolis Columbus Waverly and New Richmond over the weekend. Notables include Mrs W J Grapes Mrs Ernest Kennedy Mrs John Grover and more with guests at the Butcher family home and others. A local laundress lifting 632 pounds of clothing in an ordinary wash is noted.
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Cheshire
W. J. Grapes
Ernest Kennedy
Columbus
John Grover
Charleston
George Yeanger
Ned Eachus
Gallipolis
Curt Swisher
Guy Priddy
Ross File
Fred Mack
Holzer Hospital
Aaron Davis
F. W. Butcher
Alice Caruthers
Lottie Roush
Howard Warner
Waverly
Ida Warner
Arlyn Keyser
Ewington
Mary Little
Sunbury
Clarence Mulford
Packing Fire Destroys William Brooks Shoe Warehouse
Fire swept through the William Brooks Shoe Company warehouse destroying packing cases and stock in Nelsonville. The report lists related local names and activities including a piano recital at Ohio University, a Chesterhill FFA banquet, PTA elections at Hollister, and various political and social notes from the era.
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William Brooks Shoe Company
Nelsonville
Jane Gill
Ohio University
Lois Splittorf
Point Rock Garden Club Meeting Report
The Point Rock Friendship Garden Club met at the Kecks with fourteen members five visitors and several children present. Gifts were exchanged, papers on planning flower beds borders and permeates were read, a blindfold drawing contest was held, and pot luck refreshments were served. Next meeting set for May 10 with Mattie and Even Morris.
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Point Rock
Friendship Garden Club
Carl Keck
Cassie Caster
Sunshine Sister
Shirley Peters
Virginia Keck
Kathleen Ragan
Mattie
Even Morris
Frank Dwight
West Virginia
Raymond Keck
Keck
Garden Club
Joe Turner
Danny
Rutland
Prisoner Language Class and Escape Fantasies in Niji Prison
In a Yokohama camp, 13 American prisoners mostly refuse to learn Gojiuon as the Japanese tutor teaches the s sound. Link Belt lingers over memories of Kansas City and Italian phrases, while Baldwin the Australian endures a sprained foot and draws rabbits on walls. The men stage the language lesson as torture to speed release.
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Lincoln Belt
Link
Kansas City
Ninth and
Walnut Streets
Judas
Missouri
Niji
Army Air Corps
Baldwin
Nijiane
Melbourne
Singapore
Ling
Yokohama
Grand Avenue
Funeral services held for John L. Landon 84
Funeral services for John L. Landon age 84 who died Friday afternoon were held at the home Monday morning with Rev E L Miller officiating. Burial was in Reedsville cemetery. Surviving are his wife one son Wyatt Landon of New Comerstown three daughters Jessie Fulton Prospect O Margaret Peters and Winifred Barton of Reedsville one sister Mrs Mattie Johnson Coolville three brothers Will Landon Prospect O Lewis Landon Radnor Edward Landon Marion O and many other relatives. Out of town attendees included Wyatt Landon Revere Landon Arthur Hill Fred Fulton William Landon Ed ward Landon George Smith Ralph Barton and others.
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Reedville
John L. Landon
E. L. Miller
Landon
William
Margaret Landon
Wyatt Landon
New Comerstown
Jessie Fulton
Prospect, O
Margaret Peters
Winifred Barton
Reedsville
Mattie Johnson
Coolville
Will Landon
Prospect
Lewis Landon
Radnor
Edward Landon
Marion
Revere Landon
Arthur Hill
Fred Fulton
William Landon
George Smith
Marietta
Ralph Barton
Corning Social Notes Highlight Neighbor Club Mixes Cards and Birth News
Corning friends gathered at Mrs. Cecil Bell's home for the Friendly Neighbor Club with lunch for Leona Hillis Elizabeth Quinn Delores Radkoski Marcella Curtis Gladie Morgah Emmett Levering and Margaret Sicilian plus Mrs. Bell Prizes went to Hillis and Laird Euchre at Flora Briggs home awarded to Ed wards Wright Craig and Thomas A birthday dinner honored Sgt. Robert Quinn from Los Angeles at Mrs. Walters and Miss Schlingerman Easter gathering John and Renetta Kittle welcomed a son John Thomas April 8 Nancy Sue Fitch died at birth with parents siblings and local kin buried East Branch Cemetery Funeral held with Rev. Cromlish officiating
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Mabel Gray
Beulah Craig
Lee Thomas
Hazel Edwards
Fern Post
Thelma Frasure
Genevieve Wright
Glouster
Briggs
Edwards
Wright
Craig
Thomas
Robert Quinn
Los Angeles
Violet Walters
Jessie Schlingerman
John Stoyle
Shawnee
Maynard Gaitten
Tommy
Walters
Schlingerman
John Kittle
Columbus
John Thomas
Kittle
Renetta Hardy
Corning
Nancy Sue Fitch
Orton Fitch
June Fitch
Oklandon
Ind
Jean
Mary
Rodney
Etta Fitch
E. E. Pierce
A. R. Cromlish
East Branch Cemetery
Elizabeth Quinn
Cecilia Exenkemper
Toren Ladies Aid Meeting Notes and Attendees
The Methodist Church Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Lillie Watson. Activities included singing Count Your Blessings, scripture readings, prayers, roll call, and reports. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Attendees listed include Mrs. Asa Long and several others. Kenneth Russell visiting prior to Army camp. Various family visits and travels noted among members.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Lillie Watson
R. J. Runnion
Maggie Blackburn
Ethel Dixon
Victor Russell
R. Z. Runnion
Asa Long
Jake Lyons
Sadie Barrows
Wildman
L. A. Person
Alma Jones
Mary Gillilan
Faye Criss
Phebe Houston
Reese
Thelma Brewster
Emma Smith
Edith Dixon
Allie Webb
June Dixon
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Atha
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohioe
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Athens
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Peter Edson
Tryon Edwards
Cheshire News
Cincinnati
Fred W. Weber
Grant Gilkey
Ohio Circulation Managers Association
Robert Wilson
Carl Neutzling
Pomeroy
Charles Eiselstein
Chester
C. D. Gist
Mount St., Athens
Chesterhill
Future Farmers of America
Mesdames Vergene Huffman
Lucy Hart
Lucy Hoon
Dorothy Schofield
H. P. Michener
Tom Worrell
FFA
Mary Dew
PTA
Hollister
Eleanor Duse
Pittsburgh
U. S
Robert M. LaFollette
Curtis D. Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
Coolidge
Point Rock Garden Club
Walter Canode
Frank Nelson
Edwin
Neva Cottrill
Lawrence Oxley
Albany
Jarret Bobo
Wilkesville
Clarence Brown
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Garnet Verigan
Leslie Canode
Clarence Canode
Francis
By Galbraith
NEA
U.S Pat
Jane
Thad
April
Aglee
Lucy Lamity
J. A. Stenson
Steve Butsko
Fairport Harbor
Congo
Maxine Jones
Joones
Toren Ladies Aid
Kenneth Russell
Akron
E. E. James
Mrs. Samen
Texas
Ater
Fred Gillilan
Kenneth
Ronnie
Freda
Glendale
Ada
Florence Gillilan
Wilber Warner
Bethel
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