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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
4
The Messenger newspaper info and rates
The Athens Messenger details its publisher editors and affiliations, notes association memberships, and provides subscription rates by carrier and mail with regional differences and overseas options. It states status as second class matter and lists national representatives and advertising guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Messenger
Peesessie Clancet
Athens
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
O. Cleveland
Conflicting War Policy Notes Prompt Public Confusion
A day of mixed messages from McNutt and the OWI highlights war manpower tensions. McNutt calls the manpower situation relatively good while the OWI projects 2,000,000 additional women needed in war work by July. Census and WMC figures show unemployment and shifting labor roles. Draft director Brown cites 95 percent deferrals for New York registrants over 26, underscoring wartime policy ambiguities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNutt
OWI
Omre
Census Bureau
War Manpower Commission
A. T. Brown
New York
Army
Navy
WMC
WPB
Comic Strips Sell Newspapers and Readers Demand Lively News
A study cited in New Yorker notes that about 65 million Americans read comic strips, with four in five newspaper buyers reading them. The Times and News boast large circulations, and the piece argues readers crave livelier stories, joking that a society murder unresolved for weeks would outpace Alley Oop in interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
John Bainbridge
New Yorker Magazine
United States
New York Times
the Times
the News
Arthur Krock
Alley Oop
Short Course in English History
John Foster argues Princess Elizabeth’s reign may mirror Queen Anne’s in being a strong British sovereign with four British grandparents. He notes Anne’s plain image and that Elizabeth’s lineage and era may redefine English monarchy after Victoria and up to George V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
England
Queen Anne
Anne
Tudor Elizabeth
Victoria
Louise XIV
Europe
Anne Hyde
Earl of Clarendon
James II
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
News of war missteps and secrecy across Allied commands
The piece examines wartime public relations and the withholding of information about transport plane losses and misidentified gunfire. It discusses the roles of local commanders, Washington, and Allied sensitivities in Britain, Japan, and the Solomons, noting how suppression can magnify later revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sicily
San Francisco
War Department
Wahington
Navy
Army
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Public Forum Signatures Welcome for Current Events
The Public Forum invites readers to submit comments on current events. Contributions must be signed with the writer’s name and appear with the piece. Letters should be concise to allow multiple submissions each day.
Public Forum on Inflation and un-American acts
The Messenger ran a 1943 Public Forum blasting inflation causes and alleged greed masked as patriotism. The author, 37, with a family and small business, defends wartime duty, challenges anonymous critics, and vows to publish any further hostile mail while condemning cowardly actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Civil War Fears Rise as Laval Warns of France Invasion
War Today reports Pierre Laval warns French citizens not to cooperate with invading forces, predicting civil war as Anglo American paratroopers land. The piece frames Laval as self serving while Loyalist and pro Vichy factions set the stage for post invasion vengeance and trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
London
France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Quisling
America
M. Laval
Laval
Sugar ration rumors fuel political dynamite in Washington
Peter Edson reports on how sugar ration hints from the President sparked a rush of industry optimism and stockpile claims. Officials from the Combined Food Board and War Food Administration say there is not enough sugar to raise rations. Sir William Rook argues no postwar stockpiles exist and rationing may continue for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Combined Food Board
U. S. War Food Administration
Office of Prige Administration
Cuba
Puerto Rico
War Shipping Administration
Roosevelt
British Supply Council
Washington
William Rook
U. S
Britain
OPA
Elsworth Bunker
New York
National Sugar Refining Company
Bunker
White House
Phoenicians Find Unusual Sand Soda Seal
Phoenician crew landing on a Palestine river bank to prepare food used soda lumps from cargo as scaffolds. When heat from their fire fused beach sand and soda, a transparent mass formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Prisoner Link Belt questioned by Japanese captain at Niji Prison
Lieut. Link Belt of the Army Air Corps is taken to Captain Azaraski at Niji Prison in Yokohama after his bomber downing over Tokyo. The exchange reveals Belt’s background as an osteopath and hints at a future confrontation as Azaraski tests Belt’s knowledge and identity amid prisoner tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Link Belt
Army Air Corps
Niji
Yokohama
Tokyo
Baldwin
RAF
Link
Azaraski
Captain Azaraski
Lincoln Belt
Millard
Missouri
Ink
Its Club
Japan
Crown City Social Notes Farewell for Lewis Woodyard
A farewell dinner Sunday honored Lewis Woodyard by his father Jesse Woodyard as he prepares to enter the armed forces. Relatives attend. others visit, with multiple updates on local residents and recent real estate transfers among Crown City families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown City
Lewis Woodyard
Jesse’ Woodyard
Woodyard
John Stevers
Oretha
Alexander Blair
Kitts Hill
Paul Symus
Stanley’s Sims
England
Pleasant Valley Social and Personal Highlights
Social column from Pleasant Valley recounts Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Wingett and Mr. Orville Wingett of near Albany visiting Ed and Mrs. Brooks. Ida Hanning of Athens stayed with Arthur and Mrs. Goodin. Pfc Pearl Goodin, recently furloughed from Tennessee, visited his parents in Indiana. Reeves family and Mrs. Hattie Reeves hosted Matthew Reeves's daughter Susan in Columbus. Governor medical traveler Douglas Hudnall returned from Columbus. Leonard Jewell of Camp Lejeune enjoyed furlough at home and with Edward Pugh family. dinner guests included Tracy Whaley of Pomeroy and Pfe Leonard Jewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Emmett Wingett
Orville Wingett
Albany
Ed Brooks
Ida Hanning
Athens
Arthur Goodin
Goodin
Pearl Goodin
Tennessee
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Matthew Reeves
Susan
Columbus
Granville Reeves
Hattie Reeves
Douglas Hudnall
Pfc
Leonard Jewell
Marine Corps
Cannp Lejune
North Carolina
Edward Pugh
Frank Pugh
Tracy Whaley
Pomeroy
Loma and
Larry
Pfe
Camp Lejune
Funeral postponed for Emma Comstock in Kanauga
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Comstock were rescheduled to Wednesday at 2 p m due to her daughter Maude Smith of Dallas being late. Edith Morrow of San Angelo could not attend. Pallbearers included B D Raike Eugene Shaw Lincoln Ables A W Pullins H W Sowards and J F Vickers. Nearby notes list birthdays visits and local social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Emma Comstock
Maude Smith
Dallas
Texas
Edith Morrow
San Angelo
B. D. Raike
Eugene Shaw
Lincoln Ables
A. W., Pullins
H. W. Sowards
J. F. Vickers
Nancy Weethee
S. A. Stewart
Nina Harris
Stewart Home
W. F. Deem
Elizabeth Adams
Gertrude Carman
Albert Spencer
New Haven
Conn
Newport
R. I
Harold Lambert
Diamond
W. Va
John Lambert
Dickenson
Troy Russell
Walter Duckworth
Arnold Dickerson
H. C. Bishop
Huntington
Nellie Taylor
Charles Lee
Paul Hixon
Springfield
John Vickers
New Orleans
Wm. Messler
T. N. T. Plant
Katy
Kaylong
Athens
Sidney Stewart
Harris
Zaleski Personal Notes Show Local Arrivals and Departures
Zaleski personals recounts visitors and residents across town. Dr and Mrs A A Boal of Columbus spent days here with relatives while Mrs Legge and her son visited from Cuyahoga Falls. Others include Mrs Opal Bobo to Columbus hospital for observation and Mrs Etta Freeman returning home. Seaman Thomas James at Great Lakes ill, and Sgt Martin McKibben left for Camp Gordon after a 12 day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank White
New Plymouth
Hubert Beck
Columbus
Edna Hawk
Ethel Tripp
Martin McKibben
Cincinnati
Camp Gordon
Georgia
E. F. McKibben
Donald Hoskinson
Helen McKibben
Chillicothe
James
Seaman Thomas James
Great Lakes Naval Station
Etta Freeman
Delaware
A. H. Hayes
A. C. Ansel
Irvin Stauffer
Athens
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