Newspaper Rates and Subscriptions Listed
The notice lists subscription rates by mail in Ohio and outside Ohio, including 1 year costs and shorter terms. It notes rates for Continental services, post office classification, and regional distribution. It also includes a quotation about liberty from Milton and references to Associated Press credits and national representatives.
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Ohio
United States
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Milton
Change in a South outfit transforms a youth into a battle-hardened recruit
A narrator from Somewhere in the South recalls a young man who shifted from yawns at patriotism to admiration for trained soldiers. Six months ago he resisted, but eight weeks with his unit produced skilled fighters eager to expose enemies with light mortars and flank attacks. The youth’s emotional turn reflects a wider wartime shift in outlook.
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America
South
Driving safety with uniform traffic act guides
The article urges cities to adopt uniform road markings and traffic controls under the Uniform Traffic Act to improve safety. It notes old roads cannot be replaced quickly, but markings such as yellow lines luminous curves and guard rails reduce accidents, with Ohio implementing a state engineering unit and enforceable uniform regulations.
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State Highway Department
Ohio
Tax Reform Debate Faces Congress Over Sales Tax and Debt
The text argues for heavier taxation including a universal sales tax to fund national debt. It contends sales tax would pressure high income taxpayers less than broad reliance on income taxes, but warns of fairness concerns for low income groups. It notes wartime spending and the need to balance the budget after the conflict ends.
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Congress
Ickes fuels Pipeline Jurisdiction Shift in Defense Plan
Washington notes document showing Eastman authority over pipelines, hinting at Interstate Commerce Commission takeover. Edson says pipelines affect daily life through gasoline, fuel oil and scarce tanker-driven supplies. Ickes coordinates federal petroleum activities per presidential directive to unify production, refining, transport and marketing for national defense.
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Washington
Harold Ickes
National Defense
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic
Secretary
Ickes
Pipeline proposals in wartime energy race fade and reemerge
The Office of Defense Transportation rejects a 24 inch Texas to Northeast refinery pipeline for steel limits, while reexamining 1400 miles of existing lines. A Wichita Falls to Savannah common carrier plan also dies after a three man board finds no defense need. Director Eastman asserts pipeline decisions fall under his authority.
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Texas
New York
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Eastern Seaboard
Wichita Falls
Tex
Savannah
U. S
Wichita Falls-Savannah
Office of Defense Transportation
Eastman
Industry Expanding In Land Down Under
Australia accelerates industrial growth for war needs but remains dependent on the United States and Great Britain for key manpower and materials. Home industry produces munitions engines and weapons while sealanes stay open as lifelines for the Allied offensive. food supplies are ample but war supplies lag behind demand.
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New York
Australia
United States
Great Britain
Commonwealth of State
United Nations
Universal sales tax proposed to bridge deficit after hostilities
The text argues for a universal sales tax to shorten the deficit period after hostilities end and to protect investments. It asserts honesty and rejects opposition from certain blocs as reasons against the tax.
Public Forum letters urge scrap drive and practical plans
Charles E. Miller in Athens urges coordinated scrap metal collection to aid war production. He notes scraps are plentiful but plans for organized gathering and fair payment are lacking and proposes county trucks, weighing scales, and on the spot statements with owners identified. He stresses national effort and the Republic's endurance.
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the Messenger
O. U. Gymnasium
Weible
Ohio
U. S
Athens
Pices
Republic
Charles E. Miller
Athens, R.D
Kenneth Evans Home on Ten Day Furlough
Logan Kenneth Evans son of Mr and Mrs A F Evans arrives for a ten day furlough from an army flying field in Lubbock Texas where he serves in the quartermaster corps He was previously assigned to Brooks Field Texas in the current camp.
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Logan
Kenneth Evans
A. F. Evans
Lubbock
Texas
Quartermaster Corps
Brooks Field
Senior play cast and spring frolic events listed
Murray City High School cast for The Haunted House includes James Ferrel Bennetta Lanning Pearl Bennett William Chappelear John Tigner Cecila Byron Grace Shunkweiler James Penn Paul Jonas John Sapp Emil Voytke Hale Pickett William Porter. Athens High faculty led the annual Spring Frolic. Forty Golden Rule Bible Class members visited the New Marshfield Church of Christ. First graders Joan Armstrong and Julian Larch celebrated birthdays on April 21. A U S Frolic featured Joe Bardin tap dance and Louise Kempton toe dance.
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Murray City High School
James Ferrél
Bennetta Lanning
Pearl Bennett
William Chappelear
John Tigner
Cecila Byron
Grace Shunkweiler
James Penn
Paul Jonas
John Sapp
Emil Voytke
Hale Pickett
William Porter
Athens High School
Chauncey
Ralph Brown
New Marshfield
Joan Armstrong
Julian Larch
Athens
Hocking Valley Motor Bus option taken over by Columbus firm
A Columbus company acquired an option on the Hocking Valley Motor Bus Company for 200000 dollars and plans to run 15 to 18 buses. William Sayres and Charles Price, original owners, will stay as stockholders. Mrs. Charles Day hosted the Current Events Club in Athens. A final committee included Mrs. Thor Olson and several others. Miss Margaret Shields returned to St Aloysius Academy after visiting Chauncey. Repairs were underway on the Ohio University athletic field fence after the flood.
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Hocking Valley Motor Bus Company
Columbus Company
William Sayres
Charles Price
First Company
Charles Day
Athens
Thor Olson
C. C. Kerr
Harvey Ramsey
Pearl Drake
Mary Britton
W. W. Lee
Margaret Shields
St. Aloysius Academy
Mrs
Charles Shields, Chauncey
Albany Personal and Social Notes
Albany residents share visits and events across several cities. Mrs Hunter McFarland and children visited in Miami while Kenneth Sisson spent the weekend with his mother in Cleveland. Many locals host relatives and friends from Columbus Marietta Dayton Athens and Pennsville with hospital and military news and moves between homes.
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Albany
Hunter McFarland
Miami
Fila
E. H. Lasch
Kenneth Sisson
Cleveland
C. A. Parker
Harley Cline
Johnny Jay
Donald Winn
Marietta
Byron Phillips, Jr
Clarice Cooper
Columbus
Clarence Cooper
John Stinson
H. M. Stinson
Pvt
Lawrence Barnhouse
San Antonio
Texas
Earl Barnhouse
C. F. Pencelli
Howard Gibson
Lorie Gibson
H. W. Tedrow
Hamden
A. F. Holmes
Florida
Burt Hovey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Leslie Lasch
Eileen Baughman
Dayton
Peggy's Glamour Weekend With Celeb Fay Ransom In Montreal
Peggy Mack 17 arrives for a country weekend with sister Myra and brother Michael at Ferdy Loren's place near Montreal. Fay Ransom, real name Gay Randall, sings with a famous band and draws attention as the party unfolds on a moonlit veranda.
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Peggy Mack
Myra
Michael
Ferdy Loren
Montreal
Fay Ransom
Nigel Monkhouse
Peggy
Fay
Ferdy
Ray Ransom
iGay Randall
Gay Randall
New York
Nigel
Sherwin
Poem Lost In The Hunt For A Pencil
Vivian Donaldson writes from Logan Ohio about a frantic search for a pencil or pen that ends with finding the writing implement but losing the poem idea. The piece reflects on the futility of effort and the vanished inspiration.
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Vivian Donaldson
Community Personal Notices From Coolville and Troy
Coolville and Troy residents share visiting relatives and hosting guests from Sarasota Hinton West Virginia Marietta Canton Waterford Athena Midland Pennsylvania Gilbert West Virginia Athens Eastwood Parkersburg Coolville families welcome relatives and friends for weekends and visits.
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Coolville
G. R. Gunder
Sarasota
Fla
M. Barth
U. S
Hinton
W. Va
Marietta
Gertrude Barth
E. M. Daugherty
Glennis Daugherty
S. Underwood
Little Hocking
Lillie Dunfee
Canton
Etta
Leora Dunfee
Dunfee
Charles Dunfee
Waterford
Harry Summerfield
Harry Lee
Athena
Paul Green
Charles
Midland
Carl Lockhart
Gilbert
Hope Walden
W. F. Kampf
D.A. R
Eastwood
Athens
Otis Crawford
Betty
Parkersburg
Ralph Congreve
Sara Blackburn
Don Runyon
Charleston
G. R. Walden
W. W. Sheets
Paul Atkinson
Philo
C. M. Burdette
Steubenville
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Associated Press
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
the Public Forum
U. U
Joe Bardin
Louise Kempton
Ohio University
Albany Personal and Social Notes
By Galbraith
Edmund Fancott
NEA Service, Inc
Chapter
Belinda
Navy
Army
Johnny White
the Astor
Grieg
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Logan, O
Coolville and
Troy
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