Athens Messenger Society Notice and Rates
Page four of The Athens Messenger lists publication details publisher editors and staff. It includes rate information for carrier subscriptions in Athens Meigs and Vinton counties with weekly and in advance options and notes obituaries and cards of thanks services.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Absociated Press — Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New Bpen
Veland
Athens Post Office
Act of Tou
Gga
Athens
Seine, Voor
Meigs
Dumb or Numb as War Confusion Roils U S Public
The New York Sun argues the American public is not dumb but numb from contradictions in wartime policy. It cites alternating assurances and actions from Roosevelt era figures, including drafts, wage freezes, social programs, and large spending, that bred confusion about the nation's path to war and freedoms.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
The
New York Sun
Greece
Balkan
Suez
Egypt
Africa
Balkans
Hitler
Not Easy for Anybody Presents Route 33 Relocation Sacrifices
Civic leaders secure state sanction for relocating Route 33 in North Athens after years of negotiations with property owners. The project requires vast earth and stone work, compensation disputes, and community readjustments, but will vanish an obsolete gateway and alter the North Lancaster Street area for good.
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Athens
Middle West
Lancaster Street
Paris Warrants Target 6200 Property Owners
From Vichy a report says Paris police issued warrants against 6200 house owners, business people, and janitors for anti German and pro Free French slogans painted at night. The action implies broad responsibility for property guardians and signals ongoing resistance activity in Paris under occupation.
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Vichy
Paris
France
Editorial remarks on Latin American attitudes stir debate
A Louisville Times editor condemns a superiority complex toward Latin Americans, noting reactions range from indifference to defensiveness as readers respond with shrugged shoulders and controversy. The piece argues for greater cultural understanding and humility.
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Tom Wallace
Louisville Times
Western Hemisphere Facing Gravest Danger Says Fairbanks and Long
Breckinridge Long warns of grave risk across Western Hemisphere from Hudson Bay to Magellan Straits. Douglas Fairbanks Jr declares optimistic outlook as a goodwill ambassador to South America.
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Hudson Bay
Straits of Magellan
Breckinridge Long
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
South America
United States and Canada forge near wartime economic alliance
Raymond Clapper argues the Hyde Park talks bind U S and Canada in a close economic and industrial partnership to bolster defense against Germany. He warns Canada’s peace could threaten continental security and emphasizes keeping Britain as the Western Hemisphere outpost with American and Canadian industry sustaining the war effort.
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Canada
Ogdensburg
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
United States
Germany
Hitler
Kingston
Greenland
Mexico
Western Hemisphere
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Britain
Ohio University choir plans program at First Presbyterian Church
The Ohio University choir will present a program at the First Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville with Prof. C. C. Robinson directing. The Athens Troop No. 2 Boy Scouts hosted supper and a campfire at the Rowland farm cabin. Twenty eight members attended the Athens Auxiliary annual meeting in Corning.
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Ohio University
First Presbyterian Church, Nelsonville
C. C. Robinson
Boy Scouts of Athens Troop No
Rowland Farm
Athens
Woman's Home Missionary Society
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Corning
Armed French reach Ruhr to enforce peace terms
Twenty years ago reports describe French armed forces poised to invade the Ruhr Valley to enforce postwar peace terms. Also noted: a three act play Rosalie staged by Ohio University’s Chrestomathean Literary Society. Jacksonville beat Murray City 7 to 4 in a baseball opener. Mr Frank Murphy and Miss Helen Hammond wed in Athens by Rev C L Strecker.
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Ruhr Valley
Rosalie
Chrestomathean Literary Ciety
Ohio University
Ewing Hall
Jacksonville
Murray City
Frank Murphy
Helen Hammond
Nelsonville
Athens
C. L. Strecker
First Methodist
Hemlock Social Notes Reflect Weekend Visits
Hemlock residents report a weekend of travel and family visits. Names mentioned include Hodgson, Osenbaugh, Davis, Williams, Fowler, Russell, Snowden, Hoops, Gohring, Rae, Inman, McArtor, Zeigler, Trouts, Arnold, Billy Williams, Berry, Dennis, and Thompson with visits to Lancaster Shawnee Zanesville Rio Grande Columbus Corning and Drakes.
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James Snowden
Pearl Hoops
Mildred
Zanesville
Clyde Gohring
Lawrence Gohring
Columbus
Lawrence Rae
Michigan
Helen Hodgson
Paul Inman
Clifford Davis
Fanny McArtor
Bernard
Drakes
Glenna Williams
Wellington Zeigler
Jerry
Logan
John Trouts
Corning
Arnold Williams
Betty Williams
William Williams
Billy Williams
Hemlock
Paul Williams
Alissa Berry
Somerset
Ida Dennis
Zelma Thompson
Mae Williams
Truman committee to review cost plus contracts in defense buildup
Peter Edson reports the Truman committee will audit cost plus fixed fee defense contracts to check profits and costs. They will request information from contractors. potential DoJ action could recover excessive fees. Bethlehem Steel 1917-18 case before Supreme Court tests profits and inflated costs.
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Washington
Truman Committee
Senate
Hugh A. Fulton
Charles Patrick Clark
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem
Army
Navy
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Knudsen
Night in the Woods Poem by Loss Inboden
Poet signer Loss Inboden, aged 10 from Logan Ohio, submits a moonlit verse about a quiet lakeside night. The poem describes water, shadows, reflections, pines and birches under moonlight, with nocturnal creatures and a calm stream.
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Loss Inboden
Logan
Ohio
Fontana Copper Mine of Swain County Shines
The Fontana copper mine, the largest in the eastern United States, is situated on Eagle Creek in Swain County North Carolina. The mine's prominence marks a major mineral asset for the region.
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United States
Eagle Creek
Swain County
N. C
Fontana
Cooperation Between Labor and Management Highlighted
Sidney Hillman, labor member of the Office of Production Management, notes unprecedented cooperation between labor and management while acknowledging ongoing disagreements. He stresses the overall improvement in industrial collaboration.
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Sidney Hillman
Labor
Office of Production Management
McArthur School Year Nears Close Events Listed
Superintendent Russell O Brown announced the remaining 1929 school year events in McArthur. April 24 County Musical Festival at Wilkesville directed by Mr Leeder of Capital University. May 2 Junior Senior reception. May 9 operetta In Old Jenna directed by Miss Virginia Chappelear. May 11 Baccalaureate by Rev C W Williams. May 13 Senior Class Night. May 15 commencement address by Dr Rollin H Walker to 48 graduates. May 16 official close. social gatherings noted.
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McArthur
Russell O. Brown
Wilkesville
Leeder
Capital University
Virginia Chappelear
McArthur High School
Hamden
John Magee
Vinton Township
H. O. Dunkle
Wooster
Myron Turner
Columbus
Levi Trainer
Hooper Ridge Social And Personal Notes
Bible school at the Hooper Ridge church drew 39 attendees. Mrs. George Keirns moved from Sheltering Arms Hospital to the Keirns home. Taylor Ridge residents visited the Snyder home. Harmon Keirns hosted a farm bureau meeting with several local families. Mrs. H. A. Wolfe, recently ill, returned to her son Irvin Wolfe’s home in Athens. Sunday visitors included Otho Coon and George Keirns family. Snyder and Coon visits continued into Sunday.
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Hooper Ridge—Bible School
George Keirns
Sheltering Arms Hospital
S. L. Keirns
Taylor Ridge
Tayoor Ridge
Marion Snyder
Harmon Keirns
Farm Bureau Council
W. C. Mingus
C. H. Woolley
Clair Sayers and Sons
Frank Werner and
J. B. Keirns
Peabody
H. A. Wolfe
Inlaw
Irvin Wolfe
Athens
Secret X-999 power scheme hints at danger in lab drama
Carolyn overhears Leana Sormi urging Robert Hale to seize control of the X-999. Carolyn suspects Leana’s obsession with the discovery, sees fear and tension rise, and considers quitting her secretarial job as plans for storing the device shift toward exploitation near distant power sources such as dams on rivers.
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Carolyn
Robert
Leana Sormi
Schoenfeld Laboratory
Leana
Bob
Robert Hale
Ken Palmer
Ken
Westward lab quest sparks plan for X-999 move
In 1941 NEA Service prose, Bob Hale and secretary Carolyn map a bold plan to relocate the X-999 experiment to a western site. Hale orders research on distances, transport and access while noting his Colorado roots and cowboy image. A guard delivers a letter from Miss Sormi as the plot thickens toward a concealed move.
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Carolyn
Schoenfeld Laboratory
Dr. Hale
Bob
Leana
Lee Township Home Conservation Committee Meeting Recap
The Lee Township Home Conservation Committee gathered at Mr. and Mrs. S R Knowlton home with roll call on railroads. Discussion focused on wheat farming and the need for wheat marketing quotas followed by a hostess buffet luncheon. Local social notes mention guests from Amsterdam and Carpen along with school honor roll listings and community activities.
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Albany
Lee Township Home Conservation Committee
S. R. Knowlton
Christine Dorsey
Dorthy Haning
Mary Ellen Riley
Dortha Whiteman
Sherwood Gillogly
Gerson Munn
Roger van Dyke
Earl Baughman
Station Masters Practice Schedule Authority Rarely Used
Station masters have authority to alter a train timetable for a late passenger in exceptional cases of known necessity such as transporting a patient to the hospital. This power is infrequently exercised and reserved for urgent circumstances.
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Athens Reer & Herald G CO
Gordon Buch
Mgr
Cheries H. Harris
Seine
Raymond Clapper
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Eeastern Copper
McArthur Nears Close
G. C. Frye
Bridgeport
P. O. Frye
Gertrude Talbott
North Middletown
Arthur George
Edwin Markham
Mary Virginia
Orville Gooch
New Lexington
W. P. Cozad
Carl Ward
Turner Gibbs
Ralph Smith
Esther Guild
John Salts
Sylvester Penrod
Ralph Robinson
Ferne Rowland
W. W. Tinker
Homer Goddard
Pittsburgh
Burris Thompson
Ohio Penitentiary
Louise Thompson
Dallas Snook
Nettie Snook
E. E. Robbins
A. M. Sullivan
Circleville
Hooper Ridge
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Boulder,Dam
Arizona
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Colorado
Pennsylvania
NEA Service, Inc
Lee Two
Home Conservation Committee
Eldon Dailey
Ohio Federated Clubs
Biltmore
Dayton
Sam Scott
Arthur Enlow
Albert Leadinghaus
Faye Cline
W. B. Lawrence
Albany High School
Eileen Baughman
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Albany Methodist Church
Harry Brown
George Starcher Jr
Charles Shaver
Lola Mae Baughman
Don Pencelli
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Ollie Sisson
Will Cline
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