The Athens Messenger newspaper branding and masthead
The Athens Messenger establishes publisher and staff details, pricing for subscriptions, and official notices about association memberships and office information. It lists rates for carrier and mail delivery, foreign service, and indicates it is a Second-Class Matter with Associated Press affiliation.
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Ohio
Messenger
Athens
Act of Isla
John W Cwllen
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Clevelen
Mome
United Nations eyes V E Day but delays expected
The United Nations prepares for V E Day with announcements likely weeks away. If reached by late May or early June it signals end of organized German and Italian resistance, though pockets of Nazi fighters may remain. Major combat ends soon but small-scale operations will continue, with US troops bearing the brunt of costly cleanup. Public celebrations are seen as inappropriate while American casualties rise, and the nation remains sober until Japan is defeated.
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United Nations
Germany
Italy
Japan
Settling Poland sovereignty amid Soviet-Polish tensions
The article argues the core issue is convincing Poles and the world that Poland will exercise sovereignty after World War II. It notes Moscow will seek a friendly government and possibly an ongoing alliance, viewing Poland as a strategic buffer to guard against Germany. It suggests San Francisco may propose an Allied commission in Warsaw to show Poland is not Sovietized and that a free plebiscite will occur.
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Poland
Russia
Warsaw
Union
Germany
Moscow
Ukraine
Caucasus
San Francisco
Honest black market ethics linger after wartime days
The piece argues that patronizing bootleggers and black market traders harms social respect, noting wartime buyers helped sustain criminal networks but will be ashamed or scornful when wartime shortages end. It predicts legitimate merchants will recover and loyalty to black marketers will fade after abundance returns.
Slow but Certain Conservation Converts in Ohio Land
Remarks praise ongoing conservation efforts as new converts arise across the land, especially in Southern Ohio. The piece condemns soil erosion and stream pollution, arguing that tax incomes and living standards suffer when land is worn and waters ruined, urging broader support for the conservation program.
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Ohio
Conservation
Distr
Russia as big question at United Nations conference
In San Francisco, David Lawrence notes Russia remains the key unknown in shaping the UN Charter. He contrasts Soviet positions on Security Council voting and amendments with U S and British allies, praising free press and American public opinion supporting an international league to preserve peace without seeking territorial gains. The piece compares 1919 Paris with current conditions, highlighting openness and observer attendance as advances for international collaboration.
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San Francisco
Calif
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Moscow
Senate
Security Council
U.S.S.R
Assembly
Roosevelt
Yalta
Molotov
Marshal Stalin
France
Paris
Wilson
America
Freedom of the air question swirls in Washington vote
Peter Edson frames the fifth freedom of the air as a potential threat to U S commerce. Senate Foreign Relations Committee weighs ratifying the Chicago aviation pact amid fears foreign airlines could take half of postwar traffic. Critics cite competitive risk from cheaper foreign planes and lower wages. The piece ends with a quip from Oliver W. Holmes.
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Washington
Chicago
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Australis
United States
Hawaii
U. S
India
Bermuda
Gibraltar
Cairo
White House
Department of State
Honor Roll At Middleport Announced
Middleport High School lists forty one students on the honor roll over six weeks. Nine were boys, five in freshman class. no senior girls on the list. Names include Dorothy Chase, Jane Bailey, Doris Barker, Emmet Buell, Kathryn Bachtel, and several others across freshman to eighth grade.
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Middlefort
Middleport High School
Dorothy Chase
Harry Featherstone
Joan Gilmore
Marie Greenlee
James Haggerty
Jack Kelly
Marilyn Knopp
Iris Palmer
Kenneth Sauer
Anna Singer
Lee Smith
Mary Louise Thomas
Colleeh Waddell
Jane Bailey
Sara Hartley
Wilma Herrmann
Anna Howell
Madeline Johnson
Joan Karr
John Kircher
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Geraldine Ward
Mit White
Doris Barker
Dorothy Blosser
Martha Haggerty
Curtis Kelly
Peggy Lewis
Kathryn Bachtel
Carolyn Clark
David Diles
Rosemary Fisher
Mary Montgomery
Mary Smith
Frank White
Summer Visitors Stir Coastal Town Rivalry and Routines
Summer people arrive to build cottages and bring a boom to the coast. They charm locals with manners yet spark resentment over their praise of the shore and costly habits. The piece follows their social habits, gossip, and the subtle friction over tips, phones, and attention. It ends with a cliffhanger tease: To Be Continued.
Glouster Man Ill in Columbus Hospital as Hope Sticks
E. E. Mundrew of Glouster is hospitalized in White Cross Hospital Columbus with pernicious anemia. He has had several blood transfusions with little response and is reported in a coma. Mrs. E. LeFever, also a patient, is slightly improved. Fred C. Kinney from Glouster now in Columbus responds to treatment for a heart ailment. George Luther of Jacksonville, with a broken hip, walks with a cane at his daughter’s home. EY Haskins of Trimble, with a fractured hip, now uses a wheelchair after a fall on Cherry Street.
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Glouster
E. E. Mundrew
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
E. LeFever
Fred C. Kinney
George Luther
Jacksonville
Russell
Millfield
EY Haskins
Trimble
Luther
WBS
Glouster Social Notes and Local Personal Updates
Miss Margaret Gamwell hosted the Pris cilla Class of the Methodist Church Friday. The meeting, led by Mrs. A. G. Winkle, included devotionals, a contest with prize to Mrs. Thomas Wigley, and ice cream and cake for 17 members. Thursday W.S.C.S. meets at 7:30 with Rev. A. G. Winkle reviewing Karl Barth. Local notices cover Esta Cunningham's Portsmouth weekend visit, visits by C. V. Yaw of Athens, Mattie Fultz in Columbus, and news from the Andersons with sons William and Walter including a Germany prisoner letter and furloughs.
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W.s.cs
Methodist Church
A. G. Winkle
Karl Barth
Church
Glouster
Esta Cunningham
Portsmouth
C. L. Simms
C. V. Yaw
Athens
Viney
Pearl Anderson
Trimble
William
Germany
Walter
Andersons
Rosecrans Field
California
Service Men of Glouster Area
Mrs Rolland Hoffman received a letter from her husband Rolland Hoffman in the western Pacific. He states he is in the Fifth Fleet and took part in the bombardment of Iwo Jima before Marines landed on the island. He cannot say his current location but is involved in another bombardment covering the Marines landing. He has been in the Pacific three months. Sgt Scott Lent has served in England Africa and Italy and will report to Fort Knox after a furlough with his parents in Jacksonville.
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Rolland Hoffman
Western Pacific
Fifth Fleet
Iwo Jima
Pacific
Scott Lent
England
Africa
Italy
Russell
Jacksonville
Fort Knox
Baptist Choir Presents Program in Chauncey
The First Baptist Church Choir performed for county home inmates in Chauncey with Mrs Beulah Morris as mistress of ceremonies and Mrs Ora Viney directing. Reading, prayer, and a wedding report mix into a local service and the event featured guests from Ohio and Michigan.
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Glouster
First Baptist Church
Yohauncey
Beulah Morris
Ora Viney
Betty Jane Schetz
Carl W. Gladys Viney
Rosa Schetz
Royal Oaks
Mich
Wiliams
Columbus
Ohio
Gladwin
Flint
Victoria
Texas
China
Glouster High School
Royal Oaks High School
Bureau Drives Campaign to Record All Births
POMEROY Meigs County Public Health Office and Commissioner Dr W S Ellis promote a campaign by the Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics urging every birth in Ohio be recorded by May 1. Birth certificates verify age for school, voting, marriage, military service, pensions, Social Security and dependent children benefits. They also prove birth and parentage for inheritance, identity, and passports.
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Meigs County Public Health Office
Dr. W. 5
Ellis
Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics
Ohio
Imarry
Chester prepares for graduation amid baccalaureate service
Chester activities end the school year with a baccalaureate led by Rev. E L Miller on Sunday and a commencement on Wednesday April 25 in the auditorium with Rev Ralph Kuether as speaker. Diplomas will be presented by Supt C Chapman to listed graduates. Rose Hill Fifth Grader Frances Evans tops Meigs County test. Meigs County note Frances Evans, daughter of Arthur and Mrs. Evans, earns county high mark. Chauncey Plains Garden Club meets tonight at 7 30 in Beaumont home of Mrs Walter Dresher with Mrs Lucy McDonald presiding.
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Chester
Everett Hayes
E. L. Miller
Methodist Church
Ralph Kuether
Federated Church
Pomeroy
Alice Smith Nease
Speaks
Bond County
C. ©. Chapman
Gladys Bahr
Rex Bing
Florence Buckley
Jack Eislestein
Mary Jean Carnahan
Joan L. Clark
Joan Hawley
Betty Lou Eimes
Harry N. Lodwick
Donald Mora
Frances Miller
Maxine Pickens
Helen Sprague
Glen Tuttle
Doris White
Thomas White
Marlene Wolfe
Zora Belle Wallace
Meigs County
Frances Evans
Rose Hill School
She
Arthur Evans
Chauncey
The
Plains Garden Club
Walter Dresher
Beaumont
Lucy McDonald
Tub
Poland’s fate blocks San Francisco talks on peace
WAR TODAY discusses how the Big Three faces a crucial Polish question before the United Nations Conference. Moscow favors including the provisional government in Poland at San Francisco, while London and Washington push for a broader, truly representative Polish authority. The core issue remains Poland sovereignty and self determination, with exile leadership warning of Soviet influence and a biased plebiscite.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Molotov
Russia
Eden
Britain
Stettinius
United States
San Francisco
Poland
Moscow
Washington
London
Silesia
Baltic Sea
Warsaw
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