The Athens Messenger Page Four Notices
Section outlines publication details and advertising rates for The Athens Messenger. Names Frederick W. Bush Gord K. Harri and a list of departments, memberships, and service options including subscription prices, mail and carrier delivery, and national representatives.
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Athens
Frederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gord K
Mgrcrer
Harri
Mai
Mat
John W .Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Administration backs Austin-Wadsworth draft bill plan
The article notes opposition from organized labor and the National Association of Manufacturers to a proposed industrial draft. It cites strong support from Secretary Stimson, Assistant Secretary Patterson, and Maritime Commission Chairman Land, plus 45 state Selective Service heads. It argues the so called voluntary approach has failed and details the administrative steps for men over 38.
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Organized Labor
National Association of Manufacturers
Stimson
Patterson
War Department
Maritime Commission
Land
McNutt
Roosevelt
WMC
Secretary Knox underestimates Japanese threat to Australia
The piece contrasts Secretary Knox and General MacArthur on Japan’s threat near Australia. It recalls Blamey’s assertion of 200,000 troops and a strong air force, notes naval forces within striking distance, and warns against underestimating Japan’s persistence after Kiska and Attu. It urges caution in assuming safety and questions US risk tolerance.
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Knox
Australia
Sir Thomas Blamey
MacArthur
Pacific
Little Brown
Kiska
Attu
Alaska
Navy
Wisconsin Chiefs Return Civil War Battle Flags
Wisconsin votes to return battle flags captured from Mississippi Louisiana Missouri Arkansas and South Carolina regiments. The gesture is praised as a unifying act reflecting national unity.
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Wisconsin
Mississippi
Louisiana
Missouri
Arkansas
South Carolina
Punitive stance urged against Japanese leaders over Pearl Harbor raid
In a national dispatch, the writer argues that wartime norms demand punishment for those who ordered the Pearl Harbor attack and the Doolittle raid executions. The piece predicts American insistence on deterring Japan, noting renewed hostility, potential targets, and a hard line toward Japanese leadership.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Doolittle
Japan
United States
United Nations
America
Tokyo
Berlin
Navy
Marine Corps
Large Ohio Cities May Be Bombed
Ohio cities including Columbus Dayton Cincinnati Youngstown and others are cited as potential targets for Axis bombing in a spring and summer campaign. The piece notes Ohio's 1 000 plants and one million workers in war industries, stressing preparedness and the risk of remote Allied aircraft crossing the Atlantic to strike northern industrial centers.
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Columbus
Hitler
Ohio
Washington
Tokyo
Germany
Goering
Berlin
Atlantic
Mussolini
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Lake Erie
Dayton
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Steubenville
Norway
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Arctic Circle
Detroit
Cleveland
Toledo
Sandusky
Conneaut
Girard
Akron
Ravenna
Canton
America
Soldiers at Fort Knox urge workers to keep war production
A letter from members of the 750th Tank Battalion, Company A, Fort Knox Kentucky, chastises striking workers for risking national defense. It questions plans for higher wages and warns that halting production could hurt overseas troops and freedom. The letter invokes the biblical sell-out for 30 pieces of silver.
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Fort Knox
Kentucky
History in the making under McNutt wage and job freezes
A harsh critique compares the McNutt order to a modern slavery regime, freezing workers’ wages and job freedom. It argues courts must interpret power with law and warns of excessive bureaucratic control and potential abuse under federal orders.
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United States of America
Justice Taney
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Abe Lincoln
Public Forum letters seek signed concise comments
The column invites readers to submit current event letters that are signed by the author. Letters should be brief to allow multiple contributions daily.
What of the Future Editor shows dangers of ism influences
In a letter from Tuppers Plains dated April 21 the writer argues democracy faces Bolshevism Nazism and racism as hidden threats within society politics industry and labor unions. The piece urges mobilizing workers and condemns New Deal elites while praising military effort and liberty.
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the Messenger
Europe
New Deal
Uncle Sam
New Deal Nursery
Axis push in Tunisia outlined by Mackenzie
War Today reports fierce fighting in Tunisia as Allied forces including British American and French troops press five main operations across mountain defenses. The piece likens the battle to a hand squeezing a balloon and notes US units, notably along the Sedjenane Matour highway, are key to opening a coastal route.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
United Nations
Tunisia
Arcas
Sedjenane-Mateur
Fevered mission in the Quiche jungle at night
Barry wrestles with fever and time as he eyes a risky return to the Quiche country to secure mercury mines. Allison aids by typing reports while Renaldo plans the chicle shipment. Lila arrives, shadowing the complex web of loyalties in a moonlit jungle night.
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Barry
Allison
Quiche
Renaldo
Lila
Chicle
New York
Prom
Renaloo
Jold
Estancia
Hunt and Peck
Remove Cinders From Silver Bridge Saturday
State road commission employees removed cinders from the Silver Bridge on Saturday after they had been heaped along the sides for use on slick grades. A prior March removal had required a new supply and the cinders were reused several times before officials decided they would not be needed again this season.
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Point Pleasant
State Road Commission
Silver Bridge
Albany Sewing Club April Meeting At Stella Cunningham Home
The Albany 2 in 1 Sewing Club met on Wednesday afternoon at the Stella Cunningham home. Ethel Allen was elected president and hosted the meeting. A birthday handker shower honored Edsell Kollister of Buffalo, N. A May gathering is planned at the Althea Scott home.
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Albany
Stella Cunningham
Ethel Allen
Edsell Kollister
Buffalo
Althea Scott
Local Notes from Albany Area Families
Recent purchases include Etta farm two miles NW of Albany. Mr and Mrs Bart Allen visit Mrs Etta Elliott who returned to be with her daughter. Mrs C B Stanley at Bellville. Clara Williams recovering from a heart attack at home of her brother in Athens. Clyde Wiley secures position in McBees pattern department. Mr and Mrs Howard Davis and daughters Helen and Isabelle spent several days with Laughlin family at Chillicothe. Sergeant Laughlin home on furlough from Daniels Field Augusta Ga. Laughlins dinner guests at Howard’s home Sunday. George Spring and William Higley return to summer home after winter in Lake Worth Florida.
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Etta Elliott
Guy Wingett
C. B. Stanley
Bellville
Clara Williams
Clar Rickey
Athens
Clyde Wiley
Pattern Department
McBees
Howard Davis
Helen
Isabelle
Laughlin
Questions and Answers From a Historic Exam
A quiz reveals Genoa as the city and Christopher Columbus as the citizen baptized there. It then explains a term about rail labor limits and cites bowling as a religious origin with symbols from cathedral worship, noting symbols for virtue and vice.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio News~paper Association
Associated Press
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Ralph H. Stone
Ohio State Council of Defense
Will Endicott
Uncle Tom
Mr. Legree McNutt
Mr. Legree
Mr. McNutt
Colleges of Law
Legree McNutt
the Public Forum
B. Kile
Tuppers Plains
Africa
By Galbraith
Dorothy Lamour
Simon Legree
Congress
John C. Flemingglosseby
Social and Personal
Bart Allen
Albany Personals
Stefano
Genoa
Christopher Columbus
Paderborn
Speek
Hattie Wis
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