Local newspaper subscription rates and notice details
Public notice includes subscription prices by carrier for various regions and durations, detailing rates for Ohio and outside Ohio. It notes Associated Press rights and lists contact offices in Chicago New York Columbus Cleveland and mentions obituary and card of thanks charges.
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Associated Presb
Associated Press
Gentamiyee
Ohio
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Press criticism keeps democracy moving through public honesty
A speaker warns that targeted criticism of war conduct and home-front policies is not disunity but necessary to reflect public sentiment. The piece argues newspapers echo reader views, expose errors, and pressure politicians to fix mistakes to prevent stagnation and sustain national effort.
Nazis Use Hats As Psychological Warfare
A Washington and fashion world scare centers on Swiss Paris style hats blamed on Nazi influence. Mrs. Rosette Hargrove, a Paris born war correspondent, says Paris hats are a subtle jab at the Germans and likely a decades old fashion ploy unrelated to wartime material limits. Authorities urge calm and dismiss sensational millinery tales as propaganda.
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Fifth Avenue
Washington
Millinery Stabilization Committee
Tocsin
FBI
WPB
New York
Paris
America
Rosette Hargrove
France
Berlin
Vienna
Rickenbacker counters Bong nips with cautionary note
The piece notes Captain Eddie Rickenbacker will not send Scotch to Major Dick Bong, who set a Pacific war record in Jap sniping. It contrasts Bong as a cider or coke loving Midwestern farm boy and cites MacArthur and Arnold gifting soft drinks to young fliers, reflecting preference for nonalcoholic beverages among American aces.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Dick Bong
Pacific
Eddie
Bond
General MacArthur
Arnold
Rights at Home: Law Rewrites to Safeguard Citizens
Washington debate over price and wage control laws prompts a House select committee led by Rep. Howard Smith to propose constitutional safeguards. The panel aims to redefine War Labor Board and National Labor Relations Board powers, require court review, and curb coercive maintenance agreements while clarifying wage penalty rules.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Howard Smith
Virginia
Select Committee
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Montgomery Ward
National War Labor Board
Smith
Edson critiques veterans stock idea for war plants in Washington
Peter Edson argues against Harold Ickes proposal to give veterans shares of stock in government war plants. He warns of depreciation, loss of control to speculators, and notes the large wartime investments and uncertain civilian use. The piece cites 20 billion total plant value with 40 percent usable for civilians and ownership quirks like non owned land on many projects.
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Harold L. Ickes
Armed Services
Harold
White Elephants, Inc
Washington
War Production Board
Uncle Sam
Portland Social and Personal Roundup
Portland society notes show Mr and Mrs John Paynter of Mt Blanchard hosting relatives including T Sgt Charles Paynter of Camp Davis NC. Furlough returns and family visits recur, with numerous travels to Parkersburg Columbus Pittsburgh Sardis Hinton and Great Bend among residents and their kin.
Dinner with Japanese prison chief sparks cross cultural banter
Lieutenant Link Belt, Army Air Corps radioman, is invited to dine at Niji Pris Yokohama with Captain Azaraski and guests Tilda Courtright and Norma Greer. Amid awkward humor and music, Link tests Norma’s American loyalty with cornbread as he copes with starvation while wonderingly socializing, then faces a dizzying cup of hot sake.
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Link Belt
Army Air Corps
Niji
Yokohama
Azaraski
Link
Tilda Courtright
Norma Greer
Norma
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Courtright
Nora Courtright
Benny Goodman
Fourth Quarterly Conference Plans in Coolville
The Coolville charge will hold its Fourth Quarterly Conference at Hockingport on April 30 with Dr. Harry Bright district superintendent of Chillicothe delivering a 2:30 p.m. address followed by the Coolville Methodist business session. A communion service is set for 8 p.m. Sunday at the Coolville church. Rev. Runnells also notes a 9:30 a.m. Torch and 11 a.m. Decatur Church communion service on Sunday.
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Coolville
Hockingport
Harry Bright
Chillicothe
Coolville Methodist Church
Runnells
Decatur Church
W. L. Schreiber
Huntington
Oscar Findling
Russell Daugherty
Ireland
Vera Daugherty
Athens
E. M. Daugherty
Dale Cole
Rodger
Akron
Ernest Cole
Eileen
Naomi Kennedy
Washington, D. C
Oren Kennedy
Lillian Wiley
Margaret Voorhees
Guysville
R. D
T. A. Runnells
Charles Cowdery
Walter Hoisington
Ralph Chevalier
Jo Ellen Friend
Little Hocking
Ford Friend
Floyd Russell
Delaware
Victor Russell
Vere Calloway
Blanche Russell
Frank Clark
Earl Clark
W. R. Clark
Herman Byers
Finland Rejects Moscow Peace Terms Ahead of Invasion
The piece notes Finland’s gamble against a Soviet invasion while Berlin claims a coming great battle along the Atlantic. It cites Stockholm sources asserting Reich strength, Germany’s underground aircraft plants, and DNB confirmations as Allied bombing pressures rise. It estimates German divisions at 96 in the west and 3.5 to 3.75 million troops overall, with Russian mobilization linked to the Western invasion.
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Finland
Moscow
Stockholm
Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Atlantic
United States
Reich
Baron Mannerheim
Russia
DNB
Europe
Questions and Answers from a wartime quiz page
A set of Q and A items covering bans on Lak me and Madame Butterfly in France, definitions of Savoyard and histology, counts of Japanese in the United States and federal employees in 1943, a measure of caliber, Peru's main commodity, and Indian navy caste practices with separate messes for vegetarians and meat eaters.
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France
Marshfield WSCS Meets at Mrs Hoodlet Home
Marshfield WSCS met Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Drue Hoodlet with fifteen members present. Devotions led by Mrs. Gertrude Andrews and a program by Mrs. Olive Taylor featured readings Bible questions and songs. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
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New Marshfield
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Drue Hoodlet
Gertrude Andrews
Olive Taylor
F. Burxt
W L. Bridge
Fred Hoodlet
Marie Dixon
Eastern Star
Middleport
Larry MacFadden
Barberton
Mary McFadden
Robert S. McFadden
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Mary MacFadden
Janet Russell
Pvt
Charles Russell
Smyrna
Pfc
Robert Dinsmore
Micky
Reese Dinsmore
Church of Christ and the Song Evangelists
Bedford
Mary Barnett
Raymond Scott
Local Social Notes From Point Rock and Nearby
Mrs Carrie Webb and son George William Webb visited relatives here. Mrs Curtis Young spent the week end with relatives at Charleston West Virginia. Emmett Harvey has had heart trouble recently. His daughter Mrs Lauris Roy of Columbus visited. Alma Cottrill visited her mother Addie Knapp. S Mr and Mrs 8S D Webb of Columbus called on the Morris family. Edward Rife from Washington D C spent furlough with relatives. J E Radekin Alta Cone and children Mrs C C Canode and son Leslie were Albany visitors. Luther Harvey and sons and Mrs Frank Westfall visited McArthur to consult Dr Chamberlain. Maude Holcomb spent the week end in Columbus with her son in law and daughters Robert Fisher and Helen Holcomb. Ferry Bowen Donald Cone and Clyde Morris attended a Wilkesville class play Friday. Columbia Chapel Sunday School and Laurel Grange observe Rural Life Sunday at Columbia Chapel on May 14.
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Point Rock
Carrie Webb
George William Webb
Curtis Young
Charleston
W. Va
Emmett Harvey
Lauris Roy
Columbus
Ora Cottrill
Addie Knapp
D. Webb
Morris
Edward Rife
Washington
D. C
J. E. Radekin
Alta Cone
C. C. Canode
Leslie
Albany
Luther Harvey
Frank Westfall
McArthur
Chamberlain
Maude Holcomb
Robert Fisher
Helen Holcomb
Ferry Bowen
Donald Cone
Clyde Morris
Wilkesville
Columbia Chapel
Laurel Grange
Kennedy couple buy Langsville home from Wilcox estate
Langsville residents report Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Kennedy bought a Langsville house from Warren Wilcox and C. E. Denny. Various local families, including the Nelsons and Millers, spent Sunday with relatives and celebrated Clair Nelson’s birthday. Reverend Dickenson preached at Langsville Church. Donald Nelson, five, recently fractured his collar bone amid family visits.
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Langsville
Theodore Kennedy
Warren Wilcox
C. E. Denny
Wilkesville
Bruce Morris
Frank Nelson
Vesta Cannade
Jane
Star Hall
Nina Steele
Elaine
Clair Nelson
Dickenson
Rio Grande
John Goff
Don Gorby
von Miller
Alice
Daisy
Ethel Miller
John Miller
Larry
Emma Piper
Vinton
Otal Wyeth
Donald Nelson
Hemlock Grove Social Notes Show Busy Weekend
Attendance at Sunday School reached 29 in Hemlock Grove. Residents and families, including the Well and Smiths, Midkiffs, Hawks, Welkers, Storys, Clarks, and Taylors, hosted and visited relatives across Pt Pleasant, Athens R D, Pomeroy R D, Racine, Columbus, and Great Lakes during a busy weekend. Naval service member Raymond Taylor visits from Great Lakes.
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Peter Edson
Ford Jeep
Defense Plant Corp
Ublg Clive
Portland
John Paynter
Mt. Blanchard
Charles Paynter
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Albert
Okey Paynter
Ed Fields
Foreign Service
Colorado
Alec Mil
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Essie Alexander
W. G. McKelvey
Parkersburg
W. A. Wert
William McKelvey
Robert McKelvey
Ethel Swan
Agnes Price
Pomeroy
W. E. McDade
Racine
van E. McDade
Jordan
Lower Portland
Rose Patterson
Willow Grove
Eva Blosser
Hoyt Hall
Ours
Basil Fields
Zaneville
Fields
B. F. Price
Str. Reliance
Clara Larson
Great Bend
Oliver Dailey
Icaboteurs
Omemaans
Ledteh. Dent
Coolville Charge
Dewitt MacKenzie
Savoy
Peru
Marshfield
WSCS
Smith Sound
Greenland
By Galbraith
Core Sone OY
Senvies
Point Rock Personals
Langsville News
Hemlock Grove
C. D. Bentz
Alfred
Jewell Story
Wilbur Midkiff
Grant Roberts
Pt. Pleasant
Jim Clark
Eldon Clark
Francis
Harland Story
Athens R. D
Vickie
Lula Jean
Eugene Story
Jessie
Ernest Saunders
Avery Nelson
Henry Euler
Charley Romine
Bert Romine
Silas Taylor
Porter Midkitt
Raymond Taylor
U. S. Navy
Mr. Gases
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