Athens Messenger Publication Details And Rates
The Athens Messenger publishes weekdays with a Sunday morning edition, ran by The Messenger Publishing Co. Frederick W. Bush era noted, current editors Gordon K Bush and Charles H. Harris. Subscription rates vary by region and duration, with different carrier and mail prices, including overseas terms. Natural newspaper disclaimers and office locations listed.
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Frederick W. Bush
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Gordon K Bush
Charles H. Harris
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Messenger
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Athens
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
O. Cleveland
Americans and Japanese heritage in wartime prejudice
An American speaker in Athens argues that loyalty transcends ethnicity while recalling relocation camps for Japanese Americans. The essay condemns racial hatred, notes fear and segregation, and warns that prejudice toward those with Japanese features endangers basic rights.
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Japan
Athens
Tojo
Eisenhower
Germany
Hitler
Ohio Faces Mass Teacher Shortage During War Effort
The article warns that Ohio has lost over ten thousand teachers since Pearl Harbor and predicts further departures for military service and other work before the next school year. Thousands hold emergency certificates, with scarce graduates and retired teachers. replacements must be found quickly as the war economy shifts.
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Ohio
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Just Bad Propaganda on Broadcasts About Hirohito
The piece argues Allied propaganda should avoid belittling Japan's emperor Hirohito. It claims Germans react to Hitler’s crimes while Japanese unity would rally against insults, so broadcasts avoid direct attacks to prevent crowd anger and preserve broader war aims.
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State Department
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hirohito
Hitler
Hershey Expands Draft Rules To Include Half Hearted War Work
Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey states that after handling the 18 26 and 27 30 groups the army will draft men over 30 not aiding the war effort or who work with only half heart. The policy asks how to measure effort and who will decide. The piece notes questions about patriotism and obligation amid the Lordship reference.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Army
Navy
Montgomery Ward case tests wartime labor power and union majority
The government seizes Montgomery Ward citing indirect war ties to force a maintenance-of-membership contract. The dispute questions War Labor Board powers, NLRB scrutiny, and the impact on unions, labor policy, and political divisions amid wartime.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
War Labor Board
Congress
Smith-Connally
National Labor Relations Act
National Labor Relations Board
Middle West
Big
IMF plan rooted in old stabilization efforts rebottled
Peter Edson notes the $8 billion IMF proposal echoes 1930s currency stabilization work. He traces U S and international steps from 1932 to postwar talks, highlighting Harry D White as the lead U S expert. The piece ends with a cryptic private remark about White wanting to quit and return to farming.
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U. S. Treasury
International Monetary Fund
United States
U. S
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Europe
Rio
United Nations
Washington
Harry D. White
White
Verses by Messenger Readers Share Reflections on Self
A reader poem by Nora Gillespie Hesson of Caldwell O describes choosing among roles from shell to flower to bird to beast to lamb and tree, concluding she is a poor human with a God given soul created by God. The piece invites name and address for submission.
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Messenger
Airborne Troops to Lead Allied Invasion Effort
In wartime analysis the author argues airborne troops will play a crucial role in the European invasion. Churchill praises paratroopers as a modern war element while Laval warns against cooperation with them. Rommel warns of mined defenses as Hitler plans a strong response to paratroop landings.
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Churchill
Quisling” Laval
Vichy
Hitler
Marshal Rommel
Atlantic
Hitley
England
France
United States Army
Atlantic Wall
Patton Sees Allied Rule of World as Destiny
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr declared that the United States Britain and Russia are destined to rule the world and urged closer contact among the allies. He spoke at a luncheon opening a British Club for American soldiers saying they should see more of each other.
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London
George S. Patton, Jr
United States
Britain
Russia
Patton
Great Industry Plans To Take Back Soldier
New York wartime program aims to reemploy veterans across Westinghouse plants. A. W. Robertson, chairman, reports about 20,000 employees on leave and 1,800 veterans already rehired after honorable discharge. The piece notes a Washington standards bureau radium tester handling 70 grams valued at $5,000,000 over 12 years.
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Great Industry
New York
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co
A. W. Robertson
Robertson
Westinghouse
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Lost Youth in Caldwell Poem Reflection
An aged speaker recalls youth in cherished fields and familiar haunts now veiled by tears. A rose quips that the speaker does not belong, underscoring the harsh decree that youth, once dead, remains forever out of reach.
A Prayer For My Star Of Blue Poem By Nora Gillespie Hesson
A plea to God for nature to deepen gold and light across flowers and trees. The verse asks to keep the speaker's star of blue from losing its golden touch, ending with the author’s name and Caldwell Ohio attribution.
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Star OF Blue
Nora Gillespie Hesson
Caldwell
Ohio
Defeat of Hitler Is Signal for Jap Finale
Admiral Ernest J. King declared victory over Germany in 1944 possible and said plans exist to shift Allied strength from Europe to the Pacific once Germany is defeated. He spoke at a Lotus Club dinner in New York noting the war’s timing and the need to prepare for Japan.
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New York
Germany
Ernest J. King
U.S. Navy
Lotus Club
King
Europe
Pacific
Link and Norma Greer Share Prisoner of War Night
Lieutenant Link Belt in Yokohama hosts a tense dinner with Captain Azaraski and two women, Tilda Courtright and Norma Greer. Amid awkwardness and a kiss on the balcony, Link enjoys a rare moment of normalcy before returning to Niji prison with his wrap and stolen blanket restored by Baldwin.
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Link Belt
Army Air Corps
Niji
Yokohama
Azaraski
Link
Tilda Courtright
Norma Greer
G. L
Norma
Oklahoma
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Courtright
Baldwin
Personal mentions and school events in New Plymouth
New Plymouth and surrounding areas note a busy period with WSCS to meet at Mrs. Mattie Weede's home, revival services at Asbury Methodist led by Rev A H Springer, and multiple family visits. Students receive perfect attendance and promotion certificates as Swan Township and Creola schools host operettas, programs, and honors. Local residents attend church services in McArthur and Nelsonville, with 4-H talks and farm updates.
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New Plymouth
WSCS
Mattie Weede
J. D. Harris
Grant Wharf
Minnie Cherry
Ralph
Logan
A. H. Springer
Asbury Methodist Church
F. ©. Stout
Evelyn Turner
Ed Stout
John Mowrey
Earle Frantz
Elza Huntley
Bobbie
Jeanie Bay
Ernestine Peters
J. I. Steiner
Stanley Miller
Church of Christ, McArthur
Rev. Evans
Nelsonville
Daab
Rosella Hixinbaugh
Emily Bardain
Lena McDaniels
Viola Smith
Marguerite Fuller
Charlene Boring
Mary Cremean
Elizabeth Jones
Harold Miller
Earle Heinlein
Clarence H. Jones
Larry
Elmer Baton Karns
Charlies Karns
Creola
D. M. Bryson
Pat
Russell Robison
Joan Johnston
Loren Bishop
Elmer
Jo Elizabeth
Lana Maxine Karns
Creole
Murray City Personal and Social Notes
Murray City residents and visitors are listed in social notes from April 27. Several trips to Nelsonville Columbus Logan and Akron are noted along with a family birthday party for David Jones celebrated by relatives and friends with games and refreshments.
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Murray City
Virginia Jonas
Charles Walters
Akron
Lester Sorrell
Patty
Dan Wolfe
Betty Jane
Teddy
Louis Sabo
Nelsonville
John Dyker
Clifford Wilson
Logan
Walter Lauriskey
Arlene
John Currens
Sterling
Wm. Currens
Virginia Short
Columbus
Matt Thomas
Donna Lu Palmer
Detroit
Lynn Storer
Canton
Warren’ Darby
Orient
Emma Tippie
John Dixon
Athens
Lillie Dixon
Fameily
Emmett Short
Howard Craft
Becky
Lorna Thompson
Billie Smith
Harry Jonas
New Straitsville
Frank Bryan
Don Richard
Constance Lee
Margaret Helen Shelton
Pearl Williams
William Koon
William Koon Jr
Pontiac
Mich
James Spencer
Curtis
Walter Mitchell
Michael
Frank Williams
Lelia Rose
David Jones
Joan Sorrell
Patty Sorrell
Mary Ann Lauriskey
Phyllis Jean Jones
Aves Ann
Gary Dean Barnes
Hubert Shelton
Roger Barber
Dick and
Blaine Ayers
Oak Grove Grange Plans May Meeting and First Second Degrees
Oak Grove Grange approved conferring the first and second degrees on Trimble Grange candidates at the next York Grange Hall meeting set for Friday May 5. Refreshment committee members named include Ethel Moore Lottie Patton Edith Wood Elinor Kelly Helen Largent and Anna Riley.
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Oak Grove
York Grange
Grange
Trimble Grange
York Grange Hall
Ethel Moore
Lottie Patton
Edith Wood
Elinor Kelly
Helen Largent
Anna Riley
Lon Figgins
Howard Hoskins
Nancy
Connett
Coshocton
J. E. Cagg
Ashland
Kya
George Walton
Edward Cagg
Arthur
John Jones
Howard
Columbus
Homer Davis
Nelsonville
Leonard Zimmerman
Connie
New Marshfield
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