Truman-Molotov talks set stage for postwar unity
In Washington and San Francisco reports portray President Truman driving a bold diplomacy ahead of the United Nations Conference. He aims to align the Western Allies with Russia on a basis of mutual trust, foreshadowing a genuine partnership in policy, lending, and reparations to shape occupied Germany and future UN arrangements.
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San Francisco
Truman
Washington
Molotov
Yalta
Russia
United States
Moscow
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Great Britain
America
United Nations
Council
Stalin
Earnest Leys
Subscription Rates and notices for The Messenger
Publication rates list carrier pricing for Ohio and outside Ohio. Rates include 2 year 12.00 and 1 year 4.50 in Ohio, with weekly options and overseas service at 1.50 per year. Obituary and card notices priced as nominal. Addressing and distribution details noted.
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Ohio
Athens Post Office
New Clerk Arrives After Ada’s Unpaid Lunches
The family learns that Mr. Cutter becomes the new clerk despite Ada’s daily lunches and his idle afternoons. Tension at home grows as mother notes food costs and argues over Ada’s meals. The town paper shifts to community notices and then to local updates about residents and service members.
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Benjamin
Clayton Cutter
Ada
Atte
Ganon
Don Wil
Orlena Harbert
Akron
Elton Pediscord
Orland Richardson
69Rd Engineers Equip. Co
France
Carol V. Riley
Athens
Captan Riley
Cleveand
Lucy Smith
Liberty Hill
Joseph Kelly
Rown, East Branch
Glouser
Twilight of the Gods as Hitler's Rise and Fall
A historical commentary links Hitler’s war policies to Wagner’s Twilight of the Gods. It traces a fire-spread sequence from Reichstag and books to war campaigns, then to the fall of Germany itself. The piece argues Hitler and his followers choose destruction, sacrificing Germany and its people as they head toward annihilation.
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Germany
Hitler
Valhalla
Siegfried
Reichstag
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Arctic
Mediterranean
Volga
Eye for an Eye Hitler Crime Payback Across Europe
The piece argues that wartime retaliation against Nazi crimes is justified as retribution for barbaric acts. It notes that wartime norms have shifted with Hitler’s savagery and that Soviet troops also strike in Berlin, promising justice for atrocities on Russian soil.
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Hitler
Europe
Berlin
Boundary Peace Debate Reflects Power and Justice
A column ponders if Poland must cede land to satisfy great powers, drawing a hypothetic United States scenario where borders shift under Allied pressure. It argues that nationhood rests on self-determination, not square mileage, questioning justifications for strong‑arm redrawing of borders.
Postwar Europe Faces Public Health Rehabilitation Crisis
Life insurance experts warn Europe’s postwar health system will struggle to rehabilitate. Tuberculosis is rampant across major cities. Germany reports up by about a third, Paris Brussels and the Netherlands higher, Rome deaths over double 1940. Greece endures malaria and epidemic fever. diphtheria up about 50 percent across Western Europe.
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Europe
Germany
Paris
Brussels
Netherlands
Rome
Greece
Western
Fairmont Hotel at center of United Nations talks in San Francisco
Peter Edson notes the Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill will host the U S delegation during the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Secretary of State Stettinius will present to reporters in the Red Room, while observers discuss trusteeships and Poland. notable figures such as Ely Culbertson Clarence Streit Paul Murray Jim Carey Dave Beck and an American Indian in war paint appear among visitors.
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San Francisco
Opera House
Veterans’ Building
Fairmont
Nob Hall
Bay
Civic Center
Edward R. Stettinius
U. S
Stettinius
Poland
Ely Culbertson
Clarence Streit
Union
Paul Murray
Jim Carey
The
Dave Beck
Teamsters
Bob Watt
A. F. of
Local social notes and club events from Athens and surrounding areas
Mrs. F. E. Goldsberry and Mrs. Blaine R. Goldsberry visited relatives in Chillicothe Cincinnati and Youngstown over Easter. The Ohio State Journal featured a half page of Harry Westerman cartoons on the Athens Country Club. Rotary Boys' Week plans were led by Clarence Gill with Scout Executive Bob Cole addressing Boy Scout progress in Athens County. Phi Delta Theta Auxiliary prepared a dinner at the Ph Delta chapter house with committee members named.
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Athens Country Club
Harry Westerman
Ohio State Journal
F. L. Alderman
Henry Zenner
F. W. Bush
Dr. Littel
S. M. Johnson
Ned Welfe
Watt Craig
Clarence M. Gill
Rotary Club
Athens
Bob Cole
Marietta
Athens County
Harry Beckley
R. P. Jennings
Robert Wood
Byron Wolfe
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Phi Delta Theta
Ainner
Ph Delta
Harrisonville Holds Alumni Reunion at High School
Harrisonville high school hosted a wartime alumni gathering with dancing to Klein Rats led by Floyd Davis, a brief business session, and a memorial program. Officers were elected for 1945 46, 1945 graduates welcomed, and two World War II veterans remembered with flag ceremony taps and Star Spangled Banner.
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Harrisonville
Harrisonville-Scipio High School
Klein Rats
Floyd Davis
Evelyn Jones
Bud Bellem
Army
Curtis Bradford
Navy
Cpl
Leroy Howell
Clinton Gilkey
Joan Finlan
Pauline Atkins
Anistine O Carsey
Nora Jordan
Sranuates
Harrisonville High School
Kathryn Wratt
Aristine Carsey
Jed
Amy Chase
Franklin Ginther
Leo Darrnell Wells
Army Air Corps
Germany
George Rolland Gibson
Death of Hitler Could End War If Publicized
War commentary argues the destruction of Hitler’s Berchtesgaden home with a 12 000 pound bomb might hasten victory by removing the dictator. It notes his death would deny him martyr status and complicate postwar German reforms, while stressing rulers' protection in prior wars and citing the Belgian king as a contrast.
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Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Fuehrer
Germany
Mementos in Verse Honor Roosevelt and a Nation’s Fight
Fragmented verses praise Franklin D. Roosevelt for defending the Constitution and workers’ rights during hard times. The poems honor leaders, sailors, and citizens, noting wartime sacrifice, personal letters, and appeals for faith and resilience as the nation endures and hopes for victory.
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Méteon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dan
Contai
Earth
Bessie M. Gorslene
No 10 Room for Transient Clerk Impresses Family
No 10 on the second floor overlooks the bay and is usually for transients. Mr Cutter arrives with military bearing and striking gray hair, a trim mustache, and a Vandyke beard. His graceful gestures and immaculate manners win Ada, while the family debates his board as his sole need.
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Cutter
Sue
Mr. Cutter
Ada
Bashan Neiis Notes Social One Liners
Mrs. Paul Orr and Mrs. Lee Eddy are noted along with two children. Mrs. Grover White spent Friday afternoon in Pomeroy. Delia Carnihan visited son Delbert and family Sunday. Harley Carmon Addison and Earnest Warner of Pt Pleasant visited J. C. McKay. Wilber Dean from Chester called on Paul Orr midweek. Clint Orr visited Roland Torrence and family Sunday. Virginia Bissell from Hazel stayed with Pauline Bissell Tuesday night. Mrs Jim Ours and daughter from Pomeroy called on relatives Saturday. J C McKay spent Wednesday in Middleport.
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Roland Torrence
Virginia Bissell
Hazel
Pauline Bissell
Jim Ours
Pomeroy
J. C. McKay
Middleport
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