Page Four The Athens Messenger notice roster
A brief catalog style notice listing the Athens Messenger masthead with editors and publishers, noting subscription rates by mail and carrier, servicemen rates, and post office classification. Names include Frederick W. Bush Gordon K. Bush Charles H. Harris and a note on National Representatives John W. Cullen Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Athens
O— National
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Excuse the Military Mind Demands and Doubts About War Facts
A reader critiques General Somervell and the Army leadership for withholding military and economic details from the public. The piece asserts the public distrusts promises and urges providing concrete facts to bolster morale and counter enemy speculation.
Ohio Faces Air Threat As Civil Defense Urged
The piece urges expansive civilian defense measures as Nazi and Japanese bombers threaten Ohio industrial centers. It notes Ohio’s half a million civil defense workers, blackout importance, and the need for rural areas to participate in air raid precautions to reduce loss of life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ohio
Europe
Aleutians
Harsh War Prophecy on Japanese and German Perils
The author depicts brutal wartime expectations of Japanese and German actions. It argues Americans must endure future atrocities while remaining civil, warning that pacific victory over Japan and defeat of Nazi threats will require carrying the burden without surrendering moral restraint.
Government to seize unions as wartime measure questioned
In a harsh critique, the column argues the Roosevelt administration applies one set of rules to employers and another to labor unions led by John L Lewis. It questions why unions defy the War Labor Board without penalty and whether the government should seize union property or leadership during wartime to enforce compliance.
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Washington
War Labor Board
United States
Army
Navy
United Mine Workers
Secretary of Labor
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
National Defense Mediation Board
Labor Board
Miners’ Union
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Markets After the War and the Employment Challenge
Peter Edson summarizes a Commerce Department study on postwar employment. The analysis frames employment by selling goods, not just maintaining production, noting a large potential labor pool and rising capacity. It cautions public works cannot absorb all displaced war workers and outlines expected future labor supply and demand dynamics.
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National Economics Unit
Department of Commerce
History In Making At Hot Springs Food Conference
The article argues President Roosevelt bars reporters from the Hot Springs food conference and warns the talks could become un American and unduly secretive. It contends disclosure of imminent food shortages is essential to public trust and warns of potential hemispheric treaty ambitions bypassing US law.
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Hot Springs
Roosevelt
War Today: Ike cites North Africa losses and Mediterranean stakes
The piece notes Eisenhower's report of 66 000 Axis dead wounded or captured in North Africa through April 15 and argues the Mediterranean theater holds the war’s key to victory. It discusses supply limits, annihilation tactics, and the role of Allied bridgeheads, with figures on Axis manpower and losses.
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Eisenhower
North Africa
Hitler
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Axis
Rommel
Italy
Russia
North
Africa
English Channel
Rummy Varieties and Classical Virtues Quiz
A reader quiz lists various rummy forms such as Gin Rummy and Five Hundred Rummy and asks about the cardinal virtues attributed to Plato. It notes spice supply quotas for 1941 deliveries and briefly mentions alligator uses including ivory from teeth and edible eggs.
Sunset party cloaks tense jungle mission in birthday revelry
Lila, Barry, and Renaldo emerge from the jungle to a festive veranda as Allison hosts a party for Renaldo's birthday. Lila hides fury and plans, while Renaldo's gaze shifts between Allison and Lila. Barry jokes about staying in the plantation, and Lila probes how to spur Barry home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA
Lila
Barry
Renaldo
Allison
Pleasant Valley Socials Bid Farewell To Visiting Marine
Mr and Mrs Frank Pugh hosted a farewell dinner for Lennie Jewell of the Marine Corps Norfolk VA on furlough. Guests included Tracey Whaley and daughter Chase Maynard Coates and daughter Edward Pugh and two children plus the guest Jewell who returned to Norfolk Tuesday. Other visits included Howard Brooks Joyce Tyler with Earl Hanning Pearl Chapel and Ed Brooks with Arthur Goodin Bessie Goodin. Dr T H Morgan and Betty Gilham Athens joined Pearl Wood family for Sunday dinner with Tom Crossen Hebbardsville and Jack Carbaugh Chase visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Frank Pugh
Lennie Jewell
Marine Corps
Norfolk
Tracey Whaley
Pomeroy
Maynard Coates
Chase
Edward Pugh
Jewell
Howard Brooks
Joyce Tyler
Earl Hanning
Pearl Chapel
Ed Brooks
Arthur Goodin
Bessie Goodin
T. H. Morgan
Betty Gilham
Athens
Pearl Wood
Wood
Tom Crossen
Hebbardsville
Jack Carbaugh
Cora Brooks
Albany
Corning Social Notes Seaboard Furloughs And Local District News
Pvt Joseph Whyberg of a camp near San Calif on furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Seberg. He was stricken with appendicitis Sunday and transported by ambulance from Ft Hayes Capital to hospital. Sailor Eugene Alfonso trained at Great Lakes IL has been hospitalized in Chicago with his parents visiting. American Legion Posts Eighth District to meet at McArthur with members from Newark Gallipolis. Missionary society of Church of God to meet at Mrs Will Brock Buckingham home Friday night. Mrs Clyde Dunlap post operation at Grit Hospital Columbus returns home. Beulah Craig to teach junior high for remainder of term. Dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs J B Mason at East Hill. Clarence Brandt on one week furlough visiting parents. Richard McArtor injured in automobile accident on state highway near Corning. Numerous local notices and social updates from residents and visitors surrounding Corning.
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Corning
Joseph Whyberg
San Calif
Henry Seberg
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Columby
Eugene Alfonso
Great Lakes Nal Station
Ill
Chicago
Harry Alfonso
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Southwest Pacific
Military Administration
Sommervell
Amercan
Japan
Pacific
Germany
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Peter Edson
W. Lendicott
Western Hemisphere
Land of
Plenty
F.B.I
Rio Grande
Canada
Cupa
Haiti
Dominican Republic
New World
United States Senate
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Michigan
By Galbraith
Lou
Appy
John C.flemingg
Losseby
Seine
Barry Fielding
Allison Topping
States
Quiches
Giral
Corning Social Notes
Missionary Society of the Church of God
Will Brock
Buckingham
Clyde Dunlap
Grit Hospital
Monéil
Everett Dunlap
Dunlap
Hopital
Beaulah Craig
Mason Home
J. B. Mason
East Hill
Virgiil Beecher
Sally
Betty
Martha Mason
Colt Bus
Jimmy Mason
Clarence Brandt
Derrith Br
Lester Brandt
Cisence
Shencat
Green Pa
Richard McArtor
Jane Cramer
Sarah Jane
Jannett
Hannah Rodgers
Eliza Anderson
James Anders
Margaret
Jack Lamb
Betty Lee Lamb
Columbus Mondey
Frank Baker
Earl Mase
Akron
Afteen
Pecans Rodgers
Wits Rodgers
Patric Rodgers
Henry Spq
Earl Spray
En Roy
South Charis
Mr . Rodgers
Sarah Blower
Tuester
Chariotte Gaitter
Tommy
Moree
Vine
Schuinger
Frank A
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