PAGER POORS- The Athens SM Messenger
The Athens SM Messenger trade paper details established dates, publishers, staff roles, associations, and subscription rates. It notes weekday editions and a large Sunday edition, with rates by mail in and outside Ohio and by carrier, plus postal status details.
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Athens
Frederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
United States
Refills Needed to Win War by Recycling Old Cars
wartime plea urges towns to deliver junked jaloppies to auto wreckers to supply steel mills. owners urged to remove old machines, even with missing tires, and sell them for fair prices. the plan aims to keep auto cemeteries stocked with inbound scrap for steel production.
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Sam
Nutrition drives national effort to improve housewife meals
The article urges housewives to support and participate in the national nutrition program backed by stores, the gas company, and the Red Cross. It promotes buying healthier seasonal foods, studying new recipes, and using retailer menus to improve family diet while saving money.
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Red Cross
Permanent Draft Proposal Aimed at Nationwide Military Training
The piece endorses Congressman Wadsworths plan for a year of universal military training for Americans aged 18 to 21, followed by five years in an organized reserve. It argues training one million youths annually could form a five million strong nucleus ready for any future emergency and notes Chief of Staff Marshall supports the idea.
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Congressman Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Marshall
DuPont
William C. Lee
Airborne Command
Lee
Fred A. Borum
Troop Carrier Command
Roads to Alaska and Inter American Highway Seen Vital War Asset
Dr Frank Kingdon of the International Rescue and Relief Committee urges broad road-building to Alaska and across the Americas to aid wartime logistics. Leon Henderson promotes rationing tires to beneficiaries who can best serve national needs.
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Burma
Alaska
Canada
Billy Mitchell
United States
South America
Hitler
Frank Kingdon
International Rescue and Relief Committee
Leon Henderson
Peter Edson Reviews Washington Scene Kaiser's wartime push and persona described
Peter Edson portrays Henry Kaiser as a confident, charismatic leader who could mobilize Washington and labor to build 5000 cargo planes. He highlights Kaiser's talent for persuading others, simplifying problems to core needs, and turning skeptical engineers into believers, with a focus on efficiency and assembly line reasoning.
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Henry J. Kaiser
Washington
Senate
America
Pop Kaiser
Gliders Lifted by Plane Demonstration Gains Boost
Wilmington report details All American Aviation plans to lift gliders with Stinson monoplanes for military use. Richard C. DuPont leads AAA as Army support backs the system, showing potential for quicker glider deployment and training.
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Wilmington
Del
Air
Army Air Forces
Army Ground Forces
All American Aviation, Inc
Richard C. DuPont
Army
AAA
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
New York
Delaware
All American
Stinson
Primary nominating reforms and voter education in Athens
The Athens League of Women Voters urges voters to understand primaries. Collected notes from Mr Carl Roberts outline four stages of direct nomination from early simple practices to modern direct primaries and their impact on democracy. Mildred C Clutter signs as League president.
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the Messenger
Athens County League of Women Voters
Athens County
Carl Roberts
Roberts
Andrew Jackson
Crawford County
Athens League of Women Voters
Mildred C. Clutter
Pomeroy Region Ginseng Farm and Local Honors Highlight Athens
Ten years ago the Odd Fellows Labor Day committee list includes Harvey Eastman and Judge Emory Carleton among local figures. Ginseng for export to Germany is grown on John Hawk’s Calloway Ridge farm. A garden party in Athens honors Adaline Phillips on her 85th birthday. The War Chest in Athens supports the American Legion. T L Morgan seeks Athens County Clerk nomination with signatures from multiple lawyers. Parsonage and fraternity house construction contracts and an Athens storage addition are noted.
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Pomeroy
Harvey Eastman
Emory Carleton
R. L. Lide
Clyde Andrews
John Baily
Christy Baer
Roy Kaspar
Guy Lynch
Herman Hoffner
Phillip Meier
J. W. Byers
Lester Hart
John Hawk
Calloway Ridge
Germany
Meigs County
Marshfield Personal News Highlights Local Guests
Misses Dora and Stella Davis return from Cleveland with brother Ed Davis for a brief visit. George Wolf of Vincennes Indiana and Ida Grimm of Akron stay with Rhoda McLeod. Mrs Everett Wigal in Parkersburg. Family visits from Leesburgh and Gene. Several locals host and visit across Athens Jackson ville Grand Rapids and Pomeroy with multiple family guests and shifts.
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New Marshfield
Dora
Stella Davis
Cleveland
Ed Davis
George Wolf
Vincennes
Ind
Ida Grimm
Akron
Rhoda McLeod
Everett Wigal
Parkersburg
Freda Kennard
Barbara
Retta Reece
Kenneth Baker
Leesburgh
R. H. Stright
Roger
Mr. Stright
Adalaid Dunn
Gene
L. H. Elaw
Ruth Dinsmoor
Jacksonville
Oscar Andrews
Stright
Charles Mace
Pomeroy
Verna Mace
Olive Taylor
Beverly
Athens
Julia Six
Grand Rapids, Mich
Joseph Barron
Gladys Beveridge
Marriage Strains and Wartime Affairs Stir A Park Confession
Christie battles jealousy as Bart socializes with Sandra while Tommy rages at home. Stephen consoles Christie with a race across the park, a fall narrowly avoided, and hints of romance. Christie plans to write Bart to end their marriage as the household tensions rise.
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Sandra
Tommy
Green
Christie
Red Cross
Jan
Bart
Stephen
Eay
Jill
Jack
Pavillion
Chesterhill News Notes Highlights Local Moves and Illness
Chesterhill notes report 70 year old W H Reicker of Marion township critically ill at Good Samaritan hospital Zanesville with pneumonia and heart ailment. Local moves include Dan Budsworth family relocating to Neva Hambel farm near Elliott and Miss Hambel buying property in McConnelsville. Various residents report visits, travel, and care including Mrs Rana Yarnell, Mrs Eva Worthington, and Mrs R Webb.
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Chesterhill
W. H. Reicker
Marion Township
Carlos Reicker
Morgan County
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Dan Budsworth
Sharpsburg
Neva Hambel
Elliott
Ball
Amesville
Hambel
McConnelsville
Rana Yarnell
Garnet Anderson
Maria
Eva Worthington
R. Webb
Boynton
Oklahoma
Inez Carr
Clyde Vincent
Ruth Streit
W. D. Hale
Vernon Hale
Toledo
Allen Cain
Orient
Ethel Cain
Dewey F. Stone
Logan
Halliday Assigned to California Duty
Lieutenant Halliday heads to California to report for duty early this week as part of a military deployment.
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Halliday
California
Jallipolis
John Halliday
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Booneville
Kaiser
Bill Bont
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Dickens
H. T. Phillips
Adaline Phillips
Board of Control
Athens County War Chest
American Legion
War Chest
T. L. Morgan
Athens County Clerk of
College St
C. L. Heaton
William Mills
Nelsonville
Sigma Pi
Park Place
Athens Ice and Storage Company
Marshfield
By Galbraith
MEA
Vnctm. Reg
U.S
BY Mary Raymond
Chapter
Christie S
Yright
NEA Service, Inc
Chesterhill News
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