Messenger Publishing Co. rate card and staff
Advertising and subscription rates for The Messenger published in Athens Ohio. Details include daily and Sunday carrier price 25c per week, Sunday 5c. mail rates for Ohio and West Virginia and outside Ohio and WV, monthly, quarterly, semiannual and yearly totals. Names of publisher editor and city editor listed.
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the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Joan W. Webb
Charles W. Reamer
Messenger
Ohio
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Athens
Postoffice
Government power monopoly and public vs private electric lines
The piece warns that public power advocates push for government owned electric power, citing TVA expansion and a $54 million steam plant, while urging Congress to overhaul federal power policy and curb tax subsidized government business. It argues flood control is separate from power generation and calls for responsible childrearing and better parole controls.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Paroled killers in Ohio implicated in multiple killings
A column charges Ohio parole policy after six people are murdered by two paroled felons West and Daniels. It notes the pair’s brutal Niebel family slayings and prior crimes, including a store holdup, linking the violence to the penal system and reformatory.
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West
Daniels
Philadelphia Inquirer
Ohio
van Wert
Ohio “‘Reformatory
Reformatory
Niebel
Dewey housing ideas eyed as Dewey aid debates loom
Edsons column outlines GOP housing concepts tied to Dewey campaign plans. It traces Taft Ellender Wagner proposals, Truman aims, and New Yorks Stichman led state housing authority model advocating private build with state subsidies and federal grants.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Jesse Walcott
House Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
Dewey
GOP
Philadelphia
New York State
Division of Housing
Herman T. Stichman
Stichman
American Legion National Economic Council
New York
Taft
Truman and CIO split over labor support and prices
Washington column reports CIO President Murray visiting the White House to discuss Labor’s political stance and anti inflation concerns. Murray cites steel and coal wage gains, noting prices rose far more than wages, urging Truman to address consumer gouging. GOP senator Jenner vows probe of fraud but rejects KLan election interference inquiry.
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Phil
Murray
CIO
White House
Truman
Congress
GOP
William Jenner
Indiana
Jenner
Senate
Grand Kleagle Stephenson
Bob Lyons
Ku Klux Klan
Local Social Notes Highlight Guests and Entries
The section records dinner visits and hosting by local families. Names include the Georges, Kings, Spencers, Johnsons, Gibbs, Dudding, Hatcher, Picken, Burris, Athey, Gabel ei n, Hockemeyer, Stockel, Urban, Dissinger, Gygax, Rowand, Van Fossan, Rickard, Blenner, and Hereford. Observed events include hospital surgery, travel from Cincinnati, and a birth announcement.
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E. F. Rickard
Karl Blenner
Virgie Hereford
Southside
Ervin Reports Open Convention Tension in 1944 GOP Meeting
Judge Edgar Ervin recounts the Republican National Convention where Dewey Taft Stassen and favored sons vie for votes. Ohio shows strength but lacks organization. Alabama's Dewey victory shift signals major momentum as Joe Martin presides and voting tightens.
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Edgar Ervin
Meigs County
Dewey
Taft
Stassen
Vandenberg
Joe Martin
Dwight Green
Warren
California
Connecticut
Ohio
Mark Hanna
Walter Brown
Robert Taft
Green
Illinois
Columbus Glee Club
Committee of
Committee of Rules and Order
Alabama
National Committee
Committee On
Committee On Credentials
Warned Reds Threaten US War Effort Across Industries
Sam Simmons argues that communist Reds have infiltrated industry, power, shipping, and government, capable of crippling production and overseas transport. He claims thousands of Reds pose a danger, justifying drastic measures and even mass executions to protect national defense and ensure victory in a potential war with Russia.
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Russia
Kremlin
Ward nuptials tied to Columbus visit headline
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ward and son Paul spent a weekend in Columbus for the wedding of Mrs. Ward's nephew John Lewis and Alma Shaffer of Steubenville at the U B Church. Other locals visited kin and relatives in Cincinnati and New Lexington. Rudie Sheen named postmaster here.
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E. F. Turner
Cincinnati
Roland Rupe
Parkersburg
Clyde Rupe
Rudie Sheen
Nat uralization of two Perry Countians and county updates
Two Perry County men Rudolph Elfrink of New Lexington and John K. Chavalis of Corning received final naturalization papers last week. A mobile x ray unit served 1,212 residents in four Perry County towns. A Perry County Selective Service board was recommended to state director Chester Goble. Four WWII Perry County board members were named Hugh S. Begland David W. Jones O T Vansickle and Ralph M Alsopach with a fifth to be named soon. St Josephs supper and picnic will be August 5. Rev Hugh J Spires installed as pastor of St Patrick s Church Junction City with Msgr Henry Keller man presiding. School vacancies noted while New Straitsville Methodist Church reroofing to cost about 5000. Russell Embrey of Corning fined 25 for Sunday hunting.
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New Lexington
Perry
Hugh S. Begland
New Straitsville
David W. Jones
O. T. Vansickle
Ralph M. Alspach
Somerset
St. Joseph’s
Hugh J. Spires
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Junction City
Henry J. Kellerman
St. Augustine Church
Board of Education
New Straitsville Methodist Church
Russell Embrey
Corning
H. W. Patrick
L. P. Ellman
C. P. Robinson
Radio Station Listings for Ohio and West Virginia
Radio programs and frequencies listed for NBC WLW in Cincinnati CBS WBENS in Columbus WSAZ Huntington WCHS Charleston WPAR Parkersburg MBS WHKC in Columbus ABC WCOL Columbus WMOA Marietta and related area stations detailed with their corresponding AM frequencies and call signs.
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NBC
WLW
Cincinnati
WSAZ
Huntington
Cbs-Wbens
Columbus
WCHS
Charleston
WPAR
Parkersburg
MBS
Abc-Wcol
WMOA
Marietta
Radio Programming Schedule Snapshot
A detailed daily grid of 6:00 to 12:00 broadcasts listing multiple networks and shows across Tuesday and Wednesday. Program entries include News Report, Music Time, The Lewis Show, The Green Hornet, Carmen Cavallaro, Mr. and Mrs. North, Public Defender, Dance Orchestra, and many others with varying network tags and repeats.
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Abe
Cbs Network
Abc-West
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Cbs
Cbs East
Abe Lowell Thomas
Abe- Beste
the Lewis
Cps
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Rollins
Bob Crosby Club
Cbs the Green Hornet
Harkness
Cbs Sports
Mel Torme
Cbs Berkshire
Mbs
Corliss Archer
Studio One
Cbe
Public Defender
Labor
U.S.A
Cbs News
News
Variety
Abe West
Funeral Piece Plot Thickens in Westchester Ride
Sterling hatches a cash scheme with Miriam and Bindle after a cemetery drive with attorney Steadman. Steadman hints Miriam sought a large cash sum and police interest looms, while Bindle warns of police scrutiny and a doubled payoff for the $15,000 owed.
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T. Bryan Steadman
Sterling
Upper Westchester
Steadman
Marcus
Miriam
Doctor's Comments on Testing New Treatments
Dr Edwin P Jordan explains the vetting process for new drugs before human use. He outlines purity checks in labs, animal trials, and controlled studies to prove efficacy and safety, noting these steps have advanced modern medicine and saved many lives. Vincent's angina is described as a throat or gum infection often affecting those weakened by disease or poor nutrition, though sometimes in healthy individuals.
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Edwin P. Jordan
Chemical Laboratory
Vincent
Local Scenes From Gallia and Surroundings
Richard Trainer of Western Union is spending a week at home. Mrs. Earl Cheatwood enjoyed a Cincinnati weekend. Ed Williams resumes duties as mail carrier after vacation. Joan Kiser and Gayle Myers spent a day in Oak Hill. Howard Birchfield visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. James Binion.
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Gallia
Richard Trainer
Western Union
Earl Cheatwood
Cincinnati
Ed Williams
Joan Kiser
Gayle Myers
Oak Hill
Howard Birchfield
James Binion
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New York City
Drew Pearson
Philip Murray
Lafayette Park
Harry Truman
Dan Tobin
Teamsters Union
Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Bill Green
Phil Murray
President Truman
Nature Boy
Mason
Ervin
Sam Simmons
Kyger
Mary B. Sisson
N. Y
Ozark Valley
Fred Waring
Abc
Arthur Godfrey
Hollywood
Ben Alexander
Abe Queen
Martin Block
Abec
Cbs Kiddies Hour
Lum
Abner
Drexel Drake
NEA Service. Inc
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Bindle
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