Messenger Publishing rates and staff credits listed
Publisher Gordon K. Bush John W. Webb and Charlies W. Reamer head The Messenger in Athens Ohio. Daily and Sunday editions priced 2 cents weekly carrier plan with advance payment options for Ohio and West Virginia regions. Subscriptions shown for various term lengths with regional variations.
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All Prima Donnas on Truman Plans for Inflation Fight
The piece argues that while Truman’s inflation remedies have merit in theory including price controls and affordable housing, Congress delays actions until January due to political concerns. It warns against executive decree powers and market manipulation, cites England’s crisis, and condemns excessive government and international commitments as hampering domestic economic stability.
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Truman
Congress
Harry Truman
England
Vacation Bible School closes as pastor leads program
New Plymouth notes list a closing program led by Pastor William Jacobs with assistants Miss Barbara Fuller and Mrs. Joan Fuller. Other items include Robert Bay visiting relatives in Washington and memorial services planned for Calvin Heinlein at Arlington National Cemetery.
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New Plymouth
William Jacobs
Barbara Fuller
Joan Fuller
Robert Bay
Washington, D. C
Calvin Heinlein
Arlington National Cemetery
Herbert Jones
Larry
Rio Grande
Earle Heinlein
Opal Wharf
Salvation
John McGathey
Adaline Poston
Arthur Taylor
Missouri
Freda
Clara Poston
Athens
Anna Heinlein
Utility bolts old poles to deter woodpeckers in Mississippi
A Mississippi utility company reduced pole pecking by bolting old sections of ready pecked poles to new ones. The birds then preferred the decoy sections, limiting damage and improving line reliability.
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Mississippi
Doctor's Comments on Hay Fever Treatments and Drugs
Severe hay fever requires medical care and current treatments include injections before season onset and drugs such as Benadryl, D3 ribenzamine, and anticallan. Each offers temporary relief with variable effectiveness and potential mild side effects. Use under physician guidance. not a permanent cure. Question and answer about weight gain from rubbing sweet oil are unrelated.
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Edwin P. Jordan
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Birthday celebrations and weekend visits in Murray City
The notice describes multiple social events and family visits. Ed and Mary McDonald hosted a Sunday dinner for grandson Billy McDonald on his sixth birthday. The Lowerys celebrated Judy Ann’s third birthday. Relatives from Columbus, New Straitsville, Barberton, and Chauncey joined gatherings across Murray City, plus travel and weekend visits among the Moore family and friends.
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Murray City
Ed McDonald
Billy McDonald
Nelsonville
William McDonald
Hazel
Betty
Eddie McDonald
Jerry
Homer Ross
Charles Lowery
Judy Ann
Zenith Snyder
Emmett Snyder
Don
Near New Straitsville
Glen Hise
Barberton
Ohio
Chastine Lowery
Columbus
Allen Lowery
Frank Neel
Cecil
Lowery
Wanda Evans
Adrian Haskins
Sylvester Hammond
Chauncey
Howard Craft
Harold Pot
J. L. Morgan
Joe Bajus
Joe Boras
Poston Poston Ladies Club Picnic and Reunion Details
The Ladies Club of Poston held a July 30 picnic at Athens Fairgrounds with basket dinners served to Virginia Mitchell Irene Misner Evelyn Smathers and others. August 1 reunions at W H South’s home in Pomeroy featured a basket dinner and numerous relatives and friends from Athens Columbus Anderson Ind Cleveland McArthur and Dayton. Activities included horseshoe games bicycle riding and photo sessions.
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Poston
Ladies Club of
Athens Fairgrounds
Virginia Mitchel
Irene Misner
Evelyn Smathers
Clarice Shields
Mary Bradley
Effie Conkey
Mable Hunter
Ethel McDaniel
Ethel Mae South
Susan South
Chauncey-Dover High School
Pomeroy
Harry North
Columbus
Carl Hooper
Rachel South
Frances South
Anderson, Ind
Edith Canter
Ralph
Herb Earns
Glouster
James Blackford
Charles
Norval South
Athens
Alonzo Hoisington
Cleveland
Foster Jordan
Rowland Wewman
McArthur
Scott Wyeth
Harold Wyeth
Pleasantville
Kenneth South
Dayton
W. H. South
Clifford
Delmar South
Lydia Robinson
Russel Adams
Nelsonville
Birth of Daughter Sherry Lee Triplet at Chesterhill
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lee Triplet announce the birth of a daughter named Sherry Lee on August 1. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry Triplet of Chesterhill and Mr. and Mrs. Rose Armstrong of Sharpsburg. Great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Armstrong and Mrs. Ida Belle Rainer.
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Chesterhill
Bernard Lee Triplet
Mary E. Armstrong
Sherry Lee
Harry Triplet
Rose Armstrong
Sharpsburg
J. W.armstrong
Ida Belle Rainer
Martin Blocks Housing Bill as Douglas Passes Discharge Push
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports Speaker Joe Martin blocks the Taft Ellender Wagner housing act via rules maneuver. Helen Gahagan Douglas pursues a discharge petition, with 163 names, needing 190 to force a floor vote. Republican leaders aim to keep it stalled.
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Washington
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California
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Navy
United States
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Chapman
Chandler
Secretary of the Navy
Chagman
Alaska
Leonard Hall
New York
House Secretaries Association
Thoroughbred Horse Racing Association
U. S. Senate
U. S
Local social notes from Haydenville and area
Mr and Mrs C S Matheny returned from a two week vacation in Canada. Families including the Angles Lehman Goss and Ohlinger visited and attended services or hosted gatherings. WSCS met with seven members. August meeting set at Homer Carters. Teen Agers 4 H Club plans to attend county picnic August 20 at Logan.
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Haydenville
C. S. Matheny
Canada
Harvey Angle
Clarence Angle
Arch Ralston
Logan
William Lehman
Amanda
Francis Lehman
Albert Goss
Bainbridge
Raymond Goss
Columbus
Henry Ohlinger
WSCS
Roy Crothers
Homer Carter
Shirley Horn
Paul Angle
Max Russell
Redtown
Local readers and visiting families gather in small town notes
Mr and Mrs Allen Hewitt of Columbus spent a weekend with Mrs Hewitts mother Mrs Roma Black. Teddy and Madonna Saunders, visiting in Cleveland this summer, have returned home. Charles David Ward has a foot infection under a physician care. Mr and Mrs Louis Fife spent a Sunday with Mrs Fife's parents. Mr and Mrs Homer Abbott joined Mrs Wesley Ward.
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Allen Hewitt
Columbus
Dewey Bricker plan for vice presidency at GOP convention
Judge Edgar Ervin reports the Republican National Convention opened on June 25 with talks of nominating a vice president. Bricker declined. Hoover urged California Governor Warren for the ticket. Dewey preferred a three-man manager group and praised Hoover’s address as the standout speech. The diary notes a New York trip and a Jersey Joe Walcott boxing plans that night.
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Taft
Dewey
Stassen
Connecticut
Massachusetts
California
Mark Hanna
Walter Brown
Warren
Hoover
Republican Party
New York
Jersey
Joe” Walcott
Joe Louis
Local visits and family gatherings across multiple towns
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clark hosted in Portland while others from Columbus Delaware Chester Springfield and Yellow Springs joined relatives and friends in a series of visits. Marilyn Martha Janet Orr stayed with relatives in Columbus as Glen Ash and family visited Parkersburg and Pomeroy neighbors. A Bentz birthday party honored Shirley Bentz.
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Guy Lee
Jean
Darwin
Charles Bent
Garry
Delaware
Billy Orr
Robert Carnihan
Chester
J. McKay
Harley Casman
Addison
Raymond Kelsey
Springfield
Orval Kelsey
Bobby
Yellow Springs
Glen Tuttle
Duane
Arthur Morarity
Paul Orr
Edna Dean
Jake Rose
Belpre
Dara Rose
Michel Bentz
Shirley
Arthur Orr
Marilyn
Martha
Janet
Thead Morrah
Clint Orr
Pomeroy
Tornado Triggers Explosive Building Damage Cited
Britannica notes a tornado damages a building by creating a internal pressure drop. The sudden external surge of air forces the structure to rupture as the air inside vents outward violently.
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Encylopedia Britannica
Rice and Old Shoes and the Art of Marriage
Essay notes that lasting marriage depends on real love and likeness. It argues education and tradition help but are not enough, citing Gone with the Wind and King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile as examples of shared taste and unity. Happy couples stay in harmony, while unhappy unions stretch forever.
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Ashley
Edward I of
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Eleanor of Castile
Lincolnshire
London
Dragnet closes in on Miriam Sterling’s killer
Talent pursues the murder case of Miriam Sterling with a single lead. An ecounter man recalls a cigar smoker with a scar. Marcus Sterling confronts a tense morning at Harbor Trust as a mysterious investigator uses Overleigh’s desk to study a fat envelope and a knot tied roll of newspapers.
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Harbor Trust
Sterling
Miss Wilson
Overleigh
Mr. Sterling
Harbor Trust Company
Financial District
Isabel Wilson
Bob Davis
Patchers 4 H Club Meeting Led by Ruth Marie Sarvis
Shawnee Patchers 4 H Club held a meeting led by president Ruth Marie Sarvis with secretary Alice Brunton presenting her report. Members enjoyed games and prize winners Rose Marie Sarvis and Mary Lou Slatzer. Lunch was provided by Florence Johnson and Betty Breckinridge.
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Shawnee
Patchers 4-H Club
Ruth Marie Sarvis
Alice Brunton
Rose Marie Sarvis
Mary Lou Slatzer
Florence Johnson
Betty Breckinridge
Patty O'Hare
Madonna O'Hare
Shirley McEachen
Janice McEachen
Honor Fielder
Carol Hughes
Shirley Morgan
Glenna Mae Cox
Virginia Kopis
Nancy Blamer
Nancy Colvin
Melani Craig
Erlene Johnston
Avanell Slatzer
Rita Kopis
Tom Butterfield
Sons of
Vienna
W.va
Charles Purdum
Bill Peterson
Elyria
Fred Peterson
Margaret Hop
Radio Schedule Dense Overnight Airwave Listings
A comprehensive listing of daily radio programming across multiple networks. Entries span 6:00 to midnight with news, sports, music, dramas, and variety shows featuring ABC CBS MBS and more. Notable names include Lowell Thomas Fulton Lewis Jr. Gordon, welcomes, and multiple regional stations.
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Ebs
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Muasie Fer Tonteht
Abe Rob Crosby
Abe Henry J
Jane Ace
Albert
Billy Rose
lUniversity Theater
Husband
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Mbs
Paige
Colonel
Siansie Maxie
Abe Phil Baker
R Bill Stern
Abe Dick Jurgens
Tex Beneke
Abc West
Theater of Today
Congress
Hollywood
American Farmer
Grand Central Drama
Cbe
Abe Alan Lomax
Ed Tomlinson
Abc
Vincent Lopez
the Country Journal
the Hitching Post
Piano Playhouse
van Damme
San Francisco
U.S.A
Colorado
Musicana of
Chicago
Charlie Slocum
Nbe Treasury
Doc I. Q., Jr
Dave Stevens
Cbs Melodies
Mbs-East
Abo
Art of Living
Profits of
Harry Wismer
Jack Beall
St. Louis
Hawaii
Abe Vic Damons
Famous
H. Carmichael
Gene. Olsen
Ross Dolan
Abe Amazing Malone
Abe Stomp Me
Sinatra
Abe M. Amsterdam
Radio City Playhouse
Cbs Musical
Chicago Theater
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Frank Merriwell
Red Barber
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Archie Andrews
Mary Lee Taylor
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