The Messenger Publishing Co. announces rates and staff
The Messenger Publishing Co. lists operating dates 1896 to 1929 with daily workday editions except Saturday. It names editors Harris Manning and Cheries HH, cites staff affiliates, and provides subscription rates by region and duration. Also notes Associated Press membership and circulation audit details.
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The Atomic Bomb Debate and War Prospects
The piece weighs elation over the atomic bomb against its sobering potential. It questions whether future breakthroughs will match today’s fears, critiques wartime spending, and argues that lasting peace requires effective means beyond pacifism or isolationism, including a visible military buildup.
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America
Utopia
Time to Act on Wartime Manpower and Rail Shortages
The piece argues that war industries face coal and railroad manpower gaps despite Germany's defeat and Japan's retreat. It criticizes the Army point system for constraining skilled workers, notes potential four day weeks and cold homes next winter, and questions prioritization between bituminous and anthracite coal use.
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Germany
Japan
Navy
Unified Allied Command Structure for Pacific War Clarified
A Washington dispatch explains that no single supreme commander will oversee all forces in the Pacific. The Navy under Admiral Nimitz, the strategic air forces under General Spaatz, and the ground forces under General MacArthur will operate with defined duties, mirroring Europe’s multi command setup.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Strategic Air Forces
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Europe
RAF
United States
Great Britain
United States Navy
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Italy
Alexander
Moscow
France
Normandy
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Admiral Nimitz
Marine Corps
Spaatz
Naval
MacArthur
Okinewe
Philippines
States
War Reconversion, Mead Report Criticized by Edson Column
Peter Edson critiques Sen. Mead’s War Investigating Committee report as slow on reconversion and critical of War Mobilization, noting burden on Snyder and previous officials. He argues wartime production, manpower, and surplus handling must align with ongoing military needs postwar.
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Snyder
Sen
James M. Mead
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
the Treasury
Senate
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Allie
Ardhe Mead
U. S
Europe
Japan
Navy
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Snyders
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Authority urged to act as military demand strains civilian economy
The excerpt argues that the Army faced manpower and equipment shortages, prompting national prioritization of war needs. This shift pushed the civilian economy to the ragged edge of malnutrition and calls for urgent action by someone in authority to alleviate the strain.
Fishing Fleet Is Saving Many Fliers in Pacific Area
A combined Army Navy air and sea rescue network operates around Iwo Jima to reach ditched airmen. Lt Cmdr James Parker says morale among pilots is up 100 percent in the last two months due to timely rescues. The system uses B 17s with lifeboats and B 24s with PB4Y planes, supported by surface vessels and radio links to ensure rapid pick ups.
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Jima
Pacific
Japan
Iwo
Cmdr
James Parker
Wenham, Mass
Élsa
Army
Navy
Lequal
Jina Flying Beasts
Mavy
Foreign-Made Pottery May Bring Grief to U.S. Again
East Liverpool reports a backlog of two years of unfilled orders and power shortages as the U S pottery industry fears a postwar surge of foreign competition. Industry leaders warn about renewed imports from Japan France Great Britain Italy and Czechoslovakia and the impact on U S makers while defending protective tariffs and the Made in America movement.
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East Liverpool
U. S
America
Japan
U.S. Wa
Japan Pottery Net
USA
France
Great Britain
Czechoslovakia
Atomic bomb sparks debate on world peace and UN plan
London reports 14 nations convene to form an interim commission for a new international security body. Commentary weighs hopeful peace by dissuading war against fears of global destruction and notes Truman calls for guarding the bomb’s secret while pursuing world policing.
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London
United Nations
International Security Organization
Edward Stettinis
Orckenzie
Security Organization
United States
Hitler
Truman
Through Japanese Eyes God-Emperor and Divine Lineage
A historical analysis portrays the Japanese emperor as a godlike figure rooted in Shinto belief, tracing lineage to the Sun Goddess and describing the imperial throne as divine and absolute. It notes succession flexibility, the Imperial House Law, and how Shinto shaped views of sovereignty and loyalty.
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Japan
Mott
Centurie
Hirohito
Toyoklei Tyenaga
Johns Hopkins Univesity Studies
Kitabatake Chika
Fusa
Heaven
Ninigo
Jimmu
Kiichiro Hiranuma
George Etsujiro Uyehara
House of Representatives
London
Stinking Jap Hospital Ship Brought to Port
An American prize crew brought a Japanese hospital ship into an Allied port. Red Cross marks and crowded holds showed weapons and war matériel aboard. A small inspection party found contraband in violation of international law, three days after General MacArthur announced the seizure.
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Pacific
General MacArthur
Manila
Crosley Forms Motors Inc To Build New Small Car
Cincinnati based inventor Pa wel Cros ley Jr organizes Crosley Motors Inc to design and market a compact automobile. He previously exited the radio and appliance business selling his holdings including WLW station to the Aviation Corp of America amid a move into navy radio and radar gear.
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Cincinnati
Pawel Crosley, Jr
Crosley Motors, Inc
Crosley
Aviation Corp. of America
WLW
Reds Offer Americans Choice of Socialism
The Communist Party of the United States states its major objective as establishing socialism by the free choice of the American people. The party's constitution, adopted last month and published now in The Daily Worker, outlines this aim.
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New York
Communist Party of the
United States
The
Daily Worker
Ohio War Plants Make Parts for Atom Bomb
Westinghouse Electric says thousands of workers in Lima and Mansfield Ohio have produced apparatus and standard electric equipment for the atomic bomb since January 1 1943. The firm commends the employees for guarding the secret over more than 50 years.
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Ohio War Plants
Atom
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Lima
Mansfield
Two Men Drown in Creek Near Mackburg
Marietta report of a car plunging into the west fork of Duck Creek near Mackburg results in the deaths of Harley Travis age 22 and Floyd Goodwill age 17, both residents of Elba Washington County. Sheriff Lindawood stated the men were likely trapped in the vehicle and drowned, with cause undetermined.
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Marietta
Harley Travis
Floyd E. Goodwill
Elba
Washington County
Duck Creek
Macksburg
Lindawood
Jap Colonel Captured on Morotai Island
Morotai Island, Dutch East Indies. A 93rd Division patrol on a bring him back alive mission returns from the Morotai brush with Japanese Colonel Ouchi, commander of the remaining forces on the island. Maj. Gen. Harry H. Johnson ordered five prisoners. After five days the weary unit arrives at camp with the colonel.
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Morotai Island
Dutch East Indies
Morotai Bush
Southwest Pacific
Harry H. Johnson
Ouchi
Morotai
Goodbye to Summer in Poet’s Corner Verses
Messenger readers share verses praising nature and the season in a rural Ohio column. Annie McIntyre Barteo from Nelsonville notes whip-poor-will calls and katydids serenading as summer ends. Frank E. Coe from Reynoldsburg adds memories of bells and toil under the sun.
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Annie McIntyre Bartoe
Nelsonville
Frank E
Coe Reynoldsburs
Ohio
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