Local newspaper billing and subscription rates notice
The notice outlines association memberships and republication rights through The Associated Press. It lists varied subscription rates by carrier and mail for Ohio and overseas, and states outside Ohio subscriptions require acceptance by The Messenger. Advertising rates are available at offices in multiple cities.
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American Bewepaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
Monte
Wren
Wik
Joan W. Gullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
All because no overall war program exists
Washington faces a lack of an overarching plan for both the war front and the home front. The piece argues that war plants lack stability as workers quit and families face uncertainty, harming production and the broader war effort. It notes shortages of workers, shifting military and civilian roles, and unclear support for those in essential jobs.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Auxiliary Corps
Federal War Effort Drives Plant Reorganizations
Deadwood and Ohio ordnance depots will trim excess staff and shift operations to private enterprise to boost efficiency. Officials say wartime payroll overhauls will reduce soft berths created amid rapid mobilization, while keeping wages similar. The move aims to increase private sector involvement in war production and heighten public commitment to the war effort.
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Ohio Ordnance
Uncle Sam
Athens Postwar Projects Preview Streets and Utilities Plan
The Athens service department outlines postwar needs to widen streets extend water and sewer lines install soft water systems remodel City Hall and improve municipal services. Officials note prewar lag and warn against dependency and high taxes, citing wartime work as a preview of postwar improvements.
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Athens
WPA
Perennial Anecdote of American Artillery Revisited
From Tunisia in 1943 the tale claims Nazi POWs asked to see the 34th division’s automatic artillery after hearing of 8500 rounds in 80 minutes. A parallel 1917 18 story from France mentions the 26th division’s T5 millimeter machine guns. Either way, being on the receiving end of American artillery is dire.
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Tunisia
France
Signs of Prolonged War Emergence From Global Authorities
Washington sources warn a prolonged conflict as German army control grows and air power alone cannot end the war. Elmer Davis notes Germany's field strength and the need for decisive ground battles, while Russia seeks a broad second front and Allied fronts in southern Europe, with six months to a year before major Balkan actions.
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Washington
United States
Madrid
Germany
Hitler
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Europe
Davis
Russia
Sicily
North
Africa
United Nations
United Nations High Command
Italy
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Crete
Greece
Balkans
France
Belgium
Moscow
America
Britain
Liberation Challenges and Allied Public Messaging
George Augustus Sala argues that Allied policy errors in Italy's collapse reveal the need for prepa rations for self government in liberated territories. He warns against using generals for political sound bites and urges clear French involvement in postwar decisions as Italy capitulates and France moves toward self governance.
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London
Italy
Mussolini
Owl
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Owi
Badoglio
Mediterranean
Washington
France
Corsica
Rhone
Lyon
de Gaulle
Committee of Liberation
Giraud
Committee of National Liberation
Athens Rotary hears L S Nichols on flooring firm insights
L S Nichols of Athens Flooring Company spoke at the Athens Rotary Club. Other notes include Mrs. Elizabeth Henry’s 87th birthday, a copperhead killed by Dr. D Scott Allen, and local historic items from twenty years ago. The column mentions road washout on Athens State Hospital Road and various local residents with brief activities.
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L. S. Nichols
The
Athens Flooring Company
Athens Rotary Club
Moscow Fire Raids and Defenses Amid War Weather
A Moscow neighborhood watches a burned house as quiet streets form around the raid. Premier Stalin reportedly sheltered in the Kremlin while German bombers and anti air defenses fill the night sky. The city endures, fires burn, and residents seek refuge as leaders and pilots are recounted in a vivid eyewitness account.
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Ostrovsky Pereoulok
Pavel
Foreign Commissariat
Arbat Street
Molotov
Moscow
Stalin
Kremlin
Mokhavaya Street
United States
London
Palace of Soviets
Nemchinovka Dacha
Moshaisk Highway
Ivan Yeaton
Johnny Alison
John D. Alison
Daytona Beach
Florida
America
England
Russia
China
Johnny
France
Dunkerque
Bolshoi Theater
Moscow University
Central Committee
Communist Party
Mokhovaya and
Gorky Streets
National Hotel
Vassily Pronin
Moscow City
Social notes from Coolville and Troy communities
Local social column lists visitors and homecomings including Julia Walden Barbara Chapman Mary Hayes Doris Brafford Willard Brandeberry and Staff Sergeant Russell Shanks returning from Panama to visit family. The piece also mentions brief travels of Miss Susan Hornsby and multiple weekend guests at various homes. Nicaragua exported 2 500 000 pounds of raw rubber to the U S in 1942 43 to aid the rubber shortage.
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Miss Keller
Lucy Chevalier
Guysvill
Nicaragua
U. S
War Today Debate Echoes Across Lines of Sympathy
Dewitt Mackenzie defends harsh view of Japan amid wartime atrocity reports. He cites AP dispatches on bayonet killings of U S wounded by Japanese soldiers and parallels to Hong Kong horrors, arguing deep rooted savage instincts persist beyond any veneer of civilization. He concedes possible citizen reform over generations.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
West Coast
J. Norman Lodge
Associated Press
United States
New Georgia Island
Pacific
Nicholas T. Kliebert
Japan
Hongkong
Nanking
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Hirohito
Stamp Honors Netherlands as Nazi fallen nation
Q and A form cites a five cent stamp depicting the Netherlands flag. About 65,000 enemy prisoners are believed interned here, over half German. Bob Hope was born in England. Fathers eligible for draft are men aged 18 to 37 on or after October 17. Two hard woods are ironwood and lignum vitae. Kolombangara in the Solomons near Kula Gulf is noted for a recent epic naval battle and U S Navy victory.
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Solomons
Kolombangara
Kula Gulf
U. S S. Navy
Cheshire Social and Personal Highlights
Cheshire column lists residents and visitors including Miss Betty Swisher Dayton with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Swisher, and guests from Columbus Gallipolis Akron and Des Moines. It notes M rs J ohnny Russell and son from Columbus visiting, and Marvin Thomas weekend in Toledo for daughter Judy’s recovery from injuries after a car accident.
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Cheshire
Betty Swisher
Dayton
P. O. Swisher
Fred Ward
Columbus
Clara Ward
Anna VanGilder
Granville
Cora VanGilder
Cora Webb
Pomeroy
Lottie Roush
Ida Rife
Arron Davis
Gallipolis
F. W. Butcher
Cora Rowley
Des Moines
Iowa
Georgia Peters
Akron
Clarence Peters
E. O. Yeanger
Lottie Blazer
Bulaville
Albert Sherrik
Lancaster
Raymond Thomas
Floyd Thomas
J. H. Starcher
Ethel Rife
Audrey Thaxton
FE. O. Yeanger
Johnny Russell
Marvin ‘Thomas
Toledo
Judy
Poets Corner Verse from Messenger Readers
A reader signed PFC Floyd Clark from Camp Hood Texas writes a wartime verse. He reflects on soldiers longing for home yet committing to duty and vows to fight hard so the war ends quickly.
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Floyd Clark
Camp Hood
Texas
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National Dispatch
Clapper
George Augustus Sala
Elizabeth Henry
O. G. Tinker
Lancaster St. Athens
D. Scott Allen
Viola Burleigh
Otsego
Mich
H. B. Francis
Annette Higgins) Steubenville
J. M. Higgins
Paul Fisher
Otis Parker
L. A. Koons
T. B. Roush
Athens State Hospital
White’s Mill
By Henry Co. Cassidy
Rea Square
Gorky Street
Arbat
Coolville
Troy
Walters
Owen
X. Y
Myrtle Runion
Howard Parters
Runion
Huntington
R. S. Henderson
Matte Erderson
Portland
Pickens
Reedsville
Henderson
I. W. Bumn
Dougherty
Roberta Humphrey
Ohio University
Herbert Hayes
Mabel Drak Loveland
Netherlands
Dian
Bob Hope Horn
By Galbraith
Rae
Tony
Poet's Corner
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