Newspaper Company Notices and Subscription Rates
The Athens Messenger page lists publishers and editors with association memberships. Subscription prices include $4.50 yearly in local counties and varied shorter terms, with carrier weekly rates at 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Ww G CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles B. Harria
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Thens
Gallia
Hocking
Miign M “A Vinton
Washington
Willkie Speech Signals Turning Point in 1940 Campaign
The piece argues the 1940 race will decide if the U S leans into New Deal confusion or unites under an American Party to defend democracy. It warns of Nazi threats, calls for strong defense, and frames Willkie as proposer of revival and unity against global fascism.
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Wendell Willkie
United States of America
New Deal Party
Republican Party
New Deal
National-Socialist Party of Germany
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
France
Great Britain
Germany
Willkie
Roosevelt
Washington
Britain
National Socialist Party
Americas
World
England
Hitler
Europe
America
Debating 50 Destroyers for Britain and US Navy Policy
In his Daily Comment Hugh Johnson denounces Senators Josh Lee and Claude Pepper for pushing a plan to sell 50 destroyers to Britain. He argues the move harms US defense, questions the ships' usefulness, and warns it risks entanglement while urging a focus on legitimate trade rather than yielding strategic leverage to Britain.
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New York
Britain
Josh Lee
Claude Pepper
Pepper
Doc Townsend
Josh
Great Britain
Ewlft
Alabama
Admiral Stark
Stark
Mebbese
Harry Woodring
Harry
Stimson
America
Atlantic
The Big Woods Conservation Effort and Its Legacy
A summary of historic forest loss turning into a conservation movement. The author notes that early planners warned against waste, and now about 200 million acres of national forest land are being managed with 176 million acres already under control. The piece credits conservationists for foresight despite initial labeling as fanatics.
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America
Our Everyday Superstitions of Card Players
Dr. B A Cartwright of Oklahoma surveys card player beliefs and rituals. They include carrying a dead bone for luck, sitting on a handkerchief, turning the chair, and other quirky acts said to influence fortune at the table.
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B. A. Cartwright
University of Oklahoma
Public Forum requests unsigned long letters draft
The notice invites community letters to discuss current events with signatures shown. Writers must sign each contribution and keep letters concise to allow multiple items daily.
Against Conscription Opinion Letter from Joe French
The Messenger prints a citizen letter opposing compulsory military training. Joe French argues conscription resembles dictatorial government and urges alternatives like the CCC WPA and a wage-based army. He recalls 1776 and urges public reflection before accepting this method for defense.
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Congress
United States
U. S
CCC
WPA
Prophecy Signals Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Leonard Tucker cites reports that about 6000 Jehovah’s Witnesses were imprisoned in Nazi Germany with many executed. He argues Rome rises as the fourth beast in Daniel and Revelation to subdue the earth, urging readers to study key prophecies and the meaning of worship.
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the Messenger
Jehovah's Witnesses
Nazi
Germany
International Christians Society
Rome
Daniel
Leonard Tucker Athens
Portland Girl Is Honored by Friends
Portland youths gathered Thursday to celebrate Virginia Koelsch turning twenty with refreshments and gifts. The report notes relatives and local connections, including William C. Middleswart in Montana CCC service, and mentions visits by Doris White Sally and Al Griffiths and Dr Earl T Scott health updates and Cincinnati hospital transfer.
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Portland
Virginia Koelsch
William C. Middleswart
O. C. Middleswart
Camp Cavern
Ccc
Whitehall
Mont
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Earl T. Scott
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnati
Scott
Gerald Ours
Kirk Mathers
Ravenswood
W. Va
Doris White
Parkersburg
Sally
al Jr. Griffiths
Marietta
Herman Koelsch
Virginia
Rufus Talbott
Steubenville
Ohio
W. M. Talbott
Murder in Incognito and the House of Secrets
Lieutenant O Leary and Sergeant Carroll investigate a Sayler murder at a house party. Intruder Riggs is seized, Barbour is suspected of embezzlement, and a parole link to Riggs ties the case to Sayler. Barbour’s rapid arrival prompts further clues as the plot thickens.
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Martin Sayler
Dale Appleby
Sayler
Rhoda Waters
Appleby
Hazel Leighton
Winslow Mardell
George Barbour
O'Leary
O’leary
Sergeant Carroll
Riggs
Carroll
Barbour
Higsy
Rafferty
Gomez
Johnny
Sayler & Barbour
State Bar Association
Grass Run-Side Hill Social and Personal
Grass Run side hill social and personal notes list Mrs Mary Amos and eight 4 H Club girls at Buckeye Lake. Several local residents visit, guests at various homes in Friendship Huntington Flatwoods Camp Ohio Meigs County and Letart. Names include Johnson Will Nicholson Stansbury Wood Taylor Plummer Roush and Lewis among others.
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Mary Amos
Buckeye Lake
Harry Johnson
Friendship
N. Y
Lena Saxton
Orville Will
Ohio University
Huntington
W. Va
Herman Beards
Pomeroy
William Bachner
G. F. Morris
G. O. Will
Seth F. Nicholson
Norman Will
William Nicholson
Phyllis
Lois
William K. Nicholson
Will's Grove
Flatwoods
Lucille Johnson
Long Bottom
Clifford Wood
Alta Will
Camp Ohio
Meigs County
Carl McClure
Dale Stansbury
Dyesville
Anna Hutton
Paul Taylor
Rutland
W. H. Taylor
Columbus
Edward Plummer
Near Rutland
A. E. Plummer
Jean
Roy Roush
Maynard Roush
Letart
Frances Lewis
Marion McClure
Long Bottom Obituaries And Community Notes
William Coleman 65 died at home after a stroke. he leaves a widow Lottie and daughter Tressa Swain plus siblings in Long Bottom and nearby towns. Funeral at Christian Church with burial at Send Hill. Ladies Aid met for quilting and by law changes. Riverside Garden Club held a flower show. judges named. Local residents and visitors noted with travel and club activity. 4 H events and judging mentioned.
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Long Bottom
William
Coleman
Lottie Coleman
Tressa Swain
Susan Hinds
Kansas
Amoret Spencer
Flora Smith
Nelsonville
Jennie Smith
James Coleman
East Liverpool
Thomas
Fred
Arthur
John
Frank
MoeMillan
Christian Church
Send Hill
Ladies Aid Society
Linnie Swan
E. L. Miller
Reedsville
Ironton
Eliza Hayman
Methodist Church
J. C. Swan
Riverside Garden Club
Fred Shumway
Capehart
Harry Roush
J. B. Shumaker
Arizona
West
Lewis White
Cincinnati
Mary Matlack
Georgia Dallas
Salisbury
E. L. Clark
Betty Roush
New Yorker Ronald Yocum Visits Ill mother in Columbus
Ronald Yocum of New York City traveled to Columbus by Mene Sunday to see his mother Mrs. Lulu M. Yocum who is ill at Cherrington Hospital. He stayed as a guest at the home of Dr and Mrs. [name unreadable].
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Logan
Ronald Yocum
New York City
Columbus
Lulu M. Yocum
Cherrington Hospital
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