The Messenger Newspaper Masthead and Rates Notice
The Athens Messenger announces publisher details, Associated Press rights, and subscription rates. It lists editors Gordon K. Bush Charles H. Harris and rate plans for carrier, mail, overseas service, and notes paper distribution terms and post office filing.
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Prederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Messenger
Civilian Access to Army Stockpiles Limited
Civilians should view Army releases of stockpiled goods as small, often from contingency reserves, and not increasing overall civilian share. releases are delayed until the military is ready, with textiles released more than other items. Washington publicizes such actions heavily, as in WPB notices about Phillips Export Co. releasing 500,000 radio tubes to the domestic market.
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Germany
Washington
WPB
Phillips Export Co
Is Debt Harmless or a Threat to the Nation
A public debt advocate argues that internal debt cannot bankrupt a nation yet critics warn growing debt, inflation, and taxes erode earnings. The piece notes a failing managed economy amid shortages, strikes, and rising prices, urging government economizing.
New American eating habits emerge after the war
War workers with high earnings buy top foods while farmers expand markets and gardeners grow more. After wartime breadlines, Americans will eat better with luxury foods becoming standard, prices steady as excess consumption fades and food is allocated for overseas needs under public guidance.
War front realities voiced in wartime poem
A David Lawrence column reflects on the gap between optimistic battlefield headlines and the grim home front reality. It notes brutal casualties in Bougainville and the Gilbert Islands, rising sacrifices, and calls for Americans to grasp the true cost of war, illustrated by a Chestnut Street Association poem from a serviceman overseas.
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Washington
America
Germany
Bougainville
Gilbert Islands
Chestnut Street Association
Philadelphia
Congress Faces War Time Economic Questions In Washington
In Washington Congress debates wartime economic management confronting food subsidies taxes and lobbying. Leaders Doughton George and Steagall align with Republicans challenging administration plans amid calls to modernize committee machinery and curb privileged interests from railroads to labor and farming groups.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
George
Senate Finance Committee
Steagall
House Banking Committee
Administration
Dirksen
Ilinois
Dutch hatred and bombings stir Swiss observer views
A Schweizer Spiegel article by a Swiss returning from Holland reports Dutch crowds cheering Allied bombings and the capture of British airmen. The piece notes widespread support for bombing and fascination at destroyed German offices as crowds gather to view the scenes.
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Holland
Britain
Netherlands
Old Gentlemen Seek Rest Area Near Courthouse in Athens
A letter to the editor from Athens dated November 27 describes elderly men aged 84 to 92 wandering the courthouse area with no seating. The writer requests a designated rest space for older residents, noting a restroom for visitors exists but their group lacks similar comfort.
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the Messenger
Athens
Orchids Sent for Living Editor Mrs Parker Sniffen
In Nelsonville Ohio Mrs Mary Curtis notes flowers are sent to Mrs Parker Sniffen as a last package arrived for soldier boys. She kept late hours to address envelopes and raise funds and earns high praise from soldiers for her work with the club.
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Parker Sniffen
Athens youth stage Aunt Druscilla's Garden operetta
Pupils in Chauncey for grades six to eight rehearse Aunt Druscilla's Garden under Mrs Christine Brown. Ohio University marks its eleventh Dad's Day with a Thanksgiving convocation. Delphian and Ionian societies at Athens plan pre-Christmas events. Notables include Mildred Bartlett Kathryn Smith and Mary Fulton with local lodge officers named.
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Chauncey
Druscilla
Christine Brown
Athens High School
Mary Stalder
Violet Collins
Thelma Bingman
Frances Morton
Dwight Herron
John Edwards
Mary Shafer
John Siigley
Iris Fierce
Delphian Literary Society
Ackley
Miss Skidmore
Ionian Society
Should Allies demand immediate unconditional surrender of Germany
The author argues against a rush to peace with Nazi Germany, fearing a future conflagration. He cites the need for German defeat to reform Prussian militarism and notes the Reich’s harsher war impact on civilians. The piece emphasizes lasting humility and a complete regime change.
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Germany
Allies
Axis
London
Messrs
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Reich
Europe
Hitler
Kaiser Wilhelm
Dorcas Brief Social And Personal Mention
Dorcas notes show Alice Beegle and two children visiting her Ironton parents. Several families gather for Thanksgiving dinners and showers at Racine and with Beegle relatives. Pfc Carl C Beegle returns from Tennessee base for weekend with Beegle family. Ed Beaver resumes work in Zanesville after weeks at home with Mrs. Beaver.
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Dorcas
Alice Beegle
Ironton
Carl Theiss
Herman Theiss
Charles Hoback
Rena Karr
Guy Beegle
Leonard Carnahan
Albert Wolfe
Mayme Hartenbauch
Racine
Emma
Lizzie Bostick
Nellie Johnson
Howard
Navy
Clifford Beegle
Harry Beegle
Charles Beegle
Pfc
Carl C. Beegle
Tenn
William Beegle
Wm. Blake
Ed Beaver
Zanesville
Jha Doctors Daughters By Faith Baldwin Chapter XXVIII
Emily and Jim face personal turmoil as Emily debates leaving Cranberry for Boston while Jim plans action against Edgar housing pressures. Nancy stirs jealousy as winter tightens, and a kiss amid happiness foreshadows a tense triangle. They move toward a medical crisis at the Hanson home.
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Boston
Nancy
Edgar Mills
Medical Society
Sellon
Board of Health
Jameson
Edgar
Carter
Edgars
Frank
Emily
Jim
Bishopville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Family Events
Bishopville residents share visits and health news. Charlene Stump recovers from quinsy. T L Updyke suffered a light stroke. Mrs Lucy Pedicord hosts visitors. J W Moody improves after a heart attack. Mr and Mrs William Hoon celebrate 85th birthday with family and friends including Marilyn Hoon. O W Richardson spends time with E L Pedicord family. distant relatives from Columbus and Glouster visit. Sgt Dean Watkins reports from Sicily with Fifth Army. weather described as delightful.
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Bishopville
Charlene Stump
Albert Norris
Elmer Shaver
Edna Shaner
Joseph Spain
Christopher
Elyria
Ann Grubb
Muriel Pedicord
Lucy Pedicord
T. L. Updyke
N.E
Lucy Kirkbride
Kenneth Kieth
Shanna
Canton
Kirkbride
Here
Ada Price
Harry Colley
Glouster
Mary Moody
Springfield
Price
J. W. Moody
Miles Hoon
Maralyn
New Marshfield
Cpl
O. W. Richardson
J. W. Watkins
Ann’ Price
Ruth Watkins
David Watkins
Alice Dust
Susan Jane
Thanksgiving visits and health updates in Zaleski area
Zaleski residents and relatives gathered for Thanksgiving as Clara Potts plans hospital observation and possible operation in Columbus. Several births, military furloughs, and family details surround a day of family visits, illness, and travel including James Barnhouse’s daughter Patricia Anne and truncations of service members returning to Camp Crowder and the South Pacific.
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Zaleski
Clara Potts
Mr. W. Brush
David Wlace
Nelsonville Visi
Potts
Columbus
James Barnhouse
Donald Hoski
Camp der
Athens
Hoskinson
C Crowder
Hkinson
C. E. Vansky
Emma Vansky
FE. A. Dudu
Mala
Jenee
South Pacific
Nora Egleberry
Crookville
John Chaffin
Dayton
Barbara Chaffin
Dayt
al Chaffin
Besid
Chaffi
Charl Rhodes
Joh Hayman
Crooksville
Harley
Raymond
Lester Good
Tuesda
Clarence Hayman
California
Huband
The
Seabees
Bethany News Briefs Chronicle Local Moves
Miss Lois Petty travels from Athens on Sunday. Nellie Petty Barnes returns to Athens after a visit. The Wyres Cemetery area is noted. Anna Meek was in Parkersburg last week. Mrs. A A Place plans to live with Rowena Place Aike for the winter. Leonard McGill family moved to Jarvis Flat, Green Valley.
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Bethany
Lois Petty
Athens
Nellie Petty Barnes
Floyd Burke's
Wyres Cemetery
Anna Meek
Parkersburg
A. A. Place
Rowena Place Aike
Leonard McGill
Jarvis Flat Green Valley
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