The Athens Messenger Page Four Notices and Rates
Page four of The Athens Messenger lists publisher and editor credits and a block of subscription rates for Ohio and overseas service. It notes association memberships and AP usage rights, with small print on advertising charges and obituary notices. The page also lists representative offices in major cities and publication details.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
THE
Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Onio
Messenger
Athens
Act of the Nations
John W. Cullen Comper
Chicago
New York
Colummbus
Cleveland
Pity the Pre Pearl Harbor Father in Draft Talks
A columnist argues Congress uses draft talks for political gain ahead of 1944 elections. Pre Pearl Harbor fathers face uncertain fates as exemptions and deferments waver, while Selective Service boards carry out screenings under constant directives from headquarters.
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Congress
Selective Service
Selective Service Board
Community center urged to aid Athens youths after school
Athens residents call for a city recreation center to serve youths after school and in evenings. Parents support the idea while older residents assess financing and the lack of a YMCA building. Advocates argue youth energy and changing times demand supervised recreation to keep pace with progress.
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Athens
YMCA
Nothing to Brag About Tax Burden and War Costs
The piece compares U S and Britain wartime finances with about 45 billion dollars in federal revenue and 90 billion in expenditures. It argues taxes are unevenly shouldered among voters, urging a fairer tax distribution to curb inflation and reduce the economic strain.
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United States
Great Britain
Britain
Goodness and Benevolence Endurance Quotation
A short quotation from Mary Baker Eddy emphasizes that goodness and benevolence sustain themselves and others without exhaustion, reflecting a faith-based view of moral vitality.
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Magy Baker Eddy
Air war and ground push set to shape 1944 war aims
David Lawrence reports that reliance on air bombardment alone won t end the war by Christmas. Allied strategy centers on coordinated ground and air operations with a broader multi-front push in 1944, involving Russia Britain and the United States under combined command to strike across Western Europe.
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Washington
Germany
France
Churchill
Europe
Russian
Mediterranean
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Britain
With Clapper in National Capital
In Washington the airplane is described as a 40 year old wonder still shaping war and peace. It notes the plane's dual destructive power and lifesaving role as a flying ambulance. It argues for postwar uses as a policing weapon and a rapid meet tool for nations, citing Cairo Teheran and Moscow conferences as possible only with air travel.
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Washington
Europe
Pacific
Cairo
Moscow
Hull recounts Moscow meeting shaping postwar peace
Secretary Hull describes in Washington the Moscow conference where face to face talks formed new security prospects. He states Soviet leaders debated isolation versus cooperation and that true peace required Russia joining Allies to prevent a third world war.
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Hull
Moscow
Middle East
Russia
Stalin
Quotations on Self-Enrichment and Expenditure
A brief reflective line from Dean Inge stating there is no self enrichment without self expenditure, and no self expenditure without self enrichment. The aphorism links personal gain to personal cost.
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Dean Inge
Funeral Attendees Note Mrs Ella Brewer's Rites
Zaleski notes funeral attendance for Mrs Ella Brewer in Oak Grove Cemetery with relatives from Chesapeake Logan and Amsterdam. Eastern Star officers elected for the coming year include Je nola McKibben and James G McKibben. several names listed as officers and staff. Donald McKibben, USO musician adviser, injured in desert truck crash near Indio California during Army maneuvers.
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Jenola McKibben
W. M
James G. McKibben
W. P
Edna Dearth
A. M
Ernest Stanley
A. P
Donna Stanley
Grace Dearth Assoc
Mary Potter Secy
Gladys Eggleberry
Treas
Fannie Daft
Emma Vansky
Helen McKibben
Myrtle Thomas
Adah
Ella Hayes
Ruth
Marjorie Kennard
Esther
Alice McAfee
Martha
Hattie McAfee
Electa
Iva Hill
Otto Dearth
Sentinel
Rufus Thomas
James McKibben
Donald
Indio
Calif
Army
J. A. Bedinghaus
Margaret Anne
Bedinghaus
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Lester Cooley
Barbara
Albany
Olive West
Athens
W. E. Stanley
Autumn
Dixie
Jackson
McKibbens
Dorothy McKibben
Dale Laser
Melvin McKibben
Portsmouth
Ray McKibben
Dan Allis
Ray Rider
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Rider
Richard Gaston
John Potter
Eastern Star
Hamden
William Goodin
Seaman
George Goodin
Lucy Hayes
Mary Anne Kellerman
Junior Egieberry
Bill
Lena Pennel
Mary Bighouse
Lucile
Charles Bighouse
Invasion Outlook Says Allies Close to Western Front
war analyst Dewitt Mackenzie notes Allied planners hint a major cross channel invasion in the near future. He cites Lt General Lesley McNair on ground force necessity and reports bombing has destroyed most prime German targets, paving the way for an eventual invasion.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Western
Europe
Lesley McNair
Army Ground Forces
San Francisco
Germany
Washington
London
France
Hitler
Athens County opens five nursery training schools for CWA children
Announcement notes the opening of five nursery training schools for children of Civil Works Administration workers in Athens County. Mrs. W. H. Smith chairs the mothers aiding the Athens High School football banquet where Russ Dean and his orchestra provide music. Col and Mrs Lindbergh plan to fly home via Brazil for Christmas to visit their son Jon. Arthur Sayre of Cleveland and Marguerite Taffel Spring of Gates Mills announce marriage. Sayre formerly lived in Athens, son of the late Judge and Mrs E S Sayre.
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CWA
Athens County
W. H. Smith
Athens
Russ Dean
Col
Mrs
Charles A. Lindbergh
Brazil
Jon
Arthur Sayre
Cleveland
Marguerite Taffel Spring
Gates Mill
Sayre
E. S. Sayre
Athens High football banquet honors standouts and staff
The program lists F. E. Harshman principal Supt Co E Staley George Whipple Serena Shafer and Coach Rockhill as speakers. Ted Cowan Fred Weber Messenger carrier completing eight years. Otto Weber finishing nine years. County Agent R M Pavey spoke on rising soybean production in Athens County.
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Athens
F. E. Harshman
Supt. Co
E. Staley
George Whipple
Board of Education
Serena Shafer
Rockhill
Ted Cowan
Fred Weber
Messenger
The
Ohio University
Otto Weber
Broadwell Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Broadwell society notes report Mr and Mrs Arch Sprouse visiting Mr and Mrs Sam Munn of Athens on Tuesday. Miss Mary Frances Parsons weekending with Miss Geraldine Parsons of Marietta. Mrs Clifford Wood of Gallipolis visited sister Mrs John Young.
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Delma Lou
Lawrence White
Albany
Joe Young
Harry Vandyke
Laura James
Parkersburg
Will Young
George Smith
Mr. Young
Lizzie Christy
Athens
Che Haunted Man or Che Ghost bargain at lodging house
Redlaw and the Chemist arrive at a ruinous lodging area where a cold, frightened boy seeks shelter. Inside a desolate stair, Redlaw meets a wounded young woman and a living memory of wrongs, while old Philip recognizes him and expresses a plea for aid as the tale continues.
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Redlaw
Apple Grove News Notes
W S C S met at the Methodist Church with Mrs Ellen Sayre presiding. Officers were elected for the coming year and a Christmas box will be sent to the Ethel Harpst Home in Georgia. Local servicemen Raymond Robinson and Pvt Howard Shank are on furloughs. Community members visited and traveled for eye treatment and weekend gatherings with relatives. Lt Derrell Sayre is spending a fifteen day furlough from San Marcos Texas with his parents.
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Apple Grove
Ellen Sayre
Mae Hayman
Ethel Harpst
Georgia
Raymond Robinson
Parris Island
Earl Robinson
Pvt
Howard Scott Shank
Fort Ord
Calif
Earl Shank
Olden Thaxton
Charles Sayre
Hartman Hospital
Parkersburg
Clifford Beegle
Beaver Falls
Robert McKelvey
Gene Slaughter
Cottageville
Gene
Letartalls
Derrell Sayre
San Marcos
Texas
Herb Sayre
Funeral services held for Gilmore baby in Cheshire
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Houston Gilmore, Marie Spires. Social items note a Christmas party on December 16 for Mrs. Garnet Kirby's Sunday School class with potluck supper and gift exchange at Mrs. Ferrell Sheets' home. Other notes include marriage news of Miss Georgia Peters and Johnny Garrison, former residents of Akron, and visits from Norma Yeanger, Lottie Roush, Juanita Bumgarner, and E. M. Musgrave to relatives in the area.
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Cheshire
Houston Gilmore
Marie Spires
Garnet Kirby
Ferrell Sheets
Georgia Peters
Johnny Garrison
Akron
Clive Morehead
Norma Yeanger
Columbus
George Yeanger
C. T. King
Hollis Whitt
Gallipolis
Lottie Roush
Juanita Bumgarner
Margaret Coughenour
E. M. Musgrave
Linsville
Clifford + gener
Harrisonville OES Officers Are Installed
Harrisonville chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star installed officers including Mamie Clark as worthy matron Wm Clark as worthy patron and Bess Giles as associate patron The group named several other officers and committees with refreshments served after the ceremony Noting local moves and travel among members and relatives during the event and weekend updates on residents activities and health
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Della Phillips
Stella Atki
Bertha Carl
Marcia Dennisick
Roush
Birdie Wyatt
Iva Greenk
Clara Iva Greenler
Frank Turner
Akron
Georgetta Turner
Will Heitzer
Foley
Haville
Frank Halli
Columbus
Sharon Joyce Atkins
George Pickering
Asa Jordan
Great Lakes
Mae Ball
Crown City News Briefs Touch Local Fires and Family News
A tenant home belonging to Herschel Sheets burned noon Tuesday in Crown City. Residents Mr and Mrs Clyde and family lived there four weeks. Causes suspected from a faulty wiring. Other notes include Don O Rankin leaving October to join the Army, farewell by Rome Rural School seniors, and various local visits and accidents.
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Crown City
Clyde
Max Rankin
Patterson Field
Rome
Ira Neal
Headley Garlic
Redmond
Janice Gorby
Rose
Perkins Ridge
Alpatha Wi Ward
Junior Daniels
Miami
Fla
Lewis Fleure
Delbert Fleure
Columbus
Janet Northup
Truesdell
Marshal Gregor
Big Creek Hill
Pierce Cofer
Huntington
Crowm
Tom Holston
A Jer
Mrs. Leonardton
Cincinnati
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Associated Press
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National Dispatch
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Charles Dickens
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Apple Grove News
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OES
Jim Grover
Evelyn Yeanger
Ellen Rife
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Lod Spal
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