Fragmented newspaper masthead and rates text
The readable fragment shows an old newspaper masthead for the Athens post or similar paper with publisher names and roles, dates, and notes on Associated Press affiliation. It includes subscription details by carrier and mail, with regional rates and office listings.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Werald Phinting Co
Gordon
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of
Ohio N Paper Association
Inland Daily Press Amocalin
Athens Postman
Athens
Gallta
Hocking
Vinton
Washington Counties
Earln
Shermum
Cooperation Is Best Against Strikes, Chamber Says
The United States Chamber of Commerce argues against anti strike legislation favoring voluntary cooperation to serve the public interest. It cites 1940 strike losses and warns heavy federal meddling may erode rights while urging caution in defense industries and private enterprise.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Hocking Valley
Mechanical love calls blast as nuisance in cities
Mayor La Guardia and municipal authorities from New York Salt Lake City and Washington are moving to curb horn blowing that serves as a dating gesture or boast. The piece argues such auto horns should warn of danger and not be used as a nuisance and urges drivers to quiet down before officials step in.
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la Guardia
New York
Salt Lake City
Washington, D. C
America
Martha
Air Defense Drill Spurs Nationwide Watcher Network
Air Defense Command tests involve 10000 civilian volunteers in 700 posts to spot and report incoming aircraft by telephone. Maj. Gen. Arnold urges every key city to build at least a skeleton observer system, noting British success from rapid reporting of German raids. The plan aims to prepare defense before emergencies.
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Seaboard
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
London
English
Edison destroyer launches in record pace amid wartime speed
The Edison is launched 10 months and 12 days after keel laying, faster than wartime builds. Warship size is larger and more complex than earlier destroyers, with 25 more Edison-class ships planned. The author asserts American shipbuilding skill remains strong and time management in navy yards improves efficiency.
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Edison
America
Heritage Of Sovereign Thought And Love
A brief inspirational note cites Mary Baker Eddy on inner sovereignty and the right to think and act rightly, asserting Love cannot be exceeded or overridden by external power. The quote reinforces personal empowerment and moral agency within a spiritual framework.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Stillness Demands Strength Beyond Action
A quoted line by Chan Ning emphasizes that certain seasons require immense inner power to endure stillness rather than act, reflecting a philosophy of restraint and endurance.
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Channing
Raymond Clapper’s Changing Isolationist View On World War
The article traces Raymond Clapper’s shift from strict isolationism to a more interventionist stance from 1937 through 1940. It cites his past columns predicting Europe’s danger, Munich’s impact on American policy, and how events forced rethinking of defense needs and the Western Hemisphere’s security.
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Europe
United States
Munich
Germany
France
British Isles
Japan
Britain
Western Hemisphere
America
Hitler
Scandinavia
Holland
Belgium
England
Washington scene reviews NYA training at Quoddy Maine
Bruce Catton notes the $5 million Quoddy model village now serves national defense as a training center under NYA. About 1,000 youths from New England New York and New Jersey will live there learning aviation machine shop sheet metal and other trades with Maine educators delivering instruction under federal funds.
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Washington
Army
Quoddy
National Youth Administration
New England
New York
New Jersey
NYA
Civil Aeronautics Board
State of Maine
Aubrey Williams
John W. Studebaker
U. S
Self-control and heroism in classic quotes
A compact reflection on self discipline and inner virtue. It cites Hitchcock on self control as essential to education and Seneca on heroism rooted in self denial, contrasting inner strength with outward deeds.
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Seneca
Builders of Brain Power and Public Debate From 1930s Letters
A column features reader letters praising WPA relief and FDR while warning about Hitlerism, followed by a biographical sketch of Phrenology to modern IQ testing. It recounts Henry S Dennis’s letter and Professor Lewis M Terman’s life changing research on intelligence and marriage happiness.
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Johnson County
Indiana
Stanford University
California
Terman
Lewis M. Terman
Doomed democracy in peril says Leonard Tucker
A letter from Athens dated January 29 argues that capitalism is collapsing under totalitarianism, with democracy eroding as Britain and America lose financial power and the New Deal drains gold and silver. The writer warns of monarchy and military dominance, claiming a worldwide monarchist revival threatens democracy.
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the Messenger
Lone Eagle
Britain
America
Lindy
Kentucky
W.P.A
U.S
Auditor Mails 1 800 Personal Tax Forms
Gallia County auditor's office mails about 1 800 personal tax return forms to residents who paid last year. Under law these forms must be sworn and returned to the mailing place by March 31.
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Gallipolis
Everyday Kindness Brightens Life in Poet's Corner
Poem highlights daily acts of kindness by everyday people recorded by Rev. Mary Karch from Lakeview, Ohio. Lines praise passing smiles, silent prayers, helpful gestures, and guiding words that lift others and make life brighter.
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Mary Karch
Lakeview
Ohio
Confronting Bill after the New York revelation
Martha returns from New York amid suspicions and hears Bill descended into rage. Suzanne explains Bill’s accusation and search for Martha with Paul, while Martha fears for Bill’s safety and decides to hunt him down with Suzanne’s help. The pursuit begins as they plan to cover the town.
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Bill
New York
Paul
Mrs. Larkin
Chery Ben Oory
Martha
Suzanne
Sugar Hill
Stafford
Stratford
White House
Palmer
Jitt
fellow-Paul
Cain
Plan Ironton Trip to See Merchant of Venice and Macbeth
A bus load of high school English students and teachers plan a Friday trip to Ironton to witness readings of The Merchant of Venice in the afternoon and Macbeth as a night performance.
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Ironton
Gallipolis
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Associated Press
John W. Cullen Company
Iago
Detroit
Cleveland
AIR Defense Command
Raymond Clapper
Pittsburgh
Bruce Catton
Washington Scene
Hitchcock
WPA
F.D.R
Martin L. Davey
Henry S. Dennis Trimble
Donald A. Laird
Leonard Tucker
By Galbraith
GOPR
NEA Service
U A
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Betty Wallace
Mrs. Marshall
Dearie
Ing
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