Athens Messenger publication details and subscription rates
The Athens Messenger announces publication schedule and staff, plus subscription prices for in Ohio and outside regions. It lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Frederick W. Bush, managing editor O Harris, and rates for 1 year to overseas services, with note on paper supply limits and post office entry.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Way
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr. Ochefiee H. Harris
Ohio
Olo
Messenger
Eleanor Roosevelt considers Caribbean trip for soldiers
The Ohio State Journal comments on a possible Caribbean voyage by Eleanor Roosevelt to boost morale and support for the fourth term candidate. The piece criticizes the trip as wasteful and politically motivated, arguing it ignores sacrifice and increases government travel costs.
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Caribbean
Eleanor
Pappy
Australia
New Guinea
First Lady
Roosevelt
Ohio State Journal
Exercise the Cure for Federalitis in Self Government
A column argues that states rights and self-government fade only when people stop governing themselves. Citing Rep Hatton W Sumners the piece contends decentralization empowered by Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence should guide policy. It urges the public to reject handouts and return to personal, active governance.
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Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
Sumners
Nazi Dispatch Links Denmark Norway Occupation Plan
The piece notes a Danish citizen proposing to Sweden that Denmark and Norway be occupied and neutral if German troops withdraw. It argues the move is a desperate German feint meant to hedge against Allied invasion while Germany seeks a way to still wage war. The analysis asserts Sweden and the Allies would reject such a plan.
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Denmark
Norway
Hitler
Sweden
Press access and public records in congressional inquiries
The column argues congressional committee counsel may distribute official records to the press and share arguments with editorial writers. It cites Fly and FCC records from 1943 on wartime radio intelligence being moved under military control, backing Chiefs of Staff and President but noting public debate and Pecora’s prior press involvement.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
Federal Communications Commission
America
Fly
Representative Lea
California
Select Committee
David Lawrence
Eugene L. Garey
Commission
United States
Lawrence
House Committee
U. S. Chiefs of Staff
FCC
Stimson
Knox
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Leahy
Admiral Leahy
Army
Navy
Chiefs of
Public Forum Letters Invite Signed Contributions
Readers are invited to send signed letters on current events to the Public Forum column. Contributions should be concise to allow multiple letters per day and must include the writer's signature.
Do They Induct Crimin als Into Service
A reader argues that men with criminal records should be offered military service or rehabilitation rather than excluded. The writer urges using convicts and loafers for labor rather than denying them a chance to serve, citing rehabilitation stories since Pearl Harbor. Middletown, February 9.
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the Messenger
Draft Board
Pearl Harbor
Christmas Eve Prayer Ends In Flight Death Aboard Pacific Carrier
On Christmas Eve a radio gunner in the rear cockpit dies in a Kavieng raid amid fears and private counseling by a Protestant chaplain. The airman, who had flown multiple attacks including Tarawa Nauru and Rabaul, refused to be excused from the mission, insisting on flying tomorrow. The chaplain spoke of the Lord's care as the plane returned with two bullet holes. the crew member was the sole fatality among returning airmen. Marcus Antonius and Mary Baker Eddy quotes close the piece.
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Kavieng
Tarawa
Nauru
Rabaul
Questions and Answers: Spectacles To Alban Hills
A sequence of Q and A covers spectacles first worn in the mid14th century thallium used in optical glasses Thetis mother of Achilles Alban hills natural defenses facing Anzio plains where Allied landing occurred and the term fubar meaning fouled up beyond all recognition Henry Cabot Lodge resigning to join the Army.
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Anzio
Rome
Armed Services
War Today notes fast Japanese defense and Kwajalein advance
The article cites a quick Allied victory at Kwajalein and a wider push toward the Japanese mainland. It quotes Admiral Nimitz on tempo increase and links Tokyo’s fears to Japan's defensive shift, citing transportation limits and lack of destroyers as weakening factors for Japan's effort.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Marshalls
Kwajalein Atoll
Sally
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Tokyo
Tojo
Greater East Asia
Japan
Domei
China
Indonesia
Mikado
Nimitz
Local notes from Athens area ten years ago
A Northwestern snapshot shows W C Frisby of Carbondale entering the sheriff race as a Republican. Social events include a Racketeer party at First Methodist with 100 guests and Wesleyan Foundation members, a Foreign Missionary Society benefit tea, and a Glouster Opera House booking by Billy Manhs and his Jazz Band. The Columbus bridge players, colleges, and high school sports teams are noted, along with legal career starts in Phoenix and an engagement in Athens. The Tut Ankh-Amen tomb opening in Egypt draws officials and scientists.
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W. C. Frisby
Carbondale
Athens
Kitty Returns Home to Convivial Welcome at Ben Graham House
Kitty Bishop visits her brother Ben Graham and wife Peg after a sudden divorce. A noisy welcome from MacGregor and Randall Seaton signals a lively evening as Kitty senses lingering attraction and Peg weighs Mag Seaton’s plans to stay. The gathering ends with ambivalent feelings about Mac and Randall.
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Kitty Bishop
Ben Graham
Peg
Collins Bishop
Ben
Mac
Kitty
Doremus the Beautiful
Bishon
MacGregor
Seaton
Grahams
Dark Horse
Randall
Mag
Randall Seaton
Klity
Mag Seaton
Poston News Notes Highlights Local Social Visits
Mrs. Andy Kastely and her son visit relatives near Nelsonville. Pearl Coon and daughter attend family gathering in Poston with Shields. Leslie Coon and Virgil Adams visit parents Pearl and family in Columbus. Poston ladies plan weekly meeting at Mrs. Pierce. Harold West hosts brother and sister-in-law from West Milton.
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Poston
Andy Kastely
Nelsonville
Pearl Coon
the Plains
Charles Shields
Leslie Coon
Virgil Adams
Columbus
Pierce
Harold West
West Milton
Bishop ile Pastor Leave Fem, 20 Bishop ile Pastor Leave
Homer Vian, pastor of the Christ at Bishopville, will leave next week for Indiana to operate the Vian family farm after a farewell sermon in February. Sunday visitors at the C N Pedicord home included Louis Stump family from Columbus and others. Various local residents recover from surgery, illness, or quarantine, with updates on convalescence and routine visits.
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Bishopville
Homer ‘Vian
The
Christ At
Indiana
Vian
C. N. Pedicord
Louis Stump
Betty
Jean
Columbus
Charlene
Elton Pedicord
Howard Michener
Chesterhill
H. E. Smith
Anthony's Hospital
Liberty Hill
Mahlon Rutter
Alvin McDaniel
Orance Able
Wm. Hoon
Shanna Kirkbride
Kenneth Keith Kirkbride
Donald Wilson
Canton
Kirkbride
Here
Lucy Kirkbride
Betty Shaner
Elmer Shaner
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Bette Jean Stump
East Branch
Bell Telephone
Miss Stump
Felber Baking Co
James Beard
Joy
Muriel Pedicord
Flora Joseph
J. W. Moody
John Davis
T. J.’. Davis
Murray City Social and Personal Mention
Murray City notes list multiple residents visiting relatives in Greens Run Nelsonville Buchtel Jobs and Willoughby with others returning home after visits. Several locals spend time in Nelsonville The Plains McCuneville Barberton and Athens while others attend business events and hospital treatment.
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Murray City
Williard Dixon
Greens Run
Effie Jonas
Nelsonville
Lawrence Smith
Buchtel
Bertha Jonas
Mary Ann James
Seth Huntley
Jobs
George Potts
Harold Potts
McArthur
Gloria Jean Shaffer
Eva Mae Nutter
Ralph Hellyer
Saginaw, Mich
Frank Hellyer
Alice
Myrna Reynolds
Don
Marty Olds
Toledo
Oscar Hellyer
Leonard Baird
Columbus
C. A. Barnhill
Howard Farmer
James Salyers
Crate Morrison
Hattie Cook
McCuneville
Russell Sorrell
Springfield
John Serene
Clara Grinstead
Willoughby
Roy Camp
William James
Delmar Martin
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Foreign Missionary Society
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Glouster High
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Wesley F. Davies
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Hebbardenville
Albany High School
Ohio University
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F. J. Beasley
Richard Gallagher
Zanesville
Tut- Ankh-Amen
Egypt
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Billy Manhs
Dixieland
Glouster Opera House
NEA
Poston News
Ile Pastor
Fem
Mary Jane
Haydenville
Albert Wegel
George Newman
Harry Jonas
Albert Koon
Lancaster
Joan Cook
Gladys Sorrell
Barberton
Nora Grubb
Ruth Alice Tignor
Lester Sorrel
Patty
Barbar James
Louis Sabo
Milton Campbell
John Penn, Jr
Cleveland
Howard Craft
Sam Penn
Bert Anders
Ida Rosser
C. A. Slater
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Harry James
Phyllis Jean Jonas
Mary Lannins
Gloria Bunting
Jean Crating
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
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