Page Four News and Publication Details For The Messenger
Athens Messenger page four gives publisher and editor names, association memberships, and copyright note. It lists subscription rates for different regions and overseas service pricing, plus service and printing notes. The item reflects printing house details rather than a specific news event.
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The
Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlés . Harris
Who Will Be President A Cold War-Era Opinion Piece
A columnist argues the undecided vote will decide the 1940s election. He analyzes groups like farmers labor unions soldiers and women, noting war influence but urging voters to seize democracy by ballot rather than rely on luck or war outcomes. He warns against bureaucratic rule and calls for citizens to reclaim the Republic at the polls.
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Roosevelt
Nazi Chivalry Questioned by Allied Broadcast Critique
General Alexander labels Germans bullies and refutes their claim of chivalry in warfare. The Allied broadcast condemns Germany for mass murders and mistreatment of war prisoners, noting international conventions and the risk of retaliation.
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Harold Alexander
Germany
Lidice
Red Cross
Smashed bottleneck frees machine tools for postwar use
The piece notes that wartime machine tool production has smashed the bottleneck, freeing capacity. It argues only a quarter of current capacity will be needed this year, with rest available for direct production via subcontracts. It urges reconversion planning to postwar use and warns lag between war and peace production hinges on tool availability.
Centralized government and a stolen wife tale
A Washington couple tale shows modern governance and legality at work. A husband reports his wife’s elopement to the U S attorney seeking a warrant while officials weigh whether theft of a wife qualifies as grand or petty larceny.
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Washington
United States Attorney’s Office
United States
Republican voices in 1944 race set contrasts on policy
Three prominent Republicans Wendell Willkie, Governor Bricker of Ohio, and Governor Dewey of New York spoke their views ahead of the convention. The piece contrasts their stances on international cooperation and domestic issues such as states rights, federal power in wartime, and regulation of wages and hours, noting the public will demand fuller program details before choosing a candidate.
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Washington
Wendell Walkie
Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
New York
Roosevelt
Messrs. Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt-Hull
States
Willkie
Supreme Court
Congress
America
Aboard Carrier Memoir From the Marshall Islands
Commander Dixon recalls fliers fearing capture over Japanese territory and praising rescue efforts. He notes forced landings, dangers of native areas, and the care taken to recover downed pilots as missions near Kwajalein and Tarawa unfold.
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Marshall Islands
Comdr
R. E. Dixon
Lexington
Admiral Sherman
Germany
Dixon
Marshalls
Oklahoma
Kwajalein
War Today Reports Anzio Nettuno Battle Turn and Finland Strain
The report notes Allied gains at Anzio Nettuno and a need for clear flying weather to maximize air power against German forces. It mentions the Cassino monastery as a protected position and details in Finland with Moscow’s gains at Luga and Finland seeking possible talks. It outlines Soviet advances along the railroad from Leningrad toward Pskov and toward Estonia and Latvia, threatening the German line.
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Anzio-Nettuno
Rome
Cassino
Aemy
St. Benedict
Finland
Moscow
Luga
Russia
Hitler
Helsinki
Baltic Sea
Narva
Estonia
Leningrad
Pskov
Lake Ilmen
Lake Peipus
Jis
Lake
Peipus
Latvia
Old Pal and a Snowbound Ride in Lakeview
A user submitted poem shows a dog tribute by Mary Karch from Lakeview Ohio praising a loyal dog Pal. The text shifts to a snowy landscape where a speaker plans a sleigh ride, noting snow quiets the air and a horse awaits, with bells and singing in a reflective mood.
Public Forum Letter Critique on Alcohol Control
The writer argues that while essential goods face tire and fuel restrictions alcohol production remains allowed. He claims alcoholic beverages cause crime, divorce, illness, and economic ruin, urging total banishment and labeling the industry as profitable only for manufacturers and sellers. Cassius M. Clouston, Buchtel, Feb. 14.
Questions and Answers from a World War II era exam
A quiz style list answers covering wartime trivia. Topics include which South American republics declared war on Germany, gas masks issued to civilians, meat rationing in New Zealand, Reykjavik population, Mussolini related history, currency associations, Thirty Years War dates, thorium in gas mantles, Thursday Island location, Tibet altitude, a distich in poetry, and the first London Paris flight on April 12 1911.
Kitty Bishop Comes Home After Divorce Shock
Kitty Bishop visits her brother Ben Graham and wife Peg to recover from a sudden divorce from Collins Bishop. The pair discuss money, plans, and the faltering marriage as Ben and Peg observe with guarded concern. The scene shifts between the cellar, the dining room, and their conversations about who does what in a collapsing partnership. The piece ends with a hint of continuing tension as the story unfolds.
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Kitty Bishop
Ben Graham
Peg
Collins Bishop
Kitty
Doremus
Bunny
Lulu
Nero My God
Mac
Collins
Ben
Ant Collins
Amesville Social Notes Update from Local Gatherings
Amesville residents share visits and social events at homes of Sedwicks Eddy and Moreheads. Visitors include Mingus of Athens and Stobart at Willing Workers Club. Rome basketball comes to Ames Bern February 16. furloughs and military schooling details for local servicemen. Families host guests from Guysville Athens The Plains and Camp Shelby with several captions.
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Amesville
Eva Randall
Chesterhill
Minapson
Carl Sedwick
Will Mingus
Athens
Errol Eddy
Lyle Stobart
Willing Workers’ Club
Adda McCune
Ames- Bern
Carl ‘L. Hanson
Mike Cantor
Rome
Ames Bern
Pfe
Robert Morehead
Advanced A. A. C. S
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
Atlanta Army Air Base
Atlanta
Homer Morehead
Mayme Ashcraft
Phyllis Ashcraft
Alta Pierce
Margaret Bond
Herman Pierce
Guysville
Frank Johnson
Cpl
Pierce
Morehead
Camp Shelby
Clyde Parsons
Amos Bretz
Cyde Deeter
Betty
Joan
William Channel
The
Plains
Delno Bretz
R. D
26 Americans Escape From Nazis in Balkans
Lieut. Gertrude Dawson reports that she and 31 others including 13 Army nurses 13 enlisted men and four crew members escaped from German held Balkans after a plane vanished in November near Bari Italy. The group wandered through enemy lines for weeks before reaching Italy. Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley in Cairo received Yugoslav honors from King Peter for services in the Middle East.
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Pittsburgh
Gertrude Dawson
Balkans
Bari
Italy
Hurley
Cairo
King Peter of
Yugoslavia
Patrick Jr. Hurley
Roosevelt
Middle East
Corning Social And Personal Highlights Include Club Fun
Mrs Thelma Frasure hosted the Ace Hi Euchre Club with a dozen members attending and prizes awarded. Veneta Wilson hosted the T N T Sewing Club with several participants. Numerous local residents and visitors from Columbus Crooksville Newark and Dayton are listed with visits illness and travel noted. A Dayton incident reports William A Hepner 71 deputy clerk killed by autos near Johnsville.
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Saturnal
Wilma Spence
Edna Hartley
Sarah Blower
Elsie Exenkemper
Margaret Schlingerman
Gussie Schodlekorb
Louise Wemmer
Miss Wilson
Henry Spray, Jr
Ella Conaway
Crooksville
George Esselstien
Dayton
Dave Swackhammer
Joseph Fry
Cambridge
Amy Selby
Charles Graham
Columbus
Ralph Hardy
Veneta Wilson
Fred Roof
Nelsonville
Robina Stayle
Hemlock
Jessie Schlingerman
Violet Walters
Gaitten
Betty Jean Ross
Leora Allen
Junior Bond
Florine Campbell
Columb
William Campbell
Florence Levion
Mathie’s College
Cleveland
Marcel Levion
Margaret
Helen Klarenbeck
George Klarenbeck
John Gerlica
Detroit
Anita Winnenberg
Henry Winnenberg
Dorothy Snowden
Robert
Shawnee
Leila Little
Ned Wilson
Jesse Wilson
Gladie Morgan
Howard Antle
Glouster
Maynard Gaitten and Son
Akron
John Gaitten
Helen Kocks
Henry Kocks
Grace Ann Kocks
John Tierney
Alicia Ty Kocks
Juanita Ryan
Ida Belle Maxwell
C. M. Maxwell
Claude Maxwell
Pfc
William Tague
Springfield
John Lusetti
Newark
Grace Hoffman
Point Pleasant
C. H. Quillan
William A. Hepner
Montgomery County Board of Elections
Johnsville
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