Newspaper Association Credits and Subscriptions Rates
The Messenger lists agent associations and press rights including Associated Press credit. It details subscription rates by carrier and mail for Ohio and outside Ohio, with yearly, semi annual and weekly options, plus a world service edition. It notes second class matter status and national representatives in several cities.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Athens
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Leadership gap in Allied war aims voiced in New Year broadcast
In a New Year address Hitler exposes his view of Allied plans and delays. The piece argues for candor in international talk, criticizes elites in Washington London and Moscow, and urges fresh Allied leadership and a return to strong ideals to end the war.
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Washington
Hitler
Office of War Information
Allie
Messrs
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
London
Moscow
London Economist
United States
Britain
America
Germany
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Wilson
Paris
American Congress
Miss Fraser a Sequined Spinster in 1750 New York
Miss Fraser a slender 32 year old spinster and school principal recounts her sleigh ride with Ned and Fanny Humphrey and Mr Stevens in 1750 New York. Major Lawrence as board chairman questions romance while Fraser explains education for girls and the era’s limits.
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Miss Fraser
Ned
Fanny Humphrey
Humphreys
Alice Knight
Mr. Stevens
Richard Stevens
Major Lawrence
Polish Question Shifts as Lublin Provisional Government Emerges
War Today analyzes the shift in Polish leadership as the Lublin Committee of Liberation proclaims a provisional government in liberated Poland and seeks recognition from Moscow. The piece weighs possible German withdrawal, Red Army advances, and the reactions of Britain, the United States, and France, with policy still unsettled.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Polish National Committee of Liberation
Lublin
London
Poland
Moscow
Lublin Committee
Red Army
Vistula
Curzon Line
France
Washington
The War’s Long Shadow on Veterans’ Minds and Bodies
A veteran affairs analysis warns that World War II and its aftereffects will haunt millions for decades. It notes rising neuropsychiatric hospitalizations, projected peak needs by 1975, and ongoing medical advances from sulfa drugs to plasma. It urges leaders and pacifists to prevent future wars.
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Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Experience speaking on saving for home comfort in youth
The author urges couples to invest in home comforts while young, noting that delaying spending wastes money and health. It argues many homeowners waste funds on futile items and that improvements in heating and plumbing save years of effort, making family life more comfortable and self respecting.
Butler's harsh plan for Hirohito sparks wartime fantasy
A late column riffs on Gen. Smedley Butler's extreme wartime idea to topple Hirohito by publicly humbling the emperor. The author imagines using mock coronation and daily salaams to erode the throne's sacred aura, illustrating stark wartime rhetoric and public mood.
Budget Message and Congress Adjustments Revealed
Peter Edson explains how the annual budget message prompts Congress to trim or approve items, with eight of eighteen major divisions kept close to the Budget Bureau’s wish while nine are reduced. Net change shows a small 3 percent cut, yet war needs shift funding through contract authorizations rather than current appropriation. The piece notes friction with Harold Ickes Archie MacLeish and James Lawrence Fly and hints at lingering reluctance to spend on weaponry this year.
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Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Appropriations
Harold Ickes
Archie MacLeish
James Lawrence
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Budget Bureau
War and Navy Department
Two Indictments Reported By Mason County Jurors
The Mason County circuit grand jury returned two indictments in a session that lasted under two hours. Nellie Kapp is charged with a misdemeanor for selling non intoxicating beer to an intoxicated person, while Burley Beard Jr. faces a felony for automobile theft from Dr. C. W. Petty.
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Point Pleasant
Bardin
Nellie Kapp
C. R. Burford
Burley Beard, Jr
Hartford
C. W. Petty
Alex McCausland
B. O. Blain
Guy Burdette
Harry L. Dyer
M. L. Duff
W. D. Steele
George Biffle
Homer C. Johnson
Everett Sayre
Christie Bletner
F. G. Musgrave
George G. Somerville
Miller
J. A. Bailey
A. D. Hume
Frank Burris
Herbert Eads
John A. Fisher
Robert Stephenson
Ernest Hesson
Toral L. Morrison
Hesson
Petit Purers
Collis Timberlake
Chambers
Ripley
Cologne
J. G. Hart
Guardian
Jessie Junior Hart
Myrtle Braley
Velma K. Heiner
Stella Wallace
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
George S. Baxter
Earl E. Persinger
Edna Persinger
Earl
Union District
Hattie Palsley
James B. Cain
Somerville
Mr. Somerville
Hannan District
Anna Blake
Daisy Blake
Lillie Folden
Charleston Road
Lewis District
Homer H. Folden
Steve Buckrom
Big Blacks Set 16 Game Basketball Schedule This Winter
POINT PLEASANT Coach Sanders announced 16 games with two more tentative against Buffalo High. The Big Blacks open at Barboursville and travel to Poca, Sandyville, Gallipolis, Mason City, Ravenswood and Pomeroy with home games against Sandyville Barboursville Ravenswood Gallipolis Poca and Huntington East in February. Notable players include Homer Martin Bobby Miller Buddy Miller Kenneth Rose Paul Somerville Glen Bruestle Carl Morrison Junior Gerlach Paul Icard James Ferrell. The team expects to compete despite a below average height.
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Point Pleasant
Sanders
Buffalo High School
Barboursville
Big Blacks
Poca
Sandyville
Gallipolis
Mason City
Ravenswood
Pomeroy
Huntington East
Homer Martin
Bobby Miller
Buddy Miller
Kenneth Rose
Paul Somerville
Glen Bruestle
Carl Morrison
Junior Gerlach
Paul Icard
James Ferrell
Long Holiday Ends as Mason County Schools Reopen
POINT PLEASANT Mason County schools resumed classes after a three week closure caused by a blizzard. Ice and snow hindered buses, with Virgil Plants seeking a stronger starting battery for Owl Hollow and Greer routes. Wahama High faced one idle bus. attendance surpassed expectations with 300 of 387 at Junior High and about 240 of 294 at Senior High in class.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Virgil
Owl Hollow
Greer
Wahama High School
Barnett Elected To Head County Court
John Barnett was elected president of the county court at a Commissioners meeting in the courthouse. He has just returned from Holzer Hospital and will serve until December 31, 1946. Commissioner D. E. Wedge was named president pro tem and J. E. Watterson began his six year term.
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Point Pleasant
John Barnett
D. E. Wedge
J. E. Watterson
Barnett
Jericho Road
Holzer Hospital
Wedge
Watterson
Point Clinic Reports Mason County Birth in 1945
The Point Clinic records the birth of Albert Elwood King a son of Howard Lee King and his wife of Leon at 10 55 New Year s Eve weighing eight pounds It is noted as Mason County s first birth of 1945 Mrs Cecil Toles and infant son Charles Elmer were discharged New Year s Day from the clinic.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Albert Elwood
Howard Lee King
Leon
Mason County
Cecil Toles
Charles Elmer
Gallipolis Ferry man pleads guilty to intoxication charge
Point Pleasant reports Gray C. Robinson of Gallipolis Ferry pleaded guilty to intoxication when arraigned yesterday and paid a five dollar fine plus costs.
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Point Pleasant
Gray C. Robinson
Gallipolis Ferry
Bank Reports Sale of Bonds in Mason County
Mason County bought $781,239.25 in bonds and $271,583.75 in E bonds as part of the Sixth War Loan, according to figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Chairman Walden F. Roush said a final report is expected by week’s end.
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Point Pleasant
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Mason County
Walden F. Roush
Local People and Visits in Point Pleasant Area
Deputy county clerk John G. Aten Jr. returns to duties after a six week illness from a hive attack post Thanksgiving at Holzer Hospital. Various residents and visitors including the Bells of Grantsville and Parkersburg guests, plus students Marian Withers and Jacqueline Windsor, travel for studies or family visits. Stephen K. Noble, Navy transport guard, on furlough with his wife and children at Jericho Road home after sailing to European ports.
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John G. Aten, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Holly P. Bell
Grantsville
W. H. Edwards
Spencer and Cleveland
S. J. Willard
Johnny
Parkersburg
H. Paige Bell, Jr
L. B. Hannaman
Arlington
Jacqueline
Windsor
Lynchburg
Randolph-Macon College
Marian Withers
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington College
C. H. Withers
George O. Harper
Chicago
Furniture Mart
Frances Clark
Baltimore
Flo Robbins
Stephen K. Noble
Navy Transport Service
Vernon Jones
Jericho Road
Cold Weather Slows Rise of Ohio River
The Ohio River at Point Pleasant stood at 37.7 feet at 4 p.m. Tuesday as it rose slowly from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rate of rise eased and observers expected only a small further increase or stationarity for the next two hours. Weather bureau reports support a restrained crest, reducing flood risk.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Huntington
Aged Beech Hill Farmer Jerry Yauger Dies at Home
Jerry Yauger, past 80, died Tuesday afternoon at his Beech Hill home after sudden illness. A prominent farmer, he is survived by son Roy Yauger and daughter Mrs. Clara Kay, both of Beech Hill. He was cousin of the late Mrs. C. G. P. Musgrave of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Jerry Yauger
Beech Hill
Kanawha
Yauger
Roy Yauger
Clara Kay
C. G. P. Musgrave
Byus Opens First Store in 1890 History
Long in Business POINT PLEASANT George E Byus recently moved from south of the Kanawha and after retiring from mercantile work opened his first store in 1890, about 54 years ago.
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Point Pleasant
George E. Byus
Kanawha
Liquor Fund Shares Arrive for Point Pleasant and Mason County Towns
Point Pleasant receives 771.29 as its quarterly share of state liquor profits next distributed yearly from a 600000 pool. Mason County towns share 47.74 and Mason City 173.71 as reported.
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Point Pleasant
State Liquor Commission
Mason County
Mason City
Meeting Cancelled for Hartford D.A.R Chapter
Mrs. A Keith McClung of Hartford said the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter D A R will not hold its regular monthly meeting Friday January 5 due to extreme cold weather and several members being ill.
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Point Pleasant
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Charles Lewis
D.A.R
McClung
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American — Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Woodward
Oxford
England
Gen. Butler
Hirohito
Gen. Smedley Butler
Son of Heaven
Hirohito Salaam
Pfc
Peter Edson
Pearl Harbor
At Point Clinic
Mason
By Galbraith
Bobby
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