The Athens stessenger Page Four notice info
Historical newspaper masthead for The Messenger Publishing Company with Frederick W. Bush and Gordon K. Bush in leadership. Subscription rates listed for mail in and outside Ohio, carrier and weekly prices. Announcement includes publishing details and Associated Press rights and notices.
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Frederick W. Bush
THE
Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Gingie
United States
NO FOOLING ABOUT THIS TAX
A wartime tax warning urges immediate readiness for the 1942 income levy. It cautions that future taxes may rise to ten percent of earnings and beyond as the government budgets for wartime spending. Projections stress March payment and the broad reach of the levy across many Americans.
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Uncle Sam
Revenue Department
United States
Weather warns of severe cold and heavy snow in Ohio
The article notes deep snowfall south of Columbus and a sharp temperature drop, with forecasts deemed unhelpful and unheralded by night. It laments limited predictive value for motorists and recalls relying on barometers and old timers for tomorrow’s weather.
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Ohio
Columbus
Midwest
Need Comes First in Scrap Metal War Effort
The piece urges rapid government action to fix a top price and seize scrap metal if needed to boost iron and steel supplies for defense. It critiques reliance on market prices and notes past scrap exports to Japan, arguing urgency to collect old iron from farms, homes, and junk piles nationwide.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor and the Highways
A wartime reflection notes the arrival of Pearl Harbor wounded in the United States and compares their sacrifices to the grim toll of traffic casualties. The author warns that while war demands resolve, monthly traffic deaths and injuries—nearly 4,000—amount to preventable loss alongside the sacrifices abroad.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
China
Britain
Grimany
Italy
Russia
Emphasis on Bombers Grows in War Production
Washington reports the Office for Emergency Management calls for increased bomber output and central plant assembly to speed production. Boeing and Consolidated shift to mass production, with parts pooling across auto and aircraft industries.
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Washington
Office For Emergency Management
Army
Navy
England
United States
Germany
Italy
Boeing
Flying Fortress
Consolidated
Pacific
Washington Scene Names three New Dealers tied to German dye trust
Peter Edson notes indictments charging General Aniline and Film Corp and its parent I G Farben with German ties. He cites Judge John E Mack and William C Bullitt as connected figures, with Homer Cumings as counsel, stressing no charges against Mack or Bullitt. The piece critiques the alleged sham Americanization of G A F leadership.
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Washington
White House
General Aniline and Film Corporation
New York City
I. G. Farbenindustrie
German Dye Trust
John E. Mack
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dutches County
Roosevelt
Willian C. Bullitt
Yon
G. A
Mack
Homer Stille Cumings
New York
Conneticut
Cummings
Ambassador Bullitt
Homer Cummings
Justice Department
Sterling Products, Inc
Thomas G. Corcoran
Dietrich A. Schmitz
Herman Schmit
Berlin
I. G. Farben
Germany
Hitler
Wilhelm H. von Rath
Hans W. Alcheim
U. S
Judge Mack
Funeral services held for Mrs. Sarah E Gladden
Funeral services conducted at United Brethren church for Mrs. Sarah Etta Gladden 74 who died Saturday after a long illness at the home of her daughter Mrs Verna Marshall with whom she had lived 13 years Surviving include sons William Emmett Worley daughters Edna Love and Verna Marshall three grandchildren sister Mrs Laura Ricketts brother Worley Deaver and a son Pearly who died in 1919 earlier in the text the note lists social events and local meetings including entertainments for Lt Richard D Mindigo and plans for upcoming evangelistic services at the United Brethren church.
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Corning
United Brethren Church
Sarah Etta Gladden
Verna Marshall
Laura Ricketts
Rendville
Worley Deaver
Pearly
Athens council backs police car funds and local events
Safety Director Franz Woodworth asks Athens City Council for an appropriation to buy a police car with bullet proof glass. Twenty four women employees of the D Zenner Store attend a bridge and banco party at Mrs Charles L Block's home. Arthur Brisbane discusses Japan's grievances and air defense implications. Ten years back postmaster general Will Hays considered heading the U S motion picture industry for 300000 yearly.
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Athens City Council
Franz Woodworth
D. Zenner
Charles L. Block
Sunnyside Drive
Arthur Brisbane
Japan
Theodore Roosevelt
Russia
Asia
Will Hays
Motion Picture Industry of America
Poet Lines and Prayers From Messenger Readers
Poems and prayers submitted by readers request name and address. Verses honor service members and express patriotism while asking divine comfort for a war torn world with a prayer for peace. Estelle Leonard Wills and Mrs C E Sheets are named as contributors from Ohio.
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Messenger
Estelle Leonard
Logan
Ohio
Feederia in Tambay Plantation Tale Turns on Lodging Offer
Mom Baumer, a roadhouse cook, arrives at Tambay Plantation seeking a night’s lodging for her trailer Feederia. She whets the idea of setting up shop and offering meals on wheels while the run‑down estate sparks memories and business schemes.
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Mom Baumer
Tambay
Two Indictments Describe Athens Shooting Case and Parson Trial
A Tuesday report outlines a second indictment tied to a Athens shooting case involving a 47 year old man and a separate Parson case with a jury review. Details mention multiple defendants, charges of murder and related offenses, and ongoing legal proceedings.
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Athens
Kenneth P
Ing
Seconas
Bennett
Hemlock Social Notes From Local Hosts And Visits
Hemlock society page lists watch parties at the Williams and Tharp homes with guests from Williams Arnold Betty Columbus Logan Elmo Penrod Bob Hill and others. Illness and visits include William Tharp staying with his daughter and son in law Clyde Springer and Nina Davis and Glenna Williams visiting Zanesville.
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Willis Brock
Charles Kehl
Mansfield
Charles Davis
Homer Trimmer
James Shula
Anna Shula
Don Osenbaugh
Cleveland
Hollis Franklin
Columbus
P. B. Osenbaugh
Eileen Shula
William Tharp
Clyde Springer
Tharp
Ira Davis
Thornville
Clifford Davis
Paul McDaniel
Ralph McDaniel
Nina Davis
Glenna Williams
Zanesville
Mildred Post
Willis Bray
Elyria
Noah Bray
William Cheevers
Murray City
Howard Cheevers
Mary Binderbasin
Glousteyr
Lance Hodgson
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Associated Press
John W. Cullen Company
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Detroit
Samuel
Raymond Clapper
Churchill
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Confucius
Corning Social Notes
Leon Keller
Eleanor Spence
Richard D. Mindigo
Mindigo
John Mindigo
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Martha Young
Women's Missionary Association of the United Brethren
Ameri
Can Legion
Ruth Latta
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman
American Legion
O. O. Pitcock
Everett Eveland
Crooksville
Friendly Neighbors Club
Margaret Curtis
Curtis
Cecilia Orris
Amelia Laird
Leona Hillis
Lizzie Quinn
Mrs. Curtis
William Altman
Henry Alfman
Worley
Delmar
William Alfman
Gene
Barbara
Donald
James A. Garfield
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Frank Toki
Congo
E. C. Haskins
D. R. Zenner
K.T. Crossen
E. R. Slutz
First Methodist
Slutz
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Parkwood
Guy Dinsmoor
Harry Riley
Vernon Reigel
Athens County
Doris Nye
Dorothy Slingluff
Messrs. Cowden
Charles Woodworth
Earl van Sickle
Betty Leeper
Stewart
Poet's Corner
Sammy
C. E. Sheets. Bladen, O
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By Galbraith
Mexico
Amy
Tambay Gold
Samuel Hopkins Adams
NEA Service, Inc
Grandma
Brandon
Leverton
Welliver
Galseries
U. S. Treasury
Welliver University
Jane Anni Judson
Cooperativier
Ralph
Robert Uther
Wesley
Ernest
Willia
Mer Horac
Fred Place
Vyte Ann Ie
House of David
Old Mom Baumer, Ag
Hemlock
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