Roosevelt speech praised for conciliatory tone in wartime union
David Lawrence analyzes the State of the Union message to Congress, praising its constructive spirit and aim to heal discord and promote harmony at home and abroad. He notes measured rhetoric toward Allied cooperation, warnings of disappointments, and calls for keeping principle over expediency to sustain public faith in victory.
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Washington
State of the Union
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
London
Moscow
America
League of Nations
Europe
Music Hath Charms Easter Letter to Messenger Reader
A reader Letter from Lille Nelson of Lansdale argues bands on ships and in service boost morale for sailors returning from combat. The writer suggests the Army and Navy may plan to use bands to march in victory parades through Berlin after Nazi defeat, praising music’s role in wartime morale.
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Lille Nelson
Lanasvie
Mil Vice
Pacific
Army
Navy
Berlin
Marriage license filed for Houck and Rice in Bladen county
Probate Court lists application for license to marry filed Monday by Denver Harvey Houck 24 farmer of Bladen son of Rosa Elliott Houck and the late Rome Houck and Wilma Maxine Rice 19 native of Mason County West Virginia. License issued to Ralph E. Kester 22 Hot Springs Arkansas sailor Betty Childs 21 native of West Virginia.
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Gallifulis
Denver Harvey Houck
Bladen
This County
Rosa Elliott Houck
Rome Houck
Wilma Maxine Rice
Mason County
W. Va
Ralph E. Kester
Hot Springs, Ark
Betty Childs
Ar- We Va
Meeting of the Current Events Club opens the year
C F Rowland of Strathmore Boulevard hosted the first Current Events Club meeting of the year with Mrs E Le Church leading the program. Guests included Mrs Louis Ondis and Mrs Blaine R Goldsberry. A theater party for 70 or more children from Athens County Children's Home visited the Ohio Theater to see a Shirley Temple film. Other notes recount social visits, club hostess duties, and reflections on women’s roles in early 20th century society.
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Wirs. C
Blaine R. Goldsberry
Athens County
Ohio Theater
Shirley Temple
C. D. Hopkins
Youngstown
Indy
Holiday Notes From Mineral And Nearby Towns
Holiday notes recount visits and family gatherings across Mineral and nearby areas. Relatives from Lima Columbus and Nebraska visited. camp furloughs brought workers to Albany Athens Mineral and Texas. Local residents hosted friends and kin in late December and New Year celebrations, with trips to Pittsburgh Carbondale and Portsmouth mentioned.
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Gerald aeWhorter
Lima
Elmore Lowry
Columbus
Eldon McDaniel
Nebraska
Soe McDaniel
AeDaniel
Albany
Athens
Mineral
Texas
James Clark
Dayton
Mary Clark
Herman
Secoy
Dorothea Clark
Deanna
Canal
Winchester
Raymond
Clarke
Gerald
Hamden
Orland
Ely
Gerald McWhorter
Beveridge
Sickels
New Marshfield
Evenin Lorrayne Clendenin
Ielonds
Ba Betts
Carbondale
Kenneth Shingler
Sciotoville
Wiliam Younkine
K. J. Campbell
Velma Barnett
Marion
Leatha
Doris Albaugh
Pvt
Leslis.Albaugh
Camp Maney
Joseph Buckley
Williard Bratton
Clinton
Tenn
Moods
Lafe Lynch
Pearl
If We Need It Let’s Have It For All Citizens
The piece argues against punishing 4-Fs with punitive military service and urges Congress to apply national service fairly to all. It notes past deferment rulings have caused confusion and calls for a comprehensive, honest look at national service legislation rather than selective conscription. It stresses manpower needs during war and questions the fairness of targeting the physically or mentally impaired.
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Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Ab Led
Supreme Headquarters
Marshal Montgomery
Monty
Rommels
Europe
Reich
Sazidom
Aladdin
Marshal von Rundstedt
Germany
Itas
Selective Service
Lewis
Hershey
Congress
Miltary
Veterans Administration
Farm telephone service gains from Bell system joint effort
Thousands of independent lines join Bell system to form a farm telephone improvement committee. Spokesmen promise resumed research and expansion after war demands subside, aiming to extend service along existing lines and reach unserved rural families at reasonable cost. Over half a million miles of rural poles already connect two thirds of rural homes, with 1935 to present subscribers rising 35 percent. Development includes lower cost construction methods and experiments to transmit conversations over electric power lines prior to wartime interruption.
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Bell System
United States
Army lieutenant praised for steady duty at Fort Wayne
The article notes the ordeals faced by soldiers far from battle and commends a male Army lieutenant sent to Fort Wayne Indiana as a recruiting officer to replace WAC captain Bell. He carried out his duties without flinching and earned sympathy and understanding for his service.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
WAC
Bell
Not Cleared with Caesar Heralds Trouble Ahead
Fragmentary note warns of trouble if Mr. James Caesar Petril learns that records exist about the wound of gur 8-295, signaling potential conflict or exposure.
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James Caesar Petrilio
Letter From Washington and Washington figures in 1945 notes
Peter Edson recalls Roosevelt's New Year greeting and clashes with reporters. Retirement of Maj Gen Gullion marks a shift in military police. Ed ONeal defends Farm Bureau accuracy. Emory Land discusses Seaman's Bill of Rights and office rumors. Maj Gen Byron, West Point grad, linked to NRA and export control. Ramspeck of Atlanta quashes postmaster general speculation amid lingering social hints.
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Roosevelt
Allen W. Guilion
Browning
Gullion
Horace
American Farm Bureau
Trade Association of the Big Farmers
Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Ed O'Neal
Farm Bureau
Adml
Emory 8
Adinistrator
Maritime Commisson
Wew Navy
Maritime Commission
Joseph W. Byron
T.o
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Pershing
Hagerstown
NRA
Office of Export Control
Hagerstown Boy Scouts
Robert Ramspeck
Atlanta
Ostmaster-Generalship
Frank Walker
Ramspeck
Inquire First Zaltor The Messenger Letter Response
Lillie Nelson of Langsville blasts a public letter calling for government praise of naval service after her son survived a torpedoed ship in the Pacific. A veteran reader urges apologizing to the boy’s parents and backing careful reporting before printing. Logan, Jan. 5.
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Zaltor
Lillie Nelson
Langsville
M Son
Naval School of Music
Jalgun
Lille
Mason
Hendersons announce birth of Betty Lee daughter
Mr and Mrs Sam Henderson of 4 Van Vorhes Street announce the birth of a daughter Betty Lee on Tan, a brief birth notice recorded in the local column.
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Sam Henderson
van Vorhes St
Betty Lee
Tan
Facing the Zero Hour Poem Found on Soldier’s Body
A poem found on an American soldier killed in Italy expresses fear and faith as he contemplates meeting God. The lines reveal a shift from disbelief to acceptance amid war, ending with a farewell and hope for understanding.
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Hs Yen
Action Tn
Italy
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Gorgoursios
Enn
W. Clin, Company, Chiat. Atd
SSRE
Hans We
David Reeve
Inshons
Western Front
Dewitt MacKenzie
France
Son
Sgt
Clayton Wagoner
499Th Engineers
HSC
Dack Waggoner
Missouri
Henry G
Wacconsn
Sasroonville
Ernest Coe
Monday Bridge Club
H. W. McKinstry
C. C. Pickering
EC. Bibbee
Maude Fenzel
Naor Bari
Meath
Saata
Mary Vieners
St. Clairsville
Mrs. V. C. Tickers
Blanche Howe
Defiance College
Defiance
Ohio
Tnan
Caesar
Peter Edson
the Public Forum
Lillian Brown
Logan
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