Messenger Publishing Co. details and subscription rates
The notice lists establishment in 1825, publication by The Messenger Publishing Co., and key staff. It outlines daily weekday and Sunday editions, affiliations with press associations, and republication rights. Subscription prices for carrier and mail vary by region, with overseas service options and print-paper limits noted.
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Frederick W. Bush
THE
Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Ohio
Messenger
Hitler Off Balance as Allied Strategy Shapes Invasion Timing
The piece analyzes how the Soviet push against Germany, allied wartime coordination at Tehran, and Nazi propaganda influence expectations for a Western invasion. It notes April or May as potential invasion windows though mud season and shifting fronts complicate timing. German forecasts vary as leaders weigh risk of delaying actions against pressing eastern offensives.
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Red Army
Paris
Berlin
Norway
France
Stalin
We Still Need Ships for Landing Craft and War Needs
The piece argues a ship shortage remains critical not only for freighters but especially for landing craft. It warns the War Shipping Board may need 400 to 500 additional ships for Pacific operations, reducing vessels available for raw materials and civilian use, and stresses steel and rail reliability to sustain shipbuilding.
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War Shipping Board
Pacific
Chiang
China
Cairo
Japan
Welcome Change Eases Induction for Older Drafted Men
The Selective Service plans to end local board screen tests, easing delays. The new rule keeps a three week window for home and business arrangements if an inductee is accepted, removing a burdensome pre-final waiting period for older men and their families.
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Selective Service
Press Freedom at Risk From Licensing Powers
A National Dispatch column argues that granting Congress and agencies like the FCC power to control radio contents via licenses risks newspapers and magazines losing second-class status. It urges a constitutional amendment to bar such content restriction across media, except for fraud obscenity or libel or military secrecy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Post Office Department
Act of Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Brandeis
Clarke
United States
Mosquitoes and Malaria Battle in South Pacific Bases
Clapper describes World War II malaria control on a South Pacific island joint British French territory. American troops fight disease amid political obstacles, using diesel oil sprays, road work to drain water basins, and efforts to relocate infected villages and cattle.
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Australia
Pacific
South Pacific
Stovall Sends Message On Spirit From Med Mission
Quote from Col Albert J. Stovall after return from the Mediterranean asserts resilience and resolve. The statement reflects military morale and the back‑to‑front line attitude in a postwar context.
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Col. Albert
J. Stovall
Mediterranean
Public You Take What You Get These Days
Letters in The Athens Messenger forum lampoon labor strife and New Deal policies amid wartime strain. A writer from Coolville defends unions while criticizing Ickes, Lewis, and government red tape, arguing wage and meat controls hurt workers and farmers.
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Athens
the Messenger
Messenger
Striker
John Lewis
Bill Green
Mr. Striker
Lewis
New Deal
Ickes
Woman 100 Dies in Conneaut
Mrs. Phoebe Titterington died at age 100, having celebrated her birthday March 7. The obituary notes her long life in Conneaut and marks her passing as a community moment.
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Conneaut
Phoebe Titterington
Lottridge Social Briefs Highlight Local Visits and News
Community notes list New Year visits among Troy and Carthage residents and Parkersburg guests. The report mentions multiple families hosting relatives, neighbors helping butcher hogs, and a newborn son for Pfe and Mrs Weston Potter with Pfc Potter taking emergency furlough.
Tattooed Countess sparks censorship at Garfield County
In 1926 Dean Gideon Planish chairing Garfield County Censorship Board confronts a local bookseller over The Tattooed Countess by Carl Van Vechten. Despite no legal grounds, the group leads a park meeting to condemn the work while the vendor hawks copies nearby as Peony Planish pushes for access.
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Kinnikinick College
Gideon Planish
Peony
County Censorship Board
Censorship Board
Carl van Vechten
Mr. van Vechten
Iowa
New York
Pederson
Bill Peniston
Garfield County
Peniston
Mabel Grove
Hawkeye Park
Rood
Dean
Mr. Pederson
Dean Planish
Wall Street
Paris
Hollywood
Loway
al Rood
Middlewest
Martha Washington
Maine
Mr. Rood
Congo
Answers and Answers from Wartime Quiz
The Q and A item lists Ike deputy Arthur Tedder as invasion chief. Eddie Stinson credited with airplane recovery method. Caribbean islands Aruba Bonaire Curacao St Martin Saba and St Eustatius are Dutch. Turkey allegedly has about 800000 under arms with potential to rise to 1 million. Allies tin source is Bolivia formerly Malay region, 54 UO till Japan moved in.
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Eddie Stinson
Caribbean Islands
Aruba
Bonaire
Curacao
St. Martin, Saba
St. Eustatius
Bolivia
Buchtel Social And Personal Highlights
January PT meeting planned for Buchtel. War Stamp sales posted at 48.10. County Supt. Glen Hanes visited schools Friday. Milton Dixon serves in North Africa. Bernard Colbert, Italy action, sent to England where he met Al Hayden. John Sabo in England. Roland Colbert injured New Year’s Day. Port Shively and Dick Bread recovering from influenza. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Murphy and Geneva Moore visited. plans to move to Buchtel in spring. Geneva Moore to resume work at Whitmore Greenhouses. Corporal Walter Whitmore to Camp Crockett after furlough. William Whitmore recovering at Cherrington Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mohney Sr. spent Christmas in Columbus with son-in-law Russell McHardy family. Cha Mohney Jr. also in service in Shenandoah maneuvers. Verna Dearing drove to Akron for illness of daughter Plainé Newman.
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Buchtel
Glen Hanes
Goldie Turner
Milton Dixon
North Africa
Bernard Colbert
Italy
England
al Hayden
Buchte
John Sabo
Roland Colbert
Port Shively
Dick Bread
S. A. Murphy
Bonnie
Geneva Moore
Kent
Murphy
Whitmore
Walter Whitmore
Camp Crockett
Lenna Whitmore
George
Jay Whitmore
William Whitmore
Whitm Greenhouses
Cherrington Hital
Charles Mohn Sr
Columbus
Dan Ter
Russell Mc ‘Ard
Corpora
Mohney
Camp Barker
Cha Mohney Jr
Shenandoah
Verna Dearing
Akron
Plainé Newman
Gore Social And Personal GORE SOCIAL
Mrs Worley Giffen hosted New Year guests including her daughter and son in law Captain Sherma Bonecutter and Sherman Jr Huntington W Va. Johnnie Hartman Glouster Route 4. Corporal Kenneth Hartman in Sicily sent a cablegram. Relatives and friends visited Elizabeth Nutter who is ill. Foster Bobo Bonnie Lancaster Earnest Nutter Nancy Logan Wilbur Stewart Terry. Jack Powell Columbus Wasl Young Crooksville. James Hood. Mrs Hood ill with flu. Other visits include Wesley Campbell Buckeye Lake Faith Beck Ruth Nixon Frank Beck. Rudd Summers Summers Logan. Nora Slaine Toledo caring for ill Mrs Andrew Mollenkamp. Nancy Logan with Wood Nutter Elizabeth Nutter. Eddie St Clair daughter Marilyn Ann Logan. Charles Alltop.
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Foster Bobo
Bonnie
Lancaster
Earnest Nutter
Nancy
Logan
Wilbur Stewart
Granssom Terry
Jack Powell
Comlumbus
Was! Young
Crooksville
James Hood
Bat Mohler
W. J. Howdyshell
Ville
Tll Tucker
Helen Evans
Faith Beck
Ruth Nixon
St. Clair Ville
Frank Beck
Rudd Summers
Drew
Nora Slaine
Toledo
Andrew Mollenkamp
Ernest Nutter
Wood
Nutter
Elizabeth Nutter
Eddie St. Clair
Marilyn Ann
Charles Alltop
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
Cleveland
Hitler
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Marshfield Social Briefs
Roy M. Gordon
Coolville, Jan. T
New Marshfield
Alfred Carter
Carter
Roy Murray
Murray
Portsmouth
R. I
Rhode Island
Maureen Williams
Berberton
Chauncey
Danny
del Monte
Shade
Nellie
Arthur Stowers
Waterloo High
Union Furnace
Leo Blackford
Camp Fan
Bud
Tai Ure
Biastep
Lottridge Social Briefs
Carl McDaniel
John Chevalier
Jack Hamilton
Charles Reynolds
Parkersburg
Louis Person
Torch
Harvey Person
Ira
Bessie Robinson
Carson Boggs
John L. Morgan
Paul Kinnen
Donald
Allen
Weldon Rupe
Clifford Golden
Pfe
Weston Potter
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pfc. Potter
Mariam Potter
Langley Field
By Galbraith
Mea Bervion
Sinclair Stuls
Dubuque
Des Moines
William Basswood
Reod
Eisenhower
Sir Arthur Tedder
Hs Paha
Ludwig Sertorene
Germany
Turkey
Gore
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