Athens Messenger staff and subscription notice page
The Athens Messenger presents its publication schedule and advertising rates. The page lists publishers Gordon K Bush and Frederick W Bush, editor Charles H Harris, and notices about billing, circulation, and national representation. It also notes obituary and card of thanks charges and second class mail status.
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Prederick W. Bush
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Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
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Roosevelt and universal service motivation in campaign rhetoric
Observers in Washington say the President plans a fourth term and will push universal service as a major campaign argument. Critics charge the two year delay and wartime appeal are political ploys while labor leaders warn morale both at home and abroad is fragile and strikes loom. The piece suggests the President uses the issue to rally support despite doubts about enactment.
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Washington
Universal Service
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
United States
Congress
CIO
War veterans and politics in postwar Washington
In Washington officials debate discounting veterans power after the war. The piece warns returning soldiers may shape politics like the Grand Army of the Republic did after the Civil War, urging careful leadership to prevent future ruling blocs. It notes many veterans now question the home front and the country they will inherit.
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Washington
White House
American Legion
G.A.R
Grand Army of the Republic
Army of the North
So Say We All on the War Fronts and Soviet Push
The piece notes Russian gains may aid the Allied goal while German forces retreat five to seven hundred miles. It argues territory is less crucial than integrated armies, warns that stretched Soviet lines lengthen German supply routes, and predicts tougher, slower fighting as operations advance toward Berlin.
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Russia
Poland
Red Army
Ukraine
Bug
Berlin
Bethlehem Shipyard Delivers A Ship A Day In 1943
Bethlehem Steel produced 380 vessels in 1943 exceeding the promised ship a day. Naval craft dominated output with battleships 40 Liberties each, carriers 29 Liberties each, heavy cruisers 18 Liberties each. Reconditioning reached 7,000 vessels as total output surpassed 1,000 Liberty ships. hats off to the vast effort.
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Universal service law vs labor draft sparks deep debate
David Lawrence argues universal service would force drastic profit controls and choke business. He criticizes Roosevelt for steering the issue, urges strengthening Smith-Connally measures and reconstituting the National War Labor Board to arbitrate wage hours and grievances during wartime.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Smith-Connally
National War Labor Board
Notable View of Pacific War Travel to New Guinea
Clapper describes rapid air movement between Australia and New Guinea, noting the shift from hotel life to jungle warfare. He details preparation, gear, and the reliance on C-47 transports for moving broad military formations across vast distances.
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New Guinea
Australia
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Mason
la Follette
Dr. Livingston
Mediterranean
Natal
Dakar
Mae Wests
New Guinea Press Camp Life Amid War Losses
The writer describes a peaceful press camp in a coconut grove near the Coral Sea while noting danger nearby. He recalls Brydon Taves of United Press buried after an airplane crash and says seven correspondents have been killed with several wounded under General MacArthur’s command.
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New Guinea
Coconut Grove
Coconut Grove Country Club
Mediterranean
Coral Sea
Brydon Taves
United Press
MacArthur
Jungle fight is the toughest there is in the war
Capt David N Marshall declares jungle combat the hardest strain soldiers face. He speaks after returning from the Munda battle noting lieutenants aged around 19 20 and 21, and end battalion commanders around 25, highlighting the extreme youth and responsibilities in frontline units.
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David N. Marshall
Munda Battle
Justice for all in wartime deferments at Poston Six Mine
Mrs Adah Russell of Millfield urges equal treatment for workers during the war. She notes three sons in service and questions why younger men with exemptions work at Poston Six Mine while others with families seek deferments. She calls for justice and invites replies.
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the Messenger
Poston
Millfield
Allied diplomacy shows setback in Russo Polish talks
War Today notes a Polish request for Anglo American mediation over the Curzon Line while Moscow rejects formal talks with the Polish government in exile. In contrast a French British meeting in Morocco between Churchill and De Gaulle signals possible Franco British alignment and a provisional French government ahead of the invasion.
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DE Witt MacKenzie
Red Army
Moscow
French Morocco
Churchill
de Gaulle
Europe
Our Flag Poem Encourages War Bonds From Youth
A poem by Grace Lee Gwinn, age 14, from Mechanicsburg School, urges readers to buy bonds and support the flag representing forty eight states. It mentions WACs WAVES and SPARS and calls for patriotic investment. The piece appears in a Poet's Corner column inviting readers to submit name and address.
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Messenger
Grace Lee Gwinn
Picks Safe Place To Be Shot Down
BARAKOMA AIRBASE Vella Lavella A group of American fighter pilots sat in their tent listening to Tokyo propaganda on the radio. The station boasted of U S losses of 25 fighters over Rahaul, while the actual count was three. Navy Ensign Sydney Trueman of Birmingham Ala a Hellcat pilot said if he is shot down in flames he hopes it happens over the Japanese radio.
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Barakoma
Vella Lavella
Tokyo
Rahaul
U. S
Navy
Sydney Trueman
Birmingham
Ala
Ohio State students faced expulsion over compulsory training
Ten years ago in Athens Ohio State University students faced expulsion for balking at compulsory military training. The Athens Country Club hosted Delta Tau Delta winter activities with Earl Hood and his orchestra. Mrs Andrew Murphy hosted the Arts and Thimble Club luncheon at The Colonial. Girl Scout names and leaders appeared, including Joan Woolley and Erma Betts. Bachelor Bridge Club met at the Sheldon home in Athens.
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Ohio State University
Delta Tau Delta
Athens Country Club
Earl Hood
Andrew Murphy
The
Colonial
Athens
Joan Woolley
Lillian Cumley
Eileen Saunders
Helen Drake
Gladys Lindenwood
Erma Betts
O. E. McClure
Bachelor Bridge Club
Robert Sheldon
Homefront mental health holds steady through war
Washington reports psychiatrists say war stresses may act as tonics for nervous personalities. Since 1940 there has been no abnormal rise in mental hospital admissions. 1942 figures show a hospitalized mentally ill population smaller than expected for peacetime.
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Washington
Planish and the Heskett Foundation Scheme
Dr Gideon Planish, former college dean, is pressed by Hamilton Frisby and associates to fund raise for the Heskett Rural School Foundation. They discuss foundation manipulation, tax advantages, and ethical tensions as Planish resists pay raises while schemes to boost publicity unfold aboard a Louisiana shootin-box weekend.
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Heskett Rural School Foundation
Gideon Planish
Kinnikinick College
Rural Adult Education
Questions and Answers Quiz Style Tricky Bits
A snapshot of trivia from a quiz page features questions and answers on hunger in India plastic bugles Webster’s first copyright date Grison the Maltese cat the 1854 YMCA convention Brazil sending troops Lerwick Shetland Islands and a noted but harsh description of Lerwick as a pesty town.
Corning Personal Mention in Local Social Notes
Visitors at the Spray home included Mrs. Everett Roberts and Mrs R Dean from Columbus and Wesley Thomas from a nearby town. Pfc Robert Ricketts returned to Camp Blanding after a ten day furlough with wife Amy joining him in Florida. Local visits spanned Zanesville Newark Coshocton Columbus and Toland with influenza confining Henry Spray Jr. at home.
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Richard Coops
Crooksville
Henry Spray, Jr
Zanesyi
Ray Latta
Thelma Latta
Columbus
Earl Spray
Newark
Kiry Spray
al Priest
Benny
Mary
Tol
Isabelle Burns
Cletus Priest
George Hardy
Joe
David Priest
Violet Walters
Jessie Schlingerman
Leah Stoyle
Shawnee
Catharine Riede
Social Notes of Rutland News Update
Rutland social items show Jaden and son visiting Mr and Mrs Clarence and Judy. Multiple families report flu illness including Mrs Chloe Fink and Mrs C O Chapman. Mrs Eva Welsh visited Blanche McCo and Mrs Ethel Jackson returned from Mingo Junction to help care for Barbara Ann. Robert Kennedy arrived in California to join his wife and son. Lawrence Chapman in Washington with Georgia Grass who returned home Wednesday.
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Jaden
Clarence
Judy
Chloe Fink
C. O. Chapman
Webster
Jean
Eva Welsh
Blanche McCo
Ethel Jackson
Mingo Junction
Anson
Barbara Ann
O. O. Patterson
Rutland
Robert
E. S. Mills
Robert Kennedy
California
Lawrence Chapman
Georgia Grass
Washington
Tennessee Pigs Cause Brief Military Notice in Tennessee
Odd incident reports pigs being driven into a Red command post in Tennessee during a military period. The animals disrupted a three day operation by rooting in mud as soldiers endured without coffee while mail was diverted to the national coffee supply.
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Nessee
Tennessee
Deceased Burt Girl Honored in St Marys Church
Twenty old Maxine Jean Burt died yesterday in Elyria while church services at St Marys Church noted the event. Mr and Mrs Eugene Burt mourn her loss as funeral arrangements begin.
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Elyria
Maxine Jean Burt
Eugene Burt
St. Mary's Church
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