Athens Messenger and Printing Co. notice of rates and staff
Established 1525 Prederick W. Bush publisher 1896 to 1929 at tea afternoon except Saturday and 6 cay mornin. Harris managing editor, Gen. Mgr Owas HB. The paper is a member of multiple press associations and the Associated Press. Advertising rates on application. Subscription: by carrier 18 cents a week. Mail rates local counties four fifty per year, two fifty six months, one dollar ten weeks. Entered at Athens Post Office as second class matter.
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Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messi Ger & LD Printing CO
Bush
Coat Gen
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Hocking
Meigs
Organ
Vinton
Washington
Building Own Future
Recent population statistics show a sharp drop in urban birth rates and a shift toward farm living as families seek security. Over the last decade urban growth outpaced rural, with prior years showing six times as many town births. Census trends indicate immigration stoppage and a return to self sufficiency in Southeastern Ohio.
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Ohio
Home defense measures urged for states during wartime
Washington calls on all states to enact home defense laws to cooperate with federal officers, curb sabotage, regulate explosives, protect public property, and organize home guards. Governors urged to strengthen civil controls while preserving private citizens rights, with existing laws to be given more teeth where needed.
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Secret Service
Washington
Just a Normal American Spotlight on Rockefellers Army Service
The piece notes Winthrop Rockefeller and other Rockefeller family members entering service as ordinary acts of patriotism. It argues the public expects such sacrifice from wealthy families and rejects sensationalism about plutocrats. It asserts national prep for home defense should be viewed as normal.
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Rockefeller
John D
Winthrop Rockefeller
REMEMBER HIS WORDS On Lindbergh in wartime debates
The piece notes Lindbergh's ongoing influence in debates over British aid and defense strategy. It portrays him as a mysterious, highly informed aviator whose forecasts about the war have proven correct and whose foreign policy views contrast with many contemporaries. It emphasizes his perceived liberty over efficiency and his aloof, solitary persona.
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Lindbergh
Quoted Lines on War and Courtesy from Ambassadors and Poets
Excerpts echoing wartime caution and polite language from figures including an ambassador to France and writers Mary Baker Eddy and Henry Cid. The tone blends diplomacy and personal ethos, noting war risks and the universal resonance of heartfelt speech.
Ken Simpson and Republican outlook in Roosevelt era politics
Raymond Clapper reflects on how Republicans fail by simply opposing Roosevelt. He highlights Ken Simpson of New York, a reform-minded Republican who aligned with labor interests, opposed Hoover era domination, and criticized party inertia. Simpson's death provokes a critique of party strategy and artful independence.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Rep
Kenneth Simpson
New York
Ken Simpson
Mr. Roosevelt
American Labor Party
Guardia
Tom Dewey
Dewey
Philadelphia
Simpson
Republican Party
Hoover
Liberty League
Willkie
Tugwell Leads Puerto Rico Land Reform Planning
Bruce Catton notes Rex Tugwell, head of a planning panel under Ickes, returning to a New Deal project that could redistribute up to 600000 acres of sugar land in Puerto Rico. The group will study enforcement, indemnities, and parcel sizes, aiming to break one crop dependence and reshape island agriculture.
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Washington
Rex Tugwell
Tugwell
New York City Planning Commission
Ickes
Puerto Rico
Supreme Court
Ben Cohen
Agriculture and Interior Departments
Congress considers post emergency economic advisory commission
Lawmakers propose a six member public panel with three senators and three representatives to study the economy after defense emergency ends and draft a plan to use the nation's productive capacity. The measure aims to address looming fiscal changes and may see further discussion in Congress.
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Congress
House
Senate
Voorhis
Wagner
Straitsville Lodges Hold Monday Night Meeting and Events
Straitsville Rebekah Lodge served a 6 o clock chicken dinner for 25 members and two guests. Plans were made for a parcel posts sale at the next meeting. Several residents were noted ill. Funeral notices include Michael O Reilly, 86, of Gore. Albert and Mary Dishon marked their 20th wedding anniversary with relatives present. Swastika Lodge hosts a potluck to aid Redmen's Hall cleanup. Birth announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Blankenship in Columbus care. House moves and various social activities are listed among local residents.
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New Straitsville
Woodbine
Rebekah Lodge
Laura Miller
Morning Star Lodge
Shawnee
Minne Strawn
Queen Vashti Lodge
Logan
Elizabeth Nye
Noble Grand
Lillian Hunter
Helen Strain
Michael O'Reilly
Gore
Harold
Richard Williams
Albert Dishon
Charles Webb
Lewis Donley
Buckeye Lake
George Ross
Nelson Morgan
Helen Louise
Owen Wallace
Nelle Orndorf
Blanche Emerick
Swastika Lodge
Redmen’s Hall
Joe Blankenship
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
T. J. Price
John Sweazy
Lake Hammond
Redmen
Fred Blankenship
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Jessie Orndorf
Mary Davis
William Fletcher
Noel Dyer
Hettie, Francis
Clark St
W. J. Davis
George Matthews
William Brown
Barberton
Pete Strawn
Gladys Miller
Crooksville
Elizabeth Orndorf
Robert Byler
Junior Lowery
William Shoemaker
Lewis. Donley
Public Forum Letter Warns Flood Risk From Dredging
John L. Southard of Jacksonville argues that road projects under RFC CWA FERA and WPA neglect flood control. He warns dredging streams deeper and stacking levee dirt could raise water levels, washing towns from the map, and urges comprehensive stream improvement for the county.
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the Messenger
R.F.C
C.wa
F.E.R.A
W.P.A
John L. Southard
Jacksonville
First Hostess Wanda Wood Hired by Eastern Air Transport
Ten years ago Eastern Air Transport Company announced engaging its first hostess Wanda Wood. The item notes other local events including a preacher supporting prohibition, a fatal train accident involving a seventeen year old, a dealer receiving a gold watch for December car sales, and social visits and theater showings in 1930 era Columbus Ohio.
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Eastern Air Transport Company
Wanda Wood
E. A. Guthrie
Bradford Social and Brief Personal Notes
Bradford Social and Brief Personal Notes reports visits among local residents. Dana Lamber and Mrs. Lambert of Middleport visit Mrs. Charles Lambert. Pearl Jacobs and Frank Buck visit Laurel Cliff. Tressa Caldwell stays with sister Mrs. William Hobbs. Mrs. Lambert recovering from illness. Rev. J P Miller to conduct services at Bradford Church on Sunday morning. Frank Buck recovered from influenza.
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Bradford
Dana Lamber
Middleport
Charles Lambert
Pearl Jacobs
Laurel Cliff
Frank Buck
Tressa Caldwell
William Hobbs
J. P. Miller
Funeral for S. J. Lee Noted in Marietta
Apple Grove social column lists attendees Ernest Halley Early Roush Earl Shank and Charles Sharp at the funeral of lockmaster S. J. Lee in Marietta on Monday. Other items mention Spencer Hayman enlisting in the Army Air Corps in Columbus and local social visits and illness among residents.
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Apple Grove
Ernest Halley
Early Roush
Earl Shank
Charles Sharp
Lockmaster
S. J. Lee
Marietta
Spencer Hayman
Columbus
U. S. Army Air Corps
Charles Sayre
Roberta
Freeland Norris
Racine
Norris
Lowell McNickles
Ernest Morris
Harry Hayman
W. E. Shank
Scott
James
Jack Shank
Jack Sargent
Herbert Shields
Betty Beegle
Conspiracy of Jealousy Ends In Turmoil and Trust
Bill arrives, accepts Martha's explanation after an accident. Suzanne accuses Martha of betrayal, perilously fraying friendships. Martha pleads with Bill as she denies romantic ties to Paul and vows not to see him again, while Bill struggles between trust and doubt.
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Bill
Martha
Paul
Suzanne
Paul Elliott
Suzanne Decker
Bill Marshall
Marshall
Helen
Air Transport
Eugene
New Plymouth News Briefs
New Plymouth notes list visitors and local events. Walter Hass and family of Logan were guests of Postmaster I R Hass. Garth Harris of Athens visited with his parents J D Harris family and sought hospital care in Columbus. John H Terry 61 died at the Hocking County Home with funeral in Logan and burial at New Plymouth Cemetery.
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New Plymouth
Walter Hass
Logan
I. R. Hass
Garth Harris
Athens
J. D. Harris
Columbus
H. M. Boocks
Earle Heinlein
Treadley
McArthur
Fred Mitchell
Swan Township
Chester Steele
George O'Neil
Starr
Grange
J. D. Lanner
Mary Rannells
I. E. Fri
Andrew Adelman
John H. Terry
Hocking
New Plymouth Cemeery
Gerald Savely
Lancaster
John Savely
Richard Cremean
Ralph Starcher
Roscoe Mowery
J. D. Cremean
Hazel Loomis
Harold Notter Buys Grape Street Residence
Harold Notter purchases Ezra Spear property on Grape Street and will occupy immediately. His adjoining home was seriously damaged by fire recently, so he decided not to attempt reoccupying the old dwelling.
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Gallipolis
Harold Notter
Grape Street
Ezra Spear
Notter
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