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Associated Press
Ohio
Utside
Messenger
Athens Post Office
Too Clever Politics on Federal War Ballot Debate
The piece argues the Roosevelt administration aims to push a federal war ballot to boost votes for himself and Congress, condemns centralizing wartime controls, and warns it would weaken states rights and threaten democracy. It cites federal payrolls, costs, and fears of dictatorship. It insists Congress must uphold state election authority.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Demand for frank war news to mobilize morale
A reader argues that the Army and Navy hide brutal wartime truths from the American public. The piece calls for uncensored atrocity reports from the Pacific and other fronts to spur action, punishment of Japanese officers, and a national resolve against Germany and Japan.
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Army
Navy
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Japan
Roosevelt Likely Nominated Again as Democrats Favor Strong Bid
An examination of national politics suggests Roosevelt will be renominated for a fourth term despite no direct encouragement from the president. Democrats think he is the strongest vote-getter, while Republicans face internal splits over Willkie and possible progressives like Dewey, shaping a high-stakes contest next November.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
White House
Willkie
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Dewey
New York
Amphibious LST Visit Notes Red Cross and Beach Officers
Clapper reports in New Guinea at Cape Gloucester front area aboard an LST after a weather turnback. He highlights Red Cross workers Emma Pratt Helen Barry and another unnamed, serving beverages and planning a canteen with newspapers and music. He also recounts meeting Hunt Clement, a Decatur Ga Navy lieutenant and beachmaster Captain A J Christoph, who endured long separation from family.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Red Cross
Emma Pratt
Seattle
LST
Miss Pratt
Helen Barry
Berkeley
Calif
Dorothy
Hunt Clement
Washington
United Press
Atlanta Journal
Chattanooga News
Decatur
Hunt
Navy
Arawe
A. J. Christoph
Annapolis
Army
Marine
War Today: Explaining Atrocities by Axis Powers
The piece argues Japanese and German atrocities reflect barbarism beneath veneer of civilization. It contrasts Nippon and Nazi regimes with older Germans and Mussolini, cites Churchill on Hitler, notes Eden’s warning, and calls for postwar education to civilize Japan and re educate Germany.
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Washington
London
Commodore Perry
Germany
Fucher
Hitler
Gestapo
Winston Churchill
Attila the Hun
Reich
Russia
Japan
Mussolini
Vittorio
Ethiopia
Il Duce
Italy
Eden
Tax revolt and income tax reform debate in The Public Forum
Chas. E. Timmons of Middletown voices concern over income taxes and the New Deal tax system. He argues for pay as you go and questions the administration’s reforms, asking if Americans should refuse to pay until simplification occurs. The letter appears in The Sunday Messenger Athens Ohio.
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the Messenger
Winchell
Argentina
Mr. Roosevelt
Chas.e. Timmons
Middletown
Questions and Answers on Guam and War Coconuts
Q When did the Pacific island of Guam come into U S possession A How are coconuts used in the war effort A Gas masks are fitted with filters of coconut shell char the best absorbent filling known for that purpose Q What was the first daily newspaper to appear in the United States A The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser published Sept 21 1784
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United States
Pennsylvania Packet and
Daily Advertiser
Poets Corner Prayer for Soldiers and Leader
Dear God I pray for my sons in service and for guidance to bear their burdens. We fight for freedom to worship the One who died on the cross and ask mercy for those who suffer loss. We will praise our Leader when the war ends, signed Mrs Roy A Martin Lower Salem Ohio.
Gideon Planish and the DDD Director’s Humdrum Morning
Dr Gideon Planish, directive secretary of the Dynamos of Democratic Direction, starts a routine day after a Washington trip. He juggles letters from the Minneapolis Powerhouse chief Mr Johnson, staff gossip, and the pressure of public thought while fearing a weak, mildewed inner circle. Carrie, his college daughter, and Peony, his wife, ricochet through a household steeped in politics and ambitious talk while Planish seeks fresh ideas to rally Scandinavian citizens to American ideals.
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Gideon Planish
DDD
Washington
Winifred
Carrie
Hunter College
Peony
Mr. Gladstone
Tryig
France
DDC
Winston Churchill
Hal
Sherry Belden
Johnson
Minneapolis
Planish
Manina
National Board
Alleghenies
Zeke Bittery
Zeke
Judas
Dr. Planish
Board of
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Johnsons
Minneapolises
Dynamos
Democratic
Abraham Lincoln
St. the Stoue
Clever Bond Display Draws Straitsville Crowds
In Straitsville an inventive F1 War Bond Drive display features likenesses of "I am" and Hitler, mounted on an electric motor with Uncle Sam kicking Hitler. Local residents and visitors, including Sue Burke and Nellie Ward, gathered for the attraction while War Bonds and stamps are sold in the high school each Friday.
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New Straitsville
Jan
Nellien
Main Street
Hitler
Uncle Sam
Lexington
Sue Burke
Kel Ambrose
Nellie Ward
I Strain
Audrey Ambrose
Wilma Grandy
Earl Sheets
Logan
Charles Hoy
O. W. Forrester
Fred Snyder
Mississippi
Blanche Snyder
Clyde Strain
Fred Blankenship
Lancaster
Howard Blanke
Duncan Falls
Johnnie
William Fletcher
Gladys Witchey
Helen Strain
Ickes Sets New Deal Public Works Plan
Interior Secretary Ickes outlined a broad public works program in his annual report to President Roosevelt. The plan could begin within 30 days of victory and aims to employ 480,000 war veterans for three years, with power and irrigation projects expanding farm settlement for 165,000 families.
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Washington
Ickes
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Mystery play planned by Ju Class at Oli Orange High
TUPPERS PLAINS The Ju Class will present a mystery titled The Phantom Bells at Oli Orange High School on Feb 8. Cast includes Alice Dot Georgie Cooper Cary VanMet Ethel Baker Virgie Swartz Tuttle Johnie Morgan Tom Meine Harold Henderson and others. Local social notes report visits from Mrs Bettie Jane Adams in Wheeling and relatives from Vianna and Leonardburg plus furloughs of Pvt Carl Matlack from North Carolina and illness of Mrs No Barstow.
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Tuppers Plains
Oli Orange High School
Alice Dot Georgie Cooper
Cary VanMet
Ethel Baker
Virgie Swartz
Tuttle
Johnie Morgan
Tom Meinke
Harold Henderson
H. D. Parker
Orland Branch
Belpre
Bettie Jane Adams
Wheeling
W- Va
N. C
Velman
Donald Kim
Columbus
Hs Peents
Hermon
No ‘Barstow
Arms Hospital
Athens
H. T Dotson
Jimmie Gallagher Barnesville
Alice Dean
Sumner
Paul Green
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
Cleveland
Gage
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
By Dewitt MacKenzie
the Sunday Messenger
The
Public Forum
Jay
Potomac
Guam
U. S
By Galbraith
NEA Seevice
George
Roy A. Martin
Lower Salem
Sincair Lowis
NEA
Huc
Straitsville
Air 2
Jo P
Social Notes
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