Athens Messenger masthead and policies note
The Athens Messenger announces its publication details, pricing, and policy notes including publisher, editors, associations, and classified obituaries. It lists carrier and mail rates, regional circulation areas, and national advertising representation.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Invalid Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Athens
Gallia
Hockingams
Morgan
Vinton
Avick
Ear
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Air training programs shape wartime aviation effort
The piece notes Canada as a major aviation training hub for British forces and Americans. It cites rapid British enrollment in Canada and Britain sending fliers to the United States. It highlights a vast, secretive output of pilots and predicts strong hemispheric air readiness within a year.
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Canada
British Empire
British Isles
Britain
Germany
France
Western Hemisphere
Farmers Face Price Rise Pinching General Public
The piece argues farm product prices rise nationwide and sooner or later consumer buying power must grow. It notes higher costs across meats dairy poultry and grains, boosted by industrial activity and government farm loans, but most families cannot afford higher prices. The farmer needs broad sales to all households.
More Than An Outing 4-H Club Ohio River Trip
The Ohio River excursion from Meigs and Gallia counties drew 2000 youths plus elders, offering far more than travel. Elders and parents planned and funded the trip, ensuring smooth supervision and rich lessons about their state and neighbors. The event highlighted community involvement and lasting impressions on inland youngsters.
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4-H Club
Meigs
Gallia County
Ohio River
Hocking County
One for the Discard Hyphenate Term Sparks Debate
The piece critiques the label German-Americans Greek-Americans Swedish-Americans Italian-Americans as implying divided allegiance. It argues the term misstates identity by masking true origin and urges using Americans of German Greek Swedish or Italian origin instead.
Foundations of a State Built on Moral Character
A statement emphasizes that lasting prosperity depends on a state's moral character, arguing it as the core strength and sole guarantee of permanence, attributed to Wabtez Curry.
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Wabtez Curry
Raymond Clapper's take on price control and inflation
In a prescient Washington column, Raymond Clapper warns Congress to enact effective price administration to curb inflation. He argues price controls are necessary despite opposition from critics and notes rising wholesale and retail prices, defense spending, and wage pressures. He criticizes demagogic rhetoric and links inflation to deflation risk.
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Washington
Federal Price Administration
Congress
Ed Smith
Representative Cox
Georgia
Europe
OPM
Showdown Looms Between SMA and AAA in Farm Policy
Peter Edson outlines a looming clash in Washington between the Surplus Marketing Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. SMA buys distressed surpluses and removes them from the market while AAA guarantees parity prices on five major crops and supports farmers who comply. The Gore amendment to the Steagall bill seeks to bar federal purchases below parity, a move that could expand price supports and raise living costs while destabilizing SMA and related programs.
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Washington
SMA
Surplus Marketing Administration
Triple-A
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Milo Perkins
AAA
Rudolph M. Evans
Steagall
Congress
Commodities Credit Corporation
Food Stamp Plan
Quote on Liberty and Government Power by Woodrow Wilson
The history of liberty is a history of limits on governmental power, not its expansion, attributed to Woodrow Wilson.
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Woodrow Wilson
Letters on farm labor and relief echo hill country views
G L Humphrey signed letter argues against farm labor unions in Southeastern Ohio hill country. He rejects WPA relief, condemns welfare for the aged, and defends small farmers who hire local labor. He cites personal anecdotes about wage pressures, unequal aid, and the need for work for those willing to labor. Carpenter June 30.
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the Messenger
Dc. R. Larson
Ohio
Grange
W.P.A
G. L. Humphrey. Carpenter
Harvest Verse from Messenger Readers
A poetry column features contributor Laura B. Foster from Columbus Ohio. The verses evoke summer harvest imagery of hay fields and ripened yield with seasonal signs and weather.
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Laura B. Foster
Columbus
Ohio
Love Temptation Tests a Dancer's Heart in Reno
Lita plans a divorce from Jerry to marry Ken Richards after choosing a life with him over the old dancer’s world. She tells Jerry she loves Ken and will go to Reno for the divorce, weighing his love against a fresh future in Farmington.
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Ken
Lita
Farmington
Ann Marshall
Jerry
Ken Richards
White House
Reno J
Ruth Eustace
Darling
Richards
Jerry Darling
Jove
Kern
Quiet
Reno
Dundas Sewing Circle Meets on Flag Day
The Dundas Sewing Circle gathered at Mrs. Henry Woolweaver's home on June 17 with members and guests listed including Mrs. Earl Timms, Mrs. Melvin Gregory, and several Ward and Salts family members. Several visitors from nearby towns attended.
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Dundas
Dundas Sewing Circle
Henry Woolweaver
Earl Timms
Melvin Gregory
Shirley Buskirk
Elwin Salts
Deane
Charles Salts
H. J. Dye
George Winters
Robert Harper
Kermit Ward
Mary Lou
Joyce Ward
Herbert Sprague
Suzanne
Joanne Woolweaver
Sidney
Dave Eberts
Mary Morrow
Chester Gates
CCC
Stony Creek
Chillicothe
Arthur Gates
Ernest Perry
Columbus
Noah Puckett
Sherman Nichols
McArthur
Edward Christian
Ashville
Arthur Christian
Lauretta Lenane
Tom Lenane
Rachel Camp
Clyde Camp
Oreton
Kenneth Ward
Athens
Pennsville Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Pennsville activity includes a three day Boy Scout camp at Old Man's Cave led by scoutmaster J. S. Dearth. Visits abound as the Butcher family from Key and Bellaire share time with relatives, Abel family reunion draws 25 at Orin Abel's home, and Townsend convention trips noted.
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Pennsville
J. S. Dearth
Old Man's Cave
J. B. Butcher
Key
Bellaire
Joe
Mary Lou
Kathleen
Abel
Orin Abel
Jesse Hooper
Chas. Graham
Zanesville
Graham
Buffalo
N. Y
Townsend
Blanche Dougan
Ruth
Rita
Columbus
Grant Gilmore
Flora Miller
Jane Wilson
Jackie
Curt McIinturf
Stewart
Marjorie Janes
Vera Click
Dolores Ann
Rita Kay
Killbuck
D. M. Williams
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Frank Button
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