Prediction of rapid Japanese surrender after bold naval strikes
Washington reports a shift in war timing with stronger U S air and naval pressure on Japan. Analysts foresee possible surrender by Christmas or a swift end by 1946 if invasion is avoided, noting Russia's strategic posture and intensified bombardment as keys to breaking Japanese defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
United States Navy
Mutatien Shorty
Philippines
Russia
Stalin
Churchill
Truman
Berlin
Manchuria
Pacific
Okinawa
Marianas
Subscription rates and offices listed for Ohio and outside regions
Rates shown for yearly and monthly subscriptions including 1 seat 13 dollars and 6.50 for months, outside Ohio options at 10 dollars for 1 seat and 4.50 for months. special weekly service available worldwide at 1.00 to 4.00. notices mention Second Class Matter status under the 1818 act, with offices in Columbus Cleveland Chicago New York and Rome advertising policies and obituary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeacher
Obio
Jbc
Ohio
Mens Bcution
Smesecoger
Buteren
Athens
Sodt
John W Cullen
Dentist Office Intrigue Sparks Secret Plans in Medical Building
In a medium sized American city a professional building houses doctors as Corliss and Mildred scheme in a dentist’s corridor. Mrs Wilcox notices, raising suspicions about a dentist and obstetrician while chatter about Lenny in the South Pacific adds tense subplots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
H. Wallace
Wallace
Corlise
Corliss
Wilcox
Why Be Taken Twice in Europe’s Rebuilt Power Balance
The piece argues against continued U S military and material aid in postwar Europe. It questions Truman administration messaging, warns of hidden alliances, and predicts that staying could invite future confrontations with Russia while suggesting withdrawal would avoid endless entanglements and added cost. The writer cites WWI patterns, UN promises, and looming European militarism.
What a Jap Thinks War Aims and Postwar Policy Debate
The piece weighs how a postwar policy toward Japan might speed surrender and end the war. It contrasts with Germany where postwar plans were clearer, notes surrender numbers, and explains how air power and fear on the home islands push Japanese resistance toward collapse, regardless of public understanding of policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Germany
Hari Kari
No Room for Complacency in Air War Warnings
The piece argues complacency is unsafe after air gains against Japan. It warns Japan may hide planes for a kamikaze strike on invasion forces and ships, noting the brutal logic of suicide attacks and the need to destroy airfields and factories to curb them before D-Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Water Lobby Forms to Block Valley Authority Growth
Peter Edson reports a broad Water Lobby of 81 national land and water groups forming to fight expansion of U S river valley authorities like TVA. The coalition frames the clash as a battle over postwar federal structure, regional power, and huge dam and irrigation programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. River Valley
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Valley Authority
United States
Eva
Oll
F. Q O. Nagie
National Reclamation Association
Hagie
United States Mile Mine
Mississippi
John Rankin
Behi
James
Almnostall
Omaha
West Eye
Congressional
Apple Grove Social and Personal
Apple Grove notes record numerous local social visits. Ravenswood guests of the McKelveys include Mr and Mrs Marshal Delaney and families. Also listed are reunions, army family updates, birthdays, and visits among Carpenter, Wolfe, Shank, and related families across Letart Falls, Belpre, Parkersburg, and Columbus with a church group gathering and a dinner honoring service members.
Bill to Aid Crippled Children Becomes Law
Gov Lausche signs legislation expanding public school facilities for about 25 000 physically and mentally handicapped children. The bill makes a maximum of 3 000 000 available for special classes in the 1945 46 biennium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank O T. Lausche
Carpenter Social and Brief Personal Notes
Sunday School pic nic at the State Farm in Carpenter on July 22 with basket dinner at noon. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Swett of Columbus visiting relatives. Miss Dortha Morrison of Pomeroy week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Morrison. Mrs. Metta Swearingen and Miss Mannie Webb joined Miss Myra Musser and Mrs. Cora Penny of Wolf Pen. Miss Charlotte McCall of Lancaster stayed with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. Rawlings last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
State Farm
W. I. Swett
Columbus
Dortha Morrison
Pomeroy
A. D. Morrison
Metta Swearingen
Mannie Webb
Myra Musser
Coral Penny
Wolf Pen
Charlotte McCall
Lancaster
Reedsville News Notes From Town and Churches
Reedsville. G C Reed and family Coolvilla visited with Mr and Mrs M Staith. Virgil Sprague and children Huntington Ind are here with Eunice Sprague and M A Shumway. Bernard Coleman Columbus visited with G L Queen. Ralph Barton and children Pomeroy were here visiting their parents. Rev E L Miller Chester, former pastor on the Reedsville charge, visited. A Toorument placed at Mrs Sarah Elton Fields grave in Reedaville Cemetery. W S C S of the M and Church met at the Thomas home for an all day program. Of 25 members 17 attended with four visitors and two new members. Day spent quilting and preparing for a beak. Officers elected: President Mrs Harry Pickens, vice president Mrs Eunice Sprague, secretary Mrs Ethel Stout, treasurer Mrs Mable Barnett, flower fund Mrs Howard Masser. Next meeting with Mrs Carl Buckley Aug 8. Members present listed. Chester Barnett and family returned to Columbus after visit. Doris Barnett accompanied them. Oscar Soulier visited with sister Mrs Wilma Buckley and Mrs Frankie Pickens. Mrs Myrtle Cochran Wadesville came Saturday to visit her father C W Buckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Grove
Marshal Delaney
Ravenswood
R. A. McKelvey
William McKelvey
W. G. McKelvey
John McKelvey
Portland
Ralph Ours
Third Army
Germany
Ralph Hutton
Macon
Howard Carpenter
James Carpenter
Navy
Spence Haymen
Wayne Carpenter
Clair Carpenter
Belpre
Wilson Carpenter
Letart Falls
Sidney Carpenter
J. L. White
Gay
W. Va
Ollie Winters
Parkersburg
Raymond
Gilbert Merritt
Harry Hayman
Pittsburgh
Earl Robinson
Evans
Lillie Stover
Kelly Wolfe
Freddie
Columbus
Pete Wolfe
Plants
Carl Wolfe
Air
Jonas Wolfe
Howard Theiss
Keith
Dorsel Higgins
East Liverpool
Barry Roush
Faye Fisher
Dorcas
Betty Beegle
Ernest Clark
Marlene
Eleanor Norris
Jeanmine Shields
Marlene Shields
Barbara McDade
East Letart
Junior Waite
Georgia Wolfe
Joe Barr
Don Carpenter
Benny Gainer
Bashan
Norma Kay
Robert Allen McKelvey
Robert Shank
Bobbie
Indianapolis
Ind
P. K.weatherly
Chanute Field
Florence Hansen
Roy Buck
Sue Ann
Frank Buck
Sundon
BR. A. McKelvey
Mset
Spence Harman
James Carepenter
Q.M
Reedsville
G. C. Reed
Coolvilla
M. Staith
Virgil Sprague
Huntington
Eunice Sprague
M. A. Shumway
Fred
Bernard Coleman
G. L. Queen
Ralph Barton
Pomeroy
E. L. Miller
Chester
Miller
A. Toorument
Sarah Elton Fields
Reedaville
W.s.cs
Thomas Home
Harry Pickens
Ethel Stout
Mable Barnett
Howard Masser
Carl Buckley
Ruth Pickens
Mabel Barnett
Ina Massar
Clara Massar
Lillian Pickens
Iva Buckley
Hazel Buckley
Josephine Pickens
Laure Ruth
Ethel Packard
Stella Sumway
Ida Kibble
Jennie Landon
Ada Williams
Ella Watson
Orpha Queen
Mary Buckley
Lillie,Thomas
Rose Thomas
Chester Barnett
Hete
C. A. Barnett
Doris Barnett
Oscar Soulier
Wilma Buckley
Frankie Pickens
Myrtle Cochran
Wadesville
C. W. Buckley
Robert Petty
Marietta
Mildred Kohr
Léora Brandeberry
Middletown
Stewart
Herman Dunfee
Decatur
Merle Copeland
Louclle and Son
D. P. Barrows
Leonard Congreve
California
Congrave
Gerald Congrave
Minnie Congrave
Athens
Art Deeter
Laurence Robison
Barbara Ann
Akron
Leslie Petty
Glenora Wright
Helen Moore
Bethany Ridge
Stewart Notes Show Wide Family Visits and Guests
Local notes list numerous visits across Stewart including Mrs Laurence French and son Roger from Marietta staying with her in-laws Mr and Mrs Arthur French. Guests span Lancaste r Ohio to Athens and Parkersburg with several Carlson and Norris families visiting, plus Leonard Congreve on leave from a government hospital in California.
Poet's Corner Verses From Messenger Readers
A reader contributions column invites verses from Messenger readers for a feature titled Poet's Corner. The piece references a G I Joe in a foxhole awaiting a letter from home to boost morale, urging readers to keep up correspondence and support courage with a simple note.
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Messenger
G. I. Joe
Columbus Kid Receives Okinawa Frontline Discharge
Fifteen year old Efe Edward A Miller of Columbus Ohio, enlisted at fourteen and served through most of the Okinawa campaign as a frontline combatant. He was sent home today for an honorable discharge. He holds the Okinawa record as the youngest soldier with the least points, and is cited with sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Efe
Edward A. Miller
Col ‘Houbus
Ohio
Ier
Eclipse and hope in a letter from Annie McIntyre Barto
A fragment from Nelsonville Ohio features Annie McIntyre Barto asking for news from back home. The piece uses eclipse imagery to reflect distance and longing, ending with a note of hope that tomorrow may be brighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McIntyre Bartoe
Nelsonville
Ohio
War Today Sees Russia Rising, Shifting European Power
War column notes a new and bewildering European alignment with Russia as dominant, aided by Germany and Italy's waning power. It argues spheres of influence are shifting as the Big Three seek to maintain unity while facing a changed continental balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Russia
Germany
Italy
Lee
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Dr. & K Fabling Nee
Mildred
Daddy
Mrs. Wilcox
Coriss
Wilcox Corliss
Fairling
Icamera
Ellwood P. Russell
Lenny
South Pacific
Slose
Dr. Russell
Dr. Fabling
Mes. Wilcox
Doctor Farling
Poland
London
Britain
America
England
France
San Francisco
League of Nations
Greece
Low Countries
Asia Minor
Peter Edson
I—dima Shierboum
Poet's Corner
Reynoldsburg
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