Athens Messenger circulation and rate notice details
The notice lists FOI prices and subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery, with regional and service classifications. It names advertising offices and representative companies in Chicago New York Columbus and Cleveland and notes obituary and card of thanks charges.
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Momoer
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Obie Select List
Bureau of Circulstion
Onto Newspaper Association
Associated Press
Associawe Press c
Mali
Athens
Joan W. Guillen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
The Inside Dope on OPA Powers and Free Speech Fears
An unnamed high official from the Office of Price Administration resigns citing a strong clique within OPA aiming to control commerce under war time reform. The piece decries directives over laws, warns of government overreach, and calls for legal protections of freedom against coercive orders.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Lou R. Maxon
America
Star-Gazers
No Give All Take Clash in Washington War Agencies
The piece argues that business leaders head key home front agencies while theorists push policies. It contends practical heads fight off socialistic ideas and that columnists expose Washington missteps. Public trust rests on businesslike governance and loyalty amid bureaucratic termites.
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New Deal
Washington Scene
Washington
Federal Department
Meat Shortages and Self-Sufficiency Advice Amid War Rationing
The author argues meat rationing will tighten as corn-fed and grass-fed meats vary in supply. He urges self-sufficiency with chickens, hogs, rabbits, or fish ponds, noting many will go hungry despite farm production. He claims meat eaters may fare better than abroad and jokes that children hinder happiness.
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Atlantic
Feuds in Washington Gov Bureau Clash Under War Time
The piece analyzes the Roosevelt Jones Wallace dispute as a deeper fight over authority amid wartime policy. It notes inter bureau rivalries, calls for humility and reflection, and suggests public feuds harm public service and risk the nation’s wartime objectives.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Henry Wallace
Interbureau
Wallace
Bureau of Economic Warfare
RFC
Eisenhower in Sicily Aboard the Invasionfront
In a wartime dispatch the author portrays General Dwight D. Eisenhower as an organized planner rather than a dramatic field commander during the Sicily operation. He highlights Eisenhower’s preplanned work, calm demeanor, and oversight of end products while delegating on the beaches to Canadian and American generals.
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Allied
North Africa
Sicily
Europe
Eisenhower
Harry Butcher
Grant
Shiloh
Air Force
Tooey Spaatz
Kansas
Women Won't Talk Part of the Turquoise Room Mystery
In the wake of Derek's death the narrator recalls the gun and a missing note as the coroner's inquest opens in Middleton. Connie and the narrator testify about Derek's death while Deputy Shaw withholds key details, and Margaret Grady arrives under strain as family tensions surface.
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Michael
Walter
Margaret
Mattison
Shaw
Connie
Derek
Connie's
Middleton
Liston
John
Kathy
Kraiktower
Court House
Margaret Grady
Philo Class Plans Picnic and Meetings at Local Church
Corning social notes show Philo class of First United Brethren planning a July 27 picnic supper at the church with home made ice cream. Other items include class picnics, devotional talks, readings, and a luncheon roster.
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Philo
First United Brethren Church
Louise Wemmer
August Schlingerman
Lula Brown
Gertrude Gladden
Isabel McLain
Ruth Latta
McLain
Mae Rodgers
My Victory Garden
MecLain
Madam Chiang- Kai-Shek
Congress
James Welch
Claud Maxwell Sr
Rose Mary
Maxwell
Nazareth
George Elliott Lamb
Jack Lamb
Elliott
St. Louis
Philadelphia
William Yeager
Main St
Elizabeth Quinn
Columbus
Berry
Moxahala
Bergen Roof
Joseph Page
Jackie
New Lexington
Frank Flowers
Loretta
B. J. Souders
Fay Smith
Fultonham
Corning
Grace Lutheran Hospital
Los Angeles
Cal
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
John Francis Stinson
Aloysius Stinson
Congo
Lucy Lamity
Mt. Carmel Hospital
John Francis
Senator Vandenberg outlines new cabinet concept after war
The piece argues for a postwar cabinet of capable secretaries to guide readjustment and industry revival. It criticizes the current labor secretary picks and praises Senator Vandenberg for challenging authority, while highlighting key roles for interior, agriculture, commerce, and labor.
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Vandenberg
Michigan
United States
Secretary of Labor
Taft
Hughes
Cleveland
Jefferson
Labor
Senate
Army
Navy
Marines
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Messrs
Ickes, Wickard and
Jones
America
Stand together to stamp out evil drink in youth
A reader urges unity against alcohol in youth citing Proverbs and biblical warnings. The letter asks residents to respect wiser forefathers and supports measures to remove temptation, arguing moderation and public action will protect happiness and reduce suffering.
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the Messenger
Jesus Christ
50th Anniversary at Reedsville Observed
Mr and Mrs J W Emrick celebrate golden wedding Sunday in Reedsville with family from Lancaster Washington and Reynoldsburg plus Kentucky. W S C S members hosted at Hazel Buckleys home and 4 H Club meeting featured a scrap book display and hospital bag demonstration.
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Reedsville
J. W. Emrick
Raymond Emrick
Lancaster
Clyde Emrick
Washington
W. Va
J. C. Ashton
Reynoldsburg
Floyd Emrick
Kentucky
Hazel Buckley
W.S.C.S
Evelyn Chevalier
Ruth Anne Williams
Maxine Pickens
Betty Larkins
Doris Barnett
Danette Maule
Parkersburg
R. E. Williams
Kathryn Martindale
Athens
Shirley Duerr
Pomeroy
Earlene Humphrey
Myrtle Cochran
Belleville
C. W. Buckley
W. E. Kirk
Hogsett
Lee Wallace
Patty
Charles Robert Sisson
George Hamilton
Tuppers Plains
Kathryn Williams
City Hospital
R. E. Wiliams
Claude Smith
Awron
Marriage Licenses Issued In Localities
Marriage licenses were issued last week to James Reed 19 Middleport and Helen Miller 17 Rutland. Virgil Jefferson Patterson 21 Guyandotte West Virginia and Nora Geraldine Rice 21 Middleport. Robert A Mattox 21 Middleport and Dorothy Gloeckner 23 Pomeroy.
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Pomeroy
James Reed
Middleport
Helen Miller
Rutland
Virgil Jefferson Patterson
Guyandotte
W. Va
Nora Geraldine Rice
Robert A. Mattox
Dorothy Gloeckner
Questions and Answers Quiz From Old Paper Items
A reader’s quiz contains questions on incendiary bombs in World War I era, rhodium uses, composer Johann Strauss II, a light opera Rosalinda, shoe size dates, state coastlines, and the White House's early construction dates. Answers include yes to incendiaries, rhodium as a valuable metal used in poise, Johann Strauss II as the composer, Rosalinda as the opera, shoe size timelines to October 18, Florida as longest coastline, and the White House stone laid October 14 with Adams' copies.
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Marie Tucker
Albert Jones Jr
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Oakfield
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Millertown
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Camp St. Joseph
Lockbourne Air Base
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