Athens Messenger carries regional ads and staff notices
Page four lists publisher, editor and staff of The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. along with affiliations. It details circulation regions in Ohio and subscription prices by carrier and mail, plus obituary and card notices, and notes post office classification and year established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press National Representatives
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Ifc
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Taft Likely Republican Nominee Emerges in Ohio setback
Raymond Clapper reports that Ohio clears the path for Robert A Taft as a presidential hopeful after Gov John Bricker withdraws. Taft leads Bricker 62 to 38 in a Gallup snapshot and Martha Taft is praised as a strong campaigner. Other top contenders include Vandenberg and Dewey as national speculation continues.
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Taft
Vandenberg
Dewey
Bricker Seen as Likely Not to Seek Presidency
The piece argues Governor Bricker has no presidential plans, focusing on his record in Ohio. It predicts voters in 1944 seek capable executives over mere names, and notes Ohio's Taft as a leading figure while Bricker remains content in state office for now.
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Ohio
Bricker
Paul McNutt
Taft
Senate
White House
Columbus
Washington
Robert
Martha Taft
Teaching Children to Fight Littering in Cities
The article notes children in several American cities are being taught to oppose the growing attitude of untidiness. It argues sidewalks and lawns show heedlessness as people scatter refuse, relying on others to clean up, while urging a lesson of orderliness.
Refugees Offer Flag Purchase After U S Citizenship
In Philadelphia a court grants six refugees citizenship. Three Italians two Czechoslovakians and a Russian offer to pool funds to buy a courtroom flag. The judge declines the gift and orders a flag purchased with public funds. The gesture is praised as a sign of patriotism and vigilance against totalitarianism.
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Philadelphia
U. S
United States
A Place to Loaf: Pratt Turns Loafing Into Office Studio
Thomas E. Pratt of Palmyra Missouri retires by loafing. He fitted a downtown office with desk filing cabinets and a water jug where he loafs seven hours daily. Friends join him to loaf while workers go about their tasks. He argues loafing can ease the world’s problems and deserves recognition.
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Thomas E. Pratt
Palmyra
Pratt
Thomas Pratt
Roosevelt Attends Clambake In Temporary Washington Exit
President Roosevelt left Washington for a brief respite at a clambake. The public joke notes a clam shell is easier to crack than a congressman's, reflecting playful political satire of the era.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene
Washington scene centers on labor leader Harry Bridges and a Los Angeles harbor picket episode. Arbitrator Irvin Stalmaster ruled the Meju Maru stoppage illegal, suspending involved longshoremen a week. Bridges' role and potential repercussions loom as contract renewal nears.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
Los Angeles
Bridges
San Pedro
Waterfront Employers’ Association
Secretary of Labor
Los Angeles-San Diego
Irvin Stalmaster
Stalmaster
Man Renews Neighbors Mower After Five Repairs
A Kansas City man sought repair for his lawnmower but it needed five different fixes. The device broke again and he ultimately borrowed the neighbor’s mower.
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Kansas City
Answers and Questions from The Messenger Bureau
Information column lists ways to vent turpentine odor and absorb odors, notes on X Ode product, plus Q A on unica meral legislatures, lip reading in schools for the deaf, a Mars town in Pennsylvania, counts of U S schools, and sports attendance led by basketball with about 90 million paid fans annually.
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U. S
Canada
United States
Maryland
Kansas
Michigan
Washington
Ohio
California
New Jersey
Mars
Butler County
Poet's Corner Verse From Messenger Readers
A reader poem titled Dear heart the road seemed long today expresses weariness and envy of fame, then finds comfort in home and family as blue smoke rises from the cottage hearth. Ben T. Clouston of Nelsonville Ohio signs with name and address.
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Ben T. Clouston
Nelsonville
Ohio
Norval Lester born to Mrs Elbert Hannah
Mrs Chester Bartow spent several days at the home of her daughter Mrs Elbert Hannah in New Straitsville, who recently became the mother of a son named Norval Lester. Mr Floyd Champ and Mrs Parkersburg visit Mr and Mrs Leo Wolfe. Sunday visits include George Spang Logan to Clifford Beal and Alec Guess Marie Guess Carbon Hill to Walter Guess. Mrs Ketchum Washington DC spoke at Sunday School. George Clemens McConnelsonville visited Leo Wolfe. Phil Devol and Mrs Mattie Ralph of Murray City visited Dan Simmers.
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Sand Run
Chester Bartow
Elbert Hannah
New Straitsville
Norval Lester
Floyd Champ
Parkersburg
Leo Wolfe
George Spang
Logan
Clifford Beal
Alec Guess
Marie Guess
Carbon Hill
Walter Guess
Ketchum
Washington, D. C
George Clemens
McConnelsonville
Phil Devol
Mattie Ralph
Murray City
Dan Simmers
Sabbath Respect Draws Dealer Praise
Leonard Simpson from Millfield writes to The Messenger Forum praising an Nelsonville auto dealer who closes on Sundays. He urges weekly shopping to honor the Sabbath and suggests only week-day purchases unless truly urgent, claiming a good car should last beyond Sunday.
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the Messenger
Forum
Nelsonville
Leonard Simpson Millfield
Fortifying foods with vitamins debated by doctors
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses the idea of adding vitamins and minerals to everyday foods to raise them to the best natural levels. He warns about uncertain need and safety, noting that indiscriminate fortification could mislead consumers and exceed safe dosages. The AMA supports limited fortification aligned with public health goals.
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Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
War and a Woman Opens In a Navy Base Romance
Linda Storm, visiting Marcia King at a Pensacola air station, wrestles with war’s ugliness and longing for home. A chance meeting with a mysterious man in uniform sparks a new, dangerous attraction as Marcia eagerly weds Jimmy Cooper while Linda frets over her fiancé George Cameron and a future tangled with duty.
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Linda Storm
Marcia King
Jimmy Cooper
Pensacola
George Cameron
Linda
Daddy
Marjola
Marcia
North Island
Jimmy
Queensville
Bradbury Social and Brief Personal Notes
Rev and Mrs J P Miller and son Donald left Friday night for Indianapolis for a two week visit with their parents Rev and Mrs Wilson and Rev and Mrs Miller. Bible School attendance was 73 at Bradbury and 95 at Bradford. Born to Mr and Mrs Louis Waugh a five and one half pound son. Mary Waugh suffered painful burns at Stansbury Drug Store. Mrs Viola Hysell of Thomas Fork visited with daughter Mrs Dave Haggy. Brother Robert Rice spoke at Nazarene Church Hiland Sunday night aided by Aquilla Hysell and Jay Stiles. Gene Wyatt of Middleport was a business caller. In Kismu Kenya colony of British East Africa women wear animal fur tails as wedding ring equivalents.
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Bradbury
J. P. Miller
Donald
Indianapolis
Stansbury
Viola Hysell
Thomas Fork
Dave Haggy
Robert Rice
Nazarene Church
Hiland
Aquilla Hysell
Jay Stiles
Gene Wyatt
Middleport
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Raymond Clapper
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Brother Taft
Bruce Catton
Communist Party
Perkins
Labor Department
Harry Lundberg
Stanford University
Japan
The
Messenger
18Th Street
Messenger Bureau
Poet's Corner
By Galbraith
the Public Forum
Mona Lisa With
Betty Wallace
NEA Service, Inc
Naval
Norfolk
Hawaii
George
Summer
Kismu
Kenya Colony
British East Africa
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