Athens Messenger masthead and subscription rates note
The Athens Messenger publishes weekday afternoons with a Sunday morning edition and lists publisher management editors and associations. Subscription rates are 1$ a week by carrier and various annual and periodic mail rates. ad rates available on request.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Anc
Athens Messengerk «& Rald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr. Cheries H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circusation
Ohio News Paper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Berein
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Merorgan
Vinton
Washington
Coronation in a Washroom
The piece condemns Haile Selassie as a pathetically misused figure, recounting his fall from Ethiopian sovereignty, exile in England, and recent return to power theatrically staged in Alexandria. It equates his display to a farce and questions European powers’ impotence, urging a tear for the Negus yet no laughter at his pretensions.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Judah
Drummagem
Equator
Selassie
League of Nations
England
Alexandria
Europe
Negus
Worth Trying on Hobbies and Rare Stamps
A column mocks hobby collectors chasing old stamps and antiques, noting the spread of enthusiasm for curiosities that rarely yield real money. The author jokes about shipping more hobbies nationwide to curb collectors and imagines a curative itinerary of rare finds to tame the hobbyist frenzy.
Suspect Inquiries Warned By Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce warns members about suspicious inquiries seeking map locations of federal agencies and critical infrastructure. Pensacola's chamber received letters asking for locations of transportation water supply bridges docks. The suggestion to forward such inquiries to the FBI aims to prevent misuse while avoiding panic.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Pensacola
Fla
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber
FBI
Back to the Farm The rural living trend grows stronger
The back to the farm movement is now a population trend with about two million returning to rural life in the last decade. 1940 farm population is estimated at 32,245,000, near the 1916 peak, aided by births outpacing deaths among farm families and urban unemployment. Modern farm life with roads electrification and labor-saving machinery blurs city country living gaps.
Raymond Clapper's Comment on News Dialog on wartime hunger and policy
Washington opinion shifts to a prolonged Germany England struggle and the fate of conquered peoples. The piece questions feeding Europe versus enforcing a ruthless blockade, the potential famine across France Belgium Netherlands and Poland, and whether the United States should aid or resist feeding to influence German terms.
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Washington
Germany
England
Belgium
France
Britain
Roosevelt
Europe
Italy
Romania
Denmark
Norway
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
United States
South America
Bruce Catton Reviews Washington Scene
Nation-wide alien registration begins August 27 under Earl G. Harrison. The plan aims to catalog three to six million people with names, fingerprints and histories, kept secret and accessible only to approved agencies. Registration runs four months with postal questionnaires and FBI guidance for fingerprinting. The government projects about 3.5 million aliens remain, with records sent to Washington for central file.
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Washington
Earl G. Harrison
Philadelphia
U. S
Harrison
Congress
Sonja Henie Dan Topping Wedding Report
A humorous note describes the wedding of Sonja Henie and Dan Topping as another instance where the groom failed to rival the bride’s sparkle and poise. The line playfully contrasts ice skating ace Henie with her husband’s reception.
Take It Easy Expert Says Take It Easy
The article discusses insomnia as a key sign of overfatigue from excessive mental work and overwork. It advises reducing evening mental activity, avoiding work after dinner, avoiding arguments and hectic recreation, and going to bed early to cultivate rest and prevent neuro muscular hyperexcitability.
Social Notes of Oak Grove Gains in Attendance
Oak Grove Sunday school reports a 425 rise above last year’s average. Local visitors included Kinsey, Catherine, Groce, Rev. Graham, Cagg family, Weigel family, Hartman and Waveline, who vacationed in Columbus with Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Morgan. Various residents and relatives travel notes and family updates follow, including births, visits to Columbus, and gatherings at Lake Zaleski.
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Oak Grove
Coat Pickett
Charles Kinsey
Catherine
Groce
Gus Graham
S. M. Cagg
Carl Weigel
Royal Hartman
Waveline
Columbus
Andrew Wilson
Charlies Morgan
Richard
Andrew Wilson Jr
Ervin Nanna
Gallipolis
Leonard Zennerman
Conrad Wesley
Homer Davis
Nelsonville
Robert Zennerman
New Marshfield
Zennerman
Santford Littrel
Joe Andrews
Dorothy
Mary
Ruth
Cincinnati
Linda Andrews
Connett
Roy Parker
Ash Hewitt
Verna Bennett
June
Betty
Joan Bennett
Edith
Evelyn Hartman
Verna Wachenschwanz
Wolfe and Bennett
Minnie Perry
Douglas Hartman
Keith Hilber
John Davis
Ritak
Waveline Richard
Lake Zaleski
Irene
Bonnie
Teddy Thompsson
Poston Personal and Brief Social Notes
A turtle race at Poston Recreation Center saw 20 entries with Florabell Bobo taking first, Ted Wood second, and Hubert Bobo third. Florabell will race at Chauncey on Monday July 29. A Poston horseshoe tourney is set for Tuesday July 30 with the winner advancing to Athens on August 11 to face Audrey Wilson. Also noted are illness and visits among residents, including Audrey Wilson’s illness and recovery, Betty Merrella staying with her grandmother, Thelma Parson’s illness, and local family travels and employment search in the Fogarasy family.
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Poston
Florabell Bobo
Ted Wood
Hubert Bobo
Florabell
Chauncey
Athens
Audrey Wilson
Betty Merrella
Columbus
Cynthia Alasky
Thelma Parson
Donald Wolfe
Jimmie
Hooper Ridge
Frank Fogarasy
Paul
Andy
Mary
Alex Fogarasy
Alex
Used car aging boosts resale speed in survey findings
A recent survey shows older used cars sell faster with age. Cars over six years average 23.1 days to move while one year old average 47.4 days. The overall turnover is 37.8 days. By end of 1938 about 5,514,000 motor vehicles were on farms.
Jacksonville Social Notes and Marriage Announcement Update
Jacksonville notes report the engagement and marriage of Lawrence Morris to Kathryn Smith in Greenup Kentucky on November 23, 1939. The column lists recovering individuals and visits from several local residents plus a note on a new U. S. Army plane with rear-mounted engines and pusher propellers increasing space for armament and crew.
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Jacksonville
James Morris
Lawrence
Kathryn Smith
Athens
Greenup
Nathaniel Hooper
Edward Stevens
Charles Frazee
Naydeen Frazee
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Leah Watling
Newark
Ralph Miller
Arthur Kelp
Dorothy
Anna Exenkemper
North Canton
Lena Exenkemper
Pauline Wemmer
Fred Wemmer
Charles Hoisington
Ralph M. Hoisington
Glouster
Thomas Anderson
Floyd Garvin
Marietta
M. P. Fugate
Jack
W. E. McKinley
Columbus
J. A. Clark
Philip Thomas
Thomas Clark
Diamond
Pat Loper
Murray City
Kate Staubus
Blanche Young
Ralph White
Oberlin University
Ida South
Frank Curry
Dudley Swindell
Mary Lou
Buckeye Lake
Summer Theater Romance on Cape Cod Opens
Johnny Regan, a Cape Cod shop owner, contends with a torn letter from his childhood sweetheart Jean Reynolds while meeting a rising actress named Hayes from Cornell and Hepburn. In this serial tale set among a summer theater world, Johnny and Hayes enact a first clash between love and ambition as memories and opportunities pull them apart.
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Johnny Regan
Jean Reynolds
Johnny
Molly Travers
Andre Masters
Boston
Cape
Ned Walters
Ned
Canada
Jean
Cape Cod
Yeats
Fragonard
Capetown
New York
Carter Earl
Broadway
Hayes
Cornell
Hepburn
Dase
Bernhardt
Mrs. Siddons
Bethany Personal and Brief Social Notes
Bethany notes list residents and visitors including Mrs Pat Murphy returning home after mumps with her mother Mrs Sophrona Campbell Coolville and Mr and Mrs Morris Parsons visiting niece Mrs Clarence Petty in Bethany Church home coming set for Aug 4. Several locals and relatives are visiting Athens and Trimble with social and work updates and a movie outing noted.
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Bethany
Pat Murphy
Sophrona Campbell
Coolville
Morris Parsons
Detroit
Clarence Petty
Bethany Church
White
Ray Clark
Cray
W. S. Dye
Athens
Rosie Justice
Marion
Ladd Barnhart
Lillie Ryan
Elza Cole
Trimble R. D
Raymond Kimble
Fairview
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