The Athens Messenger Page Four Staff and Rates
The Athens Messenger publishes weekdays with a morning edition. It lists publishers Gordon K Bush and Prederick W Bush and editor Onaries H Harris, with circulation figures and rates for in state and out of state subscriptions. It notes association memberships and national representation and includes a Milton quote about liberty.
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Prederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr. Onaries
H. Harris
Planning for Winter in Ohio Gas and Coal Supply
Ohio faces record winter fuel needs for war plants and homes. Gas from southern fields will be stored in Hocking Valley wells with Sugar Grove compressor aid to ensure supply. Coal mines must stockpile this summer as winter demand will outpace production and risk shortages.
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Ohio
Hocking
Sugar Grove
Public sentiment shifts as courts pursue Axis sympathizers
The piece accuses pre Pearl Harbor publishers and committees of undermining morale and aiding Axis powers. It claims federal courts are now grinding and many public official supporters will face prison. It asserts pacifists socialists and communists hid in Washington and aided pro Axis publications.
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Germany
Italy
Japan
Pearl Harbor
United States
America
Washington
USO Drive Gains Support From Parents and Public
Solicitors for the USO report broad backing for the drive as thousands of parents and other donors respond. They note sons’ letters praising USO service and argue even small county targets yield large benefits to morale and camp life for soldiers.
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USO
Scrimgeours and scrimgeouring in wartime jargon
A facetious note on sales engineers earning large daily sums from war contracts. The piece imagines coining new forms like scrimgeouring to describe wealth from defense work, contrasting with soldiers earning far less. It cites specific earnings for the Scrimgeour family and others as an ironic linguistic observation.
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Scrimgeour
William
Maxwell
C. Bailey
Horace Ward
F. C. Nichols
A. P. Shirley
F. D. Olcott
Nicholing
Shirleying
Olcotting
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues that internal political battles in wartime harm national unity. He decries campaigns for a “war president” and criticizes unions and politicians for corruption and opportunism while defending loyalty to the executive during World War II.
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Fair
Westbrook Pegler
Peter Edson Analyzes Nazi Propaganda Tactics
Peter Edson explains how Nazi propaganda and psychological warfare operate. He cites a 1942 Soviet rumor planted by Berlin radio, US and British broadcasts, and the need for surprise in campaigns. He notes whisper campaigns in Turkey and stresses direct contact as a condition for effective psychological warfare.
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U. S
Russia
Napoleon
Berlin
France
Moscow
United States
Congress
Turkey
U.S
Charities Heal as Wordsworth and Chapin Reflections
The quote collection notes that true goodness rests in inner being rather than outward acts. It juxtaposes Wordsworth about soothing charities and Chapin on inward virtue, suggesting moral depth over visible deeds.
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Chapin
Kimberly and York Two News Notes
Local items from Kimberly and York Two detail visits, travels, and family events. Names include Johnny Deszo Fort Knox and Worley Giffin D A V delegate, plus soldiers returning from Fort Bragg and various visits across Nelsonville Glouster Buchtel and Columbus.
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Kimberly and
York Two
Patriotism and Christian warfare in public letters
A letter from Leonard Tucker in Athens argues true patriotism arises from love of country, while blind patriotism harms the nation. He contrasts worldly sacrifice with Christian service, noting God’s witnesses oppose the present evil world and preach Christ’s kingdom, despite unpopularity. July 26.
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Earth
Christ
Kingdom On
Leonard Tucker Athens
Roosevelt pledges swift repeal action of Prohibition
President Roosevelt promised rapid congressional steps to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. The piece lists local people on school club trips, playshop participants at Ohio University, strike committee members, and county fair officers, with several residents traveling to New York for postgraduate study and others affected by dress and employment rules.
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Roosevelt
Christie Colton Rescues Stranger Amid Pearl Harbor Feels
Christie Colton flies a wounded flyer to a hospital and learns he is Stephen Marston, the man Jan loves. Bart Sanderson, Christie’s fiancé, joins the Air Force as news of Pearl Harbor arrives, while Christie navigates party drama and wary scrutiny from Jan.
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Christie Colton
Christie
Stephen Marston
Jan
Bart Sanderson
Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Stephen
Bart
Six Couples Secure Marriage Licenses
Permits to wed issued in Gallipolis list six couples: John H. Burton 21 and Lois Maxine Wilson 21 Ironton. Louis Hudson 22 and Louise Gilbert 21 Oak Hill West Virginia. Harold Nunley 29 and Virginia Lucas 21 Ironton. Farrell Booth 23 and Gertrude Wilson 21 Spencer West Virginia. Jackson Fisher 21 and Bonnie Bryant 21 Charleston. Joseph Bray 25 and Margaret Glover 26 Henderson West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
John H. Burton
Lois Maxine Wilson
Ironton
Louis Hudson
Louise Gilbert
Oak Hill
W. Va
Harold Nunley
Virginia Lucas
Farrell Booth
Gertrude Wilson
Spencer
Jackson Fisher
Bonnie Bryant
Charleston
Joseph Bray
Margaret Glover
Henderson
Portland Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Moves
Rev C P Gagil moved his family into the parsonage and his wife remains in Pikesville hospital awaiting joining the family. Numerous locals visit relatives and friends including Miss Marc Cecil heading to Morehead for a six week teaching term and Pauline Ritchie visiting her parents in Pomeroy. Others travel between Vienna Belpre Columbus Marietta and East Liverpool as part of a community notes roundup.
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Portland
C. P. Gagil
Gallup
Pikesville
Marc Cecil
Morehead
Lily Smith
Bert
Cole Harris
Belpre
C. E. Johnson
R. D. Johnson
Coolville
Charles Ward
Denzil Jackson
Sherman Fork
Kenneth McLeod
Charleston
Betty Johnson
Mary Jo Swan
Columbus
Harry Swan
Charles Slaughter
Fast
Liverpool
James Slaughter
Mack Talbott
Vienna
William Talbott
Louis Shafer
Eva Blosser
Pauline Ritchie
Goessler's
Pomeroy
Lawrence Ritchie
Eris Price
Holzer Hospital
John Wilford
Florence
Marietta
Earl Wilford
Joe Schmidt
Joan
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Sand Run
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Alice Cooksey
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John Ossman
Nelsonville
Frank Smith
Greens Run
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Lake Hope
Henry Devault
Haydenville
Ralph McBride
Charles Hook
Salt Creek Valley
Holiness Church
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Jesonville
Indiana
Maywood Byers
Connett
Harry Dishong
Ben Six
Deanville
Mable Martin
New Pittsburg
York Grangers
Oak Grove
Kenneth Harvey
Nelsonville Rfc
Pauline Novotine
the Plains
James Merritt
Millfield
U. S. Army
Lillian McKee
the Public Forum
the Messenger
Beatashich School Club
Buckeye Lake
Laura Henderson
Kathryn Barstow
Jo Barstow
Merna Higgle
Betty Bardin
Marcella Henry
Margaret Connor
Janet Mackinnon
Eileen Decker
T. W. Shafer
166Th Infantry
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Ohio University
Delia Dorsey
Nelle Slye
William Curry
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This City
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Frances Carr
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Marie Swaim
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