The Messenger Publishing Co. Athens Ad Rates and Notices
The Athens Messenger lists publication details, staff roles, and Associated Press rights. Subscription rates vary by region and term, with carrier, mail, and international options. Obituary notices and thanks incur nominal charges, and the paper is entered as second class at the Athens Post Office.
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Athens Messenger
Fale Nicobiy Lazo
Frederick W Bush
the Messenger
Gorden Kush
Mgr
Charles A. Harris
Amerian Newspaper Publishers Association
Obie
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Oba News Paper Association
Associated Freak
Associated Press
Pons
Ohio
Messenger Ra
Athens
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Rome
Anniversary of D Day Shows War Turning in Europe
A year after D Day, Allied forces pushed in Europe and the war nears end as Japan faces mounting pressure. The piece notes American, British, and Soviet movements, Japan’s fears, and hopes for a final victory over National Socialism and Imperial Japan.
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Europe
Japan
Normandy
Elbe
Hitler
United States
Pacific
Germany
Britain
Orient
Siberia
Asia
United Nations
Prussia
Pearl Harbor
Off‑Key Censorship Clouds Postwar Europe
A critique of postwar censorship in Europe criticizes Russia’s press controls spreading to the Elbe Italy’s partial blackout and U S Army practice. It urges accountability for army policies in Germany amid wartime authority and public oversight concerns.
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Europe
Russia
Elbe
Italy
SHEAF
United States Army
Germany
Berchtesgaden
Kesselring
Julius Streicher
Streicher
Cnal
Compulsory X rays at NYC schools challenged in court
A New York City school teacher seeks to halt compulsory tuberculosis chest X rays for school staff arguing only those in contact with children should be examined or that exams be voluntary. The piece notes wartime precedents and the public health aim of early disease detection.
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New York City
Board of Health
Argentina admission to San Francisco Conference debated
David Lawrence argues that United States and Latin American states chose to back Argentina's admission despite fascist government. He notes Pan American solidarity and Mexico City commitments, warnings of withdrawing recognition if Buenos Aires persists, and that sovereign nations retain veto rights at San Francisco. He rejects the idea of a controllable world government and stresses moral force and preparedness.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
San Francisco
Rio Grande
Russia
Mexico City
Department of State
Truman
Buenos Aires
Molotov
Moscow
Congress
America
San Francisco Employers Cite Collective Bargaining Success
Peter Edson reports that five years of employer collaboration through the San Francisco Employers' Council reduced strikes and eased labor conflict. The council credits a coordinated contract process for stabilizing relations despite ongoing jurisdictional disputes and occasional labor leadership turmoil.
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San Francisco
Herbert G Storie
Employers’ Council
Harry Bridges
Navy
CIO
ALF
Tme
Roger Lapham
American-Hayavan Steamship Company
Council
Memorial Day Appeal Praises Miss McGraner Aid to Troops
In Athens and Athens County a resident praises Mrs. Ernest McGraner for aiding wounded soldiers passing through town. She funded hospital trains and supplied care with small donations and a recent eighty five dollar check, while a jar for donations was stolen at a local hotel.
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the Messenger
Athens
Athens County
Ernest McGraner
Chester News Notes Trivia Q A from Local Page
A reader quiz covers topics from who originated latitude and longitude to Spain’s money unit and Stalin’s title. Items mention the Maybelle Mellough family in Mechanicsburg, guests of the Attacomet and Cleland households, a P-59 jet and P-33 engine notes, and Memorial Day visits.
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Chester
Maybelle Mellough
Jennie
Osborn
Mechanicsburg
Ike
John Ledwick
Columbus
Harry Attacomet
Lowick
Wayne Cleland
London
Hannah
Cleland
Kothe
Ek Smith
Fritz Shank
Keith Brenot
Victor Willie Sounnone
Merrit
Knight
Pat
East Fulton
Tozen
Ham
Howard Knight
Laura Saunders
Athens
Sury
Negros Island
Philip
Ward
Mabie van Meter
Blanch Leyda
Werling
Stalin
Lettie Meredith
Cecil Nelson
Council of
Theodore Cray People's Commissars
William Enichensehr
Sandusky
Men Waed Uasan
Strategic options for amphibious invasion of Japan debated
The article weighs possible Allied moves in the Pacific from Formosa to Japan, noting that neutralizing China and securing air bases could influence invasion plans. It discusses the air power challenge, carrier strength estimates, and the risk of focusing on a single objective versus retaining options targeting the Japanese heart.
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DL. m. Njubek
Foochow
Siapu
Formosa
Japan
China
England
Italy
Okinawa
Iwo
Saipan
Pacific
Normandy
Germany
Ater
Berlin
India
Brahmaputra River
Athens High and community events recap featured
News items from Athens area recollect a decades old buffet hosted by the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd Men’s Class and a Sigma Phi Gamma home talent fundraiser for Sheltering Arms Hospital. Senior Day at Athens Senior High highlighted by class histories poems and prophecies.
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D. R. Zenner
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Larry Herron
Russell Bolinger
Ruth Phillips
Parker Walker
June Fultz
Virginia McVay
Athens Senior High
Hemlock Grove Social Notes Chronicle Sunday Visits
Hemlock Grove brief social notes list visits and weekend stays. Names include Mrs Ber nice Hawk Mrs Ernest Cullums and their sons Terry Rex Leote Hawk with Mr and Mrs C D Bentz Alfred Thelma Hazelton Pomeroy, Dwight Logan Columbus, Bert Romine family Grace Midkiff, El don Clark crew John Sargent Watt Pen Aves Logan Mrs Russell Manhirter, June Opal Smith Columbus.
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Hemlock Grove
Bernice Hawk
Ernest Cullums
Terry Rex
Leote
Hawk
C. D. Bentz
Alfred
Thelma Hazelton
Pomeroy
Vada
Paulsen
Homer Midkiff
Monroeville
Foster Midkiff
Midkiff
Wilbur Midkiff
Ziba Midkiff
Grace
Gary Midkiff
John Sargent
Watt Pen
Aves Logan
Russell
Manhirter
Helen Bricktes
Georgia
June Opal Smith
Atlanta Smith
Columbus
Merri
and Bhasin Hii
St Elmo's Fire flight through Tibetan peaks to Dinjan
The account recalls a perilous February 1943 flight by a CNAC crew across the Himalayas. Pilots push full throttle to 21,000 feet against ice and wind, narrowly escape collapse, reveal St Elmo's Fire spectacle, and survive a dramatic landing at Dinjan.
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Fox
Tsui
Bill Fox
St. Elmo's
Gingiss
Privensal
Johnson
Skippy” Lane
China
Kimberly Social and Personal Notes Highlight Local Veterans and Births
Mrs Marl W Bond reports her husband, now promoted to private first class, stationed in Germany. Leonard Breeze and wife announce the birth of daughter Lenna Jean on May 26. Grandparents Eugene Pickett Sr and Henry Breeze Sr recognized. Leonard has served months at Camp Bland ing Fla. James Latherbach and daughter Alice visited Haydenville with Hermon Williams family. Jr and children of Lancaster visited here with Leonard Breeze family. Jennie Fugitt of Nelsonville visited George Griffon and Ed Nelson households. Robert Adams, son of Andrew Adams, began military induction June 1. Andrew Adams family has four other sons in service, two overseas.
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Charles Rucker
Zanesville
George Griffon
Mary Tennihill
Nelsonville
Howeard Hill
Ben Kesterson
Pomeroy
Mra
Lee Smith
Famly
Meeker Run
Troy Fields
Dorothy Smith
Pest
Columbus
James Nelson
Coolville
Edward Nelson
Eugene Pickett, Jr
Lancaster
Murl Bond
Haydenville
Gertie
Kimberly
Marl w.Bond
Germany
Leonard Breeze
Lenna Jean
Eugene Pickett
Henry Breeze
Leonard
Camp Blanding
Fla
James Latherbach
Alice
Hermon Williams
Jennie Fugitt
Ed Nelson
Robert Adams
Andrew Adams
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Chester News
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Jp Daattt
Mae
Dwight Rutherford
B. R. Goldsberry
Charles Reamer
Phi Delta Theta
Albert K. Merriman, Jr
A. K. Merriman
Gallipolis
Harvard University
Athens High Masquers Club
Henry Entwhistle
Martha McVay
Athens High School
Paul Reading
Cornelia Holcombe
Thomas Wood
Mary Stalder
Robert Clark
William Wiplfe
Jim Patterson
Gertrude Addicott
Bernice Stanley
Edith Pierre
Helena Antoiietda
Rafael Johnson
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Cy. J.ailstock
EB. A. Collingham
Isbell
Pittsburgh
Richard Imes
Franklin Ave
Indis
Chins
Pilota
ST. Elmo's Fire
Assam
Dinjan
Bill
Bridgit
Randolph Field
Harry Burchfield
Etron Mace Fox
St. Elmo
Panala
Crystal Sharpe
Carl Lauderbach
Ross
Bill. Fox
Francis Brown
Kimberly Social and Personal
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