Page Fours The Athens Messenger Publication Details
Society page item listing publication history of The Athens Messenger from 1825 to 1929, noting editors Gordon K. Bush Charles A. Harris and publishers, circulation rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, overseas service rates, and office information. No specific news event.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles A. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
Associated Presse
Messenger
Irbene Post Office
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
York
Columbus
Cleveland
Athens Red Cross Faces Tight Quotas for Surgical Dressings
In January 243 women helped at the Athens Red Cross center to sew surgical dressings. By June only 60 workers reported, making July and August quotas seem impossible. The piece asks if machines could speed production and urges locating centers with more workers to meet wartime needs.
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Athens
Red Cross Center
Red Cross
Ohio
Italy
France
Pacific
America
Pay as you go urged to curb federal borrowing
A columnist argues for a constitutional pay as you go rule to force the federal government to balance spending with tax receipts. He contrasts state and local budgeting with Washingtons borrowing, warns of rising taxes after the war, and cites potential economic and social disaster if debt grows unchecked. The piece invites counterarguments.
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Athens Township
Athens City
Athens County
State of
Ohio
Bingville
Washington
Hitler
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Congressional Committee
Athens
Invasion strategy and surprises mark wartime unfolding
Washington reports that Allied invasion planning emphasizes surprise and multi-front threats across France and neighboring regions. German forces face ongoing air and ground challenges as the United States, Britain, and Russia prepare vast offensives, with blitzkrieg described in reverse and poised for a climactic continental landing.
War as usual lingers after Navy contract dispute
Peter Edson argues that calls to keep war production and profits through reconversion threaten peacetime recovery. He notes pressure from business and labor to preserve wartime gains, while factions urge rapid, market-driven release of materials and cancellation of contracts. He discusses WPB plans and Truman Committee ideas to end war business as usual.
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Navy
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Pearl Harbor
Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, Manpower
WPB
Germany
Senate
Truman Committee
National debt payoff at $1 a week would take 40 years
An estimate shows if every person paid one dollar weekly toward the national debt, the debt would be retired in 40 years. A 20-year-old drafted in 1940 would reach age 65 and begin old age pension after paying off a $2,000 share.
Engagement announced for John H Preston Jr and Anna Forbes
An engagement notice from Athens reports John H. Preston Jr. of Athens with Miss Anna E. Forbes of Steubenville. The item appears among other local notices in the paper.
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John H. Preston, Jr
Athens
Anna E. Forbes
Steubenville
Atlantic Wall Breached Prompting Cautious War Outlook
The article argues the Normandy invasion may be the primary assault but warns German reserves are still ample and counterattacks could come any day. It highlights Cherbourg as a key base with railway to Paris and notes Allied naval air power could pressure Hitler to spread forces, with Rhone valley as another potential pivot.
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Herr Goering
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Atlantic
Normandy
Cherbourg
Paris
France
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Rhone
V-Day War Poem From Riverfront Messenger
Poet’s Corner features a reader contributed verse celebrating V-Day and Allied victory. The poem envisions khaki and navy crews marching to Berlin and Tokio, declaring the Rising Sun defeated and Hitler’s reign ended with victory days ahead. Name and Albany address included.
Ferree Re-elected Nelsonville Supt Resigns Soon After
D. A. Ferree, Nelsonville schools superintendent for six years, was reelected with a higher salary but resigned two days later. In Athens County a week saw 66 automobiles sold, led by touring cars. Chicagoans Richard Roe and Nathan Leopold face murder trial. Beatrice Sawyer wed Thomas W. Morgan at the Presbyterian Manse in Athens. both are Ohio University graduates.
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D. A. Ferree
Nelsonville
Athens County
Beatrice Sawyer
Thomas W. Morgan
Presbyterian Manse
Athens
Ohio University
Murray City Personal Mention
Mrs. John Shelton visits Detroit relatives while son Mickey spends summer with parents. Amos Sorrell and daughters Dorothy and Juanita tour Glouster. Mrs. Murry Burman and son Keith visit Dayton relatives. Warren Darby and Emmaippie visit in Orient. Dorothy Simm visits Columbus relatives. Robert Anders returns to Canton from with parents. Maggie Shuttleworth and sons visit Dayton. Charles Vancuren returns to Columbus after visiting relatives. Claude Loper and Claude Clendenin visit Nelsonville. Bertha Herbst of Columbus visits brother Claude Clendenin. John Houser visits Columbus. Emmett Short and Berky Kraft visit Nelsonville on business. Pearl Gosney of Buchtel visits Short family. Juanita Sorrell of Dayton visits parents. Nora Gosney visits Short. James Kilpatrick family return to Willoughby after visiting. Lawrence Short visits Logan. Betty Darby returns from Columbus visit. Robert Gottka returns to Columbus after visiting here.
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Amos Sorrell
Dorothy
Juanita
Glouster
Murry Burman
Keith
Dayton
Fred Collins
Warren Darby
Orient
Emma ‘Ippie
Dorothy Simm
Columbus
Robert Anders
Canton
Bert Anders
Maggie Shuttleworth
Robert
Jack
Charles Vancuren
Clarence Cook
Claude Loper
Claude Clendenen
Nelsonville
Bertha Herbst
Claude Clendenin
John Houser
Lawrence Short
Logan
Betty Darby
Robert Gottka
God s Front Porch wartime tale of Pinky in foxhole
Pinky Harrison faces death in a sun scorched foxhole with a dying German prisoner beside him and questions of faith. A corpsman arrives as Pinky and the German are forced to cooperate under fire, leading to a tense, uncertain moment and a hinted alliance.
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Steve
Pinky
Martha
Corp
Thomas Harrison
Rion Schumacher
Pinky Harrison
Mutt
Corporal Harrison
Congress Approves Debt Limit Increase and Tax Cut
Congress gave final approval to a measure raising the debt limit from 210 billion to 260 billion dollars and cutting the cabaret tax from 30 percent to 20 percent. The bill clears the path for the opening June 12 of a six thousand war loan and moves to the White House for signature. Local items note social events, visits, and community notices in Bartlett and surrounding areas.
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Congress
Washington
White House
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Detroit
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God's
NEA Service, Inc
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Wayne Nicholes
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Belpre
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Frank Ellis
Memorial Hospital
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Howard Mills
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Meredith
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John Armstrong
Sharpsburg
Union Aid
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Harry Fast
Carl Secoy
Mt. Carmel Hospital
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Mary
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