Messenger Publishing Co. Athens Rates and Notices
The Messenger Publishing Co issued publication details from Athens with publisher Frederick W. Bush and Gordon K. Bush. It lists subscription rates, overseas service pricing, advertising inquiries, and notices policies, noting association memberships and AP use rights.
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Athens
Frederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlies H. Harris
Amtrican Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
Messenger
Binoclepsis National
Jonn W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Home Front Heroes Keep Pitching for War Needs
Wartime praise for American industries and workers who supplied and transported materiel for Allied invasion. Notes 700 000 items and ten tons per man, 60 pounds daily, with 600 percent efficiency gains since conversion to war production. Remains a call to sustain effort and resolve.
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France
Europe
Pacific
Africa
Italy
Channel
War Production Board
Ration boards deserve more protection and respect
The piece argues that Athens County ration board volunteers support about 25 30 people, handling many requests with strict rules. It notes volunteers face harassment and loss of income from business hours spent on claims, often without pay, and urges greater consideration for their efforts.
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Athens County
Uncle Sam Isn’t Santa Claus Says Business Week
Business Week argues tax revenues from income and excess profits will fall while large industrial profits after taxes peak in 1941. In 1943 returns, driven by higher volume, run about 20 percent below 1941. The piece warns there will be less money to cover waste and government incursions, shifting tax burdens onto small taxpayers.
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Business Week
Federal Reserve
Sam
Santa Claus
Willkie Plan Sparks Debate on Commerce Regulation
David Lawrence discusses Wendell Willkie’s call for a national view of commerce regulation as the Supreme Court expands federal power. The piece argues the court has rewritten the Constitution via decisions since 1937, enlarging congressional authority and prompting calls for a responsible government model with constitutional amendments.
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Washington
Wendell Willkie
Supreme Court
Congress
Willkie
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Jusice Frankfurter
Australia
Canada
Labor front in invasion day notes on strikes and work force
Peter Edson reports that U S labor activity in the first week of the invasion saw strikes drop from 30 to 40 ongoing to 15 on D-Day plus one and nine on D-Day plus two as production pressures shift. About 2,257 disputes are before the National War Labor Board with wage demands driving many cases.
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U. S
Washington
France
Comemand
National War Labor Board
Corrigan Baseball Uses Two Way Base Running
The Nations Semi Pro Baseball Congress will test reverse base running in Wichita this summer allowing batter to run to first or third base and runners to go both ways simultaneously. The idea aims to revive fan interest amid wartime baseball and recalls a former Dodgers stunt from Uncle Wilbert Robinson era.
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Wichita
Douglas Corrigan
C Hase
Dodgers
Wilbert Robinson
Brooklyn
Front Porch of Heaven Town and the War's Aftermath
Pinky and Emily ride a spectral train to a heavenly town where the old man with a Panama hat explains a diverse, welcoming afterlife. They meet Matt, discuss gods past and present, and glimpse a looming read of Pinky’s future as the story hints at a continuation.
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Pinky
Heavenly Bend Junction
Emily
Allied take Normandy gains aided by favorable weather
The article notes bright sun over Cherbourg Peninsula boosting Allied invasion efforts. It cites an improving general situation, an eighty mile front, and decisive Allied air and sea superiority blocking German reinforcements. It warns Hitler’s air weakness remains critical to the invasion’s success.
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Atlantic Wall
English Channel
Cherbourg
Normandy
Europe
Western
Hitler
Poet's Corner Private Goodman Sends Birthday Poem From England
Pvt Gerald R Goodman husband of Ruth Goodman Poston entered service June 15 1943 the second birthday of their son Gerald Jr Now in England he writes a poem to his son My Son thanking his wife and family and hoping to remember him next year Washington During a labor union records case a Supreme Court ruling says a member may not refuse to produce records before a grand jury on grounds they might incriminate him Ex College president dies Dr W R McChesney president emeritus Cedarville College dies at 73 in Columbus University Hospital
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Gerald R. Goodman
Ruth Goodman
Poston
Gerald, Jr
Private Goodman
England
Sissy
Mother
Grandma
Washington
Supreme Court
Ocollege
Columbus
W. R McChesney
Cedarville College
University Hospital
Road upgrade planned by county surveyor in Lodi Township
County Surveyor J W Wilson planned to rebuild a cow path in Lodi Township from The Garden to Guysville into a 20 foot limestone road. The Foster family traveled to Wellesley College for Martha Foster's graduation, and Katherine C Manion spoke at a Women’s Benefit Association district rally with about 110 attendees. Flag Day ceremonies included Eliza Davidson memorial dedication at West State Street Cemetery and a city hall program by the Athens Elks with speaker Clarence J Brown, preceded by an American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps concert.
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J. W. Wilson
Lodi Township
Guysville
Katherine C. Manion
The
Women's Benefit Association
Hotel Berry
Nelsonville
Chillicothe
Lancaster
Logan
Athens
West State Street
Eliza Davidson
Athens Elks Lodge
Clarence J. Brown
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Athens High School Grants 61 Diplomas At Commencement
Sixty one seniors received diplomas at the First M E Church commencement. Prof Dana T Burns of Baldwin Wallace University delivered the address on Laws of Life. East Side School perfect attendance honorees listed, and Ohio University summer session enrollment expected 1500 to 1600. Marriage licenses issued to Dunfee Huggins and Chaney Hanning.
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Athens High School
Dana T. Burns
Baldwin Wallace University
East Side School
Lloyd Kelley
Irene Ackley
Earl Porter
James McClanahan
Mary Sams
Leland Wilson
Thurman Tucker
Elsie Barnhill
Thomas Kyle
Everett Barnhart
Bruce Baughman
Richard Kelley
Louise Barnhart
Mildred Giesecke
Margaret Radford
Cheshire Board Hires Teachers in Monday Meeting
The Cheshire Board of Education hired several teachers including Principal D. W. Hoffee and staff for Agriculture FM Musgrave Commercial Bonnie Brown Home Economics Kathryn Alexander Grace Bunce Lucy Martin Letta Young Vivian Kirby and Eugene Watson. Multiple local residents and relatives were noted visiting or staying with families over the weekend.
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Cheshire
Board of Education
D. W. Hoffee
FM. Musgrave
Bonnie Brown
Kathryn Alexander
Grace Bunce
Lucy Martin
Letta Young
Vivian Kirby
Eugene Watson
Gertrude Scott
Billings General Hospital
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Elza Scott
Monroe Township Fifth War Loan Drive Volunteers Named
Corning social notes list Monroe Township volunteers led by Leo Radkoski for the fifth War Loan Drive. Quota set at 120983 dollars. Also includes a long roster of local residents visiting relatives and weekend trips across Columbus Zanesville Glouster Crooksville and Wyandotte with various family mentions.
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Ermaine Books
John Tierney
Mary Irwin
Columbus
Jo Ann Klarenbeck
Willian Bernhard
Joseph Marren
Henry Marren
Elizabeth Ann de Garmo
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
H. E. de Garmo
William Shaw
Corning
Joseph Fuccie
Rosalie
James Jones
Orrechio
Crooksville
R. D
Helen Klarenbeck
George Klarenbe
Carpenter News Notes and Local Updates
Updates from Carpenter include real estate transfers as John R. Caster sells about 200 acres to Mr. Roberts and moves to the Harley Cline residence in Albany. The Ruth erford farm passes to Evans and Elizabeth Rutherford, with a sale by Evans rumored. Community notices mention births, illnesses, visits, and social events plus the June 18 church service. Ted Lewis honored as Circleville dedicates a park in his memory.
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Garnet Starkey
Russell van Dyke
Athens
Libbie T. Reeves
Athens County
Cecil Jewell
Akron
Harrisonville
Jewell
Camp Barkley
Texas
William Nichols
Kenneth Nichols
Columbus
Germany
W. M. Reedy
Red House
FE. Wyant
Family Nitro
W. Va
Orville Whittington
Columbia
L. S. Powelson
Ruth Powelson
Carpenter Church
Dow Jones
Norwalk
Ohio
Earl Starkey
Walter Hampton
Guy C. Gor
Cary C. Woodyard
Janet Jeffers
Lester Cordray
Arthur Crabtree
Pomeroy
Eloise Nelson
Frank Perry
Albany
Jack Powelson
H. F. Starkey
Pomona Grange
W. E. Jeffers
Frankie Emmett
Diana
Julia Gorby
Lewis Weyand
Dayton
Eldon Marking
Downington
Jesse W. Sisson
Grover C. Swearingen
Pearly Rupe
Powelson
H. FE. Starkey
Vinton Grange
Jackson County
Maude Scott
Ohio University
William and
Robert
Ou Tatenniversity
John Graham
School Lot
Elizabeth Graham
David Graham
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Home Front Heroes
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National Dispatch
Supreme Court of the United States
New Deal
Peter Edson
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Pink
Heaven
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Apollo
Bacchus
Matt
Apyright
NEA Service, Inc
Ketti Frings
Dewitt MacKenzie
Poet's Corner
Harry Z. Foster
Grace Ellen
East State St
Wellesley College
Wellesley, Mess
Martha Foster
Herman S. Dunfee
Evelyn J. Huggins
Roy Chaney
Denna Hanning
Cheshire Board
Byron Haskins
U. S. Marines
Mrs
Stanley Haskins
Paul Scott
Wesley Scott
U. S. Navy
Cpl
Marion Ward
Camp Me Cain
Miss
Clara Ward
H. C. Eversole
Betty Swisher
P. 0. Swisher
By Galbraith
NEA Berwice
Quarre
Corning Social Notes
Carpenter News
Honor Lewis
Circleville
Ted Lewis
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