Truman initiates diplomacy with Russia via Hopkins and Davies
President Truman seeks a postwar US Russia friendship, leveraging Hopkins and Davies to ease tensions over Yalta disputes. The piece notes Russian concessions and warns against materialistic bargaining while urging patience and mutual understanding for long lasting cooperation.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Russia
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Yalta
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Roumania
America
San Francisco
Prague
Tito
Trieste
Berlin
Inter-Allied Control Commission
Subscriptions and rates for The Messenger shown
The notice lists carrier and mail subscription prices in Ohio and outside Ohio, including yearly and shorter terms, with a world wide option. It notes Athens Post Office metering and second class matter, and mentions advertising reps and charges for obituary notices and cards of thanks.
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Ohio
Messenger
Ieee
Athens
O—— Mathona
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Nomioz Cherge
Aircrew Escape From Fire With Faulty Engine
In a tense wartime episode at Dinjan a pilot describes a struggling engine that coughed and sputtered during approach. After circling to adjust the carburetor, anti aircraft fire from ally batteries burst around them causing a near chaotic landing. They finally landed safely after signaling a peaceful intent.
Old Glory and the war mood in the Pacific era
A wartime column reflects on the meaning of the U S flag and its symbolism while discussing Japanese propaganda, allied campaigns in Malaya Indochina and Thailand, and the likelihood of renewed fighting before September. It notes Buckner's 10th Army and the imagined Japanese panic over Allied strength.
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Washington
William Driver
Brandywine
U.S
America
Floyd Brown
Malaya
Indo-China
Thailand
Burma
Buckner
Okinawa
Suzuki
Our Flag of the Free and the Kunming Run
A wartime reminiscence recounts daytime fuel flights to Kunming and Dinjan with dim field lights and enemy air attacks. It notes Japanese bombers using instrument approaches, ground crews judging planes by lights, and the risky anti aircraft defense as pilots battle ice and radio failures on long missions.
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Dinjan
Kunming
Utijan
Carl Clifford
Athens
Bass
Coolville
Gan
Pauline Swanson
J. B. Swanson
Airplane
Ens
Columbia Studios
Hollywood
A. A
Christ
the Free
Flag OF the Free
Charles J. Bowen
Jutland
Ohio
Ana Petary
Gillian
Sayough
Real eggs to be sent to fighting men
The Quartermaster General said eggs in the shell will soon be shipped to American soldiers overseas. After years of using dried and canned eggs, a new packing case has been developed to safely transport shell eggs thousands of miles even under rough wartime handling.
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Chicago
Office of the Quartermaster General
War criminals and aggressive war declared crimes by US
The text notes Justice Robert H. Jackson leads the US in declaring aggressive war a crime and its planners and executors as criminals. It argues international law already treats aggressive and defensive war similarly and that this stance strengthens the defense of peace without conflicting with the United Nations.
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United States
Robert H. Jackson
Justice Jackson
United Nations Organization
Where Does It Go in Wartime Food Confusion
In Ohio farm sections beef and pork are grown for home use but shortages spark plans for families to buy meat on the hoof and store it for winter. The piece questions food flow abroad and calls for transparent wartime food accounting and kitchen cards.
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Ohio
Russia
Britain
Canada
Home Front
America
Washington
Mapping Germany's Future in Peace or Hard Terms
The piece weighs hard versus soft peace for Germany amid British and American debate. A hard peace could mean extended occupation and Europe restructured economically with Germany diminished. Leaders Truman Churchill Stalin and De Gaulle are urged to choose a course to settle Germany’s path and ease European turmoil.
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Germany
London
Hitler
Europe
United Nations Organization
Messrs
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
de Gaule
Letter From Washington Examines Supreme Court Docket
Peter Edson offers a vivid, opinionated tour of the U S Supreme Court. He notes the heavy docket lengthening terms and missing vacations, then muses on the court's solemnity and the crowd of spectators, lobbyists, and sources of distraction that surround the sessions.
Public Forum notes space limits for letters
The letter page explains space constraints under rationing and states that contributions are selected to fit the shortest length while preserving the writer's opinion. If a letter does not appear in full, it is to preserve the department under unusual conditions as decided by the editor.
Rain Brings Hope as Georgia Town Prays for Rain
In MEVTER Georgia the 2 500 residents gathered for a day of community prayer as drought-breaking rain arrives. Stores closed and worshippers rejoiced at the refreshment of parched tobacco and corn fields after months without measurable rain.
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Georgia
Mevter
Soldiers Will Not Be Annoyed by Taxes
Washington reports that overseas service members on their way from Europe to the Pacific front will not face immediate tax collection. Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr ruled that postponements granted to servicemen abroad will extend until they return to the United States and complete a continuous period of roughly four and a half months.
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Ger- Editor Messenger
United States
Congress
America
Indies
Java
Borneo
Washington
Europe
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Internal Revenue
War Planes Declared Surplus for Sale by Government
Government surplus property report shows war planes and related equipment valued near 1 billion dollars designated surplus and offered for sale. The trade summary in the Congressional Record tabulates about 265.6 million dollars in war goods sold during ten months ending March 3.
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Washington
Surplus Property Board
Congress
Congressional Record
O'Mahoney
Senate War Contracts Committee
Hull Unable To Make Trip to West Coast
President Truman said he invited Cordell Hull to accompany him to the closing session of the world security conference in San Francisco but Hull declined due to health reasons.
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Hull
Washington
Truman
Cordell Hull
San Francisco
Ravenna Ordnance Plant to Lay Off 800 Workers
The Ravenna Ordnance Center will lay off about 800 workers this month with a smaller number released in July due to cuts in heavy artillery shell production. Most affected are women. A new August bomb schedule would allow retention of some workers who would otherwise be released.
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Ravenna Ordnance Plant
Ravenna
Ravenna Ordnance Center
Ordnance Center
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China
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
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Nelsonville
Poet's Corner
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Logan, Ohio
Isabelle Work
Oho University
Marshall College
Huntington
Holus Putnam
Len B. McCune
Athens Kiwanis Club
R. A. White
College St
Ida Spencer
Catharine Spencer
Carl M. MM. Ferguson
School of Embalming
Ferguson
P. G. Dowsler
Church St
Peter Edson
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Artian Deonle
Sameme Court
Jemr Toat
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