The Messenger Distributing Co Seeks Help and Advertisements
Advertisement notice lists subscription rates and service details for The Athens Messenger with pricing for mail and carrier delivery. It also notes obituary charges and card of thanks are billed separately. National representatives and offices are named, along with Associated Press affiliation for credit.
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Associated Press
Associated Prees
Sil
End Alto
Joan W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Public warned of bureaucratic tricks behind shortages
A critic denounces repeated shortages as engineered by officials to curb liberty. He cites rationing in food, shoes, alcohol, gasoline, and clothing, urging citizens to ignore propaganda, avoid hoarding, and resist planned scarcities to protect American freedom.
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East
Middle West
Note to Sportsmen urged to help on farms this season
Ohio officials appeal to sportsmen and conservation groups to assist farmers with harvest and farm work this season. Groups in northern and southern Ohio have already helped, and farmers seek help during peak harvest times. The message emphasizes mutual appreciation without expectation of payment and urges planning at group or individual levels.
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Ohio
Miion Quote Means Communication Feeds Growth
A short adage attributed to Miion asserts that increased communication yields greater abundance, emphasizing dialogue and sharing as drivers of prosperity.
Battle Over Executive Salary Rules Delays New Tax Withholding
The Roosevelt administration and Congress clash on a 1942 salary cap for executives. Regulators delay implementing rules as Byrnes and advisers reportedly stall. The law bans reductions below 1942 levels and governs hiring limits, with Senate finance clarifying “particular work” terms.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Collectors of
Internal Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Brain Truster” Associates
Capitol Hill
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Treasury Department
War Labor Board
Air War Shifts Focus From Bombs to Fighter Destruction
In London, pilots of the American Eighth Air Force say the air war hinges on drawing German fighters into battle and destroying them. Even as Germany shifts to fighters, Allied claims show heavy losses to the German fighter force, a key step toward crippling Germany’s air power and enabling daytime bombing.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Britain
Ira Eaker
Arthur T. Harris
Public Forum Letters Welcome for Daily Use
Readers are invited to send signed letters or contributions on current events. Writers should keep responses concise to allow multiple submissions daily and include a signature.
Soldier in Army Air Forces Responds to Miners Union Strife
A WW II soldier at Fort Dix New Jersey condemns strikes by the United Mine Workers and calls for unity to support the war effort. He argues strikes cripple industry and endanger troops, urging miners and civilians to pull together. Signed P. F. C. Bryan A. Walton lth Anti Sub Lqd.
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United Mine Workers
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Army Air Forces
Bryan A. Walton
Fort Dix
New Jersey
War debts hold back world recovery Ramsey MacDonald tells London
Nation’s first vocational camp for jobless women opened at Bear Mountain New York. Miss Mary Elizabeth Hartinger of Middleport married William B. Thomas of Charleston West Virginia. Fred S. Shively Service Director of Logan urged conservation of the city’s water supply. Verle C. Kennedy of Akron, son of E C Kenney, left for New York to sail June 15 for a summer of study in Europe.
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Ramsey MacDonald
London
Bear Mountain
N. Y
Mary Elizabeth Hartinger
Middleport
William B. Thomas
Charleston
W. Va
Service
Fred S. Shively
Logan
Verle C. Kennedy
Akron
E. C. Kenney
Albany Road
New York
Europe
West Columbia
Ross Kapp
Ohio
Sammy Fry
William Spears
Wayne Young
Vaneda Watson
Point Pleasant
Ted Riley
Ruth Wheeler
Claudia Miller
Lawrence van Matre
Bessie Mattox
Douglas Roush
Union
John Lietwiler
Pomeroy
Henry Stewart
Rutland
Benny Blessing
Letart
Nip Steward
Lucille Russell
Clifton
Lizzie Stewart
Cathrine Ward
New Cumberland
Pat Riley
Allen Pickens
Will Kerwood
Ted Jr. Riley
Hallwood
Margaret True
Eileen Bumgarner
Robert Hoffman
Pines
Manila
Juan
Carlos
Itogen
San Nicola
Tayug
German proposals fail to stabilize peace terms
New German proposals were said to have had no beneficial effect on stabilizing peace terms as Germany pressed for passive resistance in the Ruhr. Clara Kimball Young acted in The Woman of Bronze at the Majestic in Athens. Two burglars cracked a safe at The D. Zenner Co. and stole $700, with police noting expert safe blowing.
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Germany
Ruhr
Clara Kimball Young
Bronze
the Majestic
Athens
D. Zenner Co
Parker
Axis Faces Air Power Boom As U S Produces Planes
WAR TODAY analyzes the impact of American aircraft output on war effort. It notes the surrender of three Italian islands in the Mediterranean and discusses heavy bomber losses and improvements in mid Atlantic patrols and defenses.
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Max Hill
Axis
America
United Nations
Rising Sun
China
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Lampeduso
Linosa
Germany
Italy
Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic
West Columbia Social Notes
West Columbia social notes list local visitors and gatherings. Residents and guests travel to Point Pleasant Pomeroy and Middport with many family and friend visits noted over the weekend.
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West Columbia Social Notes
We Meet Christmas in the Philippine Front
A wartime travelogue recounts a perilous flight through Philippines lines after bridges are blown. The narrator and companions trek via San Nicolas River, endure heat hunger and bombardment, and reach San Nicolas before ending at Victoria with a Christmas night reflection.
Coolville and Troy Notes from Rural Life Sunday
A joint Coolville Congregational Centennial Ireland Church meeting marked Rural Life Sunday with a Sunday School service and a post service basket dinner. Rev H Dickinson of Rio Grand led the rural life program. Local residents and visitors, including Mrs. William Marshall, Dora Carruthers, George Shoemaker, and multiple Kincade family members, enjoyed weekend visits and travels to Parkersburg and Fort Hayes.
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Coolville
Ireland
Rural Life
H. Dickinson
Rio Grand
William Marshall
al May Kincade
Fort Leonard Wood
Dora Carruthers
Biloxi
Ruth Smith
Athens
Melba Morrison
Alfred Rogers
Parkersburg
J. M. Carruthers
Cutler
Mary Lois Dixon
Dotty Lou Brandeberry
C. E. White
Cle White
Frances
Mars Jorie Malone
A Kincade
Jean
Alfred Russell
Ronald Kincade
Gary
Columbus
Ae Ronald Kincade
Pvt- Jac White
Fort Hayes
Q and A: Weather kites to ships and Lincoln’s son in office
The Q A covers uses of kites for weather data and meteorology, Robert Todd Lincoln’s service as Secretary of War and U S Minister to Great Britain, the Kilrain Sullivan bare knuckle bout of 1889, Captain James Cook’s Antarctic reach, dry or submerged wood preservation, Jimmy Valentine’s safe cracking method, and mortar lobes used in terrain surveys.
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Linccoln
Robert Todd Lincoln
Lincoln
Ithur
Garfield
U. S
Great Britain
John le Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Richbourg
Miss
Sullivan
Jimmy Valentine
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Mary Baker Eddy
Phillips Brooks
Charles Dickens
the Public Forum
Phyllis Sayre
W. A. Sayre
Trimble
Athens High School
Varsity Inn
Mildred Banks
Frances Clutts
Verna Danford
Anna Mae Fenzel
Iris Fierce
Ruth Jones
Louise Kerr
Beatrice Kinsel
Mary Maynard
Merna Mills
Esther Roberts
Vianna Roush
Pauline Swanson
Martha Johnston
Anna K. Price
Merle Danford
By Galbraith
Pacific
Clark le
Clark Lee
Viking
Baguio
Lingayen Gulf
San Nicolas
The
Philippines
Sierras
Santa Maria
Calesa
Viejo
Victoria
Pangasinan
Denly
Nicho
Nicolas
Fifth Avenue
Coolville and Troy
Antarctic
James Cook
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