Athens newspaper page four notices and rates
The page lists subscription rates by mail and carrier including yearly and short-term options, details service to servicemen, and notes on classified notices and advertising charges terms and office locations. It also notes copyright by the Associated Press and identifies representative offices.
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Athens
A Nations
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
O. Cheveran
No Hands Are Idle in Hill Country War Effort
A war weary reflection from the hill country notes how families there plan spring farming and keep lambs safe while sons and neighbors serve on distant fronts. The piece urges readers to recognize humble daily labors as part of the broader war effort and to remember neighbors doing their part.
Parents demand clear, decisive wartime leadership
The piece argues that in wartime families face harsh dawn goodbyes and want swift, decisive action from capable leaders. Parents will endure hardship to end the conflict quickly and bring their sons home safely, insisting the government act as a unified, efficient team.
Not Our Aint After All Food Coupon Dilemma
A discussion on American reliance on rationing and the need for guests to bring tea sugar and food, noting British hosts faced similar shortages. The piece comments that pooling coupons may be required in boarding houses feeding under 50 people and that Americans now understand the shared hardship.
Victory Magazine under fire over FDR profile error
Elmer Davis, director of the Office of War Information, admits the Victory magazine contained indefensible ideologue content in a profile of Franklin D Roosevelt. He vows the lapse will not recur and says Victory is not a conduit for fourth term propaganda as it shifts to attracting neutral readers away from German publications.
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FDR
Office of War Information
Victory
Elmer Davis
Davis
Battle of Washington stalls war effort with WPB power shift
Washington dispatch argues Donald Nelson loses de facto control of the War Production Board to Charles E. Wilson, triggering criticism of civilian economy influence. It portrays a fractured coordination between WPB and Army Navy, urging urgent production boosts for escort ships bombers cargo ships and aircraft parts to defeat Axis forces.
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Washington
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Army and Navy
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
America
Capitol Hill
North Africa
Pacific
WPB
Armed Services
Nelson
Times
Army Ordnance
Navy Ordnance
Hitler
Hirohito
United Nations begins tentative postwar cooperation effort
Raymond Clapper notes a Toronto address by Sumner Welles signaling the United States will push to create rudimentary UN machinery. The aim is to assemble nations to study freedom from want, postwar employment, trade, currency, and investment, marking a modest but welcomed start toward collaborative recovery policies.
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Washington
United Nations
Toronto
Sumner Welles
United States
Roosevelt
Welles
Amesville speaker recalls wartime convoy and world travels
Ames-Bern alumnus Ellery Hill, class of 1937, spoke at Amesville School recalling service on the U S S Rapidan and convoy duties with the Reuben James. He shared Atlantic submarine experiences and travels to Iceland Greenland Casablanca Cuba plus other locales.
Public Forum Guidelines and Reader Signatures
The Public Forum invites current event comments signed by authors. Letters should be brief to fit multiple contributions daily.
Victory Gardens Praise And The Community Spirit
Nelle Adelia Bell writes from Athens Rt. 4 on February 26 praising Mr Gardner and neighbors for tending Victory gardens on former stamping grounds where neighborhood children played baseball and studied. She recalls teachers from the old school era and urges unity to keep weeds down and win the victory through shared labor and patriotism.
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the Messenger
Victory Gardens
Messenger Forum
Gardner
Mother Earth
Batebase
Boxwell
Elza Gibson
Fanny Bean
Ada Biddle
Elizabeth Higgins
Gardener
Nelle Adelia Bell
Athens
Farmers Set Aside 1200 Acres as Athens County Refuge
Six farmers in Athens County designate a 1200 acre tract five miles east of Athens as a game refuge. G G Gaul A P Linscott John Klingenburg Peter Seel Fred Burch Joe Walker own the land with C O Lillie directing two year hunting ban. Volunteers assist Red Cross and sewing needs as Ohio University marks its 128th anniversary with convocation and bridge gatherings.
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Athens County
Athens
G. G. Gaul
A. P. Linscott
John Klingenburg
Peter Seel
Fred Burch
Joe Walker
C. O. Lillie
Izaak Walton League
Pearl French
Red Cross
T. W. Craig
C. M. Gill
Ida Brown
Carl Hanson
W. L. Gard
R. P. Imes
W. H. Shamel
J. H. Gibson
Fred Linscott
A. J. Laverty
H. T. Phillips
W. H. Brooks
C. E. Hines
Charles Henry
Alex Moore
John Finsterwald
Hale Pickett
Clarence Duncan
Lelia Walker
Mayme Russell
Abbie Mardis
P. W. Kelly
William Stehr
Helen Lawrence
A. E. Cullum
Ohio University Coaches Prepare for First Dennison Game
Coaches Grover and Finsterwald train the baseball squad for its opener versus Dennison. Possible squad members include Bob Loomis Chet Wolfe Arden Rush Bud McGinley Cowden Wise and O Donnell. Gatchel is absent from school while Barstow Fuller King are ineligible. Naval leaders alarmed by Congress economy moves shrinking the U S Navy. Invitations issued for two teas at Mrs Hopkins home Athens with hostesses A A Atkinson C D Hopkins J T Merwin and George W Hopkins.
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O. U
Grover and
Finsterwald
Dennison
Bob Loomis
Chet Wolfe
Arden Rush
Bud” McGinley
Cowden
Wise
O'Donnell
Clyde Gatchel
Barstow
Francis Fuller
Angus King
C. D. Hopkins
Athens
A. A. Atkinson
J. T. Merwin
George W. Hopkins
Rev Carl Beard Leads Sharpsburg Revival at Lathrope
Community notes report Rev Carl Beard conducting revival services at Lathrope. Several visits and social calls among Sharpsburg residents are listed, including Kerns, Mulford, Thompson, Wagoner, Strode, Craston, Sephus, Norris, and Beard families. Mt Hermon Church holds Sunday services at two o clock. Louise Tucker travels to Columbus for employment.
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Sharpsburg
Carl Beard
Lathrope
Clarence Kerns
Ray Mulford
Cheshire
Arthur Thompson
Amesville
Emma Wagoner
Pennsville
Leota Strode
Arthur North
Warren Hanson
Lucile Craston
Martha Sephus
Ed Mathews
Dorothy Hill
Willard Norris
Elton Beard
Columbus
Joe Beard
Mt. Hermon Church
James Stobart
Anna Porter
Chesterhill
Louise Tucker
Ruth Starling
Rufus White
Broadwell
Glider Girl Short Skirted to Office Lead by Pat Friday
Patricia Friday quits a harsh boss and confronts a demanding job line in the Columbia Building. She improvises a plan to screen applicants for a six post secretarial group, impressing James Carr with a bold, humorous audition. He invites further talk in a Western drawl as the scene ends.
What is a wadi and its seasonal flow
A wadi is a stream that runs briefly during the rainy season and dries up for most of the year. In North Africa dispatches the term appears as wadis such as Wadi Zem Zem. The Q and A format covers various trivia questions and concise explanations.
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North Africa
Wadi Zem Zem
Layman's Day Observed at Syracuse Methodist Church
Syracuse notes cover Layman's Day activities at the Syracuse Methodist Church with Bernice Stowe and Marcia Karr on dedications and church finance, plus choir patriotic numbers and upcoming Million Dollar Pension Fund results. Also reports military moves, promotions, and local visits including Quisenberry returning to Camp Lee and others in Syracuse and surrounding towns.
Alfred Brief News Notes
Alfred Brief ALFRED Ralph Henderson of Camp Mead Baltimore Md is spending a 4 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Lee Henderson The small son of Mr and Mrs Jeffers who has been ill was taken last week to a Parkersburg hospital He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Clyde White of Flora and Mr and Mrs Dolph Jeffers local Miss Mildred Bentz returned to her home in Akron after spending the past two weeks with her aunt Birras Tuttle and family Miss Virgie May Swartz went to Athens Wednesday to be the guest of her sister Mrs Harold Kines until Sunday Miss Georgia Cooper has been ill of flu and was unable to attend the basketball game Friday evening She is one of the cheerleaders of Tuppers Plains High Schools basketball team Mr and Mrs Murray Hopkins have gone to Dayton where Mr Hopkins is employed Their son Rex staying with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Will Bentz until a school is out Dana Swartz attended the stock sale at Athens Wednesday Mr and Mrs Emerson Wells and family of near Flora moved his family Thursday to the Homer Willard farm near Hemlock Grove Frank Newland of Tuppers Plains spent the past week with his daughter and family Mr and Mrs Sam Davis Miss Maryland Pooler small daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Pooler has been ill of mumps
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Alfred—Ralph Henderson
Camp Mead
Baltimore
Lee Henderson
Jeffers
Parkersburg
Clyde White
Flora
Dolph Jeffers
Mildred Bentz
Akron
Birras Tuttle
Virgie May Swartz
Athens
Harold Kines
Georgia Cooper
Tuppers Plains
Murray Hopkins
Dayton
Hopkins
Rex
Will Bentz
Dana Swartz
Emerson Wells
Homer Willard
Hemlock Grove
Frank Newland
Sam Davis
Maryland Pooler
Bill Pooler
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Australia
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Rex Smith
Charles Thompson
Fannie Matteson
Grippe
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Audrey LaVelle
Phyllis LaVelle
Amesville Methodist Church
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Dail
the Public Forum
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Harvey C. Baker
P. R. Shannon
Congress
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Sharpsburg Social Briefs
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Syracuse News
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Bernice Stowe
Marcia Karr
Mare Cla Karr
George Henderson
Church of the Nazarene Sune
Joe Quisenberry
Junction City
Camp Lee
Quisenberry
Officers’ School
Air Corps
J. M. Soulsby
U.S. Naval Training School
University of Wisconsin
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C. L. Arnold
Rock Springs
E. J. Soulsby
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D. T. Cuckler
Oscar Patterson
Rutland
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University Hospital
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Robert Salser
Judson’s
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James Miller
Eva
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