Subscriptions and wartime policy critique column
Subscription rates listed for carrier, Ohio, and outside Ohio with yearly and weekly options. A long editorial critiques President Roosevelt on German ex soldiers labor in Russia, warning of moral compromises at Yalta and urging humane peace and persistence of principle against brutal postwar policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Germany
Stalin
Churchill
Yalta
Goebbels
Mr. Roosevelt
Jesus
The Victory and War Echoes in Poetry and Prose
Poems and reminiscences from Messenger Readers recall the Ruhr siege, Rhine crossings, and Allied advances. A Wartime meditation links Germany’s fate to Cologne and Essen, while verse by Bessie M. Gorslene and Ethel Radekin honors fallen loved ones and national duty. The narrative also threads a fictionalized encounter among Frederic Chopin’s circle, Liszt, and Jozef Elsner, amid Poland’s upheaval.
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Poland
Jozef Eisner
Frederic
Monsieur
Franz Liszt
Jozef Ebner
Chopin
Pleyel Et Cie
Jozef Elsner
Pleyel Et Cle
Jon
Professor Elsner
Dayne
Sixty Million Jobs for Women in Postwar Era
A columnist analyzes Roosevelt Wallace and Ruml plans for 60,000,000 postwar jobs, estimating 16,156,850 women needed to fill these roles by 1950. Using 1940 population data and farm counts, the piece predicts substantial shifts in marriage, home life, and the role of women, suggesting a lasting maid shortage and new domestic norms.
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Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Beardsley Rum
Dewey
Wallace
Commerce Department
Ruml
Rumi
Bureau of the Census
Demobilizing Bureaucracy in Postwar US Policy
Senator Arthur Vandenberg argues the war created an inevitable bureaucracy that will persist to guard against economic collapse. He cautions about 4000 executive decrees with law like force but lacking open debate, warning they may outlive victory and keep a costly civilian payroll far beyond military needs.
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Ruhr
Dewitt
Cologne
von Rundstedt
Rundstedt
Eisenhower
Marshal von Rundstedt
Rhine
Hitler
Dom
Reich
Krupp
Essen
Blose
Prises
Germany
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Stumping the Expert by Moss Lathan Hellman
Playwright Moss Lathan Hellman returns from four months in Russia with contempt for travelers who roam six weeks and claim authority. The piece notes postwar experts, veterans’ views, and a widening market for travel among less wealthy exiles, reflecting on Thirties era attitudes.
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Moss Lathan Hellman
Russia
Soviet Union
Hellman
Nessings
V 1 robot bombs shift war tactics and terror
Washington columnist Peter Edson explains that German V-1 flying bombs may extend artillery reach by combining rocket and aircraft traits. Despite inaccuracy and small numbers, their noise and damage create terror and potential battlefield use beyond traditional gun ranges. The device uses a fixed ramp launch and carries its own fuel, limiting aiming flexibility.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
Western Front
U. S
London
France
Belgium
Holland
Mo Lons
Iwo Jima
Vance
England
Local Society Notes and Club Installations
Athens area social rounds include the Athens High Masquer Club at Parker Walker’s home, a dinner hosted by the Persons at 20 Montrose Ave, and guests Cora Evans Jessie Ward and Mrs Frank Watkins. The Women’s Auxiliary of the K T Crossen Post, American Legion, held formal officer installation. Also noted are Theta Phi Alpha sorority events in Detroit and a Rotary Club talk on blood transfusion and the Dix anti toxin for scarlet fever.
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James Person
Earl Watkins
Eugene Cottle
Everett Person
Montrose Ave
Cora Evans
Jessie Ward
Frank Watkins
Earl
Women's Auxiliary
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Nellie Brooks Griswald
Aveline Dowler
Pearl Kelley
Ruth Morrison
Ellen Goddard
Belle Lavelle
Agnes Padden
Muriel Joy Pierce
Marshall Ferdinand Foth
Paris
Germany
B. R. Goldsberry
Athens
Tuppers Plains area wartime and social notes
Local wartime letters from sons of Hopp Green and others report their well being in the South Pacific France and New Hebrides. Family visits include Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson in Huntington and numerous relatives gathering in Tuppers Plains and nearby towns. Church events and social calls recur with Father Dotson preaching in Parkersburg and relatives visiting in Middleport and Seymour Indiana connection noted.
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Tuppers Plains
Hopp Green
Lowell Green
South Pacific
Don Green
France
Pvt
Paul Green
New Hebrides
Clifton Gillespie
Pearl Gillespie
Darling Letter From Private Russell M. Cline
A sailor named Private Russell M. Cline, formerly of Racine, Wisconsin, writes a farewell letter to his darling, describing departure to defend homeland, risking never returning, and asking loved ones to reread his words as a reminder of his love and duty in the Pacific theater.
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Alise
Darling
Sal
Russell M.cline
Pacific Area
Racine
Social Notes From Rutland And Area
Mr and Mrs John Thomas and grandson of Belle Virginia were here on business Saturday Rutland Garden Club met at Mrs Bart Rawtings home and Miss Lelih Sidenstricker Monday night After the program refreshments were served Afternoon group of the WSCS of the Methodist Church met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Lee Myers Mrs Will Folen is employed as a clerk in the Rathburn Store Mrs Blanche McCormick has returned after spending several weeks with her daughter Mrs Bernard Hueley Columbus and Mrs Eva Welsh Athens Mrs Robert Vandemark Wellston spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs C O Chapman
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Rutland
John Thomas
Belle
Rutland Garden Club
Bart Rawtings
Lelih Sidenstricker
Ws.c.s
Methodist Church
Lee Myers
Will Folen
Rathburn
Blanche McCormick
Bernard Hueley
Columbus
Eva Welsh
Athens
Robert Vandemark
Wellston
C, O, Chapman
Laurel Run Neighbor Club Notes Celebrate Birthday and Games
Laurel Run Friendly Neighbors Club met with Mrs. Mary Thompson on Thursday. Winnie Sowers was honored on her birthday with gifts and prize winnings for games and contests. A noon steak dinner followed, with attendees including Nellie White, Margaret Campbell, Helen Bumgardner, Nellie White, and guests. Next meeting set for March 8 at Ace Kern’s home. Local residents attended events in Lancaster, Logan, and nearby towns, including basketball tourney at Logan and visits among the Pattons and Browns.
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Laurel Run
Mary Thompson
Winnie Sowers
Hat
Tie Patton
Nell Sowers
Helen ‘Bumgardner
Nellie White
Nelsie White
Margaret Campbell
Helen Bumegardner
Juanita Wolfe
Donjtie Joy
Clarence Patton
Albert Dodds
Lancaster
Edith Woot
Eichel's Bakery
Logan
Everett White
Arthur Todd
Betty Bradtion
Mickey Wayne
Helen Bumgardener
Hocking County
Logan Ware
William Hankison
Betty
Herman Bumegardner
Chester Wood
Jean Cale
Jean Cole
Dorothy Wolfe
Coonville
Bert Ingmire
Libby Patton
Bob
Union Furnace
Albert
Nelsonville
Joanne
Bumgardner
Vance
R. Wolfe
Hale Assumes Command In Place of Harmon
Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale has taken command of the Army Air Forces Pacific Ocean areas and deputy command of the 20th Air Force as officers search for the missing Lt. Gen. Millard Harmon and nine others after their trans Pacific flight vanished.
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Army Air Force Headquarters
Guam
Willis H. Hale
Millard F. Harmon
Army Air Forces
Pacific Ocean Areas
20Th
Harmon
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