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Frederick W. Bush
Punisher
TSE Messenger Publishing Coo
Gorcon K Bush Funisher
Mgr
Charlee
Garris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Oto
Audit Bureau of Circulatircs
Ohio Nease Paper Association
Mumber
Ethe Associated Press
Associated Press
Inca News
Ohio
Ghia
Messenger
Athens
Mellonal
John W. Culien Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Ate
Why Don t They Quit German Officers Fear War’s End
An editorial questions why German officers and soldiers resist surrender as Allied and Soviet forces close in. It cites fear of reprisals, Gestapo threats, and Hitler Youth indoctrination, suggesting obedience persists despite impending defeat. No signs of mutiny or widespread unrest appear in outlying posts.
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Germany
Whisenhower
Eisenhower
Rhine
Ruhr
Red Army
Berlin
Upper Silesia
East Prussia
Posen
Saxony
Brandenburg
Pomerania
Sicily
France
Belgian Bulge
Cologne
Wehrmacht
Italy
Luftwaffe
London
Norway
Himmler
Gestapo
Hitler
A Great Mistake on Retail Distribution Prospects
An observer says 1944 volume held up and must be maintained or increased in 1945. Net profit per sales dollar shrinks with little hope of improvement. Distributors defend keeping prices down to sustain volume, opposing inflated taxes and costly regulations. Retailers seek innovations to cut costs as postwar realities demand miracles in mass distribution.
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OPA
Washington
Break for the Home Eater
Discussion of rationing policies and the GPA plan to recall surplus stock from restaurants and institutions. It argues hoarding by eateries is not better or worse than hoarding by households and notes inequities in access to scarce foods, especially meat, in cities.
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GPA
Secret Dumbarton Oaks Pact Sets Stage For UN Council
Washington argues secrecy surrounded postwar US stance on the United Nations charter while Dumbarton Oaks yielded a draft not submitted to the Senate. Critics say the open covenants pledge and Senate veto questions were concealed, fueling isolationist and partisan charges ahead of San Francisco talks.
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United Nations Organization
Dumbarton Oaks
Great Britain
Russia
United States
Ress
Senate
Dumbarton
Oaks
San Francisco
Security Council
Yalta
United States Senate
America
American Senate
Court of International Justice
Ball
Congress
Council
Executive Branch
Wilson
Yalla
Marshal Stalin
Byrnes Career Backstory From Letter From Washington
Peter Edson traces James F Byrnes rise from South Carolina to national power. The piece notes Byrnes as Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, his roles in lend lease and price control, and the 1940 third term bid adjacent to his Catholic birth and Klan-era opposition.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Lfe
Jimmy Byrnes
Act of Congress
Justice Byrnes
Byrnes
Eles Carolina
Congress
House
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Senator Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
South Carolina
Ku Klux Klan
Public Forum Letter Praises Courtesy In Columbus
A Cleveland reader reports moving to Columbus and critiques impatience and smoke in public. He recalls frontier toughness, notes courteous offers of seats and lifts, and urges readers to stay home if they want to be treated right. March 8.
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the Messenger
Cleveland
Columbus
India
Wooly
Frank Donovan
March
Hold Fast After Rhine Crossing Proves Morale Test
War Chronicle analyzes the Rhine bridgehead as a morale shock for Germany. It notes Rundstedt must strike decisively or risk loss of strength in the Ruhr as Eisenhower presses northern crossings. The piece links the German defense to allied strategic aims and cautions about evolving posturing on the western front.
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Hans
Dewitt MacKenzie
The
Rhine
Germany
der Fuehrer
United Nations
Reich
Morales
Ruhr
von Rundstedt
Rundstedt
Rundstednl
Eisenhower
Rhines
Ike
Nnorthern
Canadian First Army
U. S
Ninth
Easter Daffodils and Hopeful Hymns by Mrs. C. G. Hopkin
Poetic祷 messages praise daffodils and songbirds as Easter signs. The writer prays for Christ’s risen life to brighten homes from above and ends with farewell to fading blooms and renewed faith.
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C. G. Hopkin Chesterhill
Public Forum Letters Question Thursday Store Closings
Readers in The Athens Messenger react to Thursday afternoon store closings during wartime. They compare merchant downtime to nonstop mining, farming, and production, urging merchants to stay open for workers’ dinner needs and wartime morale. The letter cites fatigue, patriotism, and public duty.
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the Messenger
World News
Athens Messenger
Public Forum
McDonald
Flood Protection Tale From Pleasants Flood Writings
John Brown recalls flood events in Point Pleasant with a skiff passing the city building where windows were shattered. A boat with several girls drifts by and a girl asks why windows were removed. A witty reply blames letting water in. The piece questions public response during great stress and critiques workers farmers and miners for taking time off.
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Point Pleasant
John Brown
Rhine
Chester Area Personal Notes Mixed with Local Visits
Chester Schools were closed after Tuesday due to bad roads and high water. Mrs Leslie White Athens was a guest of Superintendent and Mrs Hayes over the weekend and multiple families from Athens East Fultonham Great Bend and Columbus are listed as visiting relatives. Mrs Ronald Bailey hospitalized after mastoiditis and emergency surgery with husband Cpl Ronald Bailey at her side. Bernita Eiselstein and Jimmy Ridenour from local families are noted for health and accident updates. Pic Richard Fick and Dana Fick family visit Columbus relatives with brief stays in Columbus.
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Chester
Leslie White
Margaret Hayes
Athens
E. R. Hayes
Howard Knight
Richard Person
Akron
Ronald Bailey
Charleston
Cpl
Michigan
Harriet Coast
Great Bend
Jimmy Ridenour
Pic
Richard Fick
Benning
Fick
Columbus
Dana Fick
Air Point Pleasant aids plant with flood period air shipments
Materials received during the flood period by plane enabled the local plant to continue in operation. Planes dropped shipments on land east of Jackson Ave where a hospital was once proposed.
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Point Pleasant
Sylvania Electrical Products Co
Jackson Ave
New Well Drilled on Cairo Area Alkire Lease
Smith and associates drilled a gas well on the 254 acre Alkire lease near Cairo West Virginia. The well is producing 250000 cubic feet of gas daily with a stock pressure of 600 pounds. It is the fourth brothing well the local group has drilled. Preparations are under way to drill five more wells, all in the Cairo area.
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Point Pleasant
E. N
Smith and Associates
Cairo
W. Va
Train service resumes for New York Central line
Train service resumed on the New York Central Sunday afternoon with passenger trains from Charleston and Columbus arriving only a few minutes late. The Baltimore and Ohio plans to resume running trains today between Pittsburgh and He.
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Point Pleasant
New York Central
Charleston
Columbus
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburgh
Night Hotel Rendezvous and Hidden Intentions
In a Parker House lobby Nick Trent meets Magda Calavestri and Booker as Bosker watches. Magda hints at a perilous past and a planned meeting tonight while Trent’s curiosity deepens amid wary glances and a veiled enterprise.
Creed Speaks At Ohio State Police Course
Dr. C H Creed superintendent of Athens State Hospital lectured at Ohio State University short course in police administration March 12 23 on Classification of Prisoners. An audience heard Prof Paul Fontaine piano recital at Memorial Auditorium. Mary Connett dean of girls Athens High School hosted a tea for Girl Reserve Council. Eagles Charity Carnival set to open at the Armory in Athens to raise funds for shoe program for needy children. Queen City passenger packet reached Fomeroy returning from New Orleans with Mardi Gras passengers.
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C. H. Creed
Athens State Hospital
Ohio State University
Paul Fontaine
Ohio University
Memorial Auditorium
Mary Connett
Athens High School
Girl Reserve Council
Weat- Union St
Ruth Gerwig
Martha Meister
Frances Hartman
Florence Smith
Jane Foster
Mabel Connett
Eleanor Roe
Betty Baker
Mary Ann Schuler
Alice Bardin
Eagles
Armory
Athens
Athens County
The
Queen City
Fomeroy
New Orleans
Birth of Daughter to Mr and Mrs Gygax in Smith Apartments
A daughter was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. William Gygax at their Smith Apartments residence. This is the couple’s first child. The baby is the former Hilda Mae Wartenwurg.
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Point Pleasant
William Gygax
Smith Apartments
Hilda Mae Wartenwurg
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Publjic
Beace Organization
Peter Edson
the Public Forum
Benaprint
Publis Forum
Poet's Corner
Christ
Earth
Nick Trent
Bosker
Pat Wedeon
Charity Strand
Bris
Pat Ae
Beaker
Wenders
Nick
Chatsey Ifter
Farker
Calavestri
Parker House
Pat
Locke-Ober
Park Street
Shell
Accross
Tinued
Mr. Trent
Booker
Magda
Commonwealth Apartments
Suite
Charley
Magda Calavestri
Magdi Calavestri
Jong Bosker
Trent
Nicholas Trent
Europe
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Nelsonville
Cers
Fred Carpenter
Presi
Dent
Leone McBride
Vice Press
Athelyn McManaway
By Galbraith
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