The Athens Messenger Publication Details
The Athens Messenger announces publication lineage from 1825 with Frederick W. Bush as publisher 1896 to 1920, weekly weekday afternoons except Sunday and holidays, lists memberships in major press associations, and outlines subscription rates and post office classification. It notes advertising rates on request and obituary or card notices as nominal charges.
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Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Rald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Coames H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Bis
John W. Cullen Company
Chiis
New York
Detroit
Mall Wa
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Morgan
Vinton
Wastington
Looking Ahead at Postwar Budget Plans and Debt
The article argues Congress should plan a six year postwar emergency program to use new billions while debt nears seventy billion. It notes per person debt around 500 dollars, inflation risk if debt grows, and urges stabilizing employment and economy with careful long range spending and reduced non defense projects.
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Congress
England
Ohio tax funds for roads face potential referendum
Ohioans may register views on diverting gas tax and auto tag revenues from roads. The Ohio Good Roads Federation warns a bill diverting funds could trigger federal action to withhold highway assistance. Publicizing the issue may sway referendum turnout and potentially kill the measure.
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Washington
Ohio
Rockefeller funds aid for British medical students training in U S
In London only one teaching hospital remains undamaged prompting the Rockefeller Foundation to allot 100000 dollars to bring young British medical students to 25 cooperating U S medical schools for training. The plan, urged by the late Lord Lothian, aims to aid wartime needs and foster postwar reconstruction and peace. If successful, expansion is planned next year and could signal America’s role in shaping a better world.
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London
Rockefeller Foundation
Lord Lothian
United States
Britain
America
Why not let Asiatic lands govern themselves
Japanese Rear Admiral Gumpei Sekine argues against territorial ambition and poses a question on who would control Asiatic lands south and west of Japan if Britain is defeated. He suggests the people in those regions should govern themselves rather than be under external control.
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Gumpei Sekine
Japan
Sekine
Britain
Roosevelt warns of war economy costs and rights tradeoffs
Raymond Clapper argues in a Roosevelt speech that sacrifices of privileges are needed for national effort, including aluminum rationing that will hurt workers and aluminum salesmen. He notes industry shifts, tax windfalls, and labor tensions as the country pursues wartime production while preserving fundamental rights.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Wright Field
Thurman Arnold
Washington Airline Battle Reveals Subside to Europe Route
In Congress a fight over a second trans Atlantic line to Europe unfolds as the House Appropriations Committee rejects a $1.229 million subsidy for American Export Airlines. The company, tied to American Export Lines, seeks to add planes and compete with Pan American, but officials say mail pay cannot be split for a viable operation.
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Washington
United States
Europe
House of Congress
House of Representatives Appropriations Committee
Pan American Airlines
American Export Airlines
American Export Lines
U. S. Maritime Commission
Mediterranean
Africa
India
Lisbon
Portugal
Maritime Commission
Steamship Line
Steamship Company
Civil Aeronautics Board
House Appropriations Committee
Public Letter in Athens Messenger Advocates Education for Defense
In a March 15 letter from Athens R.D. 5, Charles R. Larson argues that education is essential to US defense, warning against propaganda and internal threats. He urges better civic schooling to distinguish Americanism from foreign ideologies during wartime uncertainty.
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Charles R. Larson Athens R.D
Funeral Director McCoy called to Huntington for Marshall Cottrell
The funeral director was summoned Saturday to Huntington to take charge of Marshall Cottrell who died in the hospital there. Social events included a Ladies Aid potluck and quilting session hosted by Mrs. Elizabeth Cloud and a basketball gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Ward. The Garden Club met at Mrs. Kelly Huntley’s home and St Patrick’s Day party was hosted by Shelba Jean Ward for four girls.
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Vinton
McCoy
Huntington
Marshall Cottrell
Elizabeth Cloud
Ladies Aid Society
Myrtle Neal
Porter
Doris Harder
Phylis
Garnet Cloud
Ewington
Elsie McCoy
Goldie MceCarley
Nellie Quickle
Ella Miller
Elva Huntley
Mary Walker
Nancy
Polly
Hattie Posley
Ralph
Mrs. Poling
Annie Evans
Mabel Gerlach
Cora Mathews
Jesta Mathews
Anne
Margaret Ralph
Emmet Ward
Doyle Freshcorn
Wendell Wagoner
Homer Baker
Junior Bobo
Harold Woolridge
O. C. Walker
Kenneth McCarley
George Queen
Lloyd Ward
Philip Edmiston
Dorothy Sherritt
Dorothy
June Alexander
Claine Samuels
Betty Casto
Eileen Godfrey
Mary Edmiston
Kay Quickle
Irene Mitchel
Cline Gerlach
Garden Club
Kelly Huntley
Hamilton
Jeanne Adaire McCoy
Hector Steele
Shelba Jean Ward
Sidney
Mary
Peggy
Taylor
Joan
Jackie Stamper
Bob Coder
Gallipolis
Frank Quickle
Blaine Mathews
Joe Mathews
Bill Sprague
Betty
Billy Matthews
Mr. Mathews
Neva Denney
Murl McCumber
Geraldine Pierce
Kanauga
Portland Church Group Gives Program
Portland event notes the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting at Mrs. Van E. McDade's home with devotional led by Mrs. Earl Scott and presiding by Mrs. Earl Wilford. Numerous attendees received refreshments as community members visited relatives and traveled to nearby towns.
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Portland
Woman’'s Society of Christian Service
van E. McDade
Earl Scott
Earl Wilford
Joe Cox
Eber Ours
G. E. Adams
Francis Worthington
B. F. Price
Okey Paynter
Harold Johnson
Simon Powell
Gerald Ours
Jack Siders
Charles Neuman
Kendal Orbin
Ravenswood
Huntington
Charles Brewer
Belpre
William Ward
N. W. Bardin
Rudolph Bryan
Rutland
Earl
Violet Hiatt
William Gibbs
Charleston
Ralph McKenzie
Adda Lou
Racine
Parker Jackson
Sherman
W. Va
Charles Ward
William Hall
Alice Adams
Parkersburg
Earl Jewett
Albany Garden Club Met at Home of Mrs Barnes
Albany Garden Club met at the home of Mrs Paul Barnes on March 14. Members spoke on a spot they would like planted and the program was led by Mrs Althea Scott and Mrs Winnie Stanley. The next meeting will be at Mrs Stella Cimminghams on April 11.
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Walbany—Garden Club
Paul Barnes
Althea Scott
Winnie Stanley
Stella Cimmingham
Fred Fekete
Newark
Holly Goodwin
Emma Woodyvard
Sheltering Arms Hospital
A. D. Cline
Parkersburg
Russell Drake
Glenn Carr
Columbus
Clarence Vorhees
Richard White
Gallipolis
Lester Breweiser
Betty Jane Goodwin
Robert Chrisbaum
Londonderry
Woodrow Barnes
Luree Barnes
Hope Breweiser
Pearl Chapel
Sydney Everson
Sherwood Gillogly
Springfield
William Cline
Clarksburg
W. Va
Leslie Lasch
The
McBee Company
Athens
Frank Coe
Howard Coe
Reynoldsburg
Perry Coe
Beatrice Seeks Job In Harsh New York City
Beatrice Davenport navigates an early morning audition for a retail sales job in Manhattan while fearing exposure of her whereabouts. She worries about a kidnapping rumor, plans a cover story, and faces the pressure of a quota culture as Vera helps with film work and the two pursue employment.
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Kitchener
Terry
Beatrice
Carole Lombard
Lombard
Vera
Toby
Huntington's
Alice
Mr. Curtis Weeming
Weemie
Claim Allowed recounts injuries in mining incidents near Athens
Nelsonville High School students Evelyn Galvin T A Hickman Frank Shay Maxine Hall Virgil Seenes Edward L Murphy Virginia Lou Eberle William Lawson Jo Barnes Mildred Bussey Ruth Backus Ralph Horton Ned Smith Curtis Brooks of Glouster suffered a crushed foot in a Mine 255 accident at Drydock. Harry Rankin of Hollister, employed at Mine 267 Hunterdon, had a crushed hand in an accident. Chauncey Cotton Pickers Mine Strel was presented at the Globe Theater Chauncey.
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Nelsonville High School
Athens High
Evelyn Galvin
T. A. Hickman
Frank Shay
Maxine Hall
Virgil Seenes
Edward L. Murphy
Virginia Lou Eberle
William Lawson
Jo Barnescut
Mildred Bussey
Ruth Backus
Ralph Horton
Ned Smith
Curtis Brooks
Glouster
Harry Rankin
Hollister
Hunterdon
Twenty Years Ago Local Clubs Dances Plays and Demos
Twenty five motorcycle enthusiasts formed a local club at Nice Motor Company. Billy Sunday spoke in Cincinnati denouncing modern dances. Athens Opera House featured stars Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish Blanche Sweet Fay Tincher Mae Marsh Owen Moore Jack Pickford James Kirkwood. Amesville hosted home economics dress form demonstrations with many residents in attendance.
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Nice Motor Company
Athens Opera House
Lillian Gish
Dorothy Gish
Blanche Sweet
Fay Tincher
Mae Marsh
Owen Moore
Jack Pickford
James Kirkwood
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Athens Messenger
Raymond Clapper
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Oht
Matsuoka
Hitler
the Messenger
Ardon
Herzl Cee
Portland Church Group
Albany Garden Club
By Galbraith
Edith Ellington
Bee
Clarence
Denly
Weeming
Miss Davenport
Beatrice Davenport
Florida
South America
NCR
Times Square
42Nd Street
Sixth Avenue
Ollice
NEA Service, Inc
Perosnal
Strel
Globe Theater
Billy Sunday
Cincinnati
Amesville
Blanch Houston
J. Ex Gifford
Fred Wilson
Charles Gardner
A. R. Lin Scott
F. W. Gibson
Harry Turner
H. H. Henry
H. G. Henry
Ed Benedett
Estelle Goddard
Rilet Thompson
Esta Goddard
Frank Thomas
Jester Brown
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Vivian
Logan
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