Athens Messenger Page Four Public Notices and Rates
Page four lists the Athens Messenger publishing staff and association memberships. It notes printing dates and mention of the Associated Press as a news source. Subscription rates are provided for in town and surrounding counties with weekly and annual pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Lointing
O. Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Lsc
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Ohio cities spared by planned special relief fund
The Legislature and governor favor a targeted state fund to aid distressed districts lacking national defense orders, avoiding broad grants. The minority sought larger share of revenue, while the majority emphasizes continuing state services and prudent spending until defense needs clarify.
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Ohio
Washington
Doles
State House
Strikes Nick Defense Effort Warns Conservative Writer
A conservative writer warns that defense production faces a labor challenge with strikes delaying war materiel, notably airplanes. Production experts note rising strikes, some organized, and argue unions, political pressure, and Wagner Act rights complicate wartime unity. The public fears labor may hinder the defense program, while the New Deal seeks to settle disputes and maintain free workmen.
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England
France
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Marseilles Official Welcomes American Red Cross Ship
A Marseille official greets an American Red Cross ship in a gesture highlighting enduring American generosity and wartime relief aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Barraud
Marseilles
American Red Cross
Justice as the core of civil society in democracy
A concise reflection on justice as the guiding policy of civil society and the newspaper’s role in democracy. The quotes underscore integrity, civic duty, and the press as a news paper for public life.
Labor unions face wartime labor bottleneck and profiteering
In a wartime forecast, Raymond Clapper warns labor shortages will strain war production. Unions are accused of restrictive practices and profiteering, with reports from Ft Meade and Ft Riley of nonunion hires, initiation fees, and kickbacks. Government action and broader training of skilled workers are urged to avert production collapse.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Justice Frankfurter
Hutcheson
Ft. Meade
Carpenters’ Union
Army
Glaziers
William S. Knudsen
Patterson
Perkins
Art Or Not The Mellon Gift Opens New Washington Gallery
Peter Edson reviews the National Gallery of Art opened with Andrew Mellon’s 15 million gift. The article praises its size, access, air conditioning, and vast collection of nearly 1,000 masterpieces while noting the building’s rose marble exterior, strategic location between the Capitol and White House, a cafeteria, and a strong foundation of 6,800 concrete piles.
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Washington
Andrew Mellon
National Gallery of Art
D.A.R
Capitol
White House
Tennessee
Capitol Hill
Vinton County Court Notes: Local Marriages and Proceedings
McArthur judge signed a marriage license for Dean Aber and Hazel Osler on March 14. The article covers court hearings in Pike County, auditor’s 1940 financials, mortgage suits, tax receipts, real estate transfers, vital statistics, a road hearing scheduled for April 7, and county board and grand jury actions. It notes selective service volunteers and debt changes in 1940 to 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur Democrat-Enquirer
Vinton County
Republican Tribune
Osher Walker
P. M. Jackson
Frank Jackson
Milo Scott
Harry Swaim
John C. Smith
Swan Two
Charles Kinney
E. C. Fout
Harrison Two
M. L. Trout
Robert Metz
Wilkesville
Pearl Clements
Luther McKibben
McArthur
J. W. McElroy
H. B. Myers
County Health Department
Jack
Donald Osler
Paul
George Murdock
Dundas
Fair Board
John D. Brown
Ohio
B. P. Sandles
Sandles
Grand Jury
Chatfield
J. W. Darby
Justices of Peace
Selective Service
Lawrence Fe, Gill
Letters to the Messenger Signed by William Carley
A signed letter from William Carley of Athens dated March 16 criticizes shifting Democrat support and contrasts Willkie's wartime warnings with Roosevelt policy. He laments political direction and urges acceptance of current conditions.
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the Messenger
Willkie
Roosevelt
William Carley
Athens
A. D
Zaleski Social Notes Highlight Local Moves and Engagements
Zaleski residents share a range of social updates. Attendees at the funeral of Mrs Armeda Townsend included Mace and Mace family members from Zaleski and New Marshfield. Columbus visitors stayed with Vansky and Taylor families, while Mr and Mrs Hudson and Gladys Jayjohn traveled from Columbus to visit friends here. Major Ulric Roush and family joined the McKibbens, with Roush recently promoted and stationed at Fort Hayes. Engagement announced between Inez Louise Southworth and Clayton B Rumsey of Columbus, detailing Southworth’s Bliss Business College background and Rumsey’s Ohio State University College of Engineering education.
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Clarice Spagnola
Joe
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Charles Sharp
Ulric Roush
David
Philip
Ashville
Roush
Yarnell
Freeport
James McKibben
Camp Zaleski
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Cleire James
Athens
Benny Goodman
Othella Jayjohn
Jimmy Jayjohn
Calvin Southworth
E. Gates St
Inez Louise
Clayton
Rumsey
Miss Southworth
Bliss Business College
College of Engineering
Ohio
State University
General Electric Corporation
Erie
Anna Wilson
G. W. Wilson
Zaleski
A. W. Paffenbarger
Only the Brave Are Good in this Poets Corner Verse
Poet’s Corner features verses from Messenger Readers. The piece praises Greece’s endurance in war, invoking Thermopylae and Marathon, and urges vigilance against tyranny with lines about nature and chivalry.
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Messenger
California Beekeepers Send Swarms to Sierra for Summer
Following cattle raisers, apiarists move their bee colonies to the high Sierra for the warmer months. The seasonal migration reflects a regional practice among agricultural workers and beekeepers seeking forage and honey production in a cooler highland environment.
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California
High Sierra Region
Beatrice Becomes Huntington's New Hire in a Bold Escape
Beatrice Davenport hides a restless plan as she lands a job at Huntington's Department Store. An icy interviewer tests her, a training class begins, and Beatrice pretends a South American trip to hide a dangerous truth while plotting her own future.
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Bee
Terry
South America
Clarence
Toby
Huntington's
Beatrice
Miss Davis
Mathilde
Curtis Weeming
Miss Davenport
Mr. Weeming
Weeming
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Beatrice Davenport Huntington
Bee Davis
Huntington's Department Store
New Plymouth Social Notes Highlights Local Life
New Plymouth residents report funeral services for Donald Cottrill 12 in Carbondale where Mrs Boney Weede was his great aunt. Mrs Charles Gardner of Swan Township is seriously ill. Leadership training and Easter attendance contest at Methodist Bible School continue in Logan. The Fullers and Holdrens family ties mark recent funerals near Marietta. Hamden teacher Treadley Heinlein at home ill. Earle Heinlein also sick. Feltons travel with Mrs. Thomas Felton to a California visit and a St Patrick's program is staged by local lecturers. Elizabeth Heinlein to appear in Logan Theater Guild production March 24.
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New Plymouth
Boney Weede
Cecil Weede
Carbondale
Donald Cottrill
Charles Gardner
Swan Township
Stanley Miller
J. M. Stewart
Logan
Methodist Bible School
LaVern Fuller
Grange
Thomas Felton
California
St. Patrick's Day
Leslie Fri
L E. Fri
Columbus
Elizabeth Heinlein
Logan Theater Guild
Letart Falls Community Notices and Visits
Letart Falls events include Rev. G L Thayer preaching March 23 at Letart Falls and evening at Plants. Ohio Valley Grange to Harrisonville for degree work Friday. Garden Club anniversary program March 25. All day quilting by Woman's Society at C T Norris home with Mrs Rachiel Chapman and Miss Reva Evans as hosts. Married Ladies Class met with Mrs Elizabeth Roush. St Patrick's Day decor noted. Mrs Claud Shields visited from Chillicothe. Mr and Mrs Clarence Shields family weekend in Parkersburg. Alberta Alexander in Columbus for work. Margaret Norris in Parkersburg. Mt Hope guests Mrs Kate Higginbotham. Sunday School attendance 111. Adele Sargent from Columbus visited Emma Sargent. Mrs Burton Webb visited Letart relatives.
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Letart Falls
G L. Thayer
Ohio Valley Grange
Harrisonville
Garden Club
Woman's Society of Christian Service
C. T. Norris
Rachiel Chapman
Reva Evans
Elizabeth Roush
Claud Shields
Roush
Frances Lewis
Chillicothe
Clarence Shields Land
Parkersburg
Alberta Alexander
Columbus
Margaret Norris
Albert Higginbotham
Mt. Hope
Kate Higginbotham
Adele Sargent
Emma Sargent
Burton Webb
Letart
W. Va
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the Athens Messenger
Burke
Frank L. Mott
Iowa School of Journalism
Raymond Clapper
Department of Justice
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Vinton County Court
Poet's Corner
Attic Sea
Thermopylae
Xerxes
Darius
Greece
By Galbraith
NEA Service, Inc
T.M Red. U. & Pat
Berkley
Edith Ellington
Chapter
Bebe Davis
Miss Spencer
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