The Athens Messenger Publisher and Staff Details
The page lists the Athens Messenger publishing house address, publisher Gordon K. Bu, editors and managers, and names of board and associations. It includes subscription rates by mail and carrier, service member rates, and insertion policies. Also notes postal classification and national representative offices.
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Athens Messenger
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Tue Messenger
Gordon K. Bu
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Harris Managh
Athens Post Office
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John W. Cullen Company
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New York
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Cleveland
Food Front Needs Fast Action on Bootlegged Rations
The editorial argues that severe food rationing harms lower income families and hard-pressed workers as harvests shrink and demand rises. It urges aggressive crackdown on food bootlegging, warns of hoarding by agencies, and calls for efficient, fair management to sustain domestic supply and postwar relief.
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Washington
Ilegal
Armed Services
Recap Your Tires Before Spring and Ration Rules
Government experts warn one in four passenger tires need recapping as warm weather nears. March 9 guidance explains eligibility for recaps and replacements under gasoline rationing, with grade options tied to monthly mileage allowances and camel back recaps using reclaimed rubber.
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OPA
Churchill pledge splits aid between Britain and Pacific
Washington notes that Churchill signals a partial demobilization after Hitler’s defeat and implies Britain may withhold full resources from the Pacific. U.S. officials question whether American war production should shift to aid General MacArthur and Kenney now, amid tensions over Britain’s commitment to Japan.
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Washington
Churchill
Britain
America
Japan
Hitler
Pacific
Roosevelt
Casablanca
United States
Great Britain
United Nations
Atlantic
Malaya Peninsula
MacArthur
Kenney
North African Front
United States Navy
Territorial auction over frontiers debated by United Nations
Raymond Clapper notes U S and Britain avoid firm territorial pledges until war ends. Churchill and Eden emphasize avoiding peace details now while Moscow presses Baltic annexations. Officials split between recognizing faits accompli and delaying all territorial judgments to postwar peace talks.
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Anthony Eden
Mr. Eden
Churchill
Roosevelt
Russia
Europe
Cordell Hull
Baltic States
Helping Word to One in Trouble Like a Railroad Switch
A quotation notes that a single word of aid can decide fate, separating wreck from smooth prosperity, likening support to a switch on a railroad track. The line emphasizes timely intervention influencing outcomes.
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H. W. Beecher
Coleridge Quotation on Sympathy and Virtue
A fragment reflecting Coleridge on how sympathy not aligned with virtue reveals hidden self interest. The concise observation underscores moral perception and personal motive in virtue signaling. The line emphasizes that genuine virtue requires consistency beyond mere sentiment.
History of the farmer and the bureaucracy in agriculture
A critical exploration of U S government farming programs and Civil Service farmers. The piece contrasts bureaucratic approaches with practical farming, recounting anecdotes from South Dakota and New Mexico about instruction, efficiency, and cultural exchanges involving corn and farmer education. It frames bureaucrats as hindering progress despite claims of uplift.
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South Dakota
Cheyenne River
Civil Service
Custer
Jackson
Kills-White-Man
Bridger
U. S. Civil Service
Jackson K-W-M
Nebraska
New Mexico
Arizona
Pueblos
Public Forum Seeks Signed Reader Letters
The column invites current event comments from readers and requires signatures. Short letters allow multiple items daily, with signatures appearing alongside each contribution.
Hoarding Hurts Soldiers Calls for Sharing Food
A Messenger editorial condemns food hoarding across the United States, urging individuals to surrender excess supplies to support the war effort. It cites World War I as an example of the food weapon and argues government action is needed to ensure rationing.
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United States
Moscow
London
Baltic States
Samar Welles
OPA
Herbert Hoover
Rommel’s North Africa delaying action aids Axis and Japan
The article credits General Rommel with skill in holding Allied forces in Tunisia to delay operations against Europe, a move viewed as saving the Axis from collapse and aiding Japan by easing pressure in Burma and the broader Pacific theater. It notes Hitler’s strategic order and hints at heavy casualties and a hoped Allied victory when Rommel and the Allies finally clash.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Rommell
Africa
Europe
Russia
Rommel
Tunisia
United Nations
Sea of Azov
Mediterranean
Orient
Japan
Burma
Quiet morning winds up air mission plot in Pat Friday tale
Ed Bryan warns Pat that the romantic triangle with Jimmy Carr and Loraine Stuart remains personal and complicated. Pat admits her love for Jimmy, but she resolves to help him find happiness, hoping his choice might still be hers.
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Ed Bryan
Jimmy Carr
Pat
Stuart Dame
Jimmy
Loraine
Big Ed Bryan
Stuart
Atlanta
Loraine Stuart
Uncle Sam
Fo Bryan
Elmira
Phoenix
Answers and Answers in Wartime Q and A Column
The column explains that making a War Bond costs 3 cents per bond plus 7 cents per thousand for War Saving Stamps. Overseas pay rises for enlisted and warrant officers by 20 percent, commissioned officers by 10 percent, with flying and parachute allowances. Churchill near Adana recalls Tarsus as Paul’s birthplace. Honey should be mixed with hot water before adding to drinks.
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Uncle Sam
Treasury Department
Election result highlights and local events from ten years ago
Ten years ago Paul von Hindenburg led in a German vote with Adolf Hitler far behind as Germany planned a second round on April 10. Local Athens items noted a theater play, a 11th birthday party, and a bridge dinner among residents. Twenty years back G C Quiet promoted the Alumni Memorial Auditorium Drive and area sports included Glouster High’s operetta Gypsy Rover.
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Paul von Hindenburg
Adolph Hitler
National Socialist Fascists
von Hindenburg
Rutland area notes and community updates
The Rutland daily notes include Sunday school class activities at the Buck home, a Friday chemical lab incident with slight damage, Denver Wise funeral at Baptist Church with burial at Wells Cemetery, and attendees from New River Columbus Tam pa Fla. The column lists flu illness for Bertha Giles, weekend visits, extended stays, army inductions, council meeting in Pomeroy, and Lt Kenneth Michael visiting parents before San Francisco posting.
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Rutland
Nancy
Billy Buck
Denver Wise
Baptist Church
Crabtree
Wells Cemetery
Leo Marshall
New River
North Carolina
Lucille Bush
Columbus
Barney Gilkey
Tampa
Fla
Bertha Giles
Vivian Taylor
Carol Pickens
Harley Baton
Bertha Rathburn
Ivor Young
Kathryn Davis
Blanche McCormick
Thelma Michael
J. E. Michael
Warren Black
Army
Harold Smith
Neva Bradford
Pearl Reeves
Athens
Blain Giles
Jean Chapman
C. O. Chapman
Cash Johnson
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National Dispatch
Raymond Clapper
Coleridge
W.L. Endicott
Pueblo Country
the Public Forum
the Messenger
R. H. McCray
Nelsonville
Mar. 20
North Africa
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NEA Service, Inc
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Adana
Asia Minor
Tarsus
Ancient
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the Atheny Grange
Flossie Young
Derrel Selby
Clarence Cooley
Thelma Ruth Parker
Delph Parker
Richland Ave
Wilbur F. Martin
N. Shannon Ave
G. C. Quiet
Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium Building Fund
Roy Bean
Lawrence and Bean Real Estate and Insurance Firm
Glouster High School
Athens City Federation
Nelsonville High
Longley
Grouse
Hudson
Shirley
Kelch
James
Norris
Crawford
Peterson
Redfern
Rutland Personals
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