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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1945

Page

4

End of European War Not Yet, Warns Analyst

David Lawrence indicates public overconfidence risks disrupting war production and supplies. Eisenhower cautions that rail bridges must be built to sustain advances, while German morale and internal resistance could delay surrender. The war may extend through the summer with a gradual, nationwide German capitulation.

Washington Germany Rhine Eisenhower Hitler Goering Eisenhower Teffers Europe

Subscription Rates and Postal Notices

Rates for carrier and mail subscriptions listed with annual and short terms. Outside obituary and weekly service mention. notices from Athens Post Office reference second class matter and advertising terms. Names of national representatives and offices appear in the header.

Athens Post Office John W. Cullen Company Chirag New York Columbus Cleveland Moma Rts

Unraveling Motives At The Ledges Hidden Footprints Rise

In The Ledges a tense mystery unfolds as Nick and Charley chase clues of an intruder, big booted footprints, and a hidden room. Suspects include Pat Brenda Phineas Hudson and Eric Woolf with tension mounting over possible concealment and motives. The discovery of a bed, cigarette butts, and Blakely and Hodgen shoes deepens the suspect pool.

Pat Laudsennae Pat Brenda Charley Erier Nick Pat Hudson Wate Amele Eric Blakely Hod Tgon Minot Phineas Hudson Mr. Hudson Eric Woolf Bruce Temple

Buchtel News Takes Note of Wounded in Action and Local Movements

War updates show Eugene Harris wounded in Germany and in an England hospital, while Joe Schenz and others travel to Akron for family needs. Local residents visit, undergo surgery plans, and rearrange homes as family ties and wartime duties continue. A historic note records the Emanuel sailing with an all Jewish crew docking at Southampton.

Buchtel Terry Bunting Bobby Ben Wagner Columbus War Department Saul Harrris Eugene Germany England George Schenz Akron Joe Walter Tripp Doris Chillicothe Buchtel-friends Jean Meek Bert Lewis Anna Merz Grant Hospital Pearl Johnson H. S. Sayre Florida Lowell Tucker Sarah Joyce Donne Nelsonville Rural Wayne Liming Bob Bookman D. E. Bookman Arnold Graham Texas Earl Graham Fort Meade Emanuel Southampton

Germans and Hitler blamed as warmakers in public war-time column

The piece argues that Americans must reject sympathy for Germans, labeling the German General Staff as controlling German life since Bismarck and condemning Pacifist efforts to reconcile with Germany. It claims German masses are indoctrinated for aggression and warns that soft peace terms invite another war. It denounces isolationists and pacifists as war enablers.

Germany Hitler Bismark United States Europe

Federal Power Commission Reports Volume III issued

Washington presses publish Federal Power Commission Reports Volume III covering opinions and decisions from January 1 1942 to September 30 1943 in a 1180 page volume. The column humorously notes waste paper salvage and ponders future volumes, while musing on how many bureaucrats needed to replace security cards ration books and war bonds lost or misplaced.

Federal Power Commission Reports Washington Federal Power Commission

War information leaflets in Asia show Allied psychological tactics

Peter Edson reports on U S Army Air Force leaflets dropped over Southeast Asia and Japan. The leaflets use news sheets to undermine Japanese morale, feature surrender passes in multiple languages, and depict allied humane treatment of prisoners. They aim to break the stigma of surrender and encourage capture for questioning.

Washington Office of “War Information Southeast Asia Japan Manchuria Tokyo Radio China Burma Bul

Conscientious Objectors Sentiments Echoed By Messenger Editor

The Messenger editor Buster calls for fair coverage of conscientious objectors in the Public Forum. He argues true objectors oppose killing, value civilian service, and endure low pay while awaiting a better day, citing Mrs. Emerson Daugherty of Anderson Indiana.

the Messenger Emerson Daugherty Anderson Ind R.D

Cantata at Rutland Friday and Easter sale notices

Seven Last Words cantata to be performed Friday at 2 PM by the Good Friday choir at the Rutland Methodist Church. The Ladies Aid of the Christian Church will hold an Easter sale Friday, March 30, at Grueser’s Store. Local residents and visitors are mentioned in passing as visiting relatives and friends in Rutland and nearby areas.

Radclife Bernard Joan D. Canade Dulcie Willis Aukland New Zealand Elmer Canade Pfc Canode New Georgia Bougainville Australia Columbus Pic Canade Indiana Roy Biffle Vivian Fain Oreton Paul Zinn Fain Lutie Vale Wales Mills Leon McLaughlin Daphne Alene Jonn Radekin Anna Dailey Mount Vernon Sanatorium Mary Lou Prerce John G. Buntz Logan Janice Cottrill Barbara Cooles Etta Cottrill Mount Carmel Hospital Floyd Perry White Cross Hospital James Pendleton Holzer Hospital Ruth Swisher Garden Club Ulm Mount Carmel Hospital Rell Mamie Martin Irs Josephine Pierce Red Cross Maybelle Cottrill Rutland Methodist Church Ladies Aid of the Christian Church Grueser Dorothy Nicholson Ernest Malden Everret McKnight Ruthland Roland Searles Theron Conover Camp Atterbury Frank Utsinger Allen Gilkey Bessie Wise Jess Price Paul Kennedy Wendell Diehl Bernard Higter Eva Welsh Athens Blanche McCormick Clyde King Cleveland Bill Philips Joe Phillips Leland Snowden Small Son

Wartime Front Strain Amid Rhine Crossing News

Personal notes from Point Rock and surrounding communities report weekend visits among families and neighbors as Allied forces press beyond the Rhine under heavy logistical strain. Eisenhower warns of tough fighting ahead and limits on rapid advances due to supply, with western front forces described as a whipped army yet still capable of renewed action.

Dewitt MacKenzie Rhineland Noah Harvey United States Carrie Ethel Maxine Biffle Luther Harvey Eisenhower Western Front Berlin Ike Rhine

Bartlett Social Notes headline style entry not present

Bartlett Social Notes summarizes local social happenings with births visits funerals and guests including details of a newborn named Larry Douglas to Mr and Mrs Alva Green and numerous visits among residents and relatives across Bartlett and nearby towns.

Mary Shinn James Dorney Marietta Lendore Dickson McLaughlin Walter Campbell Newell W. Va Charles Wines Kathryn Norma Rowland Verl I of Columbus A. D. Rowland Gage Webster George Webster S. J. Rendall J. Bilis Canton Fred Arnold Ernest Hann George Savage McConnellville Fred Webster Mantua Mallatta Ranson Gage Richard Brickles Neosho Missouri Elsie Glover Dana Davis Chesterhill Ratsen Gage

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