Subscriptions and rates for The Messenger newspaper
The notice lists subscription prices for carriers and mail in Ohio and outside Ohio, with overseas service rates and conditions. It notes special terms for acceptance by The Messenger based on paper supply and lists national representatives in Chicago New York Columbus and Cleveland.
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Ohio
Messenger
Athens
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Churchill and Roosevelt in wartime radio exchange
A critique notes Churchill’s evasive WWII radio address and Roosevelt’s guarded leadership. The piece questions whether leaders answered listeners and suggests more direct, morale boosting communication is needed amid global war rumors and censorship.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Winston
Washington
London
Pinetree Ridge
Winnie
Winston Churchill
Compromise Sought as Armed Services Plan July Draft Target
An agency committee will study deferments and balance urgent military needs with industry, aiming to field over 11 million men by July 1. A civilian agency is urged to direct the draft for irreplaceable workers, seeking speed and clear authority amid prior confusion and discord in deferment policy.
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Army
Navy
Danger in Offing Warns Against Ending Price Controls
The author argues for maintaining wartime price controls into peacetime to protect fixed incomes and war dependents. Removal could trigger rapid civilian price hikes, outpacing savers and pushing the economy toward disaster during the transition to peacetime production. The piece cites labor, dependents, and government allowances as key factors in the economic balance.
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Washington
Air power as support for ground forces in Europe debate
The piece argues that infantry and field artillery carry the war in Europe, not air power alone. It cites Churchill and Infantry Journal data on past tonnages, notes bombing’s limits against small targets, and credits artillery for precision. It contrasts Pantelleria and Tarawa to show varied outcomes and stresses air support remains essential for the doughboy’s success.
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Washington
Europe
Churchill
RAF
Infantry Journal
War Department
Berlin
Somme
Ypres
Germany
Pantelleria
Tarawa
Washington Calling by Marquis Childs on Colonel McCormick
Washington Calling profiles Colonel Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune. It portrays his nostalgia for a simplified past, his distrust of modern forces including bankers in New York, and echoes of Father Coughlin and Ford. The piece links Midwestern resentment to radical movements.
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Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Middle West
Tribune
New York
America
Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
Colonel MacCormick
Henry Ford
Murray City Auxiliary Hosts Meeting and District Plan
The Murray City Ladies Auxiliary No 4 UMWofA met at Dixon Hall with past president Mrs Jennie Shunkwiler in charge. They planned to host the district convention at Eagle Hall on April 13 and celebrated birthdays with kerchief showers for Mrs Edith Holliday and Mrs Ruth Carsner.
Italy Campaign Hangs On Weather and Leadership
War Today columnist Dewitt MacKenzie analyzes the Italian campaign showing why progress is slow. He cites strong Alpine defenses, harsh winter conditions, and how Allied prep for Western Europe diverted scarce troops and matériel. He notes the missing leadership of Montgomery and Patton as potential boosts.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Churchill
House of Commons
Naples
Foggia
Balkans
Hitler
Europe
Rome
Britain
Montgomery
America
Patton
Culture in a Madhouse rehearsals and local hearings
Rehearsing for the Kiwanis play Culture in a Madhouse feature Mary Jones Jake Sherman Mrs Earl Beckley Bill Curry Margaret Guthrie Peggy Farmer Anne Beasley Tex Gorham Ellen Biddle Mary Ellen Bibbee and directors Jack Swanson Pauline Masterton Tom Craig Buddy McKinley Anita Kelly Peggy Farmer Judge Charles B Zimmerman in Columbus presided over a hearing on Kroger milk pricing and NRA regulation. Athens County received 10799 for a new Works Division replacing CWA. Betty Gullum joined Ohio U debate team for a meet with Cincinnati.
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Kiwanis
Mary Jones
Jake Sherman
Earl Beckley
Bill Curry
Margaret Alice Guthrie
Peggy Farmer
Anne Beasley
Tex Gorham
Ellen Biddle
Mary Ellen
Bibbee
Jack, Swanson
Pauline Masterton
Tom Craig
Buddy McKinley
Anita Kelley
Night on the farm as Klansmen threaten Mesrik and family
An excerpt recounts a Colorado farmer helping a sick stranger who carries a written message. Years later Jan Mesnik faces a Ku Klux Klan gathering led by Jim Norberg, prompting a violent torchlit farmyard confrontation that ends with a straw stack catching fire.
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Colorado
Jan Mesnik
Jim Norberg
American Legion
Norberg
Arkansas River
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Nor
Mesnik
America
George
Jimmy
Ione
Cornin WSCS Plans Easter Bazaar and Bake Sale
The Women’s Society Christian Service of Corning will stage an Easter Bazaar and Bake Sale April 1 in the Methodist Church basement starting at 2:00 p.m. Supper at 4:30 p.m. Dinners to go require containers. Display of novelty pottery and wall plaques. Public invited. Local social notes include visits among residents from Columbus and nearby towns.
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Corning
Women’ Society Christian Service
Methodist
Pleasant Valley Briefs
Mrs Audrey Sauters and two children of Athens spent the week end at the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Goodin. Other visitors at the Goodin home were Mrs Emmett French and daughter Jane of Fisher. Earl Hanning of Pearl Chapel and Clyde Pratt of Fisher visited Howard Brooks. Tracy Whaley and daughter June of Edward Pugh visited Frank Pugh. Mildred Cox and daughter Anita, Dr T H Morgan and Miss Betty Gilham of Athens and Edward Brooks spent time with Pearl Wood. Evalyn Pugh visits Navarre to care for her ill mother Mrs Osre. Howard Welch and wife traveled to Pagetown on business Tuesday.
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Pleasant Valley
Audrey Sauters
Athens
Arthur Goodin
Goodin
Emmett French
Jane
Fisher
Earl Hanning
Pearl Chapel
Clyde Pratt
Howard Brooks
Tracy Whaley
Ee Edward Pugh
Frank Pugh
Mildred Cox
Anita
T. H. Morgan
Betty Gilham
Edward Brooks
Pearl Wood
Evalyn Pugh
Navarre
Ohio
Osre
Howard Welch
Pagetown
New Plymouth Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs. John McGathey visit Day ton son John who will soon enter the U S Army. Mrs. Minnie Cherry called on Miss Ethel Mowrey Friday evening. Glen Peters was a Columbus visitor. Several local residents hosted or visited relatives in Logan and nearby towns. Earle Heinlein visited Mrs. Clarence H. Jones in Logan Saturday. Reg Allen of Somerset spent the weekend here. Jack Smith received varsity letter and cheer leader duties at a McArthur basketball banquet. Glen Peters also earned a letter. Finley Rice to leave soon for induction into the U S Navy. Annette Smith and five others honored for 50 hours selling war bonds.
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New Plymouth
John McGathey
Dayton
John
U.S. Army
Minnie Cherry
Ethel Mowrey
Glen Peters
Columbus
Earle Heinlein
Clarence H. Jones
Larry
Logan
Reg Allen
Somerset
Fred Mowrey
Ethel
Hazel Frantz
Edna Cherry
Robert Trowbridge
Nina Smith
Riley
Chappie
Deanville
Lloyd Evans
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
McArthur Thurdsay
Jack Smith
Evelyn Turner
Rice
Schmidt
Finley Rice
U. S. Army
Annette Smith
Miami-Jacobs Business College
W.ln
Miss Smith
Sadie Leach
McArthur
Homer Haas
Clyde Morrow
Dundas
Frank Ellis
Wm. Kirkendall
Haas
Ivan Miller
Fy ‘Oring
Miller
Earnest Weed
Navy
Charles Fuller
Raymond Fuller
Bob
Helen Fuller
Harry Faulkner
Betty Wiseman
Nelson McDaniel
Athens
Hemlock Grove Social Roundup and Visits
A Hemlock Grove brief lists daily attendance at Sunday School and a Sewing Club meeting. It notes visits by families including Romine, Midkiff, Smith, Hawk, Cullums, Stockton, and Conkey, with several others from nearby towns visiting residents and dining with hosts.
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National Dispatch
Marquis Childs
Murray City Auxiliary
Murray City
Ladies Auxiliary No. 4
Dixon Hall
Jennie Shunkwiler
Eagie Hall
Edith Holliday
Ruth Carsner
Floyd Campbell
Cherrington Hospital
A. T. Pettit
New Lexington
Joshua Matheny
Lester Cook
Sandra
Dan Matheny
Mike Bartoe
the Plains
Kathleen Carsner
Loretta Wilson
Clint Williams
Marion
James Smart
Ida Frazee
Williams
Mae Frazee
Ward Township
Samantha Shelton
Frank
West Virginia
Sullivan Maxwell
Hartleyville
Emma Tippie
Anna Bell Thomas
Detroit
Harold Potts
Elaine
Hubert Thrush
Edith Potts
Fairfield County School
John Wyman
Lancaster
George Potts
Charles Mitchell
Chester Mitchell
Don Matthews
Don
Mary Jane
Salem
John Shelton
Wilma Thompson
Barberton
Homer Lanning
Charlies Neal
Frank Erb
Hemlock
Myrtle Barnes
John Snyder
Effie Jonas
Opal Lanning
Delores
Lillie Worthington
B. M. Hartman
Edward James
Billie
Frank James
Sherry
Carapolis
W. M. James
William Currens
Loudonville
William O'Rourke
William Halliday
M. Glancy
Carl Carsner
Halliday
O'Rourke
Harry Jonas
Phyllis Jean
George Newman
Buchtel
Charles Hoffman
Howard Farmer
Anna Marinko
Italy
Charles B. Zimmerman
Kroger Company
NRA
Athens County
New Works
Betty Gullum
Frank Gullum
Ohio U
Cincinnati
Harry W. Daugherty
Coolidge
House
Judiciary Committee
I. M. Foster
Athens Country Club
Jack Sweeney
Red” Hamilton
W. G. Moore
Hawaii
By Galbraith
Ge Pemvicg
Nght Fon the Obert
D. Lush Weathetes
Jan. Mesrik
Therses
Cornin
WSCS
Idabelle Maxwell
Claude Maxwell
Robert Johnson
William Fair
Anna Garrison
Christine
George Klhrenbeck
Joan
William Shaw
Frank Thomas
Toledo
Isabel Thomas
Pleasant Valley Briefs
Hemlock Grove
Sewing Club
Ziba Midkiff
Bert Romine
Dorsel Smith
Emmett Hawk
Ernest Cullums
Terry
Gene
Kenneth
Stacy’ Stockton
Porter Midkiff
Jewell Story
Lou Conkey
Burlingham
Edna Bowers
Portsmouth
Wilbur Midkiff
Eldon Clark
Frank Clark
Jim Clark
Charles Barr
Marline
Leroy Barr
Reedsville
Silas Taylor
Conrad Mulligan
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