Subscription Rates and Distribution Policies
The Messenger outlines subscription pricing by region and term including rates for carriers and overseas service. It notes second class matter status at Athens Post Office and lists national representatives in Chicago New York Columbus and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ohi
Messenger
Eeene Butereo
Athens
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
C. Cleveland
Invasion Hour Near as May Day Brings Allied Bombardment
The article notes a two week surge of Allied air raids on Germany as Allied invasion plans for western Europe appear imminent. It reports German and Russian speculation on weather, tides, and timing for a coordinated spring assault, with May seen as the crucial window.
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Europe
Hitler
Britain
Atlantic Wall
England
Germany
North Sea
Russia
Baltic
Black Sea
Great Russia
Carpathians
Moscow
Galati
Balkans
Berlin
Tell the Folks Back Home Book Reveals Real War Portraits
Senator Mead along with Brewster Chandler Lodge and Russell chronicles a 45000 mile tour of U S bases in a book titled Tell the Folks Back Home. It highlights frontline sketches by Sgt Brummett Echohawk showing worn dirty exhausted soldiers and the harsh realities of war.
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James M. Mead
Brewster
Chandler
Lodge
Russell
Pawnee
Brummett Echohawk
Sergeant Echohawk
Patterson
Mr. Patterson
Italy
South Pacific
Webster Quote on Spiritual Regard as Rightful Greatness
A solemn and religious regard to spiritual and eternal things is presented as an indispensable element of true greatness by Daniel Webster in this reflection.
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Daniel Webster
Government Seizure of Retail Firm Sparks War Powers Debate
Washington editorial urges Congress to investigate why the Roosevelt administration seized a mail order merchandising house under Smith Connally Law powers. Critics warn broad authority could seize corner drugstores and dry goods shops, expanding government reach beyond war plants and potentially stripping civil liberties. Sewell Avery praised for challenging the order in court as press and public debate grows.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
War Labor Board
Smith- Connally
Ward
Chicago
Wards
Sewell Avery
Textile black market hooks OPA with wide enforcement push
Peter Edson notes widespread textile and clothing black market activity undermines price controls. He cites false invoices, cash premiums, dummy wholesalers, and quality cuts as major violations. OPA plans triple-damages lawsuits, with 200 investigators targeting centers from New York to Chicago and beyond.
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OPA
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
West Coast
St. Paul, Minn
East
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Public Forum Letter Attacks Roosevelt Over Civil Liberties
Middletown reader CHAS. B. TIMMONS denounces actions against private property and due process, accusing F D Roosevelt of violating the Constitution to crack down on business and individuals. The letter calls for impeachment and warns of eroding law and order in America.
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United States
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chas. B. Timmons
Middletown
From Childish Banks to Silent Towers in Akron
A poetry letter from Carrie L. Chick of Gallipolis Ohio laments losing riverbank memories to banks and hidden graves of progress. The piece precedes a news note announcing the Civil Aeronautics Administration plans to discontinue airport traffic control towers in several cities including Akron Ohio.
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Carrie L. Chick
Eastern Ave
Gallipolis
Ohio
Washington
Civil) Aeronautics Administration
Akron
Carbondale Social Briefs
Relatives from out of town attended the funeral of Mrs. Chloe Auker including Mr. and Mrs. Bony Weed and two daughters Ilene and Ada from New Plymouth Vance McClead and family Columbus Mr and Mrs George Hawthorne Jelloway Mr and Mrs Joe Nilson and Mr and Mrs Wesley McDaniel Rita Barberton Mr and Mrs Joe Stanley Nelsonville Betty Jean Michaels Barberton Mr and Mrs Clinton Cox Chillicothe Betty Kennard Athens visited Sunday Alberta Statten Columbus and children visited Mrs Ight Mace last week Anna McDaniel and daughter Rita Barberton visited Mrs Mattie Gabriel Sunday Elston Mace returned from a week with her parents Harrison Six Columbus accompanied home by daughter Mrs James Brown and child Mildred Barber Columbus visited her parents George Barber over the week end Weekend guests of Jasper Cox were Mr and Mrs Howard Cly and Gertie Evans Columbus Charles Stump returned Wednesday from Veterans Hospital Dayton where he has received medical attention for five weeks Ruth Arnold Dayton visited her sister and brother Nora and Roy Arnold here over the weekend Mildred Stump Columbus visited her mother Edith Stump over the weekend Mr and Mrs Albert Stanley Dayton Mr and Mrs Micky Rizzo Utica NY spent the weekend with Electa Arnod Cpl Pearl Stanley has returned to Texas after spending a furlough here with his parents and other relatives and friends.
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Carbondale
Chloe Auker
Bony Weed
New Plymouth
Vance McClead
Ilene
Ada
Columbus
George Hawthorne
Jelloway
Joe Nilson
Wesley McDaniel
Rita
Barberton
Joe Stanley
Nelsonville
Betty Jean Michaels
Clinton
James Brown
Mildred Barber
George Barber
Jasper Cox
Howard Cly
Gertie Evans
Charles Stump
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Ruth Arnold
Nora
Roy Arnold
Mildred Stump
Edith Stump
Albert Stanley
Micky Rizzo
Utica
N. Y
Electa Arnod
Cpl
Pearl Stanley
Texas
Coup Aboard A Japanese Prison Plot In Yokohama
Captain Azaraski and Captain Baldwin plot a coup at Niji Prison with Norma Greer in the mix. Baldwin acts calm while Azaraski grows tense as the plan advances at 10 o'clock. Link Belt faces a tense meeting with Azaraski as tension rises and a display of distrust ends the scene.
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Captain Azaraski
Niji
Yokoh
Captain Baldwin
RAF
Tilda Courtright
Lieut
Link Belt
Norma Greer
Azaraski
Baldwin
Link
Lissen
Miyajima
Murray City Graduation Day Nearing
Murray City continues graduation events with junior senior prom and banquet on May 6. Class of 1944 activities include class night May 12, baccalaureate May 14 by Rev. Roy Standiford, and commencement May 16 with speaker Delbert Woodford. Valedictorian Jean Rowland and salutatorian Mary Louise Donson lead a class of 1944 seniors. list of graduates and local visitors follow.
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Murray City
Murray City High School
Roy Standiford
Jacksonville
Delbert Woodford
Murray City Schoo
Mary Louise Donson
Marion Shelton
Barberton
John Shelton
Kay
Nelsonville
C. A. Barnhill
Columbus
Springfield
Robert Anders
Canton
Bert Anders
Clara Penrod
Trimble
Emma Tippie
Lester Sorrell
Betty Sabo
Betty Jane
Frances
Logan
Charles
Edward Dixon
Ed Jonas
Betty Darby
Becky Craft
Methodist Youth Army Proposed to Serve Church and Humanity
A proposal to form a Methodist youth army calls for members to serve a year in social work in hospitals slums and rural church areas. Selected youths would receive training and then be dispatched to aid communities and support church missions nationwide. The note appears at the church quadrennial conference alongside a statistic about U S Army supply vehicles burning around 10 gallons of gasoline daily in combat duty.
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Kansas
City
Methodist Church
U. S. Army
Bishopville News Briefs Details Local Family Updates
Bishopville notes show residents visiting relatives across county lines. Saxon-era names appear amid war letters from England and new moves to Glouster Maplewood and Athens. A library branch opens in Bishopville and local families deal with illness and property transfers alongside a warning about burn injuries.
Food shortages and higher point values forecast for Ohio winter
Ohio crop experts forecast food shortages and higher ration points for vegetables and fruits due to manpower shortages, below normal canning stocks, and unseasonable weather. Prof. H. D. Brown cites depleted canning capacity and risks in planting. Victor H. Ries notes temporary WFA measures to free storage and move goods to market. Rainy spring and floods further hurt production, while Ohio Victory Garden council projects a 15 to 25 percent drop in home gardens.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
H. D. Brown
Ohio
Victor H. Ries
Ohio Victory Garden Program
War Food Administration
Washington
WFA
Brown
Ohio Victory Garden Council
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National Dispatch
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Horgeg
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Poet's Corner
Carbondale Social Briefs
Bahkee
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Mea Bernce Om
REO
U.S
Mrs. Jones
Methodist Youth Army
Bishopville News
Bishopville
Jane Radcliffe
J. M. McDonald
Russell Smith
Johnny
Jimmie
Charles Milhoan
Milhoan
Harry Taylor
Scott Field
Dwight Steffy, Glouster
Pfc
Lawrence Shaner
U. S. Medical Corps
Orland Richardson
E. L. Pedicord
Anna Grubb
J. O. Moody
A. G. Carter
Kenneth Wolfe
T. F. Davis
John
Lena
Pfe
John Carter
Linda Lou
Bernice Carter
Groveport
Parkersburg
Glen Pedicord
Linda Lou Carter
Thomas Smith
Glouster
Bartlett
William Hoon
Anna Smith
Chauncey
Katzenbach
Smith
Maplewood
Wolfe
P. M. Smith
J. W. Moody
Dean Moody and Sons
Chesterhill
Millard Easler
Edith Canter
Here
Earl Morris
Douglas Smith
Carrie Roberts
Higher Point
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