The Athens Messenger Publisher and Rates Notice
The Athens Messenger established 1825 published weekdays with Sunday morning edition. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail, domestic and overseas, with offices in Columbus Cleveland Chicago and New York. Obituary notices and cards of thanks offered for a nominal charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ohio
Messenger
Ee Qe Buteres
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Inauguration of Athens Air Mail Pickup Service
Athens activates its air mail pickup on May 15 as a step toward regular two trip daily service. The initiative follows a 1938 one day Athens to Columbus air mail stunt and aligns with national air mail growth and wartime transport shifts. Air mail from surrounding towns will reach the U S tomorrow via All American Aviation facilities at Athens airport aided by Ohio University.
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Athens
National Airways
Ohio
Lancaster
Logan Nelsonville
Gallipolis
McConnelsville
All American Aviation, Inc
United States
Huntington
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Ohio University
Daredevil Japanese Gamble Aimed at India and China
The article outlines a Japanese strategy to strike through Burma into India to sever China India supply lines and isolate Allied forces led by Stilwell. It notes India as a major Allied base and the push toward Myitkyina as a key objective while positioning a broader effort aligned with MacArthur and Nimitz in the east. The piece argues the gamble, though risky, had clear strategic logic.
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India
China
Nippon
Burma
Stilwell
Myitkyina
Hias
Imphal
Kohima
Nations press for relief as famine widens in occupied lands
A League of Nations report says Germany drains fresh foods from occupied lands causing absolute scarcities in France and Italy and famine in 1942 and semi starvation in Poland Greece and parts of Yugoslavia and Nazi occupied Russia. It urges Britain to lift the blockade to allow relief and appeals to western powers to act.
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League of Nations
France
Italy
Slovakia
Baltic
Poland
Greece
Yugoslavia
Russia
America
Britain
Administration takes up broad probes into labor unions and Montgomery Ward
The piece argues Congress may expand inquiries to cover labor relations, War Labor Board actions, and the coal strike. It warns that administration influence could shape committee memberships, potentially yielding rubber-stamp results while highlighting tensions between union and employer policies during the war era.
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Washington
Montgomery Ward
Congress
Howard Smith
Virginia
Byrd
Senate
House
War Labor Board
National War Labor Board
Congressional
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
John Lewis
Miners’ Union
Department of Justice
Wallace
Rayburn
House Committee
America
Postwar 100 Octane Gas Leads to Faster, Farther Cars
Peter Edson explains wartime fuel science. 100 octane is the ceiling for gasoline, while blends now enable greater mileage and higher performance. Aviation fuels use designations like 115-145, signaling longer cruise and faster climb, though still 100 octane.
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Army
Navy
Petroleum Administrator For War
Carriers
Germany
Plasma Champs and the World Blood Donation Race
Edward Howard known as Spike, a former wrestler, has donated 1 102 pints of blood in 15 years. Tass of Moscow claims a rail road worker is the world champ with 141 donations. The piece honors donors and urges continued giving amid ongoing need for blood.
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Edward
Spike) Howard
Howard
Tass
Moscow
Mother memories and apple pie tribute from Messenger readers
Verses from Annie McIntyre Barto e of Nelsonville and another reader from Nelsonville Ohio. The column invites readers to submit poetry with name and address. The pieces reflect nostalgia for mothers and family as the writer bakes apple pies and recalls a loved one.
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Messenger
Annie McIntyre Bartoe
Nelsonville
Annie McIntyre
Bartoe
Ohio
Japanese Invasion Push Fails To Take Imphal Kohima
News analysis says Japan’s 30 000 man assault toward Imphal and Kohima aims to sever Allied lines but monsoon flooding and Allied superiority reduce the threat. Tokyo’s claim of Indian troops aiding a broader uprising proved overstated. the operation risks becoming isolated as the monsoon approaches.
Ten Years Ago Summary at Athens Delta Chi Dinner
Clarence J. Brown former secretary of state spoke at the Sigma Delta Chi Gridiron dinner at Ohio University. Mrs. Clint Carr and Miss Nelle Pickering prepared articles on pioneer women, Mary Elizabeth Cochran in article No 3.
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Clarence J. Brown
Sigma Delta Chi
Ohio University
Clint Carr
Nelle Pickering
Athens
Mary Elizabeth Cochran
Athens City Federation
West State St
Murray City Junior-Senior Prom Set for May 6
Murray City notes that the Junior-Senior Prom will be held Saturday May 6 at 9 o’clock in the high school building. The column also lists local residents making business visits to Nelsonville Athens Columbus and Glouster and mentions Mrs. Grubb’s husband reaching England.
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Murray City
Maggie Shuttleworth
Nelsonville
Jean and
Becky Kraft
Mary Lanning
Pete Verba
Robert Anders
Canton
Bert Anders
Crate Morrison
Park Cook
Mary Thompson
Athens
Gerald Robinson
Nancy
Martha
Grace Donoghue
Tom Gears
John Thomas
Columbus
Vern Kieffer
Robert Wilson
Kate Anders
Viola Grubb
Grubb
T.set. Lesslie Grubb
England
Irene McGuerty
Betty Darby
Elmer Spencer
Akron
Betty Hogan
Charles Shuttleworth
Grace Thomas
Harry Jonas
Effie Jonas
B. M. Hartman
Ardella
Wilda Jean
Junior
Wm. Groves
Logan
Frank Bryan
Willoughby
Lester Sorrell
Betty Sabo
Almeda Moody
Glouster
Helen Wilson
Lawrence McClelland
John Shelton
Japanese Inn Visit Sets Stage For Intrigue In Yokohama
Captain Azaraski and Captain Baldwin plot a coup involving interned Americans Lieut. Link Belt and Norma Greer while Tilda Courtright lectures on Japan. A roadside car ride leads to a tranquil inn set amid autumn Japan scenery as plans unfold.
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Azaraski
Niji
Yokohama
Captain Baldwin
RAF
Tilda Courtright
Lieut
Link Belt
Norma Greer
Link
Norma
Courtright
Amsterdam
Japan
China
Radcliff Obituary and School Board Notes
Relatives report the death of A B Cooper of Ashville born 1890 in Radcliff after a long illness. He taught in Vinton Township and at B I S Lancaster before entering the Ashville garage business in 1914. He is survived by his wife Adaline Baltzaiser and his father L M McCarty Cooper and four brothers. The Radcliff Board of Education met and named teachers for various schools and voted to close Cottrill one room school, moving Radcliff sixth graders to the high school. Commencement at Vinton Rural is May 19 with 18 in the class led by Dorothy Riley and Gladys Cooper among others. Mr Lawrence Barnes and family visited. Mrs John Hector learns her husband will return from the South Pacific soon. Carl Cottrill recently had surgery in Columbus and is improving. Mrs Gard McLaughlin returned from Marion after caring for her sister critically ill. Mrs Anna Dailey reports son Harold, stationed in New Guinea, joined action on his 20th birthday. Electric motors of modern battleships noted.
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L. M. Jr
Aurice C
Lowell D
Columbus
Kenneth C
Ashville
Board of Education
Teachers High School
Co. B
Turner
Lawrence Barnes
Eddie
Kenneth Queen
Belpre
John Hector
U. S
South
Pacific
Carl Cottrill
Gard McLaughlin
Marion
Jett Garber
Vinton
Young Peoples Society
Steele
Thomas Corey
Minnie Marie Painter
O. E. Painter
Panama
Washington, D. C
Harriett Fresiborn
Ewington
Vinto Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Wilkesville
Jessie Braily
Vennie Casto
George Bayer
Vernon McCoy
James Clark
R. B. Poling
Dewey Walker
E. E. Hartsook
Roy Holcomb
C. C. Wilcox
J. L. Bauer
Holzer Hospital
Anna Mae Evans
Gallipolis Club of
University
Emmett Slagle
Gallipolis
Ellen Cherrington
Alice
Essie Hartsook
Hamilton
Porter
Pfe
Addie Rainer
U. S Army
Ed Raines
Earnest Piper
James Piper
Germany
Piper
C. Kb. Edmondso
Cpl
Philip Edmondson
Defenbacher Seeks State Auditor Post With Finance Backdrop
H. D. Herb Defenbacher, Republican candidate for state auditor, highlights eighteen years as a state examiner and six years as deputy supervisor in the auditor’s office. A former director of finance under Governor Bricker and chairman of the state controlling and emergency boards, he vows 30 years of public financing experience. Born in Harrison County, he later lived in Dover and Columbus and is Eastman College educated. He is active in state fraternal organizations and is running for his first public office.
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H. D
Herb) Defenbacher
Department of the Auditor of State
Auditor’s
Bricker
Harrison County
Dover
Columbus
Defenbacher
Eastman College
Herb Defenbacher
Vinton Social And Personal Highlights Local Notes
The Vinton community reports on social events and personal news. Mrs. Thomas Corey’s mixed shower, Lt. Ruth Freshecorn's leave from Panama, and the annual Vinton Masonic lodge inspection are noted, along with hospital stays, club gatherings, and residents visiting or moving.
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Mother
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Assam
Army of Freedom
Tokyo
Subhas Chandra Bose
Charles P. Kircher
Second St. Athens
Dwight H. Rutherford
Athens County
Coolidge
Johnson
Cox
McAdoo
Vic Donahey
Pearl Roush
Second St
J. J. Morris
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Chemical Warfare Section
By Galbraith
RVC
Merce
Murray City Social Notes
Lane
Lespedera
Radcliff
Anna Dailey
Harold
New Guinea
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