Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co Publication Details
The Athens Messenger Established 1828 lists weekly weekday editions with Sunday morning issues. Subscribers in multiple Ohio counties offered mail rates from four dollars fifty cents yearly to four dollars fifty annual plus local cartage. rates include carrier 18 cents weekly.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles & Harri
Reactionary mood grows as nation eyes 80 billion income era
Merle Thorpe argues that starry-eyed reformers chase quick fixes and resist hard realities. The piece notes voters drift toward common sense policies once seen in the 1920s, hinting that prosperity requires work and no easy political magic.
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America
Merle Thorpe
Lot
District of Columbia
Adam
Morley
A Posy for Alf Landon in Defeat
A tribute to Alf Landon of Kansas praising his graceful reaction to the 1936 presidential defeat. The piece commends his lack of grudge, devotion to the country, and conduct as Pan-American conference delegate and foreign policy voice.
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Alf Landon
Kansas
Shakespeare
Landon
United States
What People Want Most in Life A Small Town Calm
A magazine cover shows a cluster of small town shoppers around a hardware store focusing on onion sets paint lawn mowers and cabbage plants. The author notes people crave a peaceful place to live and garden time, contrasting with Europe’s large crowds and orders.
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Europe
Supreme Court Asked Over Scotch Origin in Trademark Case
A column argues the Supreme Court faces whether Scotch must come from Scotland. It recalls older U.S. basements selling whisky and cites a sociologist's quip about marital quarrels. The line suggests a professor notes a wife is gentler on the foot than a radiator.
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Supreme Court
Scotland
Stalin Firing Litvinoff Prompts Uncertain European Outlook
Raymond Clapper reports that Stalin's dismissal of Litvinoff creates uncertainty for officials weighing Measured steps toward war. Washington wonders if Moscow aims to pressure Britain and France into alliance, while Moscow’s bright line remains unclear amid Russia's internal development focus.
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Washington
Litvinoff
Stalin
Hitler
Europe
Soviet Union
Britain
France
London
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Motor Transport Woes Highlight War Strain
Department of Commerce cites Pravda reporting severe Soviet motor transport limits. Repairs are inadequately equipped, costs exceed new car price, parts use is high. No well‑equipped repair stations. drivers poorly trained with only 3 percent first class.
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Russia
Department of Commerce
Pravda
Union
Siberia
Moscow
Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene
Bruce Catton reviews Washington politics noting possible repeal of the un distributed profits tax if Congress and the White House push for business recovery. The piece cites Roosevelt era tax debates, Chamber of Commerce criticism, and a clash between Senator McKellar and Interior Secretary Ickes over Ross Eakin at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ickes transfers Eakin to Shenandoah National Park to appease tensions.
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Washington
Congress
House
Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Department
Treasury
White House
Herbert Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Arthurdale
W. Va
Tennessee
Senator McKellar
Ickes
Ross Eakin
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
McKellar
Eakin
Interior Department
National Park Service
Glacier National Park
Great Smoky
Senate
Questions and Answers From a Pop Quiz Page
A reader quiz covers topics from music by Sammy Kaye to U S citizenship, Alaska’s Matanuska Valley, colonial lumbering, aluminum paint insulation, Dead End Kids, Denver climate, paint color mixing, 1938 NYSE stock shares, liberal Supreme Court Justices, Iceland trees, Civil Service examinations in 1938, and parrot fever deaths in the 1930 epidemic.
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Sammy Kaye
United States
Matanuska Valley
Alaska
A. Six
Huntz Hall
Gabriel Dell
Billy Halop
Bernard Punsley
Leo Gorcey
Aby Jordan
Denver
Colo. A
New York Stock Exchange
United States Supreme Court
Harlan F. Jones
L. Black
Stanley Reed
Felix Skfurter
William O. Douglas
Hughes
Robert
Iceland
Civil Service Commission
Messenger Service Bureau Notice
A printed notice from The Messenger instructs readers to address questions to The Messenger's Service Bureau at 1018 13th St Washington D C. It cautions that legal and medical advice cannot be provided and no extended research will be undertaken.
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Messenger’s Service Bureau
Washington
Messenger's Service Bureau
13Th St
Washington, D. C
Eptror
Seasickness Causes and Preventive Advice for Travelers
Assistant surgeon on the Aquitania outlines seasickness types and symptoms, noting two main forms with differing fears and pulse and blood pressure changes. He advises fresh air, body warmth, adequate sleep, and a firm abdominal binder, plus modest pre voyage eating and caution with sedatives and alcohol.
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Aquitania
W. G. Zorab
Mother My Own Dear Mother Dora Maye Redick Poem
Poet writes of the bond with his mother recalling care and healing with lines praising a divine mother. The speaker notes becoming a mother themselves and thanks the Father above, urging kindness and respect toward mothers. Dora Maye Redick, Logan, O. A note about cheese varieties follows.
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Dora Maye Redick
Logan, O
Border Adventure on the Rio Grande Smuggling Run
Hope Kildare rides with Luis Barro’s alien convoy toward New Channel Island to cross the Rio Grande. Sheridan Starr plans a bold response as Betty Mary Jordan waits in the radio room and contemplates the looming confrontations.
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Betty Mary Jordan
Border Patrol Service
Sheridan Starr
Border Patrol
Hope Kildare
Starr
Luis Barro
Rio Grande
Channel Island
Barro
el Paso
Flexas
Hope
el Peso
New Channel Island
United States
Sheridan ‘Starr
Betty Mary
Yank
Mexico
Sheridan
Sherry
Meigs County Women’s Republican Club Meeting Highlights
Speakers included Miss Cady Woe president and several members such as Mrs. L J Heiner Rutland Mrs M E Rathburn Mrs Ralph Windsor and Mrs Oliver Hart ley. Martha Isbell returned from Columbus. Plans were set for 150 Columbus Manufactures and Wholesalers Association members to visit Athens for a goodwill event. Thirty five kites created by Athens High School manual training students were flown on North Hill in a kite contest.
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Meigs County Women's Republican Club
Cady Woe
L. J. Heiner
Rutland
M. E. Rathburn
Ralph Windsor
Oliver Hartley
The
Columbus Manufactures and Wholesalers Associaton
Athens
Athens High School
North Hill
Judgment Day for Kaiser is near at hand
Twenty years ago wartime news notes describe more than 15,000 personnel arriving in New York aboard six transports. The Victory Loan retreats in many regions, while local figures Mrs. A. E. Price and Mrs. Will Lloyd Jones share updates. Major W. H. Henry and Dr J. L. Henry send letters from Archangel Siberia detailing extreme cold and sled transport duties.
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New York
Bidwell-Porter to Present Play by Senior Class
On May 10 Bidwell-Porter High School will stage the senior class production College Cut-Ups. The announced cast includes Eugene Martin Virginia Sprague Earl Dabney Raymond Thomas Dorothy Rose Betty Evans Howard Cline Chester Denney Clara Glassburn Paul Pullins Esther Stewart John Irwin Lawrence Sheets Thelma Neal Mary Rife Frank Berry Columbus Wheeler Sara Thaxton Tom Clark with L. D. Freshecorn sponsoring.
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Bidwell
Bidwell-Porter High School
Eugene Martin
Virginia Sprague
Earl Dabney
Raymond Thomas
Dorothy Rose
Betty Evans
Howard Cline
Chester Denney
Clara Glassburn
Paul Pullins
Esther Stewart
John Irwin
Lawrence Sheets
Thelma Neal
Mary Rife
Frank Berry
Columbus Wheeler
Sara Thaxton
Tom Clark
L. D. Freshecorn
Thieves Dump Sugar to Fatten Loot in Local Break-In
A Columbia grocery proprietor reported thieves robbed his store of cigarettes and chewing tobacco overnight and then dumped a sack of sugar into the empty loot bag to complicate the haul. He spent hours separating the two substances.
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Columbia
8. C
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Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Inlané Daily Press Association
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John W. Cullen Company
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Detroit
Cleveland
Oarrier
Athenc
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Wash
Raymond Clapper
Bruce Catton
Stions
By Galbraith
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Mr. Hitler
Oren Arnold
NEA Service
Gonzales
EB. A. Etc
Martha Isbell
Columbus
A. E. Price
New Vienna
Will Lloyd Jones
Eugenia Mae Liston
Lieutenant Jones
Dental Corps
Kaiser
J. L. Henry
W. H. Henry
Hamden
Archangel
Bidwell-Porter
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