The Athens Messenger Page Four Readership Policy
A header page from The Athens Messenger lists publication details and rates. It names publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris and notes association memberships. Subscription and advertising terms are outlined, with prices for Ohio and out-of-state, daily and Sunday editions, and international inquiries. It ends with a Milton quotation and liberty motto.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
THE
Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Congress as Great Forum Not Two-Cent Politicians
Raymond Clapper argues in Washington that Congress has declined into shallow provincialism and must regain leadership. He says tariffs and other duties have shifted to the executive, freeing Congress to debate vital issues and become the nation’s true forum, despite public indifference to most members.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate
Congress
Executive Branch
Dorothy Thompson
Walter Lippman
Town Hall
Perspective on Selective Service boards and public misperception
A defense of draft boards detailing their careful work and fairness under the law. The piece urges citizens to seek facts directly from local boards, offer useful information if they hold deferments, and avoid undermining trust with rumors or contempt.
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Selective Service Boards
Selective Service
Practical Thinking and Information in Decision Making
A philosopher author argues decisions are made with incomplete evidence and all people share the same information limits. He notes discipline from reading and thinking improves judgment and compares information to a tiny thumb’s thickness in Gulliver’s Travels.
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Richard Weil, Jr
Gulliver
Lilliput
Dependability and the public trust in business leaders
The piece argues that a man's greatness rests on peer confidence earned by honest yearly work. Betrayal drives friends away, while in business the democratic mechanism operates through daily elections, contracts and integrity determine survival, with only those meeting tests growing while others fade.
Congress in peril as lawmakers self-destruct
At Harvard Tercentenary Dr. A Lawrence Lowell warned great institutions die by their own action, then someone buries them. Congress is doing that job itself by pursuing retirement pensions gasoline rations and payroll perks while neglecting essential duties. The writer urges Senator Barkley to rethink.
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Harvard
A. Lawrence Lowell
Congress
Senator Barkley
Peter Edson Reviews Washington Scene
Peter Edson argues rationing will expand beyond gas and sugar, with many goods under possible freeze. He notes OPA delays, warns against predicting items for rationing, and suggests frequent registrations may be needed as war-time shortages affect gasoline, sugar, and other commodities.
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Harold L. Ickes
Office of Price Administration
OPA
United States
Perry County Court Notes in Short Grand Jury Session
A brief Perry County grand jury session ended after six hours with 12 cases investigated. Seven indictments were returned, one public and six secret all involving non support. The report also covers jail conditions, probate estate values, divorces and petitions, and local probate and public notices.
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New Lexington
William Musick
Ralph M. Alspach
McGonagle
Ottora M. Wilson
Roseville
Mason H. Wilson
J. Homer Patch
Sam Pace
Barney Erwin
Carl Sullivan
Junction City
C. J. Studer
Charles Bateson
McCluney
Earl D. Birkimer
Thomas McInerney
Fight for Victory and Elm Tree Verse Prized in Reader Corner
Readers submit poems with name and address. Included are a wartime exhortation attributed to Pvt. Jack Sams at MacDill Field Florida and a poem about elm trees praising shade and resilience by Mrs. Corda Whetstone from The Plains Ohio.
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Messenger
Corda Whetstone
Plains
Ohio
Caribbean Mystery on Dutch West Indian Island
Bill Talcott, a branch manager for a U S chemical firm on a Dutch West Indian island, faces a fraud accusation by auditor Hal sey as June Paterson and detective MacDowell entangle in a night of peril. A schooner crew threatens shore, Talcott’s true motives loom, and June contemplates escape while danger closes in.
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Bill Talcott
Halsey
June Paterson
Bill
MacDowell
June
Sebastien
Tomas
Sebastienn
Struthers
Albany PTA closes year announces new officers
The Albany School Parent-Teacher Organization wraps up the current year with an April meeting and installs new officers led by Mrs. Frank Radcliff. New president is Mrs. Brooks Russell and the slate includes vice president Mrs. Emory Allen and secretary Mrs. Arthur Van Dyke.
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Albany
Frank Radcliff
Brooks Russell
Emory Allen
Arthur van Dyke
Edna Whiteman
Howard Stanley
Charles McGonagle
WI Mann
Willard Simonton
Albert Leadinghaus
Cora Biddle
Clinton Oxley
Wilbur Baughman
Paul McVey
Odta Gillogly
E. Vv. Springer
George Bean
D. I. Gandee
Fdon Dailey
Lucille Wingett
Howard Woodyard
James Whaley
Leona Calvin
Holly Goodwin
A. FE. Donaldson
Guy Wingett
Glenn Tewksbury
Ernie Chesser
G. B. McDaniel
Merrill Chase
Laurel Cliff Notes Hostess Night and Induction Report
Laurel Cliff Health Club hosted 14 members with prizes won by Mrs. William Davis and Mrs. Evelyn Turner. Next meeting will be with Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Lou Dieh is ill. Junior Missionary group met with Miss Dolores Howell. Thomas Gene Parker was inducted into the U S Army as the first local recruit, stationed at Fort Knox. Fern Dora Schaefer visited St Joseph Hospital and stayed with her parents and Mrs N E Schaefer. Mr and Mrs Walker visited Star Route on Mother’s Day. James and family were in Columbus Friday. Janelle Frye attended as head guest of Betty Jacobs and Wane.
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Laurel Cliff
Charles Karr
Laurel Cliff Health Club
William Davis
Evelyn Turner
Lou Dieh
Dolores Howell
Thomas Gene Parker
U. S. Army
Fort Mas
Fern Dora Schaefer
St. Jospeh Hospital
N. E. Schaefer
Walter Walker
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Athens
Joan W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Milton
Raymond Clapper
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Harvard Crimson
Great Britain
United Nations
Perry County
Central Committee
Marie Teal
Pleasant
C. W. Cochran
John Dishon
Saltlick
Charles Snide
Crooksville
James May
Mansfield Reformatory
Forest Patterson
May
Joe Abram
Clair Butts
Thornville
Common Pleas
Stanley Ford
U. S. McGonagle
Common Pleas Court
James and
Orpha M. Dumolt
Lela Blanche Ford
Dumolts
Dumott
Ford
Opal Musick
Willard Musick
A. S. McGonagle
Orville Hoops
Ethel Hoops
Ehareod
Eee
Ina Maude Young
Walter H. Young
Washington, D. C
Nora Leona Walpole
Everett Walpole
Clarence Allen Matheny
New Straitsville
Isabelle Josephine Waldie
Fr. Kellerman
Pauline
Pearl Slatter
Lassie F. Halsey
Eva Johnson
Guy V. Riggs
Jackson Township
Marion H
J. P. Shai
A. W. Slates
Avondale Park
Thorn Township
Ethel M
Clayton W. Allen
Cecelia A. Masterson
Pike Township
Burl Cotterman
Alta Cotterman
Hopewell Township
Roland B
Leona E. Randolph
Ralph K
P. L. Vanatta
Clayton Township
Harry Watts
Stella Watts
Harrison Township
Laura B. Clark
Albert Trout
Bearfield Township
William E. Clark
Home Owners Loan Corp
James R
Iris A. Christy
Marjorie Campbell
Richard Fleming
Katherine Mitchel
Monroe Township
Poet's Corner
Jack Sams
Mac Dill
By Galbraith
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Pete Ghot Cyta
Caribbean
BY Eaton K. Goldthwaite
NEA Service, Inc
Talcott
McDowell
Mr. Talcott
Mr. MacDowell
Black Sam
Miss Paterson
Albany Pta
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