The Athens Messenger Advertising and Subscription Rates Notice
Public notice listing subscription rates by carrier and mail including prices for one year six months ten weeks and one week with zone and postage details. The newspaper emphasizes publishing dates offices and staff in Athens Ohio and surrounding counties.
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John W. Quillen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
the & Week
Gallia
Hocking
Milan
Vinton
Washington
Ohio Solons Lane Into Fiscal Stability Amid National Spending Shifts
Ohio lawmakers praise the Bricker administration for funding state institutions and avoiding new taxes while Washington faces spending turmoil. The 1941 session ended shorter than usual with no income tax proposals and no licensing schemes, signaling a steadier path for Ohio’s ongoing program as finances tighten.
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Ohio
Columbus
Washington
Bricker
Under the Cloak of Defense in Public Spending
The piece argues defense spending justifies cutting nondefense programs. It cites shifting civil agencies into defense totals, including Fish and Wildlife and National Parks, to mask nonsecurity spending and mislead taxpayers about true needs.
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Treasury
Washington
National Defense
Upon All of Us From the Soldier's Handbook
Excerpt from a War Department pocket introduction urging duty and shared responsibility across soldiers and civilians. It emphasizes national resolve, defense of liberty, and the faith placed in every American to defend freedom through military service and civilian labor alike.
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War Department
Congress
Imtse
Travel Strengthens America slogan promotes travel ties
The U S Travel Bureau endorses Travel Strengthens America as a rubric for cross border travel. The piece argues that wide travel boosts understanding and trade from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego and urges maximum travel between American nations and within the United States to bridge regional divides.
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U. S
America
Alaska
Tierra del Fuego
Americas
Fresh leadership urged as defense lag slows U S war effort
Raymond Clapper urges a strong new leader to revitalize U S defense mobilization. He criticizes President Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins for overreach and poor coordination, cites inflation, labor unrest, and stalled tank bomber and steel production, and calls for decisive leadership and unity with Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Harry Hopkins
Wendell Willkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Willkie
Willkie
Woodrow Wilson
Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Congress
Peter Edson Reviews Washington Scene
Washington scene column notes that Congress debates economy with sharp talk but little action. It highlights defenders like Robert F. Rich Everett Dirksen and John Tabor and shows how a $120 000 fishery grant faced a cut proposal, while local district interests sway lawmakers.
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John Tabor
Auburn
N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Pekin
Congress
Rich
Tabor
Frank E. Hook
Ironwood
Mich
Fish and Wild Life Service
Hook
Lamar
John W. McCormack
Boston
Wars Move From Forts To World Stage Says Wickard
Secretary Claude Wickard says historical battles centered on forts towns and cities have shifted to global power struggles as nations vie for world control. He frames modern conflicts as broader geopolitical contests beyond traditional terrain.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Democracy as Life Competes with Totalitarian Ways
Quote attributed to Wendell Willkie from 1940 remarks asserting democracy must outperform totalitarian systems to prevail. Mentions GOP context and presidential candidate stance.
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Wendell Willkie
Freedom of speech and war aid debate in The Messenger
Charles R. Larson argues that while freedom of speech is vital in democracy it is misused when it confuses public opinion. He urges vigilance against Hitler's agents and warns against isolating the U.S. while supporting England against Hitler. Athens R.D. 5 May 13.
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the Messenger
England
Hitler
Atlantic
U.S.A
Charles R. Larson
Athens
R.D
Mechanicsburg pupils present Maynete and elect officers
Pups of the Mechanicsburg School performed a Maynete dance followed by a Parent-Teacher Association meeting where officers were elected. The Athens Junior High and Eighth Grade Dramatic Club and the Junior-Senior Boys' Glee Club also performed in the high school assembly. Harvey C. Smith spoke at a noonday Athens Chamber of Commerce luncheon. The East Side PTA held its annual business session at the East Side building and Miss Marie Swaim received a miscellaneous shower hosted by Miss Elizabeth Garber.
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Mechanicsburg
Athens
Harvey C. Smith
Athens Chamber of Commerce
East Side Parent-Teacher Association
East Side
Marie Swaim
Harold Mardis
Elizabeth Garber
Our Nation's Tomorrow Poem by Leda Sams
A reflective poem questions resilience and faith as crises loom. The speaker ponders if the Rock of Ages and foundational strength can sustain a wary world facing mounting dangers and distant conflicts. It ends with a call to reveal weakness and affirm firm foundation.
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Leda Sams
Concord Area News Briefs
Concord reports a school program May 21 at 8 PM featuring three units and violin accompaniment by Mr Kuzmarski. Local residents attendances noted include Bertha Howard and Ervin Nelsonville, and graduates listed from Ames Bern High School. Obituaries and local events include funeral services for Harvey Jenkins Sr and Joseph M Grandstaff.
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Concord
Fierce Ridge
Mildred Howard
Hansel
Gretel
Holland
Kuzmarski
Bertha Howard
Ervin
Nelsonville
Ames-Bern High School
Wyllie Boudinot
Rowena Duncan
Wilma White
Margaret Myers
Ralph Sanders
O. B. Boudinot
Ray Sayers
Washington, D. C
Herbert Armstrong
Jo Ellen Carter
W. M. Howard
Howard Taylor
Camp Grant
Ill
J. C. Blincoe
Dayton
Lena Boudinot
Blincoe
Ames- Bern High School
Charles Antle
Trimble Heights
Church of Christ
Trimble
Harvey Jenkins
Wemmer Road
Jenkins
Concord School
Mason Farm
Joseph M. Grandstaff
C. FE. McCune
C. B. Leginer
Grandstaff
Rushville
Ferndale
Maplewood
Cheshire Social And Personal Highlights District Meeting
Cheshire notices record a district Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting in Middleport with Rev and Mrs Brooks and several local ladies. Additional items list visits and guests including Columbus trips, relatives in Athens, stays with Henries and Swishers, and local gatherings at Apple Grove and Nelsonville.
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Kanaugua
Everette Long
Wilbur Swisher
Corspent
Ning
Georgia Peters
Ethelyn Swisher
Little Kgger
Ralph Spires
Fostoria
John Hawkins
Ernest Halley
Apple Grove
Bert Scott
Grace Bradbury
Ryger
John Bradbury
Patty
Thurman Hellyer
Nelsonville
Allen Hughes
Bryan Creemeans
Holzer Hospital
Charlie Gilmore
Columbus
Paula Delights Then Dreads in Campus Love Triangle
Paula navigates loyalty between Chris and Tony as Kilo pressures her to force Chris back into the League. A campus party ends in chaos when a shocking incident disrupts the night, leaving Paula to confront shifting affections and looming consequences.
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Chris
Paula
Kilo
Jenks
Tony
Paulie
Kilo Sherwood
League
Sweetland
Gamma Tau
Community notices from Ohio area households and visits
Local social roundup lists numerous visits and gatherings across towns including Gore Doris Lawrence and Roberta Westbrooke with two other Ohio U. students visiting Mrs. O W Westbrooke. Families like Mohlers Summers McMannis Hicks Starr and Terrels are noted visiting, hosting, or traveling between Upper Sandusky Logan New Straitsville Elyria and Columbus with several shifts of guests and entertainers.
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Dalton Terrel
Waldo Terrel
Thornville
Cliff Callihan
Bremen
Westbrooke
Lester Hite
Coshocton
June Coon
Columbus
Drew Summers
Jack Dixon
Virginia Campbell
New Straitsville
Clyde McMannis
Carbon Hill
Jesse McMannis
Herman McMannis
Lima
Bill Backus
Camp Lee
Petersburg
Sam Arnett
Oddest Thompson
Stanley Starr
Starrs
Logan
Mina Howdyshell
Gladys Thompson
John Starr
Blanche Hartman
Ida McMannis
Betty Getts
Mona Mae Starr
Margaret Arnett
Tarrel Summers
Elyria
Frank Summers
Jack Hunter
Chester
Harrison McMullen
Earl Groves
Billy
Jessie Hicks
Carbondale
Chester Hicks
Earl Hicks
Florence Huston J
William Hicks
Atheny
Jesse Tucker
Barn Owls at Smithsonian Feed on Rodents and Mammals
A pair of barn owls nesting in a Smithsonian Institute tower in Washington DC consumed 1596 mice 134 rats 54 shrews and 37 other mammals.
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Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
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