Subscriptions Rates and Availability Shared
The notice lists subscription rates for Ohio and outside Ohio, including yearly, monthly, and weekly options, along with pricing for weekly service editions. It notes mailing restrictions, world-wide delivery, and references to The Messenger imprint with office locations in Athens and Columbus and advertising terms.
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Ohio
Athens
John W Cullen Company
Chitar
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Wavertising Retes
Causes of In Law Trouble in War Bride Era
An analysis of friction between newlyweds and in laws focuses on sharing one home and differing domestic habits. It warns of parental interference, especially in money and child rearing, and suggests war brides live within their husband’s means, gain self support, and stay active to reduce strain.
Communism Gains Ground In Europe Amid Allied Unease
The article argues that Russia and Yugoslavia push for provisional Communist governments on the continent without Russia’s allies support, provoking opposition in the United States and Britain. It notes France’s leftward shift, rising Soviet influence, and distrust as postwar Europe struggles with liberty and democracy amid new era fears.
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Russia
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
United States
England
Theoviet
France
Europe
Tower of Babel
Third time near miss would have yielded Axis world dominance
The piece argues that Germany and Japan were capable of conquering the world in 1941 and would have succeeded if not for a string of German mistakes. It warns that future victory requires constant readiness and restraint, and urges reflection on who stayed home and who sacrificed for defending the American way of life.
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Hiller
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Japan
England
Russia
Truman backs congressional junkets to Europe
The piece argues President Truman approved travel for members of Congress to Europe, calling the trips a worthwhile investment despite raising war bill costs. It urges lawmakers to gain regional insight, meet Nazi camp survivors, review Europe’s postwar state, and assess agencies like OWI.
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Truman
Europe
Congress
Brooklyn bag toss sparks unlikely chase for scholarship
In Brooklyn a female office worker tossed a bag containing 1050 to a colleague. The bag flew from a window and a passing hobbyist intercepted it and ran toward the goal. Police are still seeking the intercepting student, who may win a spot at a freshwater college if allowed.
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Brooklyn
New York
Crick
Freshwater College
United States ends the war aim is national defense
The speaker argues that America’s top objective remains the security of the United States. While supporting international efforts and an world peace framework, robust air, sea, and amphibious power and overseas bases are essential to prevent near-shore aggression and keep the homeland safe. The Monroe Doctrine gains renewed centrality amid evolving modern warfare threats.
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Washington
San Francisco
United States
America
Europe
Roosevelt
Congress
Rhine
Continental
Americas
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Asia
Rocksprings WSCS Meets at Church May 1
The Rocksprings WSCS met at the church on May 1 with seven members present. Devotions titled At the door of the home focused on a global prayer for homes. Numerous local visits occurred as members and relatives visited friends and family in Gallipolis, Naylors Run, Athens Road, Nease Settlement, Willis Hill, and California where Seaman Charlie Eskew is stationed.
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W.S.C5
Leonard
Robert Richards
Gallipolis
Richard
Clement Arnold
Amos Leonard
Dorothy
Betty
Clarence Grueser
Roger
Gruesers
John Hamm
Nease Settlement
Charles Eskew
Barbara
California
Seaman Charlies Es i
Elizabeth Rathburn
Pomeroy
Anna Reuter
Charles Grueser
Marjorie Leonard
Willis “Hill
Kate Weyersmiller
United Nations Declaration noted at San Francisco meeting
Peter Edson reports from the Fairmont Hotel lobby on a facsimile of the United Nations Declaration. The brief document embodies core war aims and human rights principles. Signatories total 47 of 49 nations. Poland Ukraine White Russia and Argentina absent. Argentina’s position remains unsettled as San Francisco organizers seek near universal backing.
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San Francisco
U. S
United Nations
Washington
Germany
Poland
Ukraine
Russia
Soviet Union
Wilkesville Personal Notes From Local Soldiers and Families
Wilkesville residents share updates on servicemen in the South Pacific on furlough with parents and relatives. The column lists visits by J M Jackson and families, Earl Cray’s camp return, Pythian Sisters inspection attendees, and various local kin visiting or recovering at hospitals and homes.
Sovereignty debate fronts the Public Forum letters
The Public Forum edition discusses sovereignty as a total, indivisible concept and rebuts the idea of large and small nations. It argues treaties acknowledge equal sovereign rights, citing examples like Ecuador and Russia, and warns against the persistence of false distinctions at the San Francisco Conference. ENDICOTT Chesterhill May 17. BLOOD CENTER CLOSES says 100,000 donors. CAFE OWNER ROBBED in Cleveland.
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The
Messenger
San Francisco
United States
Ecuador
Russia
Paraguay
Haiti
Canada
France
Venezuela
Endicott
Chesterhill
Lottridge Social Notes Highlights Family Visits
Lottridge social notes report Mr. and Mrs Oden Johnson of Athens as Sunday guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs John W Barnhill on Dutch Ridge. E W Swisher and Gordon Collins with family visited. The Boggs and Lile Davis families moved into a remodeled Lottridge home. John Westfall returned from Ravenna after a week with relatives. Okey Westfall is at home and seriously ill. Harry Carleton and C D Swartz dined with C M Swartz. Nickols and daughter of Pt Pleasant W Va spent Mother's Day with C L Davis, whose birthday was celebrated. John Archer and Naomi visited the Kincade family and Fred Varner.
Local Personal News Highlights From Nelsonville Area
Kimberly and Pickett families plus Jimmie Lauderback returned home from a fishing trip at Guysville. Olivia Woods and daughter Hester traveled to Columbus after visiting Andrew Adams relatives. People visiting in Nelsonville include Jack Nelson and Ed Nelson with Jennie Fugitt. Various residents from Haydenville Chauncey Connett and Spice Lick were seen visiting others in recent days. A revival at Watarene Church near Parkersburg drew attendees including Rev Demint and Jehovah Church members.
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Kimberly
Coate Pickett
Jimmie Lauderback
Guysville
Olive Woods
Hester
Columbus
Andrew Adams
Jack Nelson
Morristown
Ed Nelson
Jennie Fugitt
Nelsonville
George Griffon
James Latherback
Haydenville
Herman Williams
Mabel Williams
Audry Lauderback
Dorothy Smith
Lee Smith
Betty Nelson
Margaret Lanning
Chauncey
Birdie Davis
Nellie Barber
Carbondale
John Statum
Haydensville
William Robinson
Orphia Campbell
Connett
Herb Bailey
Seeners
Spice Lick
Thresa Fields
Demint
Anazarene Church
Jehurch
Mothers of Athens High Girls Reerves Tea Honors Guests
Mothers of Athens High School girls were entertained at a tea hosted by Marjorie Wheaton. performances by Alice Rardin Ruth Phillips Jane Fultz and Jane Foster highlighted the event with songs and piano pieces. Logan Knights of Pythias district meeting drew 300 delegates from 14 districts, with Walter Leonard and others on the entertainment committee. Helen Louise Martin of Mineral was named best eleventh grade English student in Ohio after district scholarship results were announced.
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Athens
Marjorie Wheaton
Alice Rardin
Mother Macree
Alice Bardin
Ruth Phillips
Jane Fultz
Jane Foster
Claire de Lune
Debussey
Logan Knights of Pythias
K. P
Walter Leonard
Joe Harden
Joe White
W. 5. Yaw
C. E. Blackston
Helen Louise Martin
Mineral
Ohio
Unity of Big Three Tested by Yugoslavia Crisis
DEWITT MACKENZIE notes the Yugoslav claim to Trieste and Austrian lands, Tito’s military occupation, and Allied demands for withdrawal. He warns against actions echoing Hitler and Mussolini, cites Churchill Stalin Truman talks, and questions Moscow’s stance as Yugoslavia leans left and may end its monarchy.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Yugoslavia
Italy
Austria
Marshal Tito
Tito
Trieste
Gorizia
Isonzo River
Aillach-Klagenfurt
Alexander
Mediterranean
Marshall Tito
Hitler
Mussolini
Japan
Moscow
Truman
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Marshal Tito Long
Britain
America
Russia
Poland
Europe
Balkans
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Pennsylvania
Lena Cray
Ray Stroushaugh
Pythian Sisters
Nelsonville Temple
Vinton
Order of the Eastern Star
Louise Woltz
Blanche Penn
Bessie Wells
Jewell Strong
Selah Strausbaugh
Gayton
He Il
Balarice Mondas
Huntington
WL Va
Charlie Williams
Denver
Colo
A. L. DeVault
Max Edmundson
Mildred Straushaugh
Fred Sayre
Strausbaugh
the Public Forum
Blood C Center
Cincinnati — GP
Redross Blood Donor Center
Sarah Haddad
William White
Clarence Laughlin
Elaine Roe
Helen McLaughlin
Ruth Cone
Bernice Atkins
Marjorie Dixon
Delia Dorsey
William Cooper
Eldridge Whipple
Stacey Wolfe
William Phillips
Jack McCarty
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