Local subscription rates and office notes
The notice lists subscription prices for carriers and mail, with rates for Ohio and outside Ohio, plus overseas service. It notes The Messenger reserves paper supply and lists general office and advertisement references. It also includes entry details and national representatives in several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eget
Ohio
Messenger
Masonite
Athens
Anevian Gcensskis
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Consistency in War Plant Strikes And Ward Case Lessons
The letter discusses Detroit war plant foremen strikes and the Ward case, comparing government actions. It cites the Ward takover, Biddle's stance, and the War Labor Board rulings, noting inconsistency in penalties and political motives amid wartime pressures. The piece argues officials prefer timidity for political gain.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Detroit War Plant
Biddle
Chicago War Labor Board
Sears Roebuck & Co
Minneapolis
It Looks Fishy A War Industry Gift to Soldiers
The secretary of the interior proposed giving twenty trillion in war industries to returning soldiers via a government controlled holding company. Critics compare it to a modern Homestead Act, noting soldiers would own only paper stock while the government would retain control and assets. Skeptics warn it keeps the government in business and risks heavy reconversion costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Bill Seeks $10 Million for Tuberculosis Control
A congressional bill seeks ten million dollars for the Public Health Service to fund TB investigation and control. The piece notes prior progress in reducing TB mortality and the need for a dedicated division, highlighting the budget as too small.
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United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
The Attorney General as a Political Tool of the President
Washington commentary argues that A G Biddle shifts the DOJ from legal interpretation to policy justification for admin decrees. It cites seizure actions, reliance on army support, and views on war powers to challenge presidential domination and the idea of a civilian economy under executive privilege.
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Washington
Biddle
Congress
Department of Justice
White House
House
Montgomery Ward
U. S
Secretary of War
Army
Navy
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
America
Foremen Leader Keys Sparking National Association Drive
Peter Edson profiles Robert H. Keys founder of the Foremen’s Association of America. The 32 year old Detroit area leader organized foremen across Car companies, led to strikes that stalled Packard and other plants, and drew a key ruling by the National Labor Relations Board denying foremen collective bargaining rights.
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Robert H. Keys
Foremen’s Association of
Amerca
Detroit Area
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Keys
Cincinnati
Ford Technical School
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford
Packard Motor Co
Packard
Merlin
Foremen’s Association of America
National Labor Relations Board
Maryland
Allied Break Tightens Kissellring’s Italian Line
War summary reports German Field Marshal Kesselring facing grave danger as Allied advances from Anzio push toward Cisterna and Terracina. Fifth Army and Canadian troops breach Liri Valley defenses, threaten coastal German forces, while reinforcements appear unlikely.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Kesselring
Italy
Berlin
Anzio
Fifth Army
Cisterna
Terracina
Adolf Hitler
Liri
Questions and Answers Quiz Summary
A series of quiz items covers facts from measurements to history. Sample questions address the length of a fathom, brain weight as a body percentage, Stalin’s office, the hegira, continental US area, blink frequency, fascist symbol on the dime, Rundstedt, and Hero of Alexandria’s steam device.
Soldier boy and merchant marines verses from Messenger readers
Poet entries include a soldier boy in a foreign land longing for his mother and home, praising the Red Cross nurse and loyalty to the flag. Also verses honoring the Merchant Marines facing peril at sea with chorus praising their service and praying for their safe return. Names include Mrs. John Cuckler, Athens Ohio.
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The
Stars and Stripes
Athens Area Alumni Honored At Various Events
Ames Bern High School alumni officers were elected. Four year old Tommy Dowler led a legion parade drum major. A Crooksville quartet performed. Alpha Delta Pi alumnae attended a sorority dance. Athens Junior Music Club featured vocalists and instrumentalists. The Athens Seni High School play The Tailor Man included many cast members. Food institutes praised steam pressure canners. Springfield Methodist Conference voted to lift theater attendance ban. Fort Worth’s W M Short questioned mothers’ views on dance trends.
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Tommy Dowler
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Athens
Crooksville
C., T. Watts
E. L. Eveland
C. S. Stevens
J. S. Peart
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Springfield
W. M. Short
Fort Worth
Texas
The Real-Life Adventures of a Society Girl at Kerry Kraft
A society girl describes her first day at the Kerry Kraft war plant in Moore City. She endures blasting noise and crowded corridors while awaiting assignment, meeting a harried inspector and a hopeful supervisor who signals a sitting down job might be offered.
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Kerry Kraft
Moore City
Gawaine
Bedlam
Simpson's
Johnny
Jezze
Frank
Frankie
Detail, Harsher Persuasion in a Tough Job Scene
A tense phone exchange opens a plan to placate a controlling figure. A protagonist faces pressure to cooperate as two workers arrive, naming a new associate to be sent, with papers bearing the alias Anne Pendleton. The scene ends with a tease for continuation.
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Gert
Gladys
Anne
Rody
Pendleton
Hiva
Annie
Dickson Rites And Bartlett Community News
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Lucy Dickson at the Bartlett Methodist Church with burial in the local cemetery. A large crowd attended the district graduation events at the Masonic Auditorium, featuring a Senior play The American Way and diploma ceremonies led by Supt. H. E. Fast. The article also notes a marriage of Mae Sapp to Pvt. Clarence Secoy, births, transfers, and various local social updates from Bartlett and surrounding areas.
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Masonic Auditorium
Edward Dickson
Supt
H. E. Fast
Alva Gage
Navy
Winifred Caffrey
Near Cutler
Fast
Mae Sapp
Pvt
Clarence Secoy
Gilmore Ave
Marietta
Steady
Curtiss Wright
Columbus
Secoy
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Helen Sapp
Carl Secoy
J. E. Cummings
Edward C. McBride
M.A.C
Italy
Cummings
Mary C. McBride
England
Corp
Charles Nicholas
White Sulphur Springs
Della Martin
Mildred Martin
Willard Mason
Glouster
John Clark
Clark
Bishopville
William Nicholas
William
Myrtle Flowers
Lee Waite
Hattie Anderson
Addie Ross
F. B. Arnold
Thomas Poling
Barberton
Ronnie Lee
Polings
Bartlett
Gallia County Women Help Make Red Cross Dressings
Four hundred fifty one Gallia County women contributed to Red Cross surgical dressings since the effort began. A roster in the Masonic Hall Red Cross workroom lists all volunteers with 15 hours of service this year, including many named workers such as Mrs. Lottie Abbott and Miss Anne Hill among the honor roll.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Red Cross
Masonic Hall
Lottie Abbott
C. K. Ahlers
Ramon D. Allison
Elizabeth Arnold
E. W. Barker
Amanda Bean
Gussie Benson
Harbour Black
Evelyn Boggs
Mildred Boggs
Stella Booton
W. Lewis Brown
Ethel Burdette
George Bush
John Butz
Grace Ross
Otto Carter
C.S. Catzen
H. W. Cherrington
J. S. Clark
Charles Clendenin
Will Cox
Jane Davis
Sarah Skidmore
B. L. Smith
Lucille Smith
Eugene Spear
Venita Thabet
Doris Thaxton
Loren Thomas
Lyman Thomas
Mabel Thomas
Malzena ‘Trowbridge
L. W. Thompson
Lowell Tope
Hugo Vornhold
Cabelle Walker
Charles Wigner
Carl Willis
Huge Plane Surplus Forecast After War
Washington reports the United States expects the largest surplus inventory in history after the war. If conflict continues to the end of the next fiscal year the government foresees up to 100000 surplus army and air force planes becoming available for disposal or repurposing.
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Washington
United States
Navy converts to synthetic rubber to 75 percent
The U S Navy has shifted from crude to synthetic and reclaimed rubber, reaching about seventy five percent usage in the arsenal.
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U. S. Navy
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National Dispatch
Peter Edson
Stalin
Communist Party
Mohammed
Mecca
Continental United States
Hitler
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Alexandria
B. C
Poet's Corner
John Cuckler
Athens, Ohio
Merchant Marines
Brave and the
Free
Ames-Bern High School
Zoe Heston
Raymond Dixon
William Dean
Mary Elien Heston
Alpha Delta Pi
Martha Zellner
Nellie Kapp
Hoge Meson
Elma Hill
Marjorie Beasley
Robert Bingman
Helen Gamertsfelder
Kenneth Wartman
Virginia Knecht
Leonard Clifford
William Davis
Earl Reese
Mildred Williams
Freda Turner
Doris Morton
Edna Hawk
Elizabeth Faubion
Food Institutes
By Galbraith
Nellie
Ann Pendleton
NEA’ Service
Dickson
George Webster
Hazel
Gage Webster
William Goddard
Alva Foreman
Fred Webster
Wayne
Paul McGinnis
M. B. Newton
Eleanor Goddard
Barbara Tullis
Don Goddard
Frank Goddard
Wm. Gates
Elizabeth
W. Va
Charles Wines
Elizabeth Burgess
Eunice Burgess
Gallia
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