Rates and notices from the Athens post office and press
The notice lists Associated Press rights and pricing for subscriptions by mail and carrier, including yearly and short terms, with special rates for servicemen. It also notes editorial credits, international offices, and nominal charges for obituary notices and cards of thanks.
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Athens Post Office
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John W. Cullen Company
Cnicago
New York
Columbus
C. Cleveland
Economic front in wartime deepens drouth as strikes rise
David Lawrence notes growing labor unrest and policy confusion at home. War Labor Board actions lack statutory basis, price controls tussle, and gasoline shortages threaten civilian economy. Internal government feuding, fears of state control, and weak national labor policy undermine production as unemployment and plant shutdowns loom.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Office of Price Administration
United States
Pearl Harbor
International Communist Movement
C.lo
A. F. of L
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Senator Connally
Texas
House
Akron Rubber Strikes Show WLB System Slows Settlement
The War Labor Board's handling of Akron rubber workers highlights how wage disputes drift as conditions shift rapidly in wartime. Critics say one year gaps in certification and slow federal approvals render settlements outdated, hampering collective bargaining and weakening labor and management rights nationwide.
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Akron Rubber Workers
War Labor Board
Akron
WLB
Rubber Workers
National Labor Board
Washington
Meat Ration Trade Endangers War Effort and Public Health
The article warns that buying meat from the black market during wartime jeopardizes health and the war effort. It describes diseased animals, stealthy sales, and the spread of fatal germs, urging buyers to prioritize legitimate supply channels and avoid sabotaging national needs.
Axis Claims on Small Nations Falter in Neutral Echoes
In Stockholm transmissions and Swedish press reflect skepticism toward Axis promises of safeguarding small nations. Italian under-secretary Bastinani's remarks are echoed by German propaganda while Norwegians recount brutalities and censorship. Neutral Swedes question Nazi behavior and Britain's wartime stance.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Axis
Bastinanini
Foreign Affairs Committee
Italian Senate
Hitler
Mussolini
Oslo
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Holland
Poland
Irish Free State
British Isles
Britain
End of the world talk from Athens reader Leonard Tucker
A letter to the editor from Leonard Tucker of Athens dated May 23 argues that current events reflect the end times and a coming new world order. He references biblical prophecy and warns the wicked city will be consumed by fire, pestilence, and famine, urging citizens to endure the tribulations.
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Leonard Tucker
Athens
Air power alone unlikely to end the war says Mackenzie
Dewitt Mackenzie argues Allied air offensives cannot single handedly topple Hitler. He notes Britain’s dispersed war plants, the Ruhr’s central role, and ongoing Allied invasions while American convoys sustain Britain. He highlights superior Allied bombs and targeted strikes against vital German war industries.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
England
Germany
Mussolini
Churchill
Britain
Ruhr
John Buill
Uncle Sam
America
Europe
Trivia Q and A recap from a historical notebook
A series of questions and factual answers cover surveying dates for the Mason and Dixon Line, poker odds, uses for horse hairs, a blue revenue stamp portrait, hog meat yields, Arkansas nicknames, Cotopaxi altitude, and safe storage fluids like hydrofluoric acid.
Athens area graduates and community notes span multiple towns
Ohio University graduates listed include Elizabeth Hughes and many others from Athens and nearby towns. The Athens Unemployed League met at City Building. A Berlin Nazi parade report, Messenger carrier Max Lewis’s seven year service, anti aircraft devices, a Decoration Day rally plan, and ten $200 lots with organizers listed are noted.
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Athens
Max Lewis
West Union St. Athens
Messenger
I. M. Foster
Sam McCune
C. H. Harris
Russell Finsterwald
Ed Finsterwald
Fred Ulmer
Louis Snyder
Brewster Higley
Dale Jones
Fred Finsterwald
Carl Bell
Townsend Addition
W. E. Landis
Thomas Beck
W. D. Robinson
Cameron Brothers
J. W. Buck
A. Ee. Watkins
R. H. Burson
A. D.lownsend
Beth Carter leaps for escape in perilous island descent
Beth Carter parachutes toward a Pacific island seeking Brit and safety. She lands amid palm fronds and jungle, injures her ankle, calls for help, and faces a threatening night as antiaircraft fire and jungle predators loom, with Brit’s fate tied to navigation and timing.
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Cove
Brit
Beth
Local Notes And A Wartime Mystery At The Post
Blue Lake community news covers weddings births and visits from Huntington Canter and Gallipolis. A wartime tale unfolds as Beth aided by a post guard is injured near a cemetery and awaits a stretcher with Lieutenant Carter confirming identities.
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Blue Lake
William Caldwell
Ethel Wooten
Gerken
Fortification Hill
Gallipolis
McCarleyville Grange Hall
Evelyn Frances
O. R. Sheets
Carter
Beth
Admiral Glassford to Return as Roosevelt Representative
Rear Admiral William A. Glassford Jr will return to Dakar in French West Africa as Roosevelt’s personal representative with the rank of minister. He is expected to coordinate and supervise all American activities there for the United States Navy.
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Washington
William A. Glassford, Jr
Dakar
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Decoration Day memory in a poet’s corner tribute
A nostalgic verse evokes Decoration Day rituals with soldiers marching from a shaded grove. Speakers stand by bunting and rustic seats under bowers while little girls in dresses carry flowers. The scene combines fife and drum and reverent reflection.
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Shady Grove
Grandsons of 1862 Brave Boys Recalled in Forty Four
Poem by Maude Hayes from Rutland remembers dear familiar faces now gone as 1944 marks end of long absence. The speaker wishes to name every visage but notes space limits. They honor sons and grandchildren of veterans from the First War and Civil War.
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F Maude Hayes
War Prisoners May Be Used For Farm Work
Washington reports that officers overseeing POW camps may announce available prisoners for farm labor. Prisoners may be employed under the Geneva Convention provisions for wartime treatment of prisoners.
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Washington
War Department
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Ini
L. Prin
Associated Press
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
Clapper
the Public Forum
Navy
State of
Arkansas
Bear State
Bowie State
Cotopaxi
Eucador
Ohio University
Elizabeth Hughes
Alice Bjornstad
Kenneth R. Wilcox
Annabelle Haller
Opal McWhorter
Enid Parrett
Dolores Phelps
Fay Rockwell
Carl Ramsey
Lena Ross
Lee W. Beasley
George R. Rose
Florine Merritt
Marjorie Mansfield
Virgil C. Miller
Ruth Martin
Frances Nichols
Dora Burleigh
Harriet Jacoby
Janet Bing
Paul Mansfield
Louise Rowland
Evelyn Porter
Helen Jackson
McCann Bartlett
Charles Sheppard
Mary E. Kessinger
Juanita Mae Gandee
Ruth F. Backus
Nelsonville
Frances K. Willock
Middleport
Eleanor Bush
Charles Swanson
Emmy Lou Keene
Helen Carl
Frances F. Dye
Pomeroy
Roger R. Kittle
Glouster
Robert E. Williams
Chesterhill
Harold McBride
Coolville
Hildred G. Stewart
Carpenter
Garnet Lamborn
Clinton R. Chadwick
Berlin
New Germany
Under de Linden
Army
By Galbraith
Beth Carter
WAAC
Lorette Cooper
NEA Service. Inc
States
Poet's Corner
Messencer
Rutland, R. D
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