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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1945

Page

4

Subscription Rates and Mailing Details for Ohio Publications

Rates listed for subscriptions in various currencies and durations including year, months, and weeks. Regions mentioned include Ohio and surrounding offices with carrier service notes. Final lines reference post office handling, second-class matter status, and company contact points in Chicago New York Columbus and Cleveland.

Ohle Matt Ohio Wigtiens Oarathens Jelp W. Cullem Campeny Chicago New York Columbus

Faith in the representative system endures in Congress

David Lawrence reflects on 35 years in Washington, praising Congress as largely responsive to public opinion. He notes that while critics exist, legislators often interpret citizens’ desires, maintain honesty among public officials, and rely on press scrutiny to safeguard representative government.

Washington Congress Senate House America

Family tragedy and stage career amid illness and travel

In a first person reminiscence, the narrator recalls performing at the Palace and later at Theatre de l Avenue. Her mother suffers a stroke and a brain hemorrhage while the family grapples with medical crises, financial strain, and relocation from Marlow to Paris. She seeks expert care from Sir Frederick Treves as her father confronts potential permanent disability.

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Night Vigil and Mother's Death in Marlow

The narrator flies to Le Bourget to join his dying mother in Marlow arriving in the early evening to find her dead. The father fears a nervous collapse and stays with the son as the narrator attends to arrangements. The nursing home faces religious access issues and the mother dies peacefully in a coma. They bury her in Marlow cemetery by the River Thames.

Violette le Bourget Marlow Father Bunnie River Thames

Principal Grain Crops Show Sharp Increases

Washington report from the agriculture department shows stocks of the five principal grains rose 1944 to 1945. Total stored on and off farms reached 3,071,068,000 bushels on October 1, up from 2,079,000,000 a year earlier.

Washington Agriculture Department

Workers Hold Key to Future of Labor and Industry

Speech argues workers control their fate through cooperation with business to maintain high living standards. Warns against government control and socialized industry, citing federal project firings of organized workers and veterans rehiring. Claims liberal programs breed debt and oppression, urging labor and business to resist overreach while defending minority rights.

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Hobbies Are Healthy They Spark Life Beyond Daily Routines

A discussion on hobbies shows how pursuits like furniture making quilts stamps or book collecting enrich life and comfort. Hobbies expand social circles, sharpen skills, and provide a bulwark against boredom and aging, linking health and vitality for all ages.

Ecomes

Last Warm Indian Summer Fades Into Quiet Hearthside Scene

The passage paints the fading warmth of Indian summer with mellow colors in the countryside. Descriptions of purple hills, yellow fields, orange berries, and woodland creatures evoke peaceful outdoor strolls as a chill sets in and homey comforts return.

Edson reports Murray argues labor boosts public interest

Peter Edson recounts President Murray of the C I O hosting a Washington lunch at the Mayflower Hotel to defend postwar labor policy. Murray cites government figures showing eight million unemployed by April and a 35 billion dollar drop in purchasing power for 1945 to 1946, urging higher wages to sustain demand and employment.

Washington Phil Murray Mayflower Murray C. S O CG. Lot U. SS C. EO Robert Nathan Office of War Mobilization U. S

Public Forum Letters on War and Prophecy

A reader argues the atomic bomb does not end the world but signals a dispensation shift. Leonard Tucker counters with Bible prophecy, urging peace and a new order. The letter also includes呼 a wartime appeal from soldiers in Germany asking for homeward discharge and support.

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Keeping Cemeteries Clean and Ordered by Levy

Charles E. Miller of Athens argues cemeteries vary in upkeep and urges three methods: private care, association care, or a township levy. He notes a small levy may be tax deductible, offering residents a costless long term benefit to maintain graves, paths, and monuments.

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Wait Weary War Brides Arrive in Philadelphia

War brides arrive in Philadelphia to join U S servicemen stationed nearby. The report notes many women travel with hope and fatigue after long journeys, seeking reunion and settlement amid renewed city activity.

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Autumn Sing Poem by Laura Chase Foster in Poet's Corner

Poet's Corner verses by Messenger Readeta contributor volume include autumn themed lines. Sing Autumn to haze blue hills and moon of pale wine, to apple din, frost, winesap red, hill chipmunk, harvest and geese, ending with harvest praise.

Messenger Readeta Laura Chase Foster

Hiroshima's Horrors Related by Witness

Witness Kaleria Palchikoff, a 21 year old Russian girl, recalls Hiroshima after the atomic bombing. She describes victims stumbling to the mountains in torn, blackened skin and deranged, broken bodies. A month later many died from burns and radiation effects.

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Community notes from East Side School and local clubs

Ten years ago Brownies led by Carolyn Hopkins and others joined Girl Scout Troop Two at East Side School ceremonies while refreshments were provided by Troop Committee members. Local music faculty from Ohio University performed for a Woman's Music Club reception in Parkersburg and Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae hosted a potluck. 女性

Carolyn Hopkins Harriet Heck Gail Baird East Side School Dow Gronex B. T. Grover R. C. Hess Hal Rowland Rachel Armstrong Helen Hedden Roach School of Music Ohio University Woman's Music Club Parkersburg Alpha Gamma Delta HS. Surgiey State St

Dexter Social And Personal Highlights

Dexter residents and guests share social events across town with visits from Joshua Martin Ath ens to Mrs. Lillie Minor’s circle and with Akron’s Showalter family among attendees at local gatherings. Discharged air force instructor Clyde Davis returns to Worley Davis home as others visit kin in Columbus and Gallipolis. Reverend Williams leads services at the Christian Church.

Dexter Joshua Martin Athens Albert Romines Guy Kinkead Gallipolis Robin Love Columbus Clair Blizzard Dayton Lillie Minor Raymond Showalter Akron W. R. Amos Clyde Davis U.S. Army Louisiana Worley Davis Ellen Kennedy Ward Clarence Hewett Josephine Folden Herbert Folden Homer Marchington Lalla Folden Edith Ervin Hurricane W.va Amy Lowery Langsville Charles Steele Parker Run Herman Folden O. Wi. Williams Christian Church Chauncey Marcus Williams S. C. Cook

Holland faces postwar choices on Germany land to aid economy

The article analyzes Dutch postwar options to gain German territory or industrial regions to offset war losses. It discusses a proposed strip of Germany near Aachen to Wilhelmshaven, including coal and textile areas, and the risk of entangling Holland with future German disputes. It notes Dutch delicacy in handling Sudetenland parallels and the slow pace of Indies relaxation, urging cautious guidance for a lesser immediate burden.

Holland Indonesia Germany Sudetenland Poland Aachen Wilhelmshaven Rhine Ruhr Caesar

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