The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekday editions with a large Sunday issue. Frederick W. Bush serves as publisher, Gordon K. Bush as publisher and GM, and Charles H. Harris as managing editor. Subscriptions available by carrier or mail to multiple Ohio counties with varied terms.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Arming Costs and democratic values in contrast to dictatorship
The piece compares Europe’s dictator states’ mobilization and domestic wartime production with American efforts, arguing that Britain and the Axis nations incur vast costs, while the United States cannot, nor should it, imitate totalitarian tactics. It warns rearmament is expensive and may erode the free society underpinning American identity.
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Europe
America
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Germany
Russia
Italy
American labor delegate meets English king and queen
An American labor delegate talked with the British monarchs about U S conditions, wearing casual attire and a red tie, while observers note the exchange reflects shared concerns about economic woes. The piece emphasizes global ties between workers and the need for prosperity to avert further turmoil.
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Royal Palace
London
United States
Why Minorities Win in Elections
The piece argues non voters, especially in small communities, depress turnout and tilt results. It notes political mobilization by New Deal supporters and critics alike, the movement of urban residents, and the danger of a disengaged electorate weakening democracy. It contends a well organized minority can swing elections.
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New Deal
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
New York column argues against silencing criticism of the Roosevelt administration. It warns that appeasing dissent could invite fascist models abroad and stresses the need for temperate, continued opposition to prevent one party monopoly and safeguard democratic rights.
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New York
Hitler
Mussolini
Roosevelt
New Deal
Democratic Party
Ickes
Behind the Scenes In Washington
Washington outlines U S aims at the Eighth International Conference of American Republics in Lima Peru beginning December 9 with a focus on preventing Nazi and Fascist influence in Latin America. It rejects a Pan American confederation while promoting cooperation and collective security led by the United States as a benevolent ally. It warns against German efforts to split the region and notes efforts to curb blows to relations with Brazil and Mexico amid oil company propaganda and German influence.
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Washington
Lima
Peru
Europe
Roosevelt
Hull
Atlantic
State Department
South America
Hitler
United States
Uncle Sam
Germany
Brazil
Vargas
Mexico
Rio Grande
Mussolini
Honorary Legion membership given to wartime German soldier
The Walter A. Wandling Post of the American Legion in Marengo Iowa voted to confer honorary membership on Frank Hinkelman ineligible for regular dues due to service with the German army during the war. He aided the Legion during construction of new quarters and shared community life until the post honored him.
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American Legion
Marengo
Iowa
Walter A. Wandling
Frank Hinkelman
Hinkelman
Legion
Murder to Music Chapter Twenty Seven Update
Detective Tait discovers Myrna Dombey injured in the Belvedere Hotel basement as George Weeks lurks with a gun. Weeks plans a spotlight moment with The Swingateers while Harris Rogers warns him. Tait carries Myrna to safety and hides his pursuit, chasing new clues through a dangerous music world.
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Myrna Dombey
Robert Tait
Anne Lester
Myrna
Dannie Feeley
Ladden Dombey
Tait
Harris Rogers
Weeks
Rogers
Bob Tait
Adam
the Belvedere
George Weeks
Laurel Street
Belvedere Hotel
Cap
Headquarters
George K. Weeks
Hazards of Marital Happiness Read by Educator
A speaker cites a statistic claiming half of young women and nine tenths of young men are unfit to wed due to lack of homemaking knowledge. The piece questions future marriages built on contempt, dependency, or fear of divorce, urging shared duties and realistic expectations.
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United States
Hoover Heads West for Speeches en Route
Herbert Hoover Republican presidential candidate leaves for the West Coast with plans for four speeches along the route. Community organizers include Robert Hess as parade committee chair and a long list of volunteers for the Halloween parade and carnival.
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Herbert Hoover
West Coast
Local War News and Thrift Stamp Totals
Dr. J T Ullom receives Army Medical Corps commission as captain in Germantown Pennsylvania. Dr Emmet Stansbury of Middleport is caught using air pressure to boost fuel up a hill near Dyesville. Corporal Clarence Smith earns the Distinguished Service Cross in France while recovering in New York. Boy Scouts secure 600 Thrift Stamp orders totaling 2800 dollars. top sellers include Robert Morn 115 orders Francis Gallagher 83 Floyd Brown 65 and William Moler 21.
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J. T. Ullom
Germantown
Army Medical Corps
Dr. Ullom
A. W. Ullom
Athens
Emmet Stansbury
Middleport
Dyesville
William Smith
Athens State Hospital
Corporal Clarence Smith
Vinton County
France
Smith
New York
Robert Morn
Francis Gallagher
Floyd Brown
William Moler
Yellow fever transmission and new travel risks outlined
The discussion explains yellow fever spread by Aedes mosquitoes and cites Army doctors who confirmed transmission by bite. It warns that air travel can reintroduce the disease, notes disinfection of planes from South America, and calls for ongoing preventive vigilance as civilization changes.
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South America
United States Army
Reed, Carroll, Lazear
Agramente
Lazear
Myers
Noguchi
Stokes
Young
Lewis
Africa
United States
Public Health Service
Honolulu
Alameda
Calif
Tuppers Plains Announces Play No Foolin
The Junior Class selects the play No Foolin with Rosalie Vineyard Nelson Longsworth Doris Newland and others listed as cast. Direction by Miss Smith and Miss Eastman. Play date to be announced.
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Tuppers Plains
Rosalie Vineyard
Nelson Longsworth
Doris Newland
Mary Jo Marcinko
Lester Coe
Ethel Woodyard
Geraldine Leahy
Gerald Guthrie
Bobby Boring
Robert Marcinko
Doris Chevalier
Jack Lee
Wilson Benedium
Violet Spencer
Miss Smith
Miss Eastman
Knight
Linnie Orsborn
Twila Brooks
Gladys Barnett
Summerfield
Wilma
Elmer Bibbie
Success
Chester Alberts
Wheeling
Ivan Hoffman
Skating Rink
Onita Tuttle
Vern Tuttle
Homer Albert Cole
P. E. Cole
Catlettsburg
Mary Lou Sisson
Reedsville
George Hamilton
Roy Springer
Arthur Hetzer
J. A. Biggs
Betty Eline Stikes
Lucile Newland
Democrats Hc Dover Meeting At Chauncey High
About seventy people attended the Athens County Democratic Club meeting at Chauncey High School Auditorium. John DeMolet chaired the gathering with four state candidates and nearly all county Democrats present and introduced. Local arrangements were set by Hodge Leiber Arthur J. Smith and Luella Preston with doughnuts and cider served.
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Chauncey
Chauncey High School
Athens County
Democratic Club
John DeMolet
Hodge Leiber
Arthur J. Smith
Luella Preston
Chauncey Man Elected Secretary Treasurer of Vocation Group
Chauncey Woodrow Ferrer, auto mechanic instructor at Chauncey Dover High School, elected secretary treasurer of the newly formed Vocation Association of Southern Ohio. W. M. Anderson chosen president with Mrs. E. Frebis of Portsmouth as vice president. Ferrer and auto shop students visited Ford Hack Auto Supply in Logan for an auto electricity program led by sponsor Mr. Hack and featured principal speaker and cartoonist Mr. Lilley.
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Chauncey
Woodrow Ferrer
Chauncey-Dover High School
Vocation Association of Southern Ohio
Athens
W. M. Anderson
E. Frebis
Portsmouth
Ford Hack Auto Supply
Logan
Hack
Lilley
Masked Party Honors Twin Daughters in Chauncey
Mr and Mrs Pearl Devore of Chauncey hosted a Halloween masquerade at their May Avenue home celebrating the twins Freda and Theda Devore turning four. Prizes went to Theda for prettiest and Pearl Fitzpatrick for most clever. Attendees included Paul Williams Ella Devore Ruth Freeman Grace Crabtree Pearl Devore Phyllis Crabtree Ronnie Crabtree Robert Freeman Bertha Ellen Williams Dennis Devore and the birthday twins.
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Chauncey
Pearl Devore
May Ave
Freda
Theda
Theda Devore
Pearl Fitzpatrick
Paul Williams
Ella Devore
Ruth Freeman
Grace Crabtree
Phyllis Crabtree
Ronnie Crabtree
Robert Freeman
Bertha Ellen Williams
Dennis Devore
Halloween Party at the Alfody Home in Truetown
Chauncey Betty and Charles Alfody hosted a Halloween party Sunday night with a wiener roast. Prizes went to Bennie Nogrady, Junior Simpson and John Kottyan Jr. Guests included John Kottyan Jr Junior Simpson Julia Nogrady and the Nogrady and Alfody families.
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Chauncey
Betty
Charles Alfody
Truetown
Bennie Nogrady
Junior Simpson
John Kottyan
Julia Nogrady
Joe
John
Bennie
Margaret Nogrady
Chauncey’s Lloyd Thomas Joins Navy Aviation Cadets
Mr. Lloyd Thomas travels to Pensacola Florida with Frank Malinsky of Illinois and Thomas Reeves of Dover to begin service in the Aviation Branch of the Navy. Thomas is a Chauncey Dover High School graduate and Ohio University School of Engineering alum.
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Chauncey
Lloyd Thomas
Pensacola
Fla
Frank Malinosky
Illinois
Thomas Reeves
Dover
Aviation
Navy
Thomas
Rice Thomas
Circle Hill
Chauncey-Dover High School
School of Engineering
Ohio University
Guests Entertained at Mrs Chauncey Chauncey Residence
Mrs Tish Childress Chauncey hosted guests Sunday at Mill Street home including Mr and Mrs Emmett Hallam of Jacksonville Mr and Mrs Elmer Locke of Nelsonville Mrs Martha Williams of New Marshfield and Mrs Douglas Locke of Chauncey.
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Chauncey Chauncey
Tish Childress
Chauncey
Mill St
Emmett Hallam
Jacksonville
Elmer Locke
Nelsonville
Martha Williams
New Marshfield
Douglas Locke
Meas Chauncey
Chauncey Personal And Social Mention
Chauncey notes Mrs Grant Bobo of Carpenter Ohio visiting niece Mrs Rice Thomas and Oak Harbor area guests at various homes. Everett Smith recovering from pneumonia at home. Clifford Shafer spent weekend with parents in Columbus. Other social items include Mrs Rolland Mulpas recovering in Columbus and local illness updates.
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Chauncey
Grant Bobo
Carpenter
Ohio
Rice Thomas
Harley Devore
Bucyrus
Ella Devore
Everett Devore
Denver Bricker
Clarence Wilcox
Hilliards
Herman Beck
Columbus
Everett
George Smith
Clifford Shafer
Carl Shafer
Rolland Mulpas
Taylor Ridge
Jack Ley
John Ley
Harold Robinson
Dennis Childress
Athens
Childdren
Jean
Doris
Virginia
Toeledo
Russell Childress
Olive Sanders
Mabel Sanders
Eldon Sanders
Millfield
Clarence E. Sanders
Gilbert Courtney, Jr
Gilbert Courtney
Irene Watkins Mann
Chicago
A. E. Watkins
Twins Honored on Birthdays in Chauncey Event
A surprise party celebrated the birthday anniversaries of Mary and Harry Childress, twins of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Childress, with Hazel Childress organizing. Mrs. Francis Stage provided cake. refreshments included chili ice cream and cake. Attendees included Harold Robinson and family, Doris Jean Virginia Robinson, Dennis Childress, and the Stage and Childress families from Nelsonville, Chauncey, and Toledo areas.
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Chauncey
Mary
Harry Childress
Russell Childress
Hazel Childress
Francis Stage
Nelsonville
Harold Robinson
Jean
Doris
Virginia Robinson
Dennis Childress
Toledo
Harry Stage
Near Chauncey
Grangers to Meet Chauncey Trimble Grange
Trimble Grange No. 1830 meets Saturday night November 5 for officer elections and other business. All Trimble Grangers urged to attend.
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Chauncey
Trimble
Trimble Grangers
Birth of Barbara Jean Fiske in Jacobs Ave home
Edward Fiske and Chauncey announce the birth of a daughter weighing five pounds at their Jacobs Avenue home on a Wednesday. The newborn is named Barbara Jean and is the granddaughter of Edward Fiske Sr and Mrs. Viola Hurley.
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Chauncey
Edward Fiske
Jacobs Ave
Barbara Jean
Lancaster
Viola Hurley
Fish Fry Planned After Jacksonville Creek Valley Club Meeting
Sunday Creek Valley Sportsmen's Club will meet Friday night November 4 at 7 p m in the Jacksonville Eagles Hall. Following the meeting a fish fry sponsored by the club will be.
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Jacksonville
Sunday Creek Valley Sportsmen’s Club
Jacksonville Eagles
Barber Chadwick Retires After 700000 Shaves
Melbourne barber George Washington Chadwick aged 74 retires after claiming to have shaved 700000 chins and cut 700000 heads of hair. He says he can still shave a man in two minutes and cut hair in six minutes per head.
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Barber
Melbourne
George _Washington Chadwick
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