The Athens Messenger Information and publishing details
Page four of the Athens Messenger dated from its long history lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris with staff roles, notes associations, and that the paper is circulated daily except Saturdays with a Sunday edition, plus subscription rates and post office classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
THE
Messenger Publishing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
Wise
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Rail wage increase risk to investors and inflation
The article argues that rail and river workers press for a wage rise as transport lines surge with wartime rush. It warns that higher wages could hinder investor returns, delay maintenance, and fuel inflation, urging acceptance of carriers’ proposed compromise and deeming a large-scale strike unlikely.
Balance and humor anchor Athens business group
A group of Athens professionals heard a woman speaker urge open minds and a humorous, balanced view. She praised realism replacing idealism as Washington ideas waver and citizens accept taxes, drafts, and sacrifices while maintaining humor and steadiness amid changing policy.
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Athens
Washington
Athens Club
Our Good Neighbor Policy Strained by War Supply Shortages
The piece argues that wartime defense needs disrupt Latin American trade, risking neighborly goodwill. It notes shortages of materials and non essential goods, and mentions sending troops to protect defense plant supplies while aiming to keep Latin partners content for postwar commerce. It closes with a provocative comment on gender and deception.
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Latin Americas
Europe
Americas
United States
Germany
France
England
U S stance on troop presence in Dutch Guiana to defend hemisphere
Raymond Clapper notes American troops in Dutch Guiana as defense precau tion for the Western Hemisphere tied to aluminum ore supply from bauxite sources in the Guianas. He argues US aims are restraint not territory, stresses cooperation with Latin American nations, and links open trade to resistance against Nazi influence.
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Washington
Dutch Guiana
Dutch East Indies
British Guiana
South America
Congress
Brazil
Guianas
Netherlands
Georgetown
Hitler
Africa
Dakar
South Atlantic
United States
Vichy France
French Guiana
Martinique
Vichy
Western Hemisphere
Panama
Panama Canal
Latin America
Hemisphere
East Asia
Japan
Far East
Mexico
Legislative logjam blocks TVA dam projects in 40 million plan
Peter Edson argues Congress stalls a $40 million TVA effort to build Fontana and Douglas dams to relieve a Southeast power shortage. He cites a bottleneck in hearings and blocking by canning interests fearing disruption, delaying quick construction of hydro plants in Tennessee Valley Authority country.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Tennessee Valley Authority
Ickes
TVA
Fontana
Little Tennessee River
Congress
Douglas
Tennessee
French Broad River
Cherokee
Holston
House of Representatives Subcommittee On
National Defense
Douglas Dam
Public Forum Seeks Signed, Concise Letters to the Editor
The column invites readers to submit signed letters about current events. Contributions should be brief to allow multiple comments per day. Signatures must appear with each letter to be published.
Athens Enjoys Second Spring in 1931 Snow Melt
Athens basked in sun while Rocky Mountain residents shivered in snow. Nabby Lee Ames chapter of D A R pledged fifty dollars to the Athens Community Chest at Mrs T R Biddles home. Dinner parties opened by Mrs Louis I Brown with hostesses assisting. Robert Wagner, son of Mrs A E Wagner, joined Delta Tau Delta.
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Athens
Rocky Mountain
Nabby Lee Ames
D.A.R
Louis I. Brown
University Terrace
Gordon K. Bush
Harry Beckley
Alonzo Palmer
T. W. Craig
Robert Wagner
A. E. Wagner
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Putting Idle Acres to Work as Forests
Frank R. Crow, Forest Supervisor, Columbus, argues for a joint Ohio Division of Forestry and U S Forest Service program to convert idle Southeastern Ohio lands unsuitable for farming into sustained yield forests. The plan aims to boost timber supply, local tax revenues, soil and water conservation, and rural employment, noting scarce private land and county benefits from forest receipts.
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Southeastern
Ohio
Ohio Division of Forestry
U.S. Forest Service
Vinton County
Athens
Hocking
Lawrence
Jackson
Pike County
U. S. Forest Service
Indiana
Frank R. Crow
Columbus
Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings noted
Local residents shared Thanksgiving travel and visits across Columbus areas including Gas City and Oak Harbor. Families such as the Cremeans, Weed, Jarvis, Harris and Stewart were mentioned with hospital and church events noted. Funeral services were announced for Charles Kennard near Asbury Ridge.
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Olive Davis
Chapel Hill
Emily Haas
Cecil Weed
Columbus
Weeds
Asbury McGathey
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
D. V. Rannels
Charles Kennard
Mildred Walters
Asbury Ridge
Josh Jarvis
Clara
Eddie
H. W. Harden
Charles Murphy
Logan
Helen Archer
Laurelville
Warren Murphy
Lancaster
Dwight Harris
Catharine Cherry
Presbyterian Church
Mode Cherry
J. M. Stewart
Joshua Jarvis
White Cross Hospital
East Side School Thanksgiving Pageant at First Methodist Church
Miss Bertha Bridgman directed the East Side School Thanksgiving pageant presented at the First Methodist Church. Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Merwin spent Thanksgiving in Cincinnati with daughter Margaret Merwin, a Conservatory of Music student. Athens High School football team members headed to Middletown for the Thanksgiving championship game led by Captain Sharp and 14 teammates. Mrs. G. L. Fenzel and daughter Anna May joined relatives in Cincinnati for Thanksgiving.
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Bertha Bridgman
East Side School
First Methodist Church
J. T. Merwin
Cincinnati
Miss Margaret Merwin
The
Conservatory of Music
Athens
Middletown
Sharp
Shafer
Wilcox
Gandee
McKinley
Barnes
Brooks
Sweeney
Hughes
Battin
Fetch
Maple
Moler
Baker
Nelson
Roberts
Muir
G. L. Fenzel
Anna May
Temporary Marriage For Cash Brings Diana To City Hall
Diana Tucker enters a six month arrangement with writer Stephen Curt to save him a fortune. she marries him for ten thousand dollars while he risks losing millions if not wed by 35. The ceremony is quick but tensions rise as Phil Bruce, Stephen’s friend, mirrors a complicating attraction. Stephen warns Diana to stay in role while she questions the payoff and the future.
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Diana Tucker
Stephen Cart
Diana
Stephen
Bill Jackson
Richard Thorpe
Ellen Curt
Clarendon
Stephen Curt
Como
Adela
Philip Bruce
Phil
Phil Bruce
Judge Cavendish
Valentine
Funeral for Mrs Admiral Brown drawing large crowd
The funeral for Mrs. Admiral Brown was held Tuesday at the little country church on the hill at McDougal. Rev. W. D. Robinson conducted the service and burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.
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Millfield
McDougal
Admiral Brown
Ames Township
W. D. Robinson
Athens
Hooper Ridge
Bertine Farley
Brown
Pocahontas Lodge
Bolin
L. Keirns
the Plains
Marysville
Clarence Woolley
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Raymond Clapper
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
the Public Forum
Taragel Peat
the Messenger
New Plymouth
Martha Stout
William Swan
Gas City
Mr. Swan
John Collins
William Gibbons
Boney Weed
Worth Cox
Carbondale
Richard Cremean
Shawnee
Roscoe Mowery
Ewing
Warren Cremean
J. C. Cremean
Earle Heinlein
Treadley
Elizabeth
Maralyn Naugle
John Stewart
Martha Lowry
Lew Bacus
Emma Weed
Charles Bacus
Oak Harbor
Stanley Miller
Orchard Hill
By Galbraith
Willie
Helen R. Woodward
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