The Athens Messenger Page Four Notices and Rates
Page content outlines publication details for The Athens Messenger. It lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris, notes membership in newspaper associations, and states subscription rates for carrier and mail, domestic and overseas. It also mentions overseas service and advertising rate inquiry, with sample obituary charges.
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Athens Messenger
Associated Press
Ohio
Messenger
Athens
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Allied nations forecast worldwide offensive in 1943
The piece notes nearing two years since Pearl Harbor as Allied forces tighten the Axis hold from New Guinea to the Marshall Islands. It cites renewed Russian offensives and a collapsing Nazi air blitz, with Churchill’s 1942 promise of a global Allied drive in 1943 appearing fulfilled as sea and air power dominate.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
China Sea
Russia
Italy
Germany
Tokyo
Hamburg
Berlin
New Guinea
Marshall Islands
United Nations
Hitler
Moscow
Churchill
Washington
Congress
Seven Seas
Europe
Asia
Return to two party government dominates public mood
The piece argues voters want a two party system to check excesses of the New Deal era. It asserts South opposition to New Deal and Western revolt over policies signal a broader shift toward democratic rule and leadership focused on governance rather than party charm.
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South
Middle West
Lucky
Roosevelt caps high incomes at twenty five thousand in war years
Washington reports that Roosevelt limits net income after taxes to 25 000 for 1944 and 1945 despite repeal of the 25 000 executive order. The plan taxes high earners, arguing incentives for postwar enterprise, while critics say it harms capital formation and fuels discontent with New Deal policies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
CIO
America
Congress
Treasury
New York State
Food subsidy fight shifts to Senate in inflation debate
In Washington the subsidy clash centers on higher living costs as farm interests press for inflation and fair farmer returns. OPA head Bowles laments lobbyist power, fearing pressure groups may seek to abolish the program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Congress
OPA
Chester Bowles
Principles over personalities mark 1944 election mood
The passage argues that coercion dominates public thinking and that future national leaders must be sincere, earnest, humble, frank, and intellectually honest. It asserts that war and peace issues will be handled with humility and integrity, with principles guiding the 1944 polls over personalities.
Old Horse Tale Ignites Local Letter Plus Albany Social Notes
A reader column reflects on aging and cruelty while urging kindness as Clara Cantwell of Nelsonville signs a Thanksgiving message. Albany social notes list visiting relatives and Thanksgiving gatherings from Cheshire to Athens, with PTA plans and local family updates.
The Old and the New Coal Towboat Recital
A reader recalls a 11 500 ton Logan County West Virginia shipment to lake freighters and a December 1904 towboat Oakland voyage from Reedsville to New Orleans with 34 coal boats and four barges. The Sprague on the Ohio delivered a 60 coal boat tow to New Orleans that season without mishap. Arthur Mills Reedsville, November 23.
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the Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Logan County
W. Va
Oakland
Reedsville
Louisville
New Orleans
Sprague
Ohio
Grimm couple to move from Logan to Tucson Arizona
Mr and Mrs R O Grimm of Logan plan to leave around December 10 for Tucson Arizona to establish a new home. Mr Grimm has worked at the local Sears Roebuck store for three years and will join the Tucson store staff of the company.
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Logan
R. O. Grimm
Tucson
Ariz
Grimm
Sears Roebuck
Portsmouth
Tuscon
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Visits Across Belpre
Akron visitors Mr and Mrs Clyde Osborne and friends stayed with Mr and Mrs R H Osborne. Clarksburg visitors Mr and Mrs Harold Brewster vacationing with Cyrus Brewster. Athens residents Mrs Leah Featherston and Misses Freda Ada Mary Gillilan visited relatives. Belpre and Marietta guests included Connell Watson Alma Jones and Parkersburg pastor Rev Frank Lovett among others.
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Clyde Osborne
Lee
Akron
R. H. Osborne
Harold Brewster and Son
Clarksburg
W. Va
Cyrus Brewster
Leah Featherston
Athens
Alma Jones
Fannie Dewees
Edith McGuchen
Lillie Watson
D. P. Watson
Frank Lovett
Parkersburg
Chester Haynes
Camp Beale
Calif
Haynes
Goldie Gladwell
Harry Shafer
Marietta-Parkersburg
Marietta
Cyrus Baker
Hubert Cunningham
Paul, Louise
Donna
Charleston
Harry Pettit
Marsata
Parkersurg
The Doctors Daughters Chapter XXV Drama in a mill town
Mrs. Edgar seeks control of the welfare board while Frank and Emily discuss love and duty. Emily contemplates Nancy and Drew Warner as Jim questions Barbara’s influence. Frank fears Nancy’s danger and wonders about marriage versus career in Boston as Emily weighs loyalty and temptation.
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Emily
Mill
Elderberry Street
Elderberry Block
Em Masee
Frank
Jim
Mr. Edgar
Nancy
Boston
Flibbertigibbet
B.'s
Radcliff Social Notes and Local Happenings
Social notes from Radcliff report the death of four year old Harold Cottrill from pneumonia with funeral in the U B Church and burial at Vinton Memorial Cemetery. Other items note Vinton Rural basketball at Laurelville, visitations and relocations of locals, military moves including Pvt Paul Sizemore and Pvt Virgil Riley, and various neighborhood visits across nearby towns. The page closes with a note on England using coal gas as motor fuel.
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Radcliff
Lawrence Harold
Ronald
Mary (Camp) Cottrill
Clyde Andrew
A. H. Cottrill
Clyde Camp
Rachel Camp
Dundas
Libbie Cottrill
U. B
Vinton Memorial Cemetery
Vinton
Laurelville
Bobby Lee Adkins
Columbus
Roy Wright
Frank Cottrill
Ewington
Elmer Canode
Paul Sizemore
Alaska
William Sizemore
Frank Dailey
Harold
Camp Leonard Wood
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Virgil Riley
California
Pearl Evans
G. H. Shaner
William Shaner
Nelsonville
Clyde Pierce
Wilkesville
Bernice Hall
J. L. Barnes
Raymond
J. H. Hocter
D. C. McLaughlin
T. R Boring
Wilma
Lawrence
Cuimbus
Dale Wright
James Cummings
Rock
England
Reedsville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Weddings
Reedsville social notes recount Rosa Dent and family visits from Sumner. wedding of John Lodwick and Eloise Buckley at Chester M E Church. various residents visiting hospitals, attending extension meetings, and holiday travels to Parkersburg, Columbus, Fort Wayne, and St. Louis.
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Reedsville
Rosa Dent
Sumner
Ben F. Buckley
Chester High School
Lodwick
Chester School
W. E. Parker
Columbus
Iris -Mae Rice
Tuppen Plains
Virginia Lee Sisson
Ernest Ruth
J. S. Boring
Lee Wallace
St. Joseph Hospital
Nelle J. Bing
Long Bottom
Geneva H. Nolan
Meigs County
Nettie Cowdery
Kenneth
Fort Wayne
Ind
Parkersburg
Dale Congrove
Pomeroy
Esle Congrove
Charles Edwin Humphrey
St. Louis
Air Corps
Jefferson, Mo
Wanda Pickens
Frankie Pickens
Billy Williams
Gladys Pickens
Earlene Humphrey
Ohio University
Lewis Humphrey
Hockingport
A. C. Stewart
Glen Milhean
Ruth Moore
C. V. Dillon
Eden
Schultz
Bert Shumway
Akron
Rex Argabrite
Airon
C. E. Humphrey
Chicago
The
Improvement Association
Earl Humphr
Belleville
E. J. Humphrey
A. D. Arnott
Rockland
Parkerburg
Recovering Chauncey Shows Improvement After Illness
Chauncey Muzio, daughter of Mr and Mrs Muzio, who had been seriously ill for weeks at their home on P Millfield, is now showing improvement. Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Jot Guerra of Damascus and Mr and Mrs Gabriel Guerra and daughter Ann Marie of Athens Street.
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Albany
Charles Shaver
Bobby
Cheshire
Paul Mendenhall
Elyria
E. E. Lewis
Wallace Gillogly
Baltimore
G. S. Gillogly
Flora Townsend
A. D. Townsend
Marie Dixon
Athens
Fred Hoodlett
Marshfield
Edward VanDyke
Pt. Pleasant
Rodger VanDyke
Arthur van Dyke
H. M. Stinson
John West
Chillicothe
Lois Howard
Glenn Howard
St. Louis
Howard
Jefferson Barracks
Noah Gibbs, Jr
Camp Forrest
Tenn
N. A Gibbs
Noah Gibbs Jr
Gibbs
Ella Hammond
Ruby Collour
Sterling, Cole
Libbie Reeves
Carpenter
Hammond
Mary Barnes
PTA
High School
C.W.T
Dale Warner
Barbara June
Columbus
C. A. van Dyke
George
Navy
C. A. Donaldson
Charles
Ft. Sill
Okla
D. H. Russell
Sidney Russell
Glouster
E. I. Stanley
Julia Cable
Ralph Reamy
Ernest Stanley
Aurum and
Dixie
Jackson
Ohio
Dow Sanders
Nancy Sanders
Millfield
Sanders
Chauncey
Muzio
Jot Guerra
Damascus
Gabriel Guerra
Ann Marie
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
National Capital
Public
Albany Social Forum
Jesus
Clara Cantwell
Arthur Mills
Arizona
By Galbraith
Adolf
Aboud
the Doctors Daughters
Faith Baldwin
NEA Service, Inc
Drew Warner
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