Athens Messenger Fr ee ry weeknet edition details and subscriptions
The Athens Messenger announces a weekly edition schedule and advertising notices. It lists subscription rates by carrier for various terms and prices, along with email and office details. The piece references obituaries, foreign offices, and distribution services in the era, noting mailing and circulation practices.
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Sear
Mente
Sweer
Tell Onte
Mervice Evailania
Monte
Aerk Bic
Avaitece
Meathe
Athens
Port
Ollice
Culko
York
Columbus
Clevelan
Sata
Tsenké
Mts
Rome
Rom
Pearl Harbor inquiry faces the political test on unpreparedness
The public seeks clear answers on whether entry to war was inevitable, if the administration knew of unpreparedness, and who bears responsibility for 1940 41 errors. The piece urges nonpartisan study to shape future defense.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy views on unification debate and aviation progress
The piece argues for unifying armed services despite Navy opposition. It notes Admiral King and Secretary Forrestal urging study and possible civilian military boards. It highlights wartime unity, risks of division, and the aviation advances driving defense, urging coordination with new weapons rather than separation for national strength.
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Navy
Admiral King
Forrestal
Bernard M. Baruch
Roosevelt
Britain
Churchill
Combined
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Germany
Japan
Hitler
Goering
Aj Commission of Inquiry
Arnold
National Defense
Feudalistic Blues in the Night Ban Sparks Uproar
General MacArthur bans a Japanese song titled Moon light on the Ruined Castle for its feudalist references drawing criticism over nostalgia for feudal castles and Dixie cabins, trading sharp mood for political caution in postwar culture.
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MacArthur
Tin Pan Alley
State Department Weakness Sparks Calls for Reform
Washington column argues the State Department under Byrnes is weakened by its postwar structure and secrecy. It says leadership should be nonpartisan, with John Foster Dulles or a similar figure as Undersecretary, and a rebuild of policy interpretation and liaison with Congress.
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Washington
Hurley
Department of State
State Department
Truman
Byrnes
Arime
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
America
Stettinius
Congress
John Foster Dulles
San Francisco
Mr. Dulles
London
Council of Five
Japan
China
Edson's Letter From Washington Highlights Postwar Policy Flubs
Peter Edson surveys Senate debates on atomic energy and postwar planning. He notes Barkley’s awkward reception of Attlee, discusses Hart’s nomination to the FDIC, and outlines views on Small War Plants, reserve loans, and the pace of withdrawals from Germany and Japan. The piece links administration choices to global leadership questions.
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Washington
James Newman
Office of War Mobilization
Senate
McMahon Committee On Atomic Energy
Alben W. Barkles
Great Britain
Clement R. Attlee
Congress
Barkley
Attlee
Eli
Missouri
Truman
Maple Hart
Colorado
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mr. Hart
Leo Crowley
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Little Fellows
War Plants Corporation
Commerce Department
SVPC
Federal Reserve Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Veterans Administration
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Jack Small
John J. McCloy
U. S
Germany
Japan
United States
McCloy
Eith
Social Notes of Reedsville
Reedsville social column notes assorted visits and travels. Essie Congrove visits Wellston with daughter. Jennie Powell returns from East Liverpool after brother Jack Machin’s death. Herbert Williams family visit Monroe Michigan. Priscilla Chevalier visits Tuppers Plains. Kittinger and Ribble relatives from Akron visit, plus Thanksgiving trip to Barkersburg. Dp C Riebel and family visit Bashan. A C Stewart returns from Akron. Mary Alice Hetzer visits from HoCity. J M Smith and son Richard visit Racine. Joseph Connolly returns to Brady Lake. Elsie Diderich returns to Cleveland. Hilfinger guests from Butler Pennsylvania. Alice Bradstrom and Marion Hetzer visit Toledo. Clifford Holsinger on furlough from Camp Picket Virginia.
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Reedsville
Essie Congrove
Wellston
Paul, Patton
Jennie Powell
East Liverpool
Jack Machin
Herbert Williams
Monroe
Mich
Léo Torrence
Priscilla Chevalier
Tuppers Plains
B. Hull
Gerald Kittinger
John Ribple
Akron
Little Hocking
Mary Lou Sisson
Barkersburg
Myra Jané Sisson
R.N
A. B. Kibble
Mary Alice Hetzer
Hocingport
A. A. Hetzer
J. M. Smith
Richard
Racine
H. R. Buckley
Jack
Navy
Joseph Connolly
Brady Lake
A M. Conolly
Arle Marks
Elsie Diderich
J. C. Hilfinger
Cleveland
William Hilfinger
Butler
Hilfinger
Alice Bradstrom
Marion Hetzer
Toledo
Clifford Holsinger
Alabama
Camp Picket
Divided by Dewitt Mackenzie in London
The piece notes broad British opinion that the Labour majority in Parliament is bright and active with Scots prominent in debate. Churchill and Conservatives threaten a response while Labour gains reflect in by elections and local contests. The author questions future swings and Labour’s five year agenda against Communism.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
London
England
How of Commons
Churchill
Commons
Labor Party
Tanborites
Portland Personals item roundup from wartime notices
Sgt Clyde Johnson returns to his Greensboro camp after a 45 day furlough with wife Mrs C E Johnson and family. Sgt Paul Paynter goes back to Camp Dock Calif after 45 days with wife and parents. Sgt Claymore Rowley arrives from overseas and visits his wife at U S Lock 21. Misses Mabel and Gloria Worthington return to Columbus after visiting relatives at U S Lock 21. Kenner Walbrown discharged from the Army and starts work at U S Lock 21. Mr and Mrs James Elders and daughter Susie return to Youngstown after weekend with Worthingtons at U S Lock 21. Elders recently discharged. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gillesen Camp buy a new Buick. Mrs Clarence Price visits Columbus. Paul Talbott visits grandmother Eva Blosser and Mrs Charles Huston in Barberton.
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Portland
Clyde Johnson
Greensboro
N. C
C. E Johnson
C. W. Swain
Reedsville
Paul Paynter
Scamp Dock
Calif
Okey Paynter
Lower Portland
Sgt
Claymore Rowley
Rowley
U. S. Lock
Mabel
Gloria Worthington
Columbus
Wreeking
Francis Worthington
Women's Society of Christian Service
W. G. McKelvey
Kenner Walbrown
U. S. Lock 21
Walbrown
Henry Walbrown
B. F. Price
James Elders
Susie
Youngstown
Elders
Lawrence Gillesen
Clarence Price
Paul Talbott
Barberton
Eva Blosser
Charles Huston
Laurel Cliff Social Notes
Laurel Cliff notes report local visits and moves around Thanksgiving. Evelyn Turner visited with Milton Hood in Middleport while Samuel Lewis visited relatives in Portland. Cheryl Jane Parker of Columbus stayed with Pearl and Mike Parker. Ratliff visited with Charles and a daughter in Middleport. William Strauss and Faye Pratt plan to move to Pomeroy as Frank Hilt and family occupy their former home. Will French and Clarence Gyrtis called on friends in Pomeroy.
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Laurel Cliff
Evelyn Turner
Milton Hood
Middle- Park
Samuel Lewis
Portland
Cheryl Jane Parker
Columbus
Pearl Parker
Mike Michaels
Pomeroy
Ratliff
Charles Karr
Middleport
William Strauss
Faye Pratt
Frank Hilt
Bell Run
Strausess
Hilt
William Carmorn
Will French
Athens
Clarence Gyrtis
Social Notes From Corning Gatherings and Visits
Corning residents hosted and visited over the weekend with friends and family in Corning Columbus and nearby towns. The Philosophical Class plans a bazaar and chicken supper December 1 at 4 30 p m in the United Brethren Church basement.
Turn of the Tide in the Ardennes Front
Narrative from General Eisenhower’s wartime report detailing Allied strategy in Western Europe from the Rhine to the German frontier. It covers planning, evacuee setbacks, the Ruhr focus, and the December German counterattack at the Ardennes, with praise for units at St Vith Bastogne and Bastogne defenses.
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la Monschau
Trier
First
Gers
Quebec
Roose
Church
von Jn
France
Rundstedt
Belgium
Bitler
Jast
Luxembourg
Ailied
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Saar
Germany
Cologne
Western Front
Vosges Mountains
Holland
War Department
United States
Antwerp
Siegfried Line
Rhine
Meuse
Ninth
Roer
Aachen
Hurtgen Forest
Schmidt
Bradley
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Iaster
Wehrmacht
von Rundstedt
Screcy
Viii Corps
Tan
Central Army
Liege
Field Marshal
Montgomery
82D
101St Airbourne
101St
Bastogne
Monschau
Echternach
Ardennes
U.S
7Th Armored
St Vith
10Th Armored
Hemlock Grove Briefs Highlights of local visits and farm work
Hemlock Grove reports a 30 person Sunday School attendance. Local families including Lafoon, Midkiff, Romine, and Will share visits and butchering duties with extended kin from Columbus to Racine. Missouri-born folks, Euler, Heines, and Ruths are noted visiting relatives. Mushroom caves near Kent England host vast mushroom cultivation in Chislehurst caves, 22 miles of passages, 90 feet deep, capable of 80 000 persons.
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Hemlock Grove
Charles Lafoon
Wilbur Midkiff
Bert Romine
Gene Ad Kenneth
Porter Midkif
Brooks Folk
Columbus
Porsel Smith
Ziba
Midkiff
J. J. Will
Bunker Hill
Henry Euler
Racine
Charles Romine
Theo Heines
Larry
Janet Sue
George Heines
Ziba Midkiff
R. V. Heilman
Gene
Porter Midkiff
Tom Ruth
Ard
Shade
Eldon Clark
Chislehurst
Kent
England
Jane
Cheshire High School to open basketball season Friday
Cheshire High School begins its basketball schedule with a Friday night game at Mercerville at 8 p m coached by Harold Thomas and Donald Shamblin. Weekend and family visiting notes list Akron Ashville Corning Gallipolis Huntington Rodney and Columbus residents visiting local households.
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Cheshire
Mercerville
Harold Thomas
Donald Shamblin
Earl Grapes
Sons
Akron
W. du Grapes
Lottie Roush
Kermit Massie
Ashville
Fielding Hawkins
Corning
N. R. Rothger
Thomas Ragan
Gallipolis
Ellis Hammrick
Rodney
P. O. Swisher
P. O. Yeanger
Evelyn
W. H. Reynolds
Pt Pleasant
Audrey Thexston
Huntington
Ethel Rife
Ida Rife
Buleville
Charles Hern
Columbus
Bert Hern
Aaron Davis
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Katherine McCabe
Mildred Miskle
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Timmy Kocks
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Rosemary Kocks
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Wilbur Swisher
Juanita Ryan
Nun
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Doris Gray
Florida
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P. H. Clifford
William Rocks
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Tommy Frasure
Giouster
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Columpus
William Campbell
Florence Levyson
Leon Levion
Chicago
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United Brethren Church
Lester Grisson
Charles Mason
George Davey
James Mason
Fall of Columbus
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