The Athens Messenger Page Four Publication Details
Publisher and staff notes with rate table for Athens Ohio edition. Includes circulation figures, pricing by mail and carrier, foreign rates, and office contact details. Ends with a Milton quote about liberty.
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Athens
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
Opening National Newspaper Week Highlights Press Role
The article marks National Newspaper Week with praise for the press during wartime. It cites figures for War Savings Bonds and War Stamps, notes press leadership in the scrap drive, and honors wartime service by journalists. Harry M. Ayers invokes Churchill on the duty of correspondents.
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America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Treasury Department
Harry M. Ayers
Southern Newspaper Association
Newspaper Week
Hot Springs
Ark
Winston Churchill
Retailers for Victory push War Savings across stores
The nationwide Retailers for Victory campaign urges shoppers to buy War Stamps and War Bonds, with chains and independents promoting promotions at all points of sale. Early reports show strong participation as retailers aim to account for about four percent of sales through War Savings.
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Retailers For Victory
Poor Gable Faces Unwanted Adulation in Miami
The note defends Clark Gable for sacrificing income to serve in the Army while admitting local women in Miami flood his quarters. The Tampa Times quotes frustration at the gossiping crowds as he seeks anonymity and a normal life.
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Clark Gable
United States Army
Miami
Fla
Tampa Times
Government urged coal miners to work longer hours during the war
Raymond Clapper notes government pressure via Interior Secretary Ickes on John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to switch from a 35 hour to a 48 hour work week, arguing a wartime manpower shortage necessitates extended shifts and foreseeing long term postwar hours.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Lewis
Hershey
Selective Service
Peter Edson on Congress as Reflection of Voters
Peter Edson argues Congress mirrors the electorate and will not surpass it. He notes critics misjudge the body by forgetting it represents the people and urges voters to choose balanced, representative officials in future elections. He cites pension votes and gas rationing as actions common to many citizens.
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Congress
Washington
Tony Heflins
Zionchecks
Huey Longs
Pappy O'Daniel
Man Bilbo
Cotton Ed Smith
Clare Hoffman
Robert Rich
Tom Heflins
Tom Heflin
Huey Long
Nelson Delivers Trial Order for Three Cargo Planes
Henry Kaiser trusted Donald Nelson to secure three super cargo planes. Nelson fulfilled the promise amid doubt, proving his support for wartime production leadership. The episode honors both men for bold risk and perseverance in industrial effort.
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Henry Kaiser
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Wonder Man
Mr. Kaiser
War bonds and community notes from Corning
Corning reports wartime thrift with all Sunday Creek Coal Co shops pledging 10 percent of wages for war bonds. Local events include a 25th year service award for agent Fred Barnett, a 41st wedding anniversary, births, church notices, and in service letters from Don Miskell and Ted Wagner.
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Fred Barnett
Post
Colonial
American National Insurance Company of Columbus
Barnett
Barnetts
William O. McLeland
Frank Perrin
Columbus
McLeland
Corning
Guy E. Tucker
Methodist Church
Delcier Spence
Mable Dunlap
Juanita Pierce
United Brethren Church
W. E. Riebel
Church of God
Herman Forsbach
Corp
Donald D. Miskell
England
Fred Wagner
Ted
Air Corps
China
Minnie Grimes
Don
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Don Grimes
Akron
Public Forum Letters Welcome and Signed
Readers are invited to submit signed letters on current events. Contributions should be brief to fit more letters daily. Signatures must appear with each letter.
Time for Reform Editor Opinion Letter Urges Halloween Kindness
In The Messenger editor LEDA SAMS suggests Halloween reform by doing good deeds instead of pranks. She asks ghosts and goblins to help war weary families with acts like leaving wood for widows and repairing gates for seniors, and urges kindness over litter.
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the Messenger
Leda Sams
Fruit Cooperative Resumes Operation at Gallia Plant
The Gallia Fruit Growers' Cooperative Association packing plant at Third and Sycamore Streets, run by Stanley A. Plymale, has resumed operation. Apples of the Gallia Beauty variety are being sorted and packed. Plymale says the surplus to the Agriculture Marketing Association may be limited to about one railcar this year.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Fruit Growers’ Cooperative Association
Third and Sycamore Sts
Stanley A. Plymale
Plymale
Agriculture Marketing Association
Priv ate duty nurse faces testy patient and hints at romance
Candace recalls two years of private duty nursing and contends with Mrs. Harper, a demanding patient. A playful exchange reveals Candace’s integrity and Duffy’s devoted care for his grandmother, highlighting tensions and budding warmth in the ward.
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Candace
Mrs. Harper
Alice
Finch
Birthday cake and visitors mark Logan area events
A 100 pound cake celebrated Earnhardt Stracke's 100th birthday in Logan with about 125 locals aged 80 and over as guests. Logan parents welcomed a son as Mrs. Monroe Forest Brown announced the birth in Athens. Dr. C. L. Jones, Home Telephone Company manager, became a director of the Ohio Telephone News Publishing Company.
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William Hensler
Millertown
Jay Bernard
Arthur Lacey
Earnhardt Stracke
Logan
Monroe’ Forest Brown
Fith Davis
Brown
Val Davis
Union St
Athens
C. L. Jones
The
Home Telephone Company
Ohio Telephone News Publishing Company
Mr. Jones
Ohio Independent Association
Krank Blasius Leaves For Dayton Position
Logan Blasius left Friday for Dayton to take an office job at Wright Field. He secured the position through a civil service exam and is a graduate of Notre Dame University.
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Logan
Frank Blasius
Dayton
Wright Field
Star Automobile
Lostro Auto Sales Service
Athens
Nelson
Notre Dame University
Bishopville Social Briefs Highlight Homecomings and Visits
Bishopville notes include guests Frank and Mra Hoon from Columbus at the Bishopville Church homecoming where Charles Kittle and Barbara Knight wed recently in Gallipolis. Lucille Pedicord and others visited. Miss Mary Jo Withem stayed with grandparents J. M. and Mrs. McDonald. The Get-Together Club had thirteen members at a potluck luncheon.
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Fred Barnett
Glouster
Earl Ross
Columbus
Alvie Ballis
B. J. Nichols
East Hill
Walter Baker
Arthur Thexton
Isabell Thomas
Reta Walter
Cleveland
Frank Walter
Corp
Paul C. Boyd
Camp Crowder
Sim Alfman
Emil Keller
Gertie Spence
Mary Jane
Barbara Spence
Zanesville
Fred Stought
Bishopville
Frank Hoon
W. H. Hoon
Bishopville Church
Charles Kittle
Barbara Knight
Roy Knight
Kroger's Grocery
Garfield Carter
Lucille Pedicord
Parkersburg
K. J. Wolfe
Linda Lu Carter
John Davis
T. F. Davis
Ben Harbert
Gardner
Fred Kittle
H. Campbell
Will Chambers
Jennie Cheney
Lancaster
Charles Shepard
Bessie Shepard
McConnelsville
Miles Hoon
Marilyn
New Marshfield
Mary Jo With
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Hank Cikely
Associated Press
United States
Athens Post Office
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Milton
Raymond Clapper
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Corning Social Notes
Altar Society
St. Bernard's Church
Emma Hensler
Elizabeth Pearon
Sisters of Charity
Nazareth
Mary Zeta Marren
Helen Clifford
V Club
Benjamine Sicilian
Mary Gerlica
Blanche Barnett
Bernadell Standish
Mayme Stewart
Faye Dodson
Isabella Cowiey
Christine Dawson
Crooksville
John Sullivan
the Public Forum
By Galbraith
NEA Service, Inc
T.M. Red
U. 8
PAT
Fruit Cooperative
BY Holly Watterson
Duffy
Lester Risch
W. B. Lacock
Mildred Laube
Clayton Shaw
Tourist Club of
Russell Freeman
T. A. Wharton
Rockbridge
Alaska
Bereans
Nelsonville
Little Anna Grace McCoy
Ken
Adair
Logan High Bcard
Patterson
Dufresne Carter Harper
Elizabeth Hope
G. W. Hope
Morris Ave
Krank Blasius
Bishopville Social Briefs
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