Government controls fate of coal in peacetime era
The Wheeling Intelligencer argues wartime coal controls will push government price regulation into peacetime. It warns fixed wages and prices subsidize coal while waterpower projects erode market demand, risking broader government ownership and collectivism across industries. The piece stresses coal must compete freely to survive.
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Department of Justice
Wheeling Intelligencer
Wheeling
W. Va
Experience vs. protest vote shapes Hoover Dewey debate
David Lawrence argues the experience criterion for a president is flawed, noting Hoover’s 1933 banking actions and Roosevelt’s initial inexperience. He predicts a future protest vote could favor Dewey or Roosevelt, stressing governors’ readiness over Washington tenure and critiquing the New Deal era.
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New York
Washington
Hoover
White House
Roosevelt
Dewey
Subscription rates and delivery terms
Rates list for carrier and mail subscriptions in and outside Ohio. Includes 1 year prices from $6.50 to $13.00, weekly and six to twelve week terms. Notes that outside Ohio subscriptions require acceptance by The Messenger and paper supply limits. Entered at Athens Post Office as second class matter.
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Messenger
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Germany Will Try It Again Story by Sigrid Schultz
An overview of postwar German policy and reparations politics, noting inflation, asset drainage, and the Dawes plan. It describes how German industry and finance shifted resources abroad while preparing a rearmament build-up that set the stage for World War II, with emphasis on Allied responses and political maneuvering.
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Germany
Sigrid Schultz
Berlin
Rhineland
Switzerland
Hitler
Charles Dawes
Dawes
Germmany
Allies Prepare for Large Offensive as Aachen Battle Intensifies
The article notes the American First Army has momentum in the Aachen sector but cautions that a breakthrough is not guaranteed. It discusses Eisenhower's likely multi-front attack plan, Rhine and Cologne bridge risks, and winter weather and logistics challenges complicating the Allied push, with German forces massed to defend critical sectors.
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Senatorial inquiry disputes lend-lease totals
A committee finds direct and indirect lend-lease to the British Empire far exceeds Administration figures, totaling about 19.7 billion dollars instead of 6.6 billion. It claims much material was sold or reshipped to sustain British trade, questioning Roosevelt’s indispensability to winning the peace.
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Roosevelt
Comfortable Shoes for a Modern Footwear Debate
A columnist argues Americans, though well shod, chase comfort less than style. English walkers may wear better fitting shoes, while many American women deny foot pain. Properly fitted footwear lasts long, reduces foot trouble, and boosts confidence.
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London
Washington gossip fuels talk of capitol “wolf list” and byronesque jests
Peter Edson’s columns name cap ital celebrities labeled public enemies by reporters and a hotel waitress’s sharp eye on Capitol Cowboys. Byrnes dodges OWM exit amid reconversion talk. Helen Gahagan Douglas tangled in Dies Committee chatter over telegram backing Pittman.
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The
Fragile Newslines Prompting Quiet Reflections
A fragment reflects on the uneasy possibility that some readers find the writing tedious. The tone hints at self awareness and a gentle critique of audience engagement within a sparsely detailed passage.
Public Forum echoes against New Deal in letters
A reader column quotes Mayor Garfield Stewart praising Republican labor actions and blasts New Deal plans. It cites Rexford Tugwell, Alvin Hansen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, Walter Winchell, and Berle Jr as endorsing central planning and expanded government power. Signed by Mrs Parker Sniffen of Nelsonville, Sept 30.
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Athens
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America
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Change is needed in administration after Dewey speech
A reader urges support for Hoover over Roosevelt citing strikes, Pearl Harbor blame, and wartime leadership. She criticizes mudslinging, stresses unity for servicemen, and appeals to Republicans and Democrats to back a change, noting personal ties abroad. Mrs. Josephine Osborne Long Bottom, Sept. 29.
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Dewey
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
White
Hoover
Mr. Roosevelt
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Jsephine Osborne
Long Bottom
Reforestation editorial sparks reader correspondence
J. J. Crumley of near Athens challenges The Messenger editorial on reforestation, recounting his experience with cottonwood trees cut for pulpwood at 20 years old and 8 by 8 foot spacing, urging more attention to forestry as a feasible farm side-line. He cites black locust growth and emphasizes practical forestry knowledge for the Southeast.
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the Messenger
Athens
Dreams of Tomorrow as Women Rule Nation in Verse
A historical poem from Syracuse Ohio imagines a matriarchal future where mothers wield power shaping national conditions. It questions male leadership, calls for a better man, and argues that both sexes share duties like taxation while urging women's rule as a transformative force.
Germany seeks permanent League seat after Versailles disarmament claim
Germany announced meeting Versailles disarmament demands and will request a permanent seat on the League of Nations Council. Ohio counties south of Lake Erie report corn borer prevalence despite control efforts. Athens County ranks third in coal production among Ohio mining counties.
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Germany
League of Nations Council
Ohio
Lake Erie
Athens County
Who Would Steal From Our Loved Ones
A Carbondale reader laments thefts from graves at New Marshfield cemetery. She recalls a yellow vase stolen last year and a blue bowl taken this summer, expressing disbelief and urging a conscience.
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the Messenger
New Marshfield
Rose Callahanniefft
Carbondale
Mason Board To Meet in October Session
POINT PLEASANT October meeting of the board of education will be held Saturday afternoon. Commissioner Chapman who was here on business yesterday said only routine business was likely to come up for consideration with nothing on this year's program of a controversial nature.
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Board of Education
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