The Athens Messenger Publishing Details and Rates
Page four notes publication dates and staff roles for The Athens Messenger with publisher Frederick W. Bush and Gordon K. Bush listed, alongside managing editor Charles H. Harrin. It announces Associated Press affiliation, national reps, advertising rates, and subscription pricing across counties.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Array Phinuxa Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harrin
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Associated Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Marriage Questionnaire Sparks Thoughts on Choosing a Mate
A reprinted college questionnaire asks if marriage is for escape from parental interference, loneliness, or dining out, or for children and sex. It probes whether couples share backgrounds, education, and mutual respect of families to curb reckless romance.
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Adam
Hugh
Dutch under Nazi planned economy described by clever Hollander
A quoted Dutch observer argues Holland endures a Nazi led economy with a controlled currency and rationing. He notes rebuilding 100,000 destroyed structures, shortages, radio bootlegged news, and a populace shaped by regimentation and welfare promises.
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Holland
Bundsmen in defense industries loom large
A Washington opinion piece warns that members of the German American Bund may be employed in U S defense plants. It questions loyalty and zeal in producing wartime equipment and argues for American-loving Americans to staff munitions facilities.
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Bund
Bundsmen
America
Uncle Sam sells wildlife amid debt drive
Uncle Sam offers 109 buffaloes 58 elk and 50 mule deer from four refuges at 30 to 60 dollars each. Animals may be bought alive or butchered with preference for breeding or exhibition. Orders through the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Sam
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Terror
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt critique of Elliott appointment and wartime family service
The column argues Elliott Roosevelt's noncombatant posting shows political favoritism harming the draft system. It contrasts Elliott's case with Teddy Roosevelt’s World War service and warns Franklin Roosevelt against repeating patronage. The author defends FDR's overall character while condemning the appointment as a two fold error.
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Washington, D. C
Elliott Roosevelt
Ernest Lindley
Elliott
Kiwi
Roosevelt
America
FDR
Teddy
England
France
Peyton March
Washington
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Ernest
Washington scene reviews impact of New Deal on farming
Bruce Catton surveys a Department of Agriculture study predicting sweeping farm changes if Democrats win. Highlights include mass unemployment, possible farm population growth by 1950, and pressure for a vast rural works program, expanded aid, wage and insurance measures, and promotion of family-sized farms, rural industry, and subsistence farming alongside continued price and acreage controls.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Farm Security Administration
Advice About Your Nerves
A columnist discusses thought control to improve health and digestion. Positive, constructive inner voices help build morale and health while negative emotions disrupt digestion and recovery, with examples from Mrs. L Mrs. M and others and citing Dr. Cabot and Dr. Cannon.
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Winfred Rhoades
Mrs. R
Mrs. L
Cabot
Harvard
Cannon
Pension politics and block on Bricker pension pledge
A letter to the editor attacks Bricker for raising the pension maximum to forty dollars on paper while denying real increases. The writer argues the Social Security Act funds half the old age grants and that Bricker had no role in Pension law, urging voters to support Democrats.
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the Messenger
Gillespie
Davey
Bricker
Stooge
Ohio
Athens
Read Bullitt Speech Warns of Global Dictators and War Machine
P. G. Moler reports on former ambassador Bullitt urging Americans to study his warnings. The speech cites Nazi propaganda, military mobilization in Germany and Austria, Britain’s wartime economy, and criticism of the New Deal pattern. He describes travels from Berlin to Poland and Denmark, urging national sacrifice and vigilance.
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the Messenger
Bullitt
Philadelphia
Austria
New Zealand
Roosevelt
Australia
Poland
Hitler
Denmark
France
P. G. Moler
National Parks Add 1.6 Million Acres Under Way
During the year ended June 30, 1939 the National Park Service added more than 1 600 000 acres to historical recreational and scenic areas bringing total managed land to 20 817 228 acres.
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U. S. National Park Service
College Boy by Wayne E. Bosworth
A short poem praising a college boy for his cheer and bright spirit. The speaker notes the boy’s playful grace and hopeful outlook as he prepares to begin life’s long path, acknowledging those who complain while affirming resilience and luck.
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Wayne E. Bosworth
Shade, O
Melon Patch Shooting and Aftermath Reported
A man fired into his melon patch after a car stopped. A local doctor removed 72 bullet fragments from a boy and two companions the next day. no names linked the youths to the melon patch. Ohio University announced a music and lecture program featuring notable figures.
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Howard Hull
Harrisonville
Ohio University
Commander Byrd
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Tibbett
Lowell Thomas
Arthur Pillsbury
Masquerade at Red Men's Hall and local political club election
Twenty years ago the Woman's Relief Corps hosted a masquerade at Red Men's Hall with Ferrol Strickland and John Cross performing humorous readings and Mesdames Dowler, Thomas, Russell, Andrews and Sprague singing. William Dixon found a turtle carved with C W Mitchell initials from 1884 on a nearby farm. at a Republican rally in Carbondale D B Lowry was elected president of the Harding College Club with William Haddox as VP and Jessie Doolittle as secretary.
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Brastwood
Hugh
Adam
Sid
Gundrum
Togi
Sidney
Woman’s Relief Corps
Red Men’s Hall
Ferrol Strickland
John Cross
Mesdames Dowler
Thomas, Russell, Andrews and
Sprague
William Dixon
C. W. Mitchell
Alexander Township
Carbondale
D. B. Lowry
Harding Collidge Club
William Haddox
Jessie Doolittle
Clarice McKibben
Logan School Band Adds Drum Majorettes
The Logan New features of the big Chieftain Band are three majorettes making their season debut Friday evening. They are Jean Archauer, Dorothy Jean Shriner and Mary Alice Coleman in purple and white costumes carrying batons. Last year majorettes were used for the first time with five members.
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Ibe
Gilita
Hocking
Mey Nm
Vinton
Weetineton
Hugh Johnson
America Daily
Bruce Catton
Washington Scene
Glouster
John Ponn
New York Jungle
Pat
Marta
Nella
Patricia Langdon
Adam Langdon
Braiwood
Langdon
NEA Service, Inc
Craig
Mr. Langdon
Ach
Liebchen
Ontario, Calif
Poet's Corner
By Galbraith
Toots
Ruth Lippincott
Edna Lippincott Gladden
W. M. Lippincott
E. Mulberry St
Logan School
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