Willkie Remembrance Marks Liberal Loss in 1940 Era
Washington dispatch notes Wendell Willkie, a liberal figure, died after a career of independent stance and public service. The piece contrasts him with Roosevelt and Dewey, highlighting his cautious, principled approach and the impact of his death on future leaders. It also honors Norris and Smith as fellow liberal figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
Roosevelt
World Organization
Willkie
Mr. Hull
Senator Ball
Minnesota
Britain
George Norris
Alfred K. Smith
Subscription Rates and Postal Note for The Messenger
The Messenger lists subscription rates by carrier and mail with regional prices for Ohio and outside Ohio. Overseas services are offered with reduced rates, subject to paper supply limitations, and the paper is entered as second class matter at the Athens Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Messenger
Athens
Germany Will Rise It Again Says Sigrid Schultz
Sigrid Schultz portrays Nazi plans for a protracted war and a cunning campaign to win global domination. The piece details how women educated by the Propaganda Ministry and allied groups train to influence foreign men and sow influence across Balkans, Turkey, Iran, and beyond as part of a broader war within a war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Sigrid Schultz
NEA
Berlin
Propaganda Ministry
War Office
Labor Front
Gestapo
Association of
Alfred Rosenberg
General von Epp
Edit von Coler
Lmler
Prince Auci
Kaiser
Edit
Bucharest
Himmler
Roumania
Balkans
Turkey
Iran
North Africa
South America
Romania
Mussolini
Munich
France
United States
Crown City Social Notes
Crown City social items recount visits across Huntington and Proctorville. Etta Kearns hosts her niece and granddaughters. Virgil Greer and son visit John Henderson. Ora Callicoat stays in Huntington with relatives. Kathryn Rankin and Elizabeth Moore are mentioned among locals and visitors. Sam Rankin of Columbus spent the weekend with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown City
Lloyd Kearns
Huntington
Kearns
Etta Kearns
Virgil Greer
Proctorville
John Henderson
Ora Callicoat
Virgil Martin
Kathryn Rankin
Maude Halley
W. A. Lanier
Hugh Stevers
Charlies Doughman
Hobart Dillon
Tom Rue
Chesapeake
Sam Moore
Arnold Pigman
Sanford Brumfield
Elizabeth Moore
Dayton
Oscar Moore
Sam Rankin
Columbus
Byrd notes surge in Federal civilian staff to 101,749
Sen. Harry F. Byrd states July Federal civilian employment at 101,749, surpassing April 1944 peak. He claims the ratio to state employees is about 7 to 1 and says if lined up, the federal workforce would stretch from Washington to New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Byrd
Washington, D. C
New York City
Fire Prevention Week in Athens Urges Fire Safety
Fire prevention week in Athens sees state inspectors from the Fire Prevention Association touring districts to secure cooperation from owners occupants stores and homes to remove fire hazards. The nationwide effort aims to save lives and property, noting 300 deaths weekly from fires and urging preventive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
State Fire Prevention Association
Chambers of Commerce
United States
Fire Prevention Association
Browder speech signals shift in party leadership
A New York address by Earl Browder shows he has toned down Communist rhetoric and moved away from rigid party line. The piece notes Browder’s alarmist claims about Dewey and world peace, contrasts with his take on Roosevelt, and argues postwar trade with Russia remains essential regardless of U S political outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Browder
Camphor
New York
Dewey
Browder
America
Europe
Roosevelt
Political Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
PAC
White House
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Home Front Hero and Stars Mildly Shielded by War Efforts
The report recalls Germans attacking as Bing Crosby sang for troops in France audience members evacuated to join the fight. Crosby remained safe while the crowd dispersed. In New York Frank Sinatra faced heckling upon arrival from Hollywood losing his bow tie and coat buttons. The piece argues not to harshly judge The Voice for staying behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
France
Bing
Frank Sinatra
New York
Hollywood
Frankie
The Lunatic Fringe in the 1940s American politics
Washington writer Peter Edson criticizes the expanding lunatic fringe in current campaigns. He notes committees from Dies and the House expose alleged red front groups, with Langston Hughes as the sole outright Communist Party member named. He lists various fringe outfits and cautions against their amplified 1940s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddy Roosevelt
Senate
House
Dies Committee
Prohibitionists
Liberty Leaguers
Townsendites
Coughlinites
Socialist Party
American Labor Party
Farmer-Laborites
Progressives
America Firsters
Sidney Hillman
National Citizens’ Political Action Committee
Communist Front
Communist Party
Langston Hughes
New York
Dies
Washington
League For American Writers
House Committee
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Edward A. Rumley
Committee
Constitutional Government
Joseph P. Kamp
Constitutional Education League
Annual Policeman's Ball draws five hundred in Athens
News items report master of Albany Grange Don Sanders led a booster meeting with York and Summit Granges as 500 attended the Athens Policeman's Ball. Incomes of Athens County farmers rose by 13899.70 after the AAA paid the corn hog contract signers. Noah's Ark cake display and animal cracker parade highlighted Trimble Church homecoming with cake baked by Mrs. G B Courtney of Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Sanders
Albany Grange
York and
Summit Granges
Athens County
AAA
E. S&s. Haller
Association
Trimble
Demonstration of primary school training at Deanville
Miss Edith Peyton assistant county superintendent led a primary school training session as part of a fall teachers meeting at Deanville. She was assisted by Miss Dorothy Covert and her first grade class. H R McVay and Dr S K Mardis also spoke. Detours for road repairs were noted on several state routes including Athens McArthur and Nelsonville Logan roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Peyton
Deanville
Peyton
Dorothy Covert
H. R. McVay
S. K. Mardis
Albany Grange Booster Night honors past masters
Albany Grange held a Booster Night program honoring past masters led by Henry Chase E E Lewis Ed Rickey Ray Knowlton Sam Scott Don Sanders Frank Pugh L F Miller Lee Elliott and James Whaley. Guests joined 130 members for refreshments as plans and patrols noted upcoming Oct 14 inspection and a history talk by Mrs L F Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Albany Grange
Henry Chase
E. E. Lewis
Ed Rickey
Ray Knowlton
Sam Scott
Don Sanders
Frank Pugh
L. F. Miller
Lee Elliott
James Whaley
Belle Fought
Ida Elliott
Pherice Wingett
Grange
Clarys Stack
G. W. Johnson
Minnie Willmore
S. A. Welling
Columbus
Guy Gardner
Athens
M. H. Hunter
Patricia
Phyllis
Point Pleasant
Johnson Home
Dana Hanning
Gold Ridge
Joe Cuckler
Pasadenan
Calif
Wendell Hooper
Albany Rural
Ella Knopp
Harrisonville
Harley Hanning
Pomeroy
James Quivey
Rodney
Pratts Fork
John Warner
Dannie Carl
Pomeroy Rural
Orville Cuckler
Ravenna
Hattie Cuckler
Geraldine Cuckler
Jesse Gilkey
Pomeroy Road
Nancy Wood
Webber Wood
Norman
Delores Wood
Russell Hoffman
Carrie Hall Club
Catharine Rickey
Allied Push and Weather Aid Battle Fronts Across Europe
War dispatch notes growing Allied success on the Western and Russian fronts. German and Allied air activity intensifies as Aachen and Lithuanian operations proceed. Weather and mud hamper movements and supply lines, while scorched earth tactics by retreating Nazi forces threaten German towns and future prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aachen
Lithuania
Wood
Western Front
Hitler
Reich
Eisenhower
Siegfried
Rhenish
Western
Europe
West
Poland
Balkans
Germany
New Plymouth Social Notes
New Plymouth items list relatives and visitors including Marion Frantz in Columbus staying with Earle Frantz, Margaret Haas of Columbus visiting S. M. Heinlein, Tom Noble of Baltimore visiting his sister I. J. Trowbridge, Pvt. Finley Rice of Camp Harrison and family visiting Akron relatives, and hospital updates for Eugene Reasoner’s son in Long Island with sister Helen Reasoner. Cpl LaVern Fuller on furlough from Missouri camp visiting Charles Fuller family. Correction notes add missing Maria Hewitt from Columbus. Bach regained sight hours before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Marion Frantz
Columbus
Earle Frantz
Margaret Haas
S. M. Heinlein
Tom Noble
Baltimore
I. J. Trowbridge
Finley Rice
Camp Harrison
Ind
Rice
Eddie
Evelyn Turner
Akron
Fred Parker
Robert Parker
Cincinnati
Frantz
Mowrey
Missouri
A Tribute to Riley Wolfe and Sands of Youth
Poet contributors share verses reflecting loss and memory in Concord and Vallejo. The piece honors Riley G Wolfe with lines about family, unity, and moving forward to peace. A second poem sketches a boy’s grit and play, likening childhood to soldiers at a distance, signed by Mrs Mary Kirk of Vallejo, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley G. Wolfe
Concord
Soldier on Furlough Greeted by Friends
Mrs. Ruth Richards hosted an open house in Gallipolis on Sunday afternoon from two thirty to five to welcome her nephew Robert Mills home after two years of active Army service in the South Pacific. Relatives and friends listed include Ed L. Mills, the Mills family of Columbus, the Richards and Walker families, and several others with refreshments served by the hostess and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ruth Richards
Robert Mills
United States Army
South Pacific
Ed L. Mills
Tom Mills
Bernice Mills
Columbus
Will Cox
T. Way McCormick
Edwin McCormick
Jack Mills
Jackie
Dickie
Harry Mills
James Mills
Jimmie
Homer Kerr
Robert Richards
Eleanor Kay
W. H. Walker
Emma Richards
Mabel Mills
Sallie McCormick
Walker
Cox
Social Notes of Stewart and Parson Guests Across Town
Stewart Donald Dean Parsons son of Mr and Mrs Roy Parsons is at Great Lakes St Miss Joanne Seiple Athens spent from Saturday here until Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Roy Parsons Guests of Mr and Mrs Alex Root recently were Mrs Frankie Sweeney Annapolis Everett Parsons Akron Mr and Mrs Morris Parsons of Detroit Mich Mrs Carl Hayes entertained the Stewart WSCS Friday evening Mr and Mrs Ralph Coulburn and children spent the weekend with Mr Colburns father Mr Charles Coulburn Pratts Fork Mrs Nell Newman Columbus is with her parents Mr and Mrs F H Laughlin Mr Laughlin has been ill Mrs C F Griffith Clarksburg was a recent guest of Mrs Ellora Seaman and daughter Mrs Geraldine Berry Parkersburg was a guest of her parents Mr and Mrs Charlie McBee Sunday She was accompanied home by her two sisters Ruth and Virginia McBee who were visiting in Parketsburg and Huntington M J Charlton left Tuesday for Eaton where he is visiting his daughter Mrs Grace Copeland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Donald Dean Parsons
Roy Parsons
Great Lakes
Joanne Seiple
Athens
Alex Root
Frankie Sweeney
Annapolis
Everett Parsons
Akron
Morris Parsons
Detroit
Mich
Carl Hayes
Stewart Wscs
Ralph Coulburn
Colburn
Charles Coulburn
Pratts Fork
Nell Newman
Columbus
F. H. Laughlin
Laughlin
C. F. Griffith
Clarksburg
Ellora Seaman
Geraldine Berry
Parkersburg
Charlie McBee
Ruth
Virginia McBee
Parkettsburg
Huntington
M. J. Charlton
Eaton
Grace Copeland
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David Lawrence
National Dispatch
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio Select List
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
Berein
Spain
Crown City Social Notes
A-Borning
Peter Edson
British Air Ministry
Athens-McArthur
Athens-Marietta
Sharpsburg-Chesterhill
McConnellsville
Athens-Glouster
New Lexington
Nelsonville-Logan
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Johann Sebastian Bach
Hhis
Poet's Corner
Father
Uncle Riley
Grandpa
Old Concord
God
Elva M. Wolfe
Mary Kirk
Vallejo
Nelsonville
By Galbraith
T. M. Reg
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