Sunday Messenger covers Dewey Wilkie clash and foreign policy debates
Long Sunday Messenger column reviews Governor Dewey and Senator Wilkie positions on foreign policy and the United Nations, with references to Pravda, Poland, Italy, and a cautious but candid liberal stance. It notes Dewey’s frankness, potential end to secret diplomacy, and contrasts with broader campaign rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendel Wilkie
Nove
Beng
Ether
Security Council
Aegt
Dewey
United States
Felavona
Pravda
Shou
Frank
Poston
Moscow
de Aurle
Willie
Presen
Mr. Dewey
Poland
France
Italy
Ais
Vatican
Britain
America
Oder
State Department
Eante
Wilkie
Herald Tribune Forum
Caltras
Eine Cares
Repetto
Ieta
Roosevelt pamphlets shipped to troops by OWI
The OWI dispatched 6000 tons of pamphlets bearing Roosevelt’s photo to military personnel overseas. This action aligns with Roosevelt’s remark that he would not become a candidate in the usual partisan sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
OWI
Time for Giving War Fund Drive Aids Troops
A home front appeal stresses that long war demands entertainment and recreation for service members. The National War Fund drives donations to support centers and entertainers for armed forces, with tasks continuing beyond combat and a call for civilians to give now.
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National War Fund
Unblitzed America notes on French aid and resentment
A group of respected but ill mannered Americans ridicule French aid after liberation. They deny Nazi atrocities and mock France’s postwar recovery while ignoring shared sacrifices. The piece urges thoughtful reflection as America debates joining a world peace organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
America
Europe
Radio advertising era warned by humani tarians
An old columnist notes proposed postwar frequency channels offering ad free programming funded by a nickel daily subscription. They warn the singing commercial could dominate music and speech, with operas praising brands and announcers shaping a loud, frenetic public voice.
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Schubert
Stephen Foster
Peter Edson's Washington Letter on Election Odds and Campaign Expenditures
Peter Edson notes Roosevelt's uncertainty over vote sizes and warns poll bets on Dewey. The piece recounts the Senate committee led by Theodore Francis Green to study campaign expenditures and broader election issues, plus anecdotes from war prisoners, Melvin Purvis, and Hollywood misfires about Dillinger. The column ends with Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar urging learning from past German mistakes and Secretary Cordell Hull lamenting waning public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Green
Navy
Teamsters
Germany
Melvin Purvis
Goman
John Dillinger
Chicago
Washington
Purvis
Hollywood
George
Dillinges
Major Purvis
Public Forum Letter on Farmers and New Deal Prosperity
Athens reader LATA M. WRIGHT argues that farm income rose under FDR after a Hoover era decline. She claims the farmer benefits from public aid and defense support, urging continued recognition of farming in policy amid wartime food security and lendlease effects.
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The
Aliens Messenger
Fallowed
Roosevelt
Louis Bromifiela
Dr. Gallup
Roosvelt
Community groups discuss annual meeting actions in Marshfield
Officers of the Church of Christ in Marshfield were elected for the year. The Community Welfare Association of Athens considered discontinuing the five day forty hour work week. Board members named included Mrs. O. D. Morrison as secretary and Judge M. Johnson among others.
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Church of Christ
Nn Marshfield
Joe Gully
Martha Frost
Mary Linnell
Athens
Community Welfare Associ Jon
O. D. Morrison
M. Johnson
H. J. Jedfelon
A. B. Sins
R. C. Hess
H.C. Bobo
American Federation of Labor
War Today War Directions and Allied Moves Seen
War Today reports on Allied strategy and potential German fortifications along the Rhine. Observations from 1941-42 describe Cologne Coblenz Mainz Duisburg and Düsseldorf as open cities with limited defenses beyond garrisons and anti-aircraft positions. Destruction of Rhine bridges is a tactical concern with temporary disruption expected before airpower reduces key centers.
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Adolf Hitler Shether
Cologne
Coblenz
Mainz
Duisburg
Das- Seldorf
Aachen
Germany
Atlanta Wall
Siegfried Line
Hitler
Tlast
Cob- Jeng
Dastel ‘Dorf
Rhine
Karlsruhe
Switzerland
Upper Rhine
Lauterburg
Wesel
Eleve
Bonn
Dusseldorf
United Nations
Hemlock Grove Grange Meeting And Local Social Notes
Hemlock Grove Grange meets Saturday evening Oct 21 with members dressing as Ho Bo and sharing lunch. Local visits include Mrs Onna Story in Columbus visiting her parents, and numerous social calls among residents such as Mr and Mrs Ziba Midkiff and Alice Stockton helping with apple butter. Activities mention Garden Club gathering at Ida Eastman and multiple Sunday visits among neighbors.
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Wilkesville—Garden
Leona Davis
Ervin and
Stansbury
Middleport
Presbyterian Church
Eugene Campbell
Anna Sheneken
Mamie Steele
Louisa
Athens
Flora Woods
Raymond West
Chillicothe
Johnny Mulholland
American Legion
Auxiliary
Otto Sharp
McArthur
Georgia Gray
Legion
Columbus
Don Vale
Hemlock Grove
Slemioc Grove Grange
Onna Story
Wilbur
Johnnie Wickham
Chester
Zia Midkiff
Ziba Midkiff
Pearl Randall
Alice Stockton
Garden Club
Ida Eastman
George Helnes
Mrs Killinger
Thom
Avery Newson
Lughter
Theo. Heines
Hugh Cookey
Betty Heilman
Bunker Hill
Iba Midkit
Ziba Midkitt
Mra
R VU. Hellman
Betty Mr
J. J. Will
Bunker Mill
Silas Taylor
Stacy ‘Stockton
Porter Midkiff
Grant Roberts
Pleasant
Eldon Clark
Arthur Atherton
Alfred
Germany Will Try It Again by Sigrid Schultz
Sigrid Schultz reports from Bern on German underground leaders demanding punishment for Nazi criminals and warn against future German militarism. The piece argues army leaders and non Nazis must cooperate to punish crime, deter future conspiracies, and prevent a repeat of 1918 era tactics while detailing postwar occupation and German psychology.
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Germany
Sigrid Schultz
Axx
Hax
Junkers
Underground
F Army
Camarilla
United Nations
Courney
Buchtel School War Fund drive totals and visits
Students at Buchtel Schools raise fourteen dollars and sixty eight cents for the War Fund. The report lists numerous individual contributions and mentions visits from soldiers and sailors, including Ensign William Shivley and Sgt. Carl Soles, with updates on their training and health. The War Fund drive runs through October 31 and the Fall Festival is set for November 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Rile
Miss King
Bob Baers
Floyd Hayden
Lawrence Wright
Saiior Bob Wolfe
Buchtel School
Carl Soles
Wi Fam Newman
Arthur Soles
Camp Polk
A. H. Soles
Williams Garner
John’ Rife
William Russell
Lawrence Smathers
Port Shiviey
Ensign William Shivley
Floyd Leake
Youngstown
Ensign Shiviey
University of Arzona
San Diego
California
Bernard Colbert
Monay
South Carolina
Bernard
France
United States
Verna Dearing
Jeannette Ing
Anne Kieffer
Joan Dearing
Shireley Robson
Ana Dearing
May Margaret Wetzel
Patsy Dearing
Lalla Faye Smathers
Emerent Hayden
Charlotte ‘Thomas
Billi
Mary M. Grine
Ant Jagner
Jet Sheets
Ronnie Grinstead
Harley Yates
Charles Wilson
Homer Fife
Roger Hayden
Danny Merz
Bob Newman
Bill Wicks
Bobby Smart
Dickey McDonald
Patsy Rife
Johnnie Sheets
Mary Castell
Mary Covert
Jimmy
Mae
Lancaster
E24 Tiller
Corning Social Notes Highlights From Local Events
Corning residents report weekend guests from Chicago and New York, visiting relatives in Tunnelton West Virginia, and grateful notices for hospital cards. Local basketball practice prep for the Nov 17 opener. Legion Auxiliary and Euchre Club hosts are noted along with a wounded son update from Pvt Worley Lester Dodson in France.
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Sorning
Marcel Levion
Edward Elehenbaum
Chicago
Nettie Elchen ‘Baum
New York
Dean Levion
Cora M. Tingly
Tunneltown
W. Va
Jessie Tivener
Grant
Hospital Corning
Prac
Ihs
Edna Dunlap
American Legion Auxiliary
Hazel Edwards
Rose Dodson
Pvt
Worley Lester Dodson
France
George Philis
Jovlin
Tr ‘Ab
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