Rage Foresees The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger outlines its long history and publication details with publisher Frederick W. Bush and managing editor H Harris. The notice lists affiliations including American Newspaper Publishers Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation and notes subscription rates and areas served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & LD
O. Gordon K. Bush
H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Onin Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Naval Base Deals Deepen Hemisphere Defense Debate
The piece argues the United States must strengthen defenses for the Western Hemisphere with naval and air bases to deter Germany Italy and Japan. It notes the Panama Canal as a keystone and discusses British destroyer transfers in exchange for 20 year base rights as pivotal to wartime strategy. The article hints at political maneuvering as election season nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Germany
Italy
Japan
Hitler
Panama Canal
North
South Atlantic
Pacific
Washington
OPEN THE WAY TO ALASKA Highway urged to start now for defense and development
A call urges immediate construction of a 1 200 mile overland Alaska highway arguing it costs about 14 million dollars and would serve defense and civilian needs by opening northern British Columbia Yukon and Alaska to travel and trade. It asserts US leadership with Canada settling contributions later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
United States
Canada
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Undiplomatic Diplomats Criticized for Excessive Actions Abroad
The article condemns diplomatic and consular staff engaging in improper activities beyond their duties across Europe and South America. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles asserts the U S will not tolerate un acceptable diplomats and calls on American nations to deny entry to those deemed objectionable.
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Europe
South America
America
Sumner Welles
Havana
United States
Americas
No husband can please his wife if she chooses to fight
A terse proverb notes that marital harmony hinges on wife choice to avoid conflict, suggesting that a wife's intent to quarrel negates any husband’s efforts to please. The lines reflect enduring gendered tensions in domestic life.
Independent columnists and the Willkie Roosevelt choice
Raymond Clapper defends independence in political commentary. He explains reporters face pressure from editors and readers, and states he writes from an independent stance, sometimes favoring Roosevelt or Willkie, but never as a party mouthpiece. He argues for varied viewpoints and honest journalism over partisan rigidity.
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Washington
America
Willkie
Roosevelt
Landon
Mr. Willkie
Washington Scene on Labor Board Row Moves to New Climax
Bruce Catton surveys the ongoing national labor relations board dispute as Madden’s term ends without a successor. He notes political pressures, potential Senate action, and House moves to cut or forbid board funding, with Saposs and staff staying on under new titles. Eddy quote ends the column. A professor travels five hundred miles without pay to utter a well-known truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Board
Smith Committee
House
William N. Leiserson
J. Warren Madden
Dr. Leiserson
Edwin S. Smith
White House
Madden
Perkins
Wagner
Thomas
Utah
Leiserson
Senate
Congress
General Labor Board
House of Representatives
David Saposs
Dr. Saposs
Peacetime conscription argued by local reader
In a signed Forum letter Leda Sams reflects on why conscription might be needed, citing a wartime article about Germany and fears for American youths. She recounts drafts that affected men born after 1900 and warns of a dark future if the nation faces renewed war.
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the Messenger
Forum
Germany
Leda Sams
Murray City Social Notes Reflect Wide Labor Day Visits
Murray City residents hosted and visited relatives from across Ohio and Michigan during Labor Day weekend. Numerous families from Columbus Barberton Akron Glouster Cleveland Detroit and Detroit area joined gatherings at homes of Salyers Potts Penn Penn and other locals. Travel included Miss Lucille Seidenfeld returning to Wichita Kansas for graduate work and students like Donna Lou Palmer heading to Detroit to resume studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Louis Seidenfeld
Blanche
Lucille Seidenfeld
Rose Lebow
Wichita
Kans
Lucille
Lou Anders
Springfield
John Hogan
Stanley Howard
Millfield
Sally Riggs
Joe Stone
Trimble
Effie Jonas
Grace Donoghue
Kentucky
Tennessee
Cincinnati
Ladonna Lloyd
Iris Rummer
Detroit
Mich
Lemma Lloyd
Paul Cloid
New Philadelphia
Cecil Lunsford
Glouster
Pat Loper
Clarence Hayes
Akron
Andrew Robson
William Hayes
Henry Nutter
Nelsonville
James Peacock
Billy
Charles
Esther
Toledo
Labor Day
Clarence Peacock
Orbiston
George Chess
Cleveland
Barney Penn
James Russell
Stewart
E. A. Person
George Campbell
John Campbell
Barberton
Mary Campbell
Harold Potts
Elaine
Gibisonville
George Potts
Stell Peacock
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Warren Darby
Orient
Emma Tippie
Lloyd Robey
Hetty Hopkins
Columbus
Hopkins
G. W. Cooper
John Bryan
James Salyers
William Hawk
Oscar Lopez
Vaughn Collins
Fred Collins
Raymond Hoffman
Mon Evans
Charles Hoffman
John Robson
Smithfield
Samuel Penn
Ralph Carpenter
Donna Lou Palmer
Maria Palmer
Floyd Campbell
Joe Taylor
Chris Stege
Raymond Storer
Ray Storer
Leo Mitchell
Crooksville
Albert Spencer
G O P Rally Speakers listed in Athens event
Speakers at a G O P rally in Athens included Congressman Thomas A Jenkins U S Senator Roscoe McCullough and Dr E LeFever Glouster Miss Viola Fell county health nurse found homes for 16 crippled children to live in Athens and attend school here during the winter Mayor Louis J Eberle of Nelsonville spoke at a Athens County Democrats meeting Milton Hood son of Mr and Mrs Hood Pomeroy and former Messenger carrier returned from a summer in a Rochelle Illinois canning factory
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.O.P
Athens
Thomas A. Jenkins
U. S
Roscoe McCullough
Dr. E. LeFever, Glouster
Viola Fell
Louis J. Eberle
Nelsonville
Athens County
Milton Hood
Mrs. Hood
Pomeroy
Rochelle
Buster Brown Girls Open at Athens Opera House
Prize winners at the Athens County Fair included G. G. Gaul E. A. Hooper M. M. Merrick W. R. Wells Chester White W. G. Fawcett E. W. Finsterwald Charles Cranmer. Secretary Baker disbanded the American Expeditionary Force headquarters in Washington. The Most Everything editor notes 1799 last buffalo on Raccoon Creek and 1805 road tax and scalps premiums, Burr visit, and first lawyer arrival in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Fair
G. G. Gaul
E. A. Hooper
M. M. Merrick
W. R. Wells
Chester White
W. G. Fawcett
E. W. Finsterwald
Charles Cranmer
War Baker
Washington
Athens County
Raccoon Creek
Aaron Burr
Athens
Southwest
Prairie Fire Tests Love on the Line Heroes
Carrie Lane an eastern girl meets homesteader Mark Deuel as a prairie fire rips toward Carrie's soddy near Rock Creek. Mark leads town volunteers to fight the blaze amid smoke and heat, fearing for Carrie's safety and recalling their whispered love.
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Carrie Lane
Mark Deuel
Ashton Oaks
Fire storms sweep toward the creek in sure advance
Newt and Mark face a rising prairie fire that races toward Rock Creek as a hail storm erupts. Lightning and a gale spread sparks and embers across the valley. Carrie and the Taylors may already be in danger while the fire crosses the creek. The scene ends with ominous threat of continuation.
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Sioux Springs
Mark
Newt Gale
Carrie
Taylor
Rock Creek
Taylor’s
Blake
Willie
Iowa
Ed Taylor
Taylors
Newt
Homey verses and military furlough noted in column
Poet's Corner invites readers to submit verses with name and address. A reader recalls a beloved cottage scene and memories of family, especially mother and father. The column also notes Clarence Bolden and family arriving in Logan for a 25 day furlough from Ft. Francis Warren near Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Messenger
Logan
Clarence Bolden
George Bolden
United States Regulars
Ft. Francis Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
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