MacArthur’s Missouri address praises peace and justice for a postwar world
A Washington dispatch analyzes General Douglas MacArthur’s Missouri surrender ceremony remarks. It highlights the democratic ideal, calls for a world founded on faith and understanding, and urges eradicating militarism and transforming Japan through justice, tolerance, and diplomacy rather than occupation. The piece credits Truman’s approach, notes the need to build lasting peace, and warns against revenge.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Douglas MacArthur
Missouri
Japan
MacArthur
Truman
America
MacArihur
Nan
Far East
United States
Mituet
Subscriptions Rates and Notices From The Messenger
Subscription rates listed for Ohio and out of state including one year 13.00 and 40 in Ohio. Various durations shown with weekly and semiannual prices. The note mentions service to world destinations and postal matter under Second Class. Names of representative offices and cities appear in this old notices fragment.
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Ohio
Mengdion
Kper
Athens Post Office
Musua National Representatives
John W Culing Company
Chicago
New York
Columbus
Cleveland
Thayer Declares Rights in Brock's House Stand-Off
In a tense confrontation at the Kittridge home Thayer asserts her marriage rights and demands the girl Maya stay away. Mrs. Kittridge counters, Brock hesitates, and Moya contemplates leaving with him as family tensions erupt into a charged, unresolved scene. The cliffhanger ends with Brock departing with Moya.
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Brock
Moya
Thayer
Maya
Mrs. Kittridge
Kit
Gram
Wral
R. S
Henry Atkinson
Columbia Ave
John Powers
Athens
Powers Club
Powers
Rising Park
Lancaster
Kittridge
Ezet Ohio
Ferrom Cambridge
Noble County
Charles P. Kircher
Their
Cote
Tage
Summerland Beach
Buck
Boya
E. C. Ant
Nye
W. Union St
WBY
Whitewash and Blame in Pearl Harbor Coverage
The piece argues that Army and Navy commanders in the Pacific in December 1944 are being made the scapegoats while higher ups in Washington dodge blame. It contends officials protect each other and the White House bears responsibility, urging Congress to reveal the real facts and grant the people a trial.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Army
Navy
Pacific
National
White House
Congress
Sino Soviet Treaty seen as bulwark for peace in Asia
The 30 year Sino Soviet treaty, signed with Chiang Kai shek era government rather than Communists, ends civil war frictions and fosters goodwill. Russia’s flexible stance hints at broader regional stability, with both nations showing cautious optimism about peaceful coexistence and influence across Asia.
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China
Russia
Far East
Rusia
North China
Ey Ma
Pha
Chungking
Batly
Tina
Exit the Black Marketeer Proclaims Peace Brings End to Black Market
The speaker condemns the wartime black market as ration restraints lift on gasoline and other goods. Sugar and tobacco grow more available. overall conditions improve, encouraging patience and reducing demand for racketeers. Buyers fear exposure and shame, while dealers face social ruin.
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Theuke
Feathered friend fashions spark odd trend says locals
A quirky local note claims Tacy'rs are using chicken feathers to make women’s clothing from yarn sman, signaling a misunderstood trend as youths comment on a girl slang.
Edson on Pearl Harbor report warns of lessons learned
Washington comment critiques the 400 page Pearl Harbor inquiry, argues the reports settle nothing and blame shifting persists. It notes a lack of coordinated intelligence, praises G 2, ONI, FBI roles, and the postwar creation of the Gifts of Strategic Services to pool data. The piece ends with a Joseph Addison quote and stray remarks.
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Washington
Remy
Pearl Harbor
Earch
Grew
Japan
Army
Hawaii
Office of Naval Intelligence
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S
Army-Navy
Joint Chiefs of
Dspartment of Justice
Army Air Forces
Wageniy
Treasury
Mor- San Econome Administration
Germany
Public Forum letters trimmed by space limits
The editor notes space constraints due to newsprint rationing and urges contributors to keep letters concise while expressing opinions. Letters not fitting the shorter format may be omitted to preserve the department under unusual conditions.
Japanese Treachery and the Japs Cult of Treachery
Editor Charles Miller denounces Japanese treachery and declares Shinto a tribal cult with false gods. He accuses Japan of ignorance, superstition, and deceit, asserting Allies should have bombed sooner and predicting decades of vigilance to curb oriental treachery. Athens date Sept. 3.
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the Messenger
Webster's Dictionary
Japan
Charles
Miller
Athens
Bungled New Deal Criticism From Nelsonville Letter
A reader from Nelsonville denounces the New Deal in a Sept 1 letter to Buglers Editor, accusing leaders of bungling war preparation and the point system for soldiers. He cites millions killed or crippled, mismanaged food and draft, and harsh discharge rules based on point totals.
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the Messenger
H.C. Gruber
Nelsonville
Points rule for discharge warriors questioned by reader
A reader from Glowster Road asks why soldiers with sixty points at home can avoid overseas service while those abroad need eighty five points to be discharged. The letter argues this is unfair to overseas veterans who helped win the war and deserve return home.
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the Messenger
John Potter
Glowster
Notes of Pacific by Hal Boyle From Hal Boyle aboard a landing ship
Navy pharmacist aboard an attack transport near Japan shares cure ideas for head cold and humor from ship life. Lee Chase suggests four drastic changes to cure colds, while seaman Frank Zikind explains Navy mop discipline and sea water cleaning. A gunnery officer warns to lead targets with a sign.
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Hal Boyle
Halsey
Japan
Lee Chase
Edmeston
Pacific
Chase
Pacific Sun
Kentucky
U. S. Navy
Frank Zikind
Walnut Creek
Calif
Radio Cannot Fill Needs of Readers of Daily Papers
New Yorkers and Midwesterners prize newspapers and find substitutes inadequate when papers are suspended by carrier strikes. A Bureau of Advertising survey in St Louis and earlier New York study show high dissatisfaction with radio as a news source, with large shares missing local and national news when papers are absent. The results suggest newspapers are seen as indispensable across regions.
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New York
Bureau of Advertising
Asso Jation
St. Louis
Fact Finders Associates, Inc
St. Louisans
St.Louis
Warns Aussies Not To Cry Over Lend-Lease
Sydney Daily Mirror urges less lend of it and more realism on ending American lend-lease. It says cries to terminate aid show clinging to Whitehall and warns that without U S help Australia would have faced Japanese aggression and atrocity stories from other nations under Japan.
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Sydney
Sydney Daily Mirror Today
Whitehall
England
United States
Australia
Part Owner of Plant Helps in Picketing
Five pickets stood outside Aero Pattern and Engineering Co in Grand River Avenue as a plant owner joined the protests. In Salem Oregon a forester owner said the strike aims to win higher wages for workers earning $2.25 to $2.45 hourly while leadership gains $15 weekly. The Tillamook forest fire has burned 160000 acres since early July and is now dying, with workers eager to return home.
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Detroit
Aero Pattern & Engineering Co
Grand River Avenue
Salem
Ore
Charles Bueg
Forester
Phc
Tillamook
Massillon Man Named To Head Mine Division
Gov Frank J Lausche appointed George H Foster of Massillon acting chief of the Division of Mines succeeding Marcus Kerr who resigned. The governor anticipated making two permanent appointments within a few days and noted Foster, a mines inspector, was not an applicant.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
George H. Foster
Massillon
Division of Mines
Marcus Kerr
Foster
Women Guards Captured in Germany Describe Ravensbruck Atrocities
The French War Crimes Commission arrested two U S women guards at Ravensbruck and heard their accounts of mass killings at the camp. They testified that feeble inmates stood in neck deep water for 24 hours and bodies were regularly removed from the pool of death, with thousands of French girls among the victims.
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Oerynhausen
Germany
French War Crimes Commission
U. S
Ravensbruck
Teachers Supply Still Major Issue in Ohio
In Columbus the Education Department states Ohio’s 1,130,000 students will study this year, a slight rise from last year. A stressed teacher, Thayer, carly breathless, finds no relief as she nears her usual spot, illustrating ongoing supply strains despite a large pupil body.
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Ohio
Thayer
Columbus
Drumhead Hill
Brock
Education Department
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Massilon
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