Advertising rates and mail subscriptions listed
The notice lists national advertising rates for Home and Foreign offices and outlines obituary and card charges. It also shows Athens Post Office second class matter designation and subscription rates by carrier and mail for Athens and surrounding counties with yearly, half year, ten weeks, and weekly prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Nomins
Athens
Gailla
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington
Plain Case of Panic Amid Wartime Food Buying
In a discussion on wartime grocery buying several clear thinkers warn against panic hoarding. They note ample surplus and government plans to store food, but say panic drives up prices and hurts all, urging buyers to resist the urge to stockpile.
No Need for Censorship of Press and Radio Says Local Voice
A Southeastern Ohio author argues against wartime censorship and urges control of radical press and radio. He contends local papers and major stations are trustworthy, warns of subversive propaganda, and cites federal law to regulate media while preserving neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Free America
HOUSES IN THE ROUGH
A Midwestern city builds homes for low income families allowing owners to finish construction themselves to cut costs. Federal investigators link high material and labor costs to industry deals. A nationwide study will examine these charges as housing aid and recovery hinge on affordable, self-help homebuilding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Elm disease advances in Southeastern Ohio area
Officials report experts are working to curb an elm blight threatening Southeastern Ohio. The disease has already devastated eastern regions and is spreading west slowly, with prior finds near Athens and Gallipolis, including trees on the McGuffey campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
United States
Athens
Gallipolis
McGuffey
Rumor Control and Radio Censorship Fears in Wartime
Raymond Clapper argues rumors will spread as government plans expand during tension. He says no current plan for radio or press censorship exists, though FCC officials and broadcasters will discuss public interest rules. He notes possible steps to police amateur stations and potential new proclamations, depending on neutrality or war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Roosevelt
Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene
Bruce Catton weighs America’s wartime readiness comparing 1914 17 to 1939 40. He notes the 1917 army required rapid expansion from scratch while today’s force includes 13 000 officers 180 000 enlisted 200 000 National Guard and reserve structures capable of rapid mobilization. Officership and training avenues ROTC CAMPS and CCC are highlighted as keys to faster readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
United States Army
National Guard
ROTC
War Department
CCC
Elm disease threatens Athens shade trees along streets
Many shade trees on Athens streets face the elm disease menace. City residents view trees as assets, and victims would reveal the true gravity of the loss if trees perish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Answers to Reader Questions in The Messenger Bureau
The Messenger Information Bureau answers queries on immigration quotas and six year permanent residence totals, Bible names, dentistry numbers, Stagecoach filming locations, elephant gestation, National Bank note circulation, dam terminology, magazine circulation, birth control references, and Congressional Medals of Honor total.
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United States
Great Britain and Ireland
Mt. Carmel
Carmel
Monument Valley
Ariz
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Ayer
Delegates and births noted in Athens County community items
Dolores Phelps and Pauline Fierce attended a Wilmington church meeting as delegates. Mr and Mrs Harry Barstow announced a son born at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Athens County produced 991929 tons of coal in 1928. Ninety five attended the Brown and Shafer reunion at Athens County Fairgrounds. Among 1920s notes, Athens schools faced teacher shortages with twelve posts vacant. The Rannells reunion gathered four generations at the D V Rannells home in McArthur. A surprise shower honored Mr and Mrs W E Musgrave at 130 N Congress St. Dr J R Sprague named U S Public Health Representative for Athens County. Prof C N Mackinnon and daughter Janet arrived from Columbus Ga where Mackinnon served as lieutenant. He resumed his Ohio University English instructor post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. Mackinnon
Janet
Columbus
Chester
George McCullough
Betty Warner
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Warner
R. C. Windsor
Akron
B. K. Smith
Windsor
V. D. Cleland
Coolville
G. A. Johnson
Harold Mielke
Brownie Wood
Emma Betzing
Ernest Brown
Cincinnati
J. S. Frank
Elma Smith
Athens
Eleanor Minister
Mary Guerra
George Civille
Holy Cross Church
Glouster
J. W. Frank
George Frecker
Charles Radford
Pearl Mora
Thed. Mora
Mary Virginia Mora
Helen Frecker
Frank Andrew
Long Bottom
Sacred Heart Church
Pomeroy
Ronald Osborne
Mont Osborne
Eileen Hayes
Chester High School
Eldon Gaul
I. C. Meredith
Warren Meredith
Janey Wood
Lucille Duckworth
Syracuse
Lucille Smith
Rutland
Rutland High School
George Powell
Darrell Cleland
Hannah Cleland
John Walter Frank
Canada
New York
New England
Fred Rice
Central School
Everett R. Hayes
Carl Biddle
T. K. Bell
Henry Beaver
Howard Knight
Gladys Violet
Constance Allen
Alice Smith
Pauline Myers
Chester Knight
Franklin Bailey
Chester Social and Personal News Highlights
Chester society notes record attendees visiting hospitals and reunions across Parkersburg Coolville and Columbus. Individuals include Miss Betty Warner recovering after an appendix operation at St Joseph Hospital and numerous family visits, travels, and school openings with staff listing substantial local participation.
Poets Corner Remembers a Lost Friend
In a reflective verse Cora Horn from Carbon Hill Ohio comforts children grieving a friend who has died. The poem contrasts classroom joy with absence and offers solace that the Heavenly Shore holds no parting and all are God’s children guarded by care.
Sleep habits and routines for sound rest
Side Glances reviews how sleep changes positions during the night and stresses individual routines for rest. It notes air temperature and flow, shared beds, and pre sleep practices like exercise and breathing, plus the personal rhythm of day and night. Dr. Kleitman emphasizes that sleep hygiene is highly individual.
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Kleitman
Working Wives Cast of Characters in Serial
Marian Harkness, a working wife, faces Sally Blake an ambitious stenographer who reshapes power at the office. Dan Harkness is her husband, Dolly Harkness is Dan’s widowed sister-in-law, and Mr Fellows plans Sally as Marian’s understudy.
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Marian Harkness
Dan Harkness
Dolly Harkness
Dan
Sally Blake
Marian
Barian
Mr. Fellows
Sally
Angie Doran
Miss Herrod
Carma
Paris
Pete
Jaques
Grant Fellows
Sims Crane
Sims
Manning’s
G. F
Blake
Kanauga Ladies Aid Meets and Neighbors Attend
Kanauga Ladies Aid Society gathered at Mrs. Homer Sowards home with 22 members including three new ones Mrs. O Weethee Mrs. Zella Harding and Mrs. Mattox. The gathering opened with singing and a mystery sister draw followed by a readings program and a two course lunch.
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Kanauga—Ladies Aid Society
Homer Sowards
O. Weethee
Zella Harding
Mattox
Forrest Fife
Mystery Sisters
Death notice for Mrs Mary Ball travels from Syracuse to Stockton
A telegram from Stockton Calif told Herbert Stobart and Mrs George Rea of the death of their aunt Mrs Mary Ball age 84 formerly of Syracuse mother of Agnes and Mamie Ball. Other notes report visits and relocations of local residents with schooling and church news.
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Syracuse
Herbert Stobart
George Rea
Stockton
Calif
Mary Ball
Agnes
Mamie Ball
James Matthewson
Powell
Labor Day
A. M. Roberts
Marvin
Long Bottom
Howard Naylor
Louisville
Carolyn Probst
Cincinnati
Eleanor Karr
W. J. Lawrence
Bertha Lawrence
Youngstown
Lenora Campbell
Cleveland
Miss Campbell
West
William Soulsby
Pittsburgh
Cal
John Jiiden
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
George William Rea
Kirkersville
Charles Taylor
Broadwell
C. B. Weese
Herbert Parker
Elma Ihle
Walter Baer
Minersville
Ben Quisenberry
Christian Baer
L. D. Phipps
Delaware
Ohio
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of
Asbury Methodist Church
Purley Karr
Forest Run
Mert Wiggins
Lowell Wingett
Ethel Garland
Marcia Karr
George Rea, Sr
William Stobart
Memphis
Tenn
H. L. Holter
Emmett Bartels
Belle Carleton
New Haven
W. Va
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Raymond Clapper
Bruce Catton
George Marshall
Messenger Exc
13Th Street
Washington, D. C
Messenger Bureau
Dolores Phelps
Pauline Fierce
Wilmington
Harry Barstow
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens County
Brown and Shafer
Rannells
D. V. Rannells
McArthur
W. E. Musgrave
Congress St
J. R. Sprague
U. S. Public Health
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Cora Horn
Carbon Hill, O
Galbraith
DR. Morris Fishbein
BY Louise Holmes
Kanauga Aid Group
Florence Russell Allen
Chickamauga Park
Helen Tardy
Marmet
Helen Wagner
Chelyan
Fred Wesser
Huntington
Thomas Spence
Spring Hill
Wagner Sisters
W. E. Houston
Tommie
Merrill White
Baby
Joe Clark
Virginia Houston
Leland Berridge
Portsmouth
George Sagen
Joseph Deem
W. F. Deem
Berlin
Anna Varian
Deem
George Bush
Camp Fort Wayne
Harold Lambert
John Lambert
Dickerson
Faye Wright
Berkley Wright
Kananga
Catlettsburg
Brady Shaw
Albert Allen
Florence Russell
Lewis Lee
Nancy Keethee
Ralph Faig
Harold
Earl
Leslie Deem
Charles Heaton
Herman Houston
Ella Wagner
J. H. Wagner
Opha Wagner
Logan
Charles Sowards
U. S. S. Omaha
H. W. Sowards
Paul Burns
Xenia
Webb Bierly
Quillen
Miss Sibley
Mollie Denney
Georges, Creek
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