Athens Messenger 1825 to 1828 Subscription Rates
The Athens Messenger notes publication details, editors and associations. Subscriptions are listed: daily 25 cents, six months six dollars fifty. weekly rates. outside Ohio rates. special weekly service. Notices indicate postal handling and pricing for obituaries and thanks.
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Carrer
Ohip
Ohio
The
Messenger
Fea
o+ athens
John W. Guillen Company
Chicesa
Seaport
Columbus
Cleveland
Raine Ehstge
Wainwright Warns on National Readiness and Leadership
General Wainwright calls for lasting U S preparedness to avoid future war torments. The piece criticizes postwar complacency and political leadership, recalling Pearl Harbor and the economic subjugation of wartime, urging firmer stance toward Japan and Germany to prevent repeat disaster and ensure practical defense lessons endure.
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Wainwright
Bataan
Corregidor
United States
Hitler
Washington
General Wainwright
Japan
Germany
Pearl Harbor
America
Stern Steps NEEDED The Japanese Propaganda War
The editorial criticizes censorship and Japanese press propaganda praising post surrender Allied forces. It cites The Nippon Times article claiming few rape cases by American troops and calls for harsher measures, noting MacArthur's firm leadership and ongoing disarmament. The piece argues occupation progress reflects Allied control after Tokyo’s surrender.
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Japan
Nippon Times
MacArthur
Tojo
Tokyo
Worth a Fair Trial for Parking Meters in Athens
An Athens trial of parking meters aims to ease scarce curb space in business districts. Proponents say meters multiply space for shoppers, with meters offering one cent for five drivers in the same hour. If successful, meters stay. if not, they will be removed after eight hours daily, six days a week.
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Athens
Nelson Rockefeller
Byrnes
C.I.0
Rockefeller
CSO
D.so
State Department
Political Action Committee
Chicago
Jonn L Lewis
State
Senate Wagre
Okinawa Campaign Costs and Controversies Revealed
David Lawrence surveys the Okinawa campaign, detailing the high price in ships and lives, the toll on battleships and carriers, and the questions raised about air power, amphibious tactics, and command decisions. He calls for Congress to study the campaign’s lessons for a unified defense department.
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Washington
Okinawa
Buckner
New York Herald Tribune
New York Times
Army
Marine Corps
Japan
Congress
Department of National Defense
Formosa
Kyushu
Letter From Washington Highlights Army Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Peter Edson surveys the Army Pearl Harbor investigation, noting West Point Protective Association influence in Army politics. He mentions Marshall and Short not West Pointers, Rockefeller’s Latin America plans, Byrnes' stance, and labor wage proposals tied to wartime policy and social security.
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Washington
Army
Pearl Harbor
National Guard
WPPA
West Point Protecttive Association
George C. Marshall
Walter C. Short
Hawaii
Marshall
Virginia Military Institute
Short
Ethan Nfe
University of Mallinois
Athens County Youth Tops Ohio State Fair Junior Show
Charles Copeland, 13, led Athens County prize winners at the Ohio State Fair with first prizes in Jersey calf and Jersey cow junior divisions and other honors. Other entrants included Dick Ashcraft, Phil and Paul Linscott, John and Cap Jos Smith, Jeannette Cramer, and 4-H Toppers Club members Winifred Travis and Lillian Reed. Also noted were large tomatoes from Art Robinson and W. W. Wolfe amid rural community news and historical notes.
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Charles Copeland
Stewart
Athens County
Young Copeland
Dick Ashcraft
Guysville
Phil Linscott
Paul Linscott
Homer Linscott
Amesville
John
Cap Jos Smith
Canaanville
Jeannette Cramer
Wnelsonville
Winifred Travis
Lillian Reed
Coolville
MacArthur cracks down on Japanese militarism war lords
Dewitt Mackenzie notes General MacArthur acts decisively against Nippon’s militarism by abolishing Imperial General Headquarters and introducing press and radio censorship. He emphasizes the removal and punishment of war leaders like Tojo, while warning of extensive war crimes trials for thousands on the Allied list.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
MacArthur
Japan
Australia
America
Nippon
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Imperial General
Tojos
Poems and prayers from a church memory lane
The piece blends nostalgic verses about church bells and memory with elegiac lines on departed companions and faith. A second section praises MacArthur in Tokyo Bay, lauding surrender and postwar peace, asserting divine purpose in wartime and urging continued spiritual work. By Henry Leach, Logan, Ohio.
Local Social Visits Move Through Ohio Towns
Mr and Mrs Bob Perry of Shade visited Mr and Mrs Porter Midkiff Tuesday evening Sylvia Midkiff returned home Thursday after two weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs R V Heilman and Vada Paulsen visited Mrs Ralph Welker Tuesday night Mrs Lena Clark visited Friday with daughter Mrs Conrad Mulligan Athens RD Mrs Mary Rawlings of Nelsonville has visited Mr and Mrs Avery Nelson Mrs George Heines and Mrs William Killinger were guests Sunday to Wednesday of sister Mrs Nora Atkins Dayton Mr and Mrs Bert Romine Gene and Kenneth Romine Mr and Mrs Doyle Sargent and daughter Golda called Tuesday evening on Mr and Mrs Lowell Zeigler Mrs Lena Clark called to see daughter Mrs Grant Roberts now in Holzer Hospital Mr and Mrs Doyle Sargent moving into Lowell Zeigler home Mrs George Zeigler Sr visiting her son and Mrs Lowell Zeigler Stewart
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Bob Perry
Shade
Porter Midkiff
Sylvia Midkiff
R. V. Heilman
Booker Hill
Vada Paulsen
Ralph Welker
Pomeroy
Lena Clark
Conrad Mulligan
Athens
R.D
Mary Rawlings
Nelsonville
Avery Nelson
George Heines
William Killinger
Nora Atkins
Dayton
Bert Romine
Gene
Kenneth Romine
Doyle Sargent
Golda
Lowell Zeigler
Grant Roberts
Holzer Hospital
George Zeigler, Sr
Stewart
Hemlock Grove Social And Personal Notes
Hemlock Grove notes across families and churches include Rev Joe Maffett preaching at Hemlock Grove Christian Church on Sunday evening September 23 at 8. Local people Amos White returns from Sandusky visiting sons. Oscar Conant injures toe at mine. Various travels and visits among Zeigler Parsons Van Dyke Youngs Rathourn Brill Brill families and others in Athens Zanesville Columbus Newark Nel sonville Newberry Walled Lake and Wilma Stockton and Harold Ackley lineage noted.
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Hemlock Grove
Joe Maffett
Athens
Hemlock Grove Christian Church
Lowell Zeigler
Broadwell
Stewart
Harry VanDyke
Wilma Stockton
Willard ‘List
Long
Newark
Frank Parsons
Albert Ogg
Bethany Ridge
Amos White
Sandusky
Oscar Conant
Hubert Martin
Kay
Parkersburg
Cook van Dyke
Dorothy Beaud
Newberry
Michigan
Harold Ackley
Ida Nice
Ralph
Ray Nice
Geneva
Nelsonville
Isolated isotope X-999 could power ships and engines
Dr Hale briefs Miss Tyler on X-999 also known as U-235, detailing its explosive force and energy potential. He contemplates moving the priceless secret away, while Carolyn and Hale share a night out after tense lab work. He muses on hiding the material and the two grow closer amid work fatigue.
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Miss Sormi
Earth
Tyler
America
Carolyn
Dr. Hale
Leana
Secret of X-boe Outside in His Car
An odd scene unfolds in a office corridor as Dr. Hale and Carolyn Tyler share a moment while tense exchanges occur. Leana bursts in puzzled by dancing and laughter on a night of upheaval. (To Be Continued)
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Male Pote
Dietates
Paleatitter
Beelacain
Wemmer
Bey
Gweards
Bay Siften
Ken
Dr. Hale
Carolyn Tyler
Leang Sormi
Leana
Robert
Carolyn
Racine News Notes Highlights Local Postwar Updates
Sgt. Charles Bye receives honorable discharge after 35 B 17 missions over the Rhine lands Northern France and Ardennes earning Air Medal with five Oak leaf clusters Asiatic Pacific and European African Middle Eastern service ribbons with four bronze stars and Good Conduct Medal. Various hometown visits and family updates follow, including representatives from Osborns Simpson Stewarts and Jace families plus travel to Cincinnati Huntington Parkersburg and Texas for furloughs and visits.
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Racine—S
Charles Bye
Okey Rice
Rhineland
France
Ardennes
Harold DeWolfe, Jr
Pennsylvania
Reently
George Osborn
Floyd Hoback
Atrs
Drucilla Smith
Hoback
Nealy Hoback
Marian Simpson
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
George Simpson
Ed Simpson
Maude Young
Simpson
James Stewart
Jerry Jace
East Liverpool
W. B. Cross
Cross
Owen Watson
Clyde
Watson
Billy
Akron
Ivan Watson
Racine
Frances Stout
Marian
Clara Laughlin
Beaver
Georgetown
Clark Jiiden
Huntington
Cecil McClaskey
Parkersburg
Thurssday
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Lee Elliott
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Henry Leach
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