Athens Messenger Publisher Details and Subscription Rates
The Athens Messenger provides publishing and staff credits including Frederick W. Bush as publisher and Gordon K. Bush as publisher and general manager. It notes association memberships and advertising info. Subscription rates are listed for various counties and durations, with prices for weekly and mail plans.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Rald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Intend Daily Press Association
Battle of America drives Willkie call to defend democracy
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues Wendell L. Willkie’s Western tour frames a Battle of America to preserve democracy against Roosevelt’s expanding power. It warns that without public pressure Congress may grant greater authority, risking the American way of life.
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Wendell L. Willkie
America
Coffeyville
United States
Willkie
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Washington
Canada
Congress
Advisory Defense Commission
Britain
London
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nothing New About It in Conscription for 1940
The piece argues that peacetime conscription mirrors historic drafts, yet today requires training for modern threats. It notes that National Guard and draftees aim to defend home and country, acknowledging shifts in warfare from rifles to bombers and armored divisions as it calls for fair deployment under new tactics.
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United States
Ohio
National Guard
England
Germany
Willkie Warns of Power Concentration in Washington
Raymond Clapper critiques Wendell Willkie on the concentration of power in Washington under both Roosevelt and Willkie. He argues that entrenched power results from the presidency’s longevity and wartime policies like peacetime conscription, not from declining morals.
Democracy’s Survival and the Risk of Prolonged Power
The piece argues private capitalism is ill and the nation leans toward state socialism. It warns that global trade pressures may force broader government involvement regardless of Roosevelt or Willkie. It asserts democracy requires swift, skilled action amid dangerous times and cautions about a third-term presidency concentrating power.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Willkie
White House
Bruce Catton Reviews Washington Scene
Bruce Catton critiques the Washington scene focusing on Henri-Haye the French ambassador to the United States He argues the Petain regime seeks aid from America under false pretenses and accuses it of Nazi mimicry including anti semitism and suppression of unions He contends Hitler controls Petain through a cabal of officials and notes the detentions of Gamelin Darlan Reynaud and Mandel as proof of fascist influence
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Washington
Gaston Henri-Haye
Petain
America
France
Hitler
Britain
Henri-Haye
Germany
Coaches seek rugged tackles amid season pressure
In a quiet reflection the piece compares coaching ideals to a demand for tough onfield play and moral steadiness, noting the urge to focus on defense and truth rather than hysteria. It cites Demosthenes on loving truth and justice while avoiding aggressive displays.
What America Means to Me
A columnist reflects on the American bowl of freedom as a fragile heritage. He warns that thieves could destroy it, replacing it with hollow factory disks, but asserts the nation must preserve liberty for future generations.
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Coffeyville
Willkie
America
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nick
Keep it America: Vote with care in coming election
A letter urging vigilance in voting to preserve the United States as a free Christian nation. The author, Pearl Leter Dye, appeals to unity across parties, cites biblical foundations, and stresses loyalty to the Constitution and American government.
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the Messenger
United States of America
God
Pearl Leter Dye
Chesterhill Social Notes Chronicle Local Obits and Moves
Chesterhill notices report the death of Hurschel V. Carpenter at 79 with surviving widow and four sons and several siblings. Other items note Gayland Starling injury, Ed Coler selling farm, Dr. Ruth Bowman return to Chicago, Murray Carr moves, births, a Duke College return, Margery Fawcett to Ohio Wesleyan, property moves, and local residents traveling or relocating.
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Chesterhill
Hurschel V. Carpenter
Sarah E. Shook
Grover Carpenter
Mary Price
Lawrence
Belva
Frances
Donna
Earl
Russell
Carlos
Virgil
Bower
James Carpenter
Nutter
Gayland Starling
Bartlett
Victor Whitacre
Parkersburg
Ed Coler
Todds
William Sellwood
Wheeling
Coler
Harold Chaquill
Ruth Bowman
Chicago
Joe Bowman
Murray Carr
Lon Ellis
Doris Nichols
Robert Faires
Durham
North Carolina
Duke College
Vern Faires
Margery Fawcett
Ohio Wesleyan University
Everett Newburn
Sarah Penrose
Penrose
W. A. Hiatt
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Lillie
Ella Hiatt
Billy
Marietta
Hiatt
Ruth Henery
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Athens approves purchase of fire-fighting suits
Athens city council authorizes buying fire-fighting suits for the Athens fire department. Mayor Robert Wood urges the purchase. Northwest of city events include Loren Mead elected president of the Married Peoples Class at the Christian Church. Dick Brooks and Jack Martin travel to Nashville for a winter engagement with an orchestra.
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Athens City Council
Athens Fire Department
Robert Wood
Loren Mead
The
Christian Church
Dick Brooks
Herbert Brooks
Athens
Jack Martin
Nelsonville
Nashville, Tenn
Harding favored in straw vote at Current Events Club
A straw vote for president Harding was cast at the Current Events Club meeting held at Mrs. W. W. Lee's home. Mrs. Henry Zenner died at 30 N. Congress St, formerly Lilian May Roe. Piano pupils of Mrs. William Blackburn gave a recital featuring Goldie Cross and other students.
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Harding
Current Events Club
Henry Zenner
Congress St
William Blackburn
Lancaster St
Goldie Cross
Margaret Jones
Pauline Swanson
Frances van Dyke
Bernice Kayser
Reba Shafer
Mary Burke
Lillian Kittle
Lawrence Shields
Thelma Bingman
Forrest Atkins
Maycle Pruden
Mary Breinig
Sue Mary Finds Hope in Political Circle Amid Trials
In 1946, Sue Mary Jefferson, a stenographer, enters a political circle led by Nick Alexander and Vera Oliver. A riot at a meeting, romance tensions, and Vera’s new job unfold as Sue Mary weighs love, duty, and safety in a world of government plans and public attention.
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Sue Mary Jefferson
Joe Stefanski
Sue Mary
Nick Alexander
Youth Progress Group
VERA_ OLIVER
Nick
Vera
Joe
America
Natalie
Miss Oliver
Miss Grant
Kitty
Old Kyger Personal and Social Mention
Community notices list visits and gatherings across Kyger Gallipolis and nearby towns. Individuals such as Anna Ellen Spur lock, Helen Shuler, Hilah Shuler, Darlene Roush, and Nina Rife appear alongside families like the Shulers Rupe Rife and Casto.
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Kyger
Old Kyger
Anna Ellen Spurlock
Gallipolis
Garfield Searles
Howard Shuler
Harry van Seyoe
Wendell Roush
Geneva Scott
Ethel Bradbury
Helen
Hilah Shuler
Maxwell Ralph
Mary Shuler
Glenn Rupe
Isaac Rupe
Dickson
W. Va
Huntington
St. Louis
Darlene
Ted Roush
Buelahville
Earl Jenkins
Larry
Chauncey
Bruther Jenkins
Alice
Violet Shuler
Leading Creek
Emma Rife
William Casto
Amos Rife
Nina
Ryger
Robert Casto
Flossie Lucky
Chester Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Ice cream and cake were served to over 100 guests at a miscellanous shower at the Gaul home honoring John Wickham and his bride. Miss Mora led the literary program for the Chester Grange gathering with 21 members present from Columbia Grange.
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Chester
Frank Gaul
John Wickham
Wickham
Opal Gaul
Chester Grange
Mary Mora
Columbia Grange
Columbia Grangers
Fred. W. Rice
Chester M. E. Church
Lake Hope
A. A. Dillard
Dorothy
Caldwell
Middleport
Elmer Kautz
Freda Faehnle
Margaret Taylor
Rutland
B. K Smith
Grace Kautz
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Jeraldine Huffman
Cleveland
E. R. Hayes
Darrell Cleland
Columbus
Hannah Cleland
G. L. Michael
Veterans’ Hospital, Dayton
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