The Athens Messenger page four notices and rates
The Athens Messenger publication announces its weekday schedule with a large Sunday edition, detailing ownership, staff roles, associations, and national representatives. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for Athens and surrounding counties, including yearly and shorter-term options.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mer
Charlies H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Democracy in Half Mast Over Czechoslovakia
The Cleveland Plain Dealer laments democracy's faltering ideal as Czechoslovakia sinks under heavy-handed aggression. It questions Britain and France's surrender to dictators, recalls missed League of Nations chances, and warns the United States to face a grim, realpolitik future with clarity and resolve.
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Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
Chamberlain
Daladier
Hitler
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Benes
United States
Japan
Manchuria
Italy
Ethiopia
Voltaire
League of Nations
World Court
Lord Beaverbrook
Lady Astor
British
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Staying Home Beats Party Buzz Says Family Review
A reader voice prefers quiet home life over parties and movie plots. It notes the challenge of maintaining a family with strict personal focus and financial solvency, admitting a lack of excitement but a steady will power.
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler
In a sharp critique of Mussolini and Hitler, Pegler traces the rise of Nazi influence over Italy. He notes Mussolini’s failed imitation of Hitler, the Pope’s public rebuke, and Mussolini’s decline from a proud originator to an inferior partner in the axis. The piece mocks the Paso Romano and Mussolini’s waning authority as Hitler’s power grows.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Mussolini
Trieste
Pius
Duce
Pope
Hitler
Italy
Potemkin
Pontinia
Mediterranean
Foreign Office
Ballyhoo
Axis
Junior League
Benes
God
Public Forum Letters Welcome Optional Signatures
Readers urged to send signed letters to the column with signatures appearing alongside the contribution. Contributors are requested to keep letters brief to allow multiple submissions per day.
Industries for Valley urged support in Nelsonville
The Messenger urges exploring new industries for the Hocking Valley and Nelsonville, focusing on sugar processing, clay products, marbles, and canning. It highlights local cane potential, clay deposits at Buchtel and Deanville, historic lime and brick works, and a ready female canning workforce in Southeastern Ohio, calling for capital to develop these ideas.
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Hocking
Nelsonville
Ohio
Pittsburgh
East Liverpool
Buchtel
Deanville
New Jersey
Hocking Valley
United States
Wallace
Criticism of Teachers and Education Shortcomings
A letter from Nelsonville dated Sept 21 criticizes veteran teachers for failing to protect children. The writer blasts administrators for hiring repeatedly, questions a seven year old’s birth certificate issue, and suggests institutional treatment for the disruptive, calling for doctors to examine the teachers. R. H. McCray signs the missive.
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the Messenger
Profit Sharing Plans focus for Washington winter debate
Congress will study profit sharing by industry this winter under a Senate Finance Committee subcommittee starting December 1. The aim is to see if government tax exemptions or rewards can spur companies to share profits with workers, with mixed views from Prof. Balderson and industry groups.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur Vandenberg
Senate Finance Committee
International Management Congress
C. C. Balderson
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Prof. Balderson
National Industrial Conference Board
Vandenberg-Herring Committee
Crossroad Europe, Aunt Monopoly, and an Automatic Rake
A humorous collage notes Europe at a crossroads and the DOJ’s chief trust-buster buying a cow named Aunt Monopoly. It recalls a Schenectady design for an automatic rake and includes Hodza’s quip on plebiscites.
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Department of Justice
Schenectady
N. Y
Hocking Valley officials meet in Columbus event
Ten years ago employees and a retired worker of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company gathered in Columbus. The item notes decorating begun at Alumni Memorial Auditorium and the Athens Home Telephone Company building opening. Dinner for 150 with C. L. Jones as toastmaster. Red Cross sought 5 million dollars for Florida relief after a hurricane. First Methodist Church Sunday School reorganized under Alex Root with chiefs Cher rington Bing and Williams leading adult youth intermediate beginners departments.
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Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Columbus
Athens Home ‘Telephone Company
C. L. Jones
The
First Methodist Church
Alex Root
Homer Cherrington
S. H. Bing
Clark Williams
Bulgars Panic- Stricken as Allies Advance headline item
Twenty years ago the Athens County Fourth Liberty Loan committee was led by president F. L. Alderman. Social notes record Clarks Chapel Ladies Aid meeting, a surprise party for Mrs. J E Barker at Mrs. G L Fenzel’s home, and Mrs Barker’s relocation with her husband and two sons to Middleport. Eva McVay hosted a Albany birthday party with listed guests and Albany school teachers among the attendees.
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F. L. Alderman
Fourth Liberty Loan Committee
Athens County
J. E. Barker
G. L. Fenzel
Friendly Society, Missionary Societies
Women’s Bible
Presbyterian Church
Eva McVay
E. W. McVay
Albany
Miss Shipps
Miss Coulins
Alta Minear
Irene Zimmerman
Doris Saunders
Edith Stuart
Aldena Stanley
Gwendolyn Zimmerman
Irma Judy
Bertha Moore
Edna Shaffer
Elena Kenney
Margaret Ford
Russell Cash
Chester Swett
Dale Phillips
Glen Throckmorton
Paul Myers
Carl Vander
Outdraws Fire Taylor in Hotel Fire Scene
In Taylor Texas a major hotel blaze drew hundreds of onlookers who diverted attention to a dog fight as firefighters battled the flames. The crowd reaction highlighted the strong local interest in such events despite the inferno’s danger.
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Taylor
Tex
Hit Run Love Chapter Eight A Moral Test for Pat
Patricia McGraw faces a test of love and truth as Larry Kent is arrested for a hit run. The couple weighs innocence and the law while Pat seeks to believe Larry and protect him. In the hospital and home scenes, their families react with doubt and support as court proceedings loom.
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Patricia McGraw
Larry Kent
Tom Sweeney
Larry
Pat
Mrs. McGraw
Bill
Joe
High Hill
Dottie Barnes
The Theater As Shelter The WPA Dollar In Motion
Orson Welles notes the theater as a haven from rain while Margaret Ayer Barnes praises literature. Harry Hopkins calls the WPA dollar the fastest moving dollar in America reflecting wartime economic policies.
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America
Harry L. Hopkins
WPA
Legion Delegation to Oak Hill Fish Fry Next Thursday
Gallipolis Lafayette Post of the American Legion will send a delegation to a fish fry next Thursday evening hosted by Oak Hill Post at Bickster's Grove near Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lafayette
American Legion
Oak Hill
Bickster’s Grove
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the Athens Messenger
United Press
Fair
Westbrook Pegler
By Westbrook Pegler
the Public Forum
G. D. Ridenour
R. H. McCray
Cnc S
By Willis Thornton
Treasury
National Resources Committee
Europe
Hodza
Alumni Memorial
National Red Cross
Florida
Clarks Chapel
Ladies Aid
Ray Salters
George Clark
Martha
Sweeney
Tom
Barnes
Mr Barnes
Laura
They
Say
Orson Welles
Margaret Ayer Barnes
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