Athens Messenger Page Four Rates and staff list
The Athens Messenger announces subscription rates including one year four dollars fifty and six months two fifty with weekly carrier delivery and Sunday edition. It lists staff such as Frederick W. Bush publisher Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris as editor and manager. It notes national and regional press associations and advertising office policies.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press Mational
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington
Fair Enough on War, Bombing, and Courage in Pegler’s Voice
Westbrook Pegler argues about air raids and civilian suffering in a provocative essay. He contrasts German and Italian aggression with Allied resilience, questioning who bears the impact and what reading or courage means in wartime.
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London
Paris
Prague
France
Inflation in Germany Shows Safe Ways to Weather Price Shocks
An American business representative analyzes Germany’s inflation and finds that sticking to core operations, avoiding debt, and adjusting prices promptly preserves value. He warns against speculative bets, noting debt-free homes and skilled jobs retain utility through inflation, which, while dire, does not spell universal ruin.
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Germany
Crisis sidelights on world crisis shift in Latin America and Japan
Observers note South American nations align with the United States urging Hitler to hold back while Japan wavers over its stance. Japan shows sympathy with Italy and Germany on suppressing Communism but delays clear alignment as it weighs its China interests and past actions with Russia. The global lineup will shape future world governance.
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Hitler
Japan
Equator
Uncle Sam
China
Italy
Germany
Russia
England
France
United States
Halting Game Hogs Signals Stricter Ohio Enforcement
State conservation officers in Southern Ohio have stepped up raids this fall aiming to curb illegal hunting. Reports say hunters risk confiscation of guns and heavy fines, amid a broader debate on true conservation as some comply while others skirt the law.
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State Conservation Department
Ohio
Lancaster
Circleville
Behind the Scenes In Washington in the Munich Crisis
Rodney Dutcher sketches late 1930s Washington as Cabinet members gather at the White House for emergency meetings and press events. Key figures Hull Hopkins Ickes Perkins Woodring Morgenthau Cummings and Wallace drift through, while MayseIvelT press talks mix tense silence and guarded replies. Vladimir Hurban, Slovak envoy to Czechoslovakia, rejects any Czech capitulation amid Hitler claims.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Hitler
Munich
Chamberlain
White House
Roosevelt
Hull
Hopkins
Ickés
Miss Perkins
Woodring
War
Morgenthau
Cummings
Wallace
Aaa
Massachusetts Avenue
Vladimir Hurban
Hurban
State Department Rushes Newsroom for World War II Update
Press room fills as 9 a m calls go out to correspondents. A A Berie and Michael J McDermott brief at 10 05 as Roosevelt's final message to Hitler is read amid crowding cameramen and floodlights. News ticker signals a flash announcing Hitler calls Munich conference. officials react with relief and congratulations.
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A. A. Berie
Michael J. McDermott
Roosevelt
Hitler
Munich
Hull Press Conference Reflects Diplomatic Diction
Hull speaks at a press conference with ornate decor and careful phrasing. He acknowledges presence of many reporters while avoiding substantive policy details and offers cordial exchanges with officials including Samson Kellogg and Hughes.
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Hull
Samson
Kellogg
Hughes
Love, Law, and a Turn in the Courtroom
Patricia McGraw faces a moral choice between helping Larry by lying or telling the truth in court. Tom Sweeney confronts the case as the prosecutor while Pat grapples with guilt, love lost, and a decisive stand that tests her conscience and loyalty.
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Patricia McGraw
Geroine
Larry Kent
Tom Sweeney
Pat
McGraw
Larry
Tom
Church
Jimmy Burke
Wonderland
Police Department
Dottie Barnes
Mr. Church
Sweeney
Letter to the Editor Defends Black Americans’ Patriotism
CHAS. R. Harris of Cutler writes in defense of African Americans, challenging claims of racial inferiority while asserting equal American rights. He cites Tuskegee Institute, George Washington Carver, Frederick Douglass, and mixed heritage to argue Americans’ shared citizenship. He urges proof of superiority claims and invokes historical sacrifice.
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the Messenger
Alva Mayle
Miles
America
Jim Crowed
Tuskegee Institute
George Carver
Frederick Douglas
Southland
Mr. Miles
Solomon
Court House
City council debates street work and filling station plan
City discussions include extending Church Street width by Mrs H D Henry and paving the alley to Athens School playgrounds. A filling station at Lancaster and Carpenter Streets is proposed, to be built by Biedel Mead Company, with sidewalk work on S Shannon.
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H. D. Henry
Church St
Lancaster and
Carpenter Sts
Biedel- Mead Company
Food and Drug Legislation from 1906 to 1933
Dr Morris Fishbein surveys early US food and drug controls from the 1906 act through 1933 Tugwell Copeland bill. He cites The Jungle and The Great American Fraud as catalysts, noting Harvey Wiley Theodore Roosevelt and rising cosmetics reform. The piece highlights labeling limits and advertising regulation.
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Morris Fishbein
United States
Upton Sinclair
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Harvey Wiley
Theodore Roosevelt
Tugwell
Copeland Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
Food and Drugs Administration
Pleasanton Social and Personal Mention
Pleasanton notices list residents and visitors including Harry Tribe Carl and Miss Margaret Hanning with Ruth Tribe in Marietta. Various locals move, visit, or travel to and from Columbus Athens and West Virginia with multiple Hanning Bolen Chase Smalley and Collins family references.
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Joseph
Hagerstown
Charles Hanning
Sand Ridge
J. C. Hanning
David Smalley
Rossetta Chase
Athens
Chase
Smalley
Don Bolen
Columbus
Charles Hudwell
Tom Beatty
Doc. Hill
Son Arhood
West Virginia
Tom Collins
Charles Bolen
Akron
Emma Bolen
Hal White
Ella Bolen
Gerald Arnette
Ira Hanning
W. D. Hanning
Russell Oxley
Sam Goodwin
John Goodin
Jackson Plans Apple Festival Highlight Display
Jackson Ohio hosts the County Apple Festival October 5 through 8 with a rooftop electrical show at the courthouse featuring an old time stage coach six horses a high wheel bicycle rider and walking characters backed by pine foliage. Other events include daily parades free acts carnival rides exhibits and a large Friday program headlined by the Northwest Pioneer Caravan and the Federal Pageant Freedom on the March at the high school field.
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Jackson
Jackson County
Northwest Territory
Ohio
Caraivan
Man Accused of Unusual Park Conduct Draws Traffic Police Attention
In Oroville California traffic officer Carl Rabe responded to an urgent citizen tip about a man acting erratic in a park. Investigation revealed the man enjoyed the scent of flowers as he passed blooming buds. England reports 1,250,000 workers in auto manufacturing with 342,499 units produced in 1935.
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Oroville
Cal
Carl Rabe
England
Long Bottom Resident Dies in Lifelong Illness
Long Bottom resident G. R. Reece Chambers died at his home after a long illness. A ship carpenter by trade, he was an invalid due to a past serious injury. He would have been 74. Funeral services, led by Rev. H. K. Riggs, were held at his residence with burial in Sand Hill Cemetery. He leaves a widow and one brother, W. D. Chambers.
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G. R
Reece) Chambers
Thurday
W. D. Chambers
H. K. Riggs
Sand Hill
Peter Hansen
David Nord
Spokane
Wash
Blaine Pigott
Dexter
Virginia Pigott
Hansen
W. S. Chevalier
Pomeroy
Long Bottom
Ella Whipple
Cora Cottle
Parkersburg
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Miss McGraw
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Chas. R. Harris
iCutler
E. Mill St
S. Shannon
A. C. Rossi
Alex Nelson
Ena Nelson
Edith Carpener
Herbert B. Secoy
Pratts Fork
Wilson
Senate
Secoy
Elsworth E. King
George W. Darnell, Jr
Canaanville
Guy Huffman
Nelsonville
Charles A. Ewing
Brown Ave
Nick Solapta
Hollister
Charles W. Powell
Ephriam W. Allen
George Clark
Pleasanton
Chester Grange
Chester
Pearl Mora
Chester High School
Harley Musser
Harrisonville
Meigs County
Grange
Rock Springs
Hemlock
Alfred
Olive
Emerson Hayes
I. C. Meredith
Stephen H. Foster
Curtis Wolfe
Thed Mora
Floyd Ridenour
Pearl Koblentz
Art Young
Clyde Calvert
Mary V. Mora
Esther Frecker
Virgie Swartz
August Weber
Ruth Weber
John Hoffman
Harpold
Grange Hall
E. R. Hayes
Chester Knight
B. N. Knight
R. C. Windsor
Akeron
B. K. Smith
Ernest Brown
Brown
J. S. Frank
Jennie Osborne
Old Washington
Ronald Osborn
John Weber
P. F. Koblentz
Otto B. Heaton
Bush
New York City
Bert O'Conner
M. C
Beaver
J. F. Brown
M. E
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