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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
4
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A plan outlined by David Lawrence urges switching to withholding from January 1 and treating 1943 taxes as deferred yet due in installments over twenty years. It proposes a five percent annual payment on 1943 taxes, with discounts for early payments and estate handling of back taxes, aiming to avoid double payments while ensuring Treasury receipts.
The administration faces a liquor shortage after months of rising demand caused by wartime hoarding and war workers. Ohio plans strict rationing with half of supply to wholesale permit holders and only about one pint per month for private buyers. Moonshining and evasion likely as buyers seek workarounds.
Observers note the plan to push food supply around with plentiful money and high ration points. Civilian goods will remain limited for years as war continues. Surplus cash may hide or circulate, while rationing tightens rail travel and liquor. behavior mirrors wartime Britain as reconstruction looms.
Politicians doubt mass desertion by his party when Roosevelt seeks a fourth term next summer while New Dealers move with him or drift away. He courts semi conservatives, choosing a middle course as the Axis threat shapes the 1944 election strategy.
The back-to-the-farm movement spreads through the hill country of Southeastern Ohio as men return from war plants and towns. Farm youth seek steadier work, older farmers struggle with under manning, and idle land reopens as food production rises and families seek stable living away from rationed cities.
In a Washington column Raymond Clapper questions public knowledge of history while discussing Secretary Morgenthau and Dr. White presenting the international stabilization fund plan. He explains the fund aims to restore gold as a world trade yardstick and to stabilize currencies by allocating unitas as trade credits for nations like Yugoslavia.
News Your Dad Read Magazines were offered free at the Chubb Library in Athens. Phillip Woodworth, OSU medical student, vacationing here, plus Dr. C. E. Holzer from Gallipolis offered 16 acres for community gardens supervised by George Edward Wood of Gallia Academy High School. Alice Beasley performed a solo at Ohio University School of Music. The Guysville Post Office relocated to the Campbell property in the town's east end.
Carl H Love and wife Mrs Love announce the birth of a son Carl H Jr. At 127 E State St T L Morgan hosts a 25-table bridge party at home. Cast list for Athens High School operetta The Belle of Barnstapoole includes Gilberta Hill Dorothy Dailey Joseph Farley and others. Frances Murch, daughter of Rev E L Murch, is honor guest at a surprise party with Windsor Inn dinner. The National American Legion seeks 100000 for care of U S soldiers' graves in France.
Mrs. Unn Young spent Thursday at Mason City for a family gathering with Chief Ingels’s home. Earl, home on furlough from Davis Field, R I, leaves Friday for California. Clayton Russell’s farewell for Herman enlisting in the Coast Guard, with a large local turnout. Several gatherings, moves, and hospital news follow featuring multiple West Columbia Mason City Pt Pleasant and Pomeroy residents.
Sammy Kemper ill of scarlet fever and Bobby Smith convalescing after hospital stay in St Marys. Numerous local family visits, birthdays, Army Air Corps guest Miss Mary Sheets, funeral of Laura Melton, furloughs, moves, and service members' locations including Pvt Cecil Mink in California, Sargeant John Holcomb back at Illinois camp, Pvt Leonard Caldwell at March Field, and Teddy Hall at Wrights Field Dayton.
The Helping Hand Club of the U B Church met at Mrs Thomas Capehart with a brief business session led by President Mrs Thelma Clark Roll call used a Bible verse A roundtable Bible discussion followed and a chicken dinner honored Mrs Bertha Cunningham who received a handkerchief shower Next meeting set for Mrs Linnie Miller Members present included Iva Capehart Linnie Miller Hazel Capehart Thelma Clark Bertha Cunningham and the hostess Also noted were visits by Master Sergeant Henry C Peery his wife and son from Fort Knox and Tech Sergeant William H Peery returning to Parkersburg for furlough Other items include Walter Bush and wife bringing home their newborn son John Raymond and the engagement of Miss Faye Powell to James H Ball with news of Ball leaving for his mother’s funeral.
Allison Topping, society girl, heads to Guatemala for her father’s chicle plantation while Barry Fielding, a mining engineer, warns of hard life and plots to keep her safe. A native attack on deck ignites a fierce fight. Allison and Barry survive as he urges her to abandon jungle plans.
Dave Moore son of Mr and Mrs Geo Moore will be commissioned an ensign in the U S Coast Guard after graduating from the Coast Guard Academy at New London Conn on April 14 He and his wife plan a visit to relatives before he returns to active duty with his unit
A series of Q and A items clarify ration spoilage exchanges, fraudulent enlistment penalties, WAVES and SPARS tax status with possible deferral, limits on buying shoes, and poker suit rules. The guidance covers consumer rights, military discipline, and game etiquette.
Poet's Corner presents two reader poems from Athens and Nelsonville. The first, The Coming of Spring by Mrs Mae Radford of Athens, Ohio, celebrates seasonal renewal with farm life and children's play. The second, Gossamer Dream Threads by Mrs Annie McIntyre Bartoe of Nelsonville, Ohio, imagines dream journeys uniting warriors with loved ones under moonlit skies.
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