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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1944
Page
14
A clash erupts at the Mid City Market prompting rapid response by local authorities. Shoppers flee as barricades form and officials deploy crowd control measures to restore order and ensure public safety.
Public notice outlines Associated Press rights and local news republication rules. Includes subscription pricing by carrier and mail for Ohio and outside Ohio, overseas service rates, and publication details for The Messenger. Also lists national representatives and advertising rate note.
A wartime editorial argues for letting victims determine punishment for German leaders and soldiers who committed mass atrocities. It contends allied powers should stay hands off while invaded peoples execute the worst criminals, warning that failure to punish would invite continued brutality and future wars.
House Minority Leader Joseph Martin appoints a 25 member Republican tax study group to prepare for post war tax reform. The move signals possible Republican control after the next election and aims to address a complex, top heavy tax system.
April 14 marks 50 years since the first kinetoscope came to public life not by Edison but by Lombard who rented ten devices, set them in a New York shoe shop, charged a quarter per view to fund his dinner, and took 120 dollars from that impromptu premiere. Edison declined to patent in Europe saying the cost 150 dollars was not worth it.
A new British pre invasion rule blocks American soldiers from corresponding with Lonely Hearts clubs and other chain letters. The policy curbs potentially sensitive disclosures and could influence press and peace conference agendas amid debate over Europe’s censorship.
Cordell Hull proclaims a war aims and peace objective program as the guiding American policy. The plan emphasizes patience and civilian military balance, unity with Britain China and Russia, and an international organization to preserve peace, urging bipartisan support and congressional involvement to avoid a third world war.
Peter Edson reports that 9,000,000 acres of government owned farmland may flood the market after the war. Thousands of acres at Camp Stewart, Camp Pine, Jefferson Proving Ground and other sites could go on sale, risking a collapse in farm real estate values. Congress favors letting former owners or veterans reacquire parcels first. Assistant Attorney General Littell suggests breaking land into 20 to 40 acre economic units and selling on long term credits with preference to small farmers.
Secretary Hull warns on Europe stability linking to French divisions in Algiers where De Gaulle ousts Giraud and pushes for the Committee of National Liberation as sole provisional government. Loyalist and Pro-Vichy factions threaten postwar order as Eisenhower’s command seeks unfettered authority.
Owen M. Richards of the American Dairy Association calls for vigorous advertising and research to prevent a postwar slump in dairy demand. He warns of a 10 to 15 billion pound surplus if markets remain closed after wartime needs end. OSU Professor Derwin W. Ashcraft Dies at 48 in Columbus after 20 years teaching at Ohio State.
Poet’s Corner presents a long verse tale by Bessie M. Gorslene about love across borders and ages. The speaker recalls a princess’s world in old Iran, a daring journey with an Arab lover, and a lasting bond that transcends life as they meet again in a realm where dreams come true.
The narrator recalls a drought torn Colorado era. Old Jan clings to independence as dust storms devastate soil and crops. The family endures hunger and debt while a mother battles dust pneumonia and dies, leaving the farm and its stubborn legacy.
Mr. Mose Keeney and Olan Koehler were reported very ill. Barbara Garner and others faced extended illnesses. Local residents plan moves to Detroit Idaho and Kentuckys. Families attended funerals and visited relatives in Columbus Gan dusky Mt. Hope Ken tucky and England.
The compilation notes an Eighth District Spring Rally of the American Legion Auxiliary held in Logan with 150 delegates and named district and local leaders. It also reports Ohio gaining extra relief funds for April and 20 000 new jobs, a gas-rate reduction for Gallipolis residents, river bank parking completion at Pomeroy, and CWA wages totaling 132 743 53 in four months. Additional items include Civil Service mine inspector applicants led by Oscar Albaugh and an attempted jail break in Meigs County thwarted by Bailiff Edgar Morris.
Local social column lists visitors and guests in Coolville and Troy. Ella Sawyer of New York City stays with Mrs. A B White. Bascom residents Mr. and Mrs. A W Creeger visit over Easter with relatives D A Creeger. Frances Haning of Columbus visits Mrs. W A Bridges. Myrtle Runion of Washington DC visits Friday to Sunday. Abe Burdette leaves for Easter with family in Akron. Cpl Ronald Bailey and Fay Kincade arrive on furlough from Fort Sumner New Mexico. George Shoemaker heads to Canal Winchester after visiting Bethel Ridge. G O Shanks and Harry Gibbs host dinner.
William S. Knudsen head of the Office of Production Management expresses a personal formula for postwar planning while touring Pittsburgh war plants. He intends to visit facilities from Pittsburgh to the Midwest and later the Pacific Coast. British newspapers report sharp cuts in paper consumption to roughly one sixth of prewar levels.
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