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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1943
Page
6
Public notice of Associated Press rights and subscription rates. Lists pricing by mail and carrier, with discounts for servicemen and various durations. Includes filing details and a note on obituary and card notices.
Citizens discuss high absentee rates in Southeastern Ohio war plants. The piece argues absences stem from factors beyond laziness, including new working conditions, women entering labor, and insufficient government support for hours, transportation, child care, and medical services.
The article discusses wartime restaurant strain in England and the need to simplify menus and increase allocations. It notes American restaurant owners face rationing, must cut frills, and serve more meals in wartime plant centers. Families may eat out due to points limits, prompting broader civilian dining patterns.
The piece notes Greeks Poles and other nationals joining British forces in Tunisia to fight Rommel. It highlights a foreign legion of volunteers seeking vengeance for homeland losses and mentions diverse nationalities aiding Allied efforts against Axis forces in Africa and the Pacific.
Reading war dispatches shows American troops push hard in North Africa but rely on British forces to break through. The article notes Rommel shifts troops to cover flanks as Patton’s forces strain to close the battle neck. It emphasizes no easy path to experience in mechanized warfare.
The column argues Roosevelt accepts heavy Pacific risk to prioritize defeating Hitler. It warns Japan builds air bases from the Dutch East Indies to Timor, threatening Australia and New Guinea, while US and British leaders delay full force against Japan. It cites MacArthur Kenney and cautions about naval limits without carriers.
Raymond Clapper cites heavy losses and poor cargo handling by the CIO and maritime unions as evidence of underutilized ships. He describes multiple misloaded cargos, unlashed decks, and delays from port to port, blaming the lack of a central operating authority over the shipping pool.
The piece notes Rommel's battered army under pressure behind Tunis and Bizerte. It discusses a likely fatal stand, Hitler's orders, and Italian and German tensions as the Axis defenses brace for a possible Allied push toward Sicily and the Italian mainland.
Death announced for Mrs Bertha Arbaugh Sanford at Flower Hospital Toledo on April 9 born near Arbaugh November 1 1877. Survived by husband Harvey B Sanford foster daughter Thelma Helen three grandsons sister and brother in Radcliff and other relatives. Funeral at Radcliff A B Church with interment in Radcliff Cemetery.
Questions and answers cover Aleutian island counts and groups, 1741 discovery population decline to about 1000 by 1939, and government take of canned fish in March 1943. It also defines a unicyclist and notes U.S. nickel composition with no nickel remaining in the five cent piece.
Allison Topping travels from Puerto Barrios to the Quiche village with Barry Fielding to secure quicksilver and win favor from the highland chief. Jose explains Quiche history and warns of white-tan tensions as the pair reach a rain-soaked jungle trail and a mountain market.
Logan Victor Lee Rutter, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Valley Rutter of Logan Route 2, registers for Selective Service training and volunteers for immediate duty. A white stranger warns of danger in Quiche country while board members cite screenings and oath as part of the future inductee contingent.
Poem presents the man with the hoe as a figure of the day and describes tending earth as a garden where seeds are sown and plants tilled the verse emphasizes action and ownership of land.
Prominent Bend marriages noted as Corporal Doi S. Zerkle returns from Hawaii on furlough. Reports on anniversaries, PTA meeting, church services, and social gatherings fill Hartford notices with names, places, and hometown updates.
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