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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
4
Subscription rates listed by carrier are 15 cents a week. Mail subscriptions cost in advance in Athens Gallia Hocking Meorgan Vinton and Lee counties one year four fifty six months two fifty ten weeks one dollar and postage rates in other zones on application.
Athens council selects a north city entrance route after engineers show alternate paths are more costly. State and federal agencies push this project as essential, risking delays or loss of 1941 funds if Route 33 is tied up by litigation, with military road spending likely next year.
Editorial reflects on the toll of a severe heat wave across 130 million people. It urges improved planning to limit disruption to crops roads and public health while noting how even major events can fade from concern. The piece calls for adapting daily life and thinking to endure extreme heat.
Hamilton Ohio unites industrial leaders professionals lodge men and veterans to set up a national defense program. The plan includes machine tool industry training an airport and flight training for youths with Civil Aeronautics Authority support. A National Defense Day will alert 55000 citizens to defense aims.
Dr. L. E. Grinter of Armour Institute leads a summer graduate institute to quickly retrain engineers for national defense work. He warns trained engineers may bottleneck defense efforts and urges expanding sub-college training to produce more qualified personnel. Germany’s engineering prowess is noted as a benchmark.
The article notes major wartime industrial shifts affecting business, predicting lasting changes in Canada post conflict. It cites Britain’s defense needs and large plants rising in the American dominion to make Canada more self sufficient for war.
In a Washington column Hugh Johnson argues compulsory service has Biblical roots and an inevitable civic duty. He cites Mosaic drafts and exempts, defends universal obligation, and urges all men to train for national defense to protect the nation.
Bruce Catton surveys the Union Electric political slush fund case with SEC hearings likely in Washington and St. Louis. A Boehm perjury verdict and possible DOJ intervention threaten the schedule as North American Holding frames the broader utility holding company criticism.
Physicians have long sought ways to reduce fatigue and nervous tension through diet rest and gentle therapies. Rest remains the primary treatment for many illnesses especially heart and chronic arthritis, with nutrition and controlled activity helping maintain vigor and reduce long term degeneration.
War to peace reshapes plants into industrial facilities and prompts global changes. Latin American nations pursue independence in key industries, boosting wages and living standards for some, while former exporters face hard hits. Loss of market share across lines signals broad impact on business after the war.
News briefs report a minor auto accident near Carpenter farm on Canaanville Road with injuries to a local man. A Glouster residence caught fire, a log cabin between Chauncey and Athens burned, and 200 tons of ice at the Glouster plant were exhausted by heat. Fred Finsterwald bought dairy cattle, a resident raised a new bean variety, and a Troop Two Girl Scout leader was honored with a farewell party at a summer home. The 1920 Meigs County Chautauqua was slated to open at Middleport Central School grounds.
A compact instrument named the flight co-ordinator lets a pilot quickly gauge the relation between speed fuel consumption engine and propeller settings in level flight at any altitude and temperature.
Charles R. Larson argues in The Messenger that Hitler seeks economic and political control of South America and total war against the Monroe Doctrine. He urges U S cooperation with South America and decisive action backed by military and economic power. He warns the day of protest has passed and action is urgent. Portland, July 30.
Leonard Tucker of Athens writes that Jehovah’s Witnesses and their Millerite/Russellite heritage foresee Armageddon in Europe and America, with Rutherford’s leadership marking the imminent threefold end: war famine and pestilence, in a public letter from July 1953.
The typical American driver in 1939 consumed about 724 gallons of gasoline, costing roughly $96.36 before taxes, with tax payments around $30.39. This reflects era fuel use and expense levels for motorists of the time.
Johnny Regan loves Molly Travers while Jean Reynolds remains his childhood sweetheart. Molly realizes the love triangle as they picnic by the water and plan to meet at the Meltons. Jean’s arrival and Sue Melton’s seating reveal the complex social game among theater people on Cape Cod.
Poet readers contribute verses praising home peace and faith amid distant war. The piece by Mrs Margaret Lucille Allen from Laurel Cliff Ohio yearns for safety and divine mercy as the valley lies between two hills and the sun rises over the hilltops.
The United States yields about 21 million dollars worth of salt annually. California Louisiana Kansas Michigan Ohio New York Texas Utah and West Virginia are the leading salt producing states.
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