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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1945
Page
4
The Messenger Publishing Co. lists subscription rates for ohio and outside ohio including yearly, six month and weekly options. Advertising rates are available on application. The notice includes postal classifications and distribution details with office representatives in major cities.
The author notes how the Franklin D. Roosevelt family quickly disappeared from public attention after his death aside from Elliott Roosevelt's business scandals. Public memory neglects Roosevelt despite his era and the nation’s mourning, with only scattered tributes like a warship named for him and a street or portrait in Europe remaining.
The piece weighs the uncertain timetable for Japan’s surrender, notes official splits on timelines, and argues for increasing stockpiles and decisive action. It contrasts American naval power in the Pacific with brutal land fighting, and warns that Japanese mindset and propaganda complicate expectations of a quick end.
A chain of grocery stores offers a $5,000 prize to the poultryman who develops a chicken with broader breast and more white meat. The writer recalls old fashioned single breasted fowl with drumsticks suited to Sunday dinner once seen in grocery stores.
The British Youth Advisory Council proposes replicating the American drug store for English youths. The idea questions whether Britain’s resilient wartime character can resist such cultural influence after the blitz and buzz bombs.
David Lawrence argues against a single Pacific supreme commander. He cites the U.S. joint chiefs of staff as unified authority, with McArthur and Nimitz each leading respective services. Coordination with Britain and China is essential, and joint planning governs invasions of Japan and China.
Peter Edson outlines how OPA’s clothing price rollbacks stall amid cotton textile shortages. Mills face low ceilings and rising wages while workers shift to higher paying war jobs, threatening production of desired fabrics as parity prices rise and Bankhead amendments press price adjustments.
The Plains community reports visits and domestic news including Mrs. Pete Tasker and baby Bruce Edward with sister Mary Kollister of Detroit. daily calls and weekend visits among neighbors. military service updates. new homes under construction at The Plains. travel to Dayton and Columbus for family events. 4H outings and local club activities. and kinship ties among residents such as the Lees, Snyder, and Bean families.
Professor Harold Laski, head of the Labour Party policy body, voices a bold program including nationalization of the Bank of England and key industries. He asserts the people are coming to power, while Prime Minister Attlee attends Potsdam talks.
The plane Wilbur Wright piloted on his last Kitty Hawk flight in 1903 is expected to return to the United States this year. Morris J. B. Davy of London's Science Museum said no return date is set. The aircraft was sent to England and to the Science Museum by Orville Wright in 1928 after a dispute with the Smithsonian over original inventor credit.
Comedy scene in progress as Uncle George stages a staged wedding with Corliss and Mr. Archer angry at Mr. Pringle for delivering a telegram. Pursuit spills from the hall to the porch and garden while Louise plays the piano and George guides the bride and guests.
A notice states the engagement of Miss Delia Dorsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dorsey, to Mr. Arthur E. Cornwell as announced by the bride’s parents. Also highlights a Girl Scout benefit bridge at Athens Country Club, with prizes won by Mrs. W. H. Radford and others, a Sacred Song festival at First Methodist Church, and past events including a League of Women Voters trip and a historic property transfer.
A reader submitted poem speaks of a swift goodbye at the station. The speaker urges a quick farewell and a light exit as love departs, noting the inevitability of parting. The piece includes a signature from SGT Anne Inscho of Company 10 in Fort Des Moines Iowa.
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