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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1940
Page
4
Readable fragments report a prison hire controversy involving an operation with coerced size and control claims. The text is garbled, mentioning the I roor pris and operatives linked to a disputed authorization or staffing decision.
This page lists publication dates and staff roles for The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co with Frederick W. B whiten, Gordon K. Bush, and Gr. M. Charles H. Harris noted as publishers and managers. It outlines association memberships and the Associated Press rights. Subscription rates show carrier and mail options across Ohio counties and zones.
The piece argues the Act of Havana fails to settle power politics in the Western Hemisphere as European powers press for influence and trade. It warns Latin America must join North America to defend democracy, with detailed risks of Nazi Soviet Italian and Japanese encroachment and the role of Monroe Doctrine teeth in postwar trade.
A French daily claims Communists and radicals ally with Nazis, describing fear under secret police and concentration camp rumors. Berlin reports Jewish mistreatment in French cities, with shops damaged and Nazi methods spreading to French institutions.
In Washington the column argues for the Burke Wadsworth selective service bill as essential for national defense, condemning political gamesmanship. It claims President endorsement but warns opposition is driven by eastern interests and demagoguery, urging clear stance from Senator Wheeler.
Bruce Catton notes the massive hurdles to evacuating British children to the United States. He outlines shipping limits, visa easing, and possible mercy ships under U S flags, while acknowledging opposition from isolationists and German risks. Even with 200000 registered, millions remain potential, and the effort faces steep obstacles.
The article asserts history repeats every few days and notes France’s shouter of defiance facing barbed wire as the nation returns to crossword puzzle like routines. It contends the cost of living outruns income and Hitler will quell dissent and capricious rioting. It warns of mass arrests by secret police targeting Jews and others.
A survey of household devices includes Protective Eye door knocker a one way glass panel to view visitors, feather alarm clock, knit patching kit for hose lesions, twin compartment teapot, portable automatic fire alarm, ball bearing faucet washer, Intrafone messaging system, PussyScat cat deterrent powder, indoor tumble dryer for rapid drying, and a home sized sub zero food locker slated for fall introduction.
Jacksonville social notes describe a Thursday picnic at Jacksonville Park with members and children of the Nursery School Mothers Club and many families. Additional items list Aug picnic at the Cox country home, Stitch and Chatter Club at the nursery school, WPA music classes at the grade school, library hours change, guitar lessons start Aug 6, and several local visits and dinners among residents and families.
Messenger Readers contribute verses featuring the little explorer Gerald Nile who encounters and disposes of an invisible jungle animal. The poem presents a child’s imaginative episode with a moral of bravery. Annie McIntyre Bartoe, Nelsonville, Ohio, is credited.
Community notes from Tuppers Plains record birthdays visits and church activities. Shleen Damewood celebrates 16th birthday at a surprise party with 50 guests hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Everett Damewood. Local residents visit Parkersburg Detroit Charleston and Columbus areas for family and church events.
Johnny Regan and Molly Travers navigate love and theater on Cape Cod as the Reynolds cameo drives a wedge between loyalties Jean Reynolds lends the heirloom to the play and Molly plots to obtain it while Andre Masters looms as a potential rival in the summer stock.
POMEROY Police Chief Walter Wolfe and Deputy Sheriff Ike Neal left early this morning for a Federal Bureau of Investigation conference in Portsmouth. The session aims to discuss police methods for uncovering and handling Fifth Column activities. The officers expect to return to Pomeroy this evening.
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