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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1943

Page

6

Eye Athens Alessenge Pub Member Amereer Newspaper Pubishers Association

Subscription rates listed for carriers and mail including terms for in state and out of state deliveries. Mentions Associated Press and newspaper publishing offices with pricing and distribution notes.

Amereer Pubishers Association Obie Beech Low Audis Bureau of Circulations Oni Associaton Associated Prem Associated Presa Dews Wile Peper Focal News

PAN COMPLICATIONS AND THE PAY AS YOU EARN PLAN

The Tax Foundation warns of a revolt against the pay as you earn system due to growing complexities. Beginning Sept 15 workers face estimates for 1943 earnings, revisions in December, and Ides of March 1944 to sort out.

The Tax Foundation Treasury Uncle Sam Randolph Paul Sam

Negro riveters spark shipyard shutdown debate

The Baltimore sun reports Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, with 5000 workers, closed after 15 Negroes enrolled in a riveters training class. The piece argues discrimination against Black workers spans north and south and urges upgrade of Negroes into skilled roles rather than closing yards or banning unions.

Baltimore Sun Bethlehem Sparrows Point South Mason- Dixon Baltimore California Oregon

Publicist Smith and the push for a European front

The appeal for a full scale invasion of Europe now appears amid renewed Moscow agitation for a second European front. The National Council of American-Soviet Friendship signs the appeal, with Edwin S. Smith as executive director. The piece notes a possible link to Edwin Seymour Smith, a former NLRB member ousted in 1941 for left wing activity.

Europe Moscow National Council of Edwin S. Smith Edwin Seymour Smith National Labor Relations Board

Marine Food From Wartime Letters Describe Survival

An excerpt from Marine Walter Wagner of the U S Naval Hospital San Diego recalls hunger during a Solomon Islands advance. He and others, with two days of rations, faced three weeks cutoff and ate lizards parrots tree roots and maggots left by Japanese shelling. He says malaria and worms delay his return home.

Walter Wagner U. S. Naval Hospital San Diego Wagner Solomon Islands

Unprecedented U S Drop in Aircraft Production Sparks Inquiry

Washington faces a crisis as heavy bomber and engine output falls dramatically over the last 30 days. Estimates range from 50 to 85 percent decline amid labor, management, and J Watchdog concerns, prompting calls for swift congressional action.

Washington Europe Pacific America Department of Justice West Roosevelt James F. Byrnes B. M. Baruch Congress

Anonymous Heroes in Sicily Under Wartime Censorship

The piece discusses wartime censorship that shields officers from publicity while praising enlisted men. It notes several anonymous generals and a tank colonel fighting in Sicily, highlighting the tension between morale needs and recognition. It contrasts publicized acts with unseen sacrifices and warns against inflated reputations.

London Sicily Seventh Army Washington West Africa Palermo Patton Rome America North Africa Mediterranean Thackeray Henry Esmond

Prussian militarists may seize control of Germany

War Today reports a politico military conference signals a future military dictatorship in the Reich with Hitler as figurehead. Goering is described as wielding powers as liaison while Prussian generals plan a long defense, promising a final stand against Allied victory and Nazism.

Dewitt MacKenzie Hitler Reich Fuehrer Mussolini Italy Goering Germany

Q and A: legendary Icarus to coriander use and more

A set of general knowledge questions with answers on Icarus wax wings coriander use Turin as a military objective Landsteiner's discovery of blood types chinampa floating gardens heir to the Spanish throne and asymmetrical foot length.

Icarus Infante Don Juane Alfonso XIII

Corning Social Notes Highlights Euchre Party and Visits

Mrs. Mabel Gray hosted a Wednesday euchre gathering on North Valley street with Beulah Craig as guest score keeper and Florence Hampson winning second prize. Luncheon guests included Flora Briggs Lee Thomas Genevieve Wright and others. The column also notes visits by Carl Swartz Betty Fout and Charles Eugene, plus Lily Brown travel to Detroit and crooksville visitors Pat Welch and Charlene Wright.

Local household notes and visits include illness update

Mrs. Verfers improves after months of illness while care is arranged with Elmer Rowland and Margaret Potts helping. Mrs. Nickles returns from Columbus after Ben Nickles hospital treatment as Mrs. Edith Nickles joins home. Sgt. Robert Quinn honored at Orchard Hill dinner hosted by Margaret Curtiss with guests including Elizabeth Quinn and the Henslers. Joan Edwards returns home after Magnetic Springs trip. Families visit in Lancaster and Columbus. various relatives and neighbors gather for updated health and social events.

George Verfers, Sr Elmer Rowland Verfers Mr. Verfers Lancaster Margaret Potts Margaret Curtiss Robert Quinn Orchard Hill Elizabeth Quinn Marcella Hensler Wyandotte, Mich Albert Hensler Ravenna

School Days Return as Vacation Ends

Poet Mae Radford from Columbus Ohio writes about the sense of gloom at the start of a new school year. The piece notes new dresses books teachers and classmates from distant places and reflects on how school days are brief yet treasured.

Experts misread Soviet strength in Hitler era Russia

The piece argues that German, Italian, Allied and press experts misjudged Soviet power, noting the Moscow embassy staff and GETS group failed to grasp real conditions. It highlights Schulenburg, Koe string, Rosso, Relli, Steinhardt, and Cripps among others, and notes their limited access to Soviet life and the prolonged war.

Soviet Russia Adolf Hitler Berlin Russia Reichsfuehrer Germany Europe Fuehrer Red Army Wehrmacht Moscow Hitler Soviet Union Finland Hungary Slovakia Rumania United States Great Britain Graf von der Schulenburg Tiflis Ernest Koestring Schulenburg Wilhelmstrasse Italy Augusto Rosso Schulebourg Washington Guido Relli GETS Christophe Diamantopoulos Greece Stafford Cripps Haidar Aktay Turkey Milan Gavrilovich Yugoslavia Sir Stafford Haritonenko Kremlin Laurence A. Steinhardt Vladivstok Foreign Commissariat

Buchtel Social And Personals Update

Cpl. Duard Mohney returns home on furlough from Camp Barkeley Texas to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Chas Mohney Sr. Several families and residents are noted visiting relatives in Evansville Wellston Columbus Logan and Chicago with local gatherings at Happy Hollow School and reunions.

Buchth James McNamee Logan Colbert John Sabo Stella Kroteche Buchtel Happy Hollow Hany Hollow School M Brady Covert Jimmy George Rife Elsie Booksman Ed Conley Connie Roy Krakau Daught Julia Rose Cleveland Hellyshea W Townsend Shirley Billy Columbus Olne) Whitmore Chet Aftrude Mason Seven Sisters Leo White McDoug George House Springfield George Wendell Schiv Pield Bill Schivley Tighe Eke Dayton George Schivley Mary Castell Ed Hiller Mary Fratts Mis Swingle Daughte Mar' Kali Patty Zanesville Katryn Fratts Anna Gra Robert Whitmore

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Eye Athens Alessenge Pub Onin Ohio Mescergtr Ae Athens John W. Coen Company Chicago New York O. Gieye Eles Womitia Smith David Lawrence National Dispatch Charles E. Wilson WPB Mr. Wilson Donald Nelson Ferdinand Eberstadt Wilson Patterson War Department Nelson Eberstadt Clapper Lord Chesterfield Turin Karl Landsteiner Mexico Corning Social Notes Carl Swartz Betty Fout Charles Eugene Louise Swartz Wilbur Swartz Harry Morgan Detroit Lily Brown Mich Charles Gobbels Pat Welch Crooksville Earl Roberts Charles Wright Charlene Wright Mrs. Welch Isabel Thomas Edith Nickles Ben Nickles Grant Hospital Joan Edwards Congo Magnetic Springs Vern Dunlap Billa Ramsey Dunlap Catherine Bernhard Mary Elizabeth of George Klarenbach Charles Roof Jr Alvie Roof Andrew Resin Frank Roof Camp Jackson Winnie Roof Bergen Roof Mary Jo Charles Roof Don Nelson New Lexington Gilbert Hayes Middleport Gilbert Jr Poet's Corner Messenger Mae Radford Columbus, Ohio By Galbraith
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