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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1945
Page
12
A wartime health report notes American forces suffered fewer wounds than deaths due to medical protections and disease prevention. It emphasizes clean water, sanitation, and medical care as vital wartime gains with lasting benefits for soldiers and civilians alike.
The piece argues that wartime agencies will outlive the conflict, persisting due to political job motives. It contends many agencies will stay until public demand forces change, not via voluntary liquidation, with some necessary to remain. It warns the public must reject tolerating perpetual agencies.
The piece argues against state socialism and federal hydroelectric expansion, warning that more coal mines and miners face extinction as government plans favor hydro power over coal. It claims federal planners push public power despite cheaper coal, risking jobs in private industry and coal regions like Hocking Valley.
The piece argues that the heaviest wartime losses are the skilled and capable lives of Americans. It urges full amends through rehabilitation and sustained education to produce a generation with the science and technical prowess to keep American preeminence in a competitive postwar world.
A National Dispatch analysis relays a correspondent’s synthesis of Japanese strategic thinking after Potsdam. It outlines a theory that Tokyo prefers stalling, while internal factions debate terms, industrial impact, and the timing of surrender, with officers weighing survival versus hard concessions and postwar reconstruction.
Douglas Larsen notes a cabinet reshuffle brings new officials to Washington. He describes how salaries and rank are signaled by office furnishings, from secretary presence to rugs, desks, and wall pictures, with higher pay bringing more prestigious accoutrements. The piece concludes with a Dreier quote on leadership and national progress.
The editor explains space limits under newsprint rationing and preservation of the Public Forum. Letters are printed only if they meet space and policy conditions.
A reader from Athens thanks the editor for a calmer stance after controversial editorials about Mr Roosevelt’s death. The letter urges forgiveness and respect for the deceased, compares to Abraham Lincoln, and pleads for less sensational commentary while praying for the living. Letter writer: Mrs William Hixsc. Dated August 18.
A heated letter criticizes a Athens based Mollie Brown forum and Roosevelt and Dewey remarks. The writer mocks quality of discourse, accuses others of ignorance of the New Deal, and defends wartime strategy while referencing historical culinary headgear origin in Henry II's court.
War time column notes General MacArthur's firm handling of preliminary talks in Manila with Lt. Gen. Kawabe as Japanese emissaries show cooperation. Analysts say occupation measures for Japan will follow quickly with 2,000,000 Japanese troops placed under control and Manchuria's Kwantung army fading.
Westinghouse appliance division plans resumption of production at the Mansfield plant. Electric irons toasters refrigerators and wringers are tentatively scheduled to return this month and early September according to plant spokesmen.
A nostalgic column recalls 10 years back with Mr Henry Begg on a New York City business trip and Jett catching an 18 inch fish at Launa Beach California. Mary Helen Lee heads to Cleveland and Medina for extended relatives visit. A luncheon honors Mrs H B Ackerman in Brickman New York as guests stay with Gordon Bush senior.
In April 1942 Thayer accepts Brock’s proposal during a visit to Drumhead Hill as they discuss a shared future. Brock vows to return and build a home in his family town while Thayer hopes to stay with Miss Mary, balancing love with wartime uncertainty. The couple confirms plans amid family tensions and a looming departure, with a future to be continued.
Marlette Covert traveled to California to visit his grandparents Mr and Mrs D C Cornwell and accepted a position in the trust department of the Security Trust and Savings Company of Los Angeles.
The War Department will study the German V-2 rocket bomb at White Sands Proving Ground in southern New Mexico. Lt. Col. Harold R. Turner says no explosive tests will be conducted there while 240 freight cars of V-2 parts are moved to the site, with about 100 complete bombs assembled for study.
About 20 scouts from Rutland Pomeroy and Midport attended the charter ceremony at the Scout cabin near Chester. Scout Executive Montoya of Parkersburg presented the charter to Rev. Mr. Schmidt Rutland Methodist minister. Mrs Montoya assisted with meals as Montoya led camping activities with Kinshuta District Council members present.
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