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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1945
Page
9
A clever side button princess frock to look slim, with a round youthful neckline. Pattern No. 8914 covers sizes 12 through 20. size 14 with short sleeves requires 3 3/4 yards of 39 inch material. Send 20 cents, name, address, size, and pattern number to Sue Burnett at The Athens Messenger, New York 19.
Needlework by Mrs Anne Cabot notes dish cloths are valued and scarce in some areas. It offers an easy 12 by 10 inch pineapple crochet cloth with inexpensive, practical handwork, suitable for church bazaars and showers, with pattern No. 5029 available for 150 cents plus 1 cent postage at The Athens Messenger.
Admiral Raymond A Spruance voiced doubt on keeping Okinawa after the war warning it would anger the United States if a foreign power controlled a string of islands near Japan. He argued political costs and strategic value of Okinawa, Formosa, and the Pacific balance.
A scrambled cross‑number style puzzle page lists clues and answers across multiple categories. The fragment includes references to government posts, chemical symbols, and various wordplay prompts with partial entries and misaligned formatting.
A horoscope style piece advises swift, logical analysis to avoid confusion and loss. It emphasizes restraint, conservation of resources, and careful choices in emotions and plans, noting changes of plans may occur and suggesting invention and hard work lead to advancement and personal satisfaction. A child born that day may be ingenious and unusually successful when guided by reason.
The radio lineup features the Lone Banger uncovering an eo convict as a cattle rustler on MBS WHEC. Bob Hawk and Dolly Dawn perform Thanks to the Yanks on CEBS WENS. Betty Hutton and Bob Hope guest on Vox Pop with Parks Johnson and Warren Hull on CBS WENS. Cavalcade of America dramatizes the invasion of France for NBC WLW W. Lux Radio Theater returns with Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland on CBS NS. Johnny Long and his orchestra perform at Fort Sheridan Illinois for the Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands on MBS WHKC.
Washington announces after August 31 school bus authorities need not follow voluntary wartime conservation practices. This means revocation of regulations prohibiting use of charter buses to athletic events.
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