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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1943
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices by carrier and region, including Ohio and outside Ohio, with overseas and service member rates. It notes republication rights to AP dispatches and indicates second class matter status and advertising rate inquiry points.
The Ohio State Journal rails at the Office of War Information and director Elmer Davis for suppressing press access to the Roosevelt Churchill Chiang Kai-Shek meeting. It accuses OWI of mismanagement, leaking news via Reuters to aid Axis listening posts, and calls for Davis’s dismissal and swift congressional action to restore timely war news to the American public. It argues the United States must hear war news as quickly as allies and rivals alike.
The author argues against fascism socialism and communism claiming the United States has fought for equal rights and individual liberty. They urge not to blame capitalistic abuses for wars, emphasize that investment is capital whether by people or government, and conclude with a remark on aging women as a closing observation.
President Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek publish a Pacific Charter envisioning China as a major world power and a central player in postwar peace. The plan includes restoring Formosa and Manchuria, ejecting Japan from held territories, and mobilizing Chinese forces with Allied support for decisive actions against Japan.
Washington reports suggest Allied terms will prolong the Pacific war. Japan would be reduced to a small island nation, losing empire and raw materials, but the attack on Tarawa shows the fighting will be brutal and long. The Navy’s advantage grows as production soars and air power increases, though striking Japan’s heart remains distant.
A biblical verse asserts that a child is born and a son given, with the government on his shoulder. The text names him Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, from Isaiah 9 6.
Readers are urged to submit brief signed letters on current events. The column welcomes diverse views and requires the writer's signature to appear with the contribution, encouraging multiple daily letters.
SGT. LEWIS LONG from Meigs County writes from Northern Africa on November 15 thanking The Messenger for home front news. He praises the local paper for home front coverage and urges continued publication to keep soldiers informed while awaiting return to a peaceful country.
A Central Avenue Methodist Church Young People’s Class gathering lists Pauline Rose Normandy Burgett Betty Gilham Florence Lee Saunders Helen Beebe Warren Higgins Ruth Orr Edna Kasler Dorothy Rhodes Frances Kasler Dorothy Beebe Clarice Beebe Harry Beebe Mildred Gilson Louise Pratt. Mayor Andrew Allen Glouster discusses potential federal aid for city work. High school athletic field work begins in Pomeroy with 25 Works Progress Administration workers. Young Mary Carolyn Bricker Chauncey celebrates her sixth birthday. DAR Nabby Lee Ames Chapter member Mrs Charles H Grosvenor turns 90 on Dec 2. Twenty years ago, Millikan and Kresge families with Eugenia Anne return from Delaware. Wrecking crews demolish the 100-year-old Logan homestead in Athens. E E Jacobs updates Grosvenor Street property. Rutland’s mayor Clarence M Gill. Federal prohibition enforcement faces frustration per Attorney General Harry M Daugherty.
Logan based home demonstration agent Miss Helen Evans led two all day yeast bread meetings this week. At Carbon Hill School Wednesday more than 40 students and teachers attended with assistance from Mrs. Helen Hawk. The prior day Ilesboro School hosted 18 participants aided by Mrs. Porter Heinlein and Mrs. Catherine Howdyshell.
Columbia Grange met Friday night November 26 and elected officers for the new year. Members include Master Elizabeth Jordan and secretary H. W. Dudgeon. The report lists officers across several posts, with notes on family visits, anniversaries, and local travel during Thanksgiving week. Military and church groups are also mentioned alongside Grange activities.
Corning notes report a Church of God special prayer meeting on December 1 for American service members. Local residents share Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings, including Lamities in Congo, Baillies with Lanfranks, Nash from Detroit, Baldy in Rendville, Van Horn in Columbus, and Dieme relatives from Camp Pickett with news of a newborn daughter. United Brethren set a December 4 church basement bazaar with a chicken supper starting at four.
Nancy faces pressure from Jim and danger to a child as she plans a Boston escape with visions of a married life with Drew. Jim and Emily manage the crisis, Nancy frets over loyalty, and a wire hints at a fatal choice as a train bears her away.
Rock Springs community notes list visits and family gatherings across multiple towns including Columbus Nitro West Virginia Piketon Marietta and Akron. Readers include Norma Nickeson George Reuter Anna Reuter and many local families with Thanksgiving and weekend activities. The fragment ends with an unusual sentence about leather in men’s oxfords making a pistol hoster.
Mrs Alex returned home from Columbus after visiting relatives as Ross consulted eye specs and bought glasses. Families discuss sons in the service including Wilbur and Walter Thompson, Henry Owski, Pvt Andrew Murray, and Gerald Mingus who received an honorable discharge. Bill Ross, a Greens High School alumnus, seeks news from former schoolmates.
Doanville residents report at the Community house Rev. Evans of Nelsonville spoke and a Dorcas Society meeting followed. Ralph Nixon ill, Pvt John Thacker in training at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Cpl B N Wolf on furlough, Arthur Hill in England, and draft plans announced by Ernest Beyer in London.
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