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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
4
A brief note from the Associated Press credits the paper and outlines subscription rates for the Athens area counties including Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Vinton and Washington. Advertising and obituary policies are noted along with mailing and second class matter details.
President James of Ohio University outlines growing U S naval air bases in the South Atlantic from Bahamas to Natal, linking allied defense plans with Latin American cooperation. He notes vast cost and strategic purpose for Western Hemisphere defense against Nazi expansion, with American planes destined for Africa and the Near East.
The piece questions patent laws protecting a V for Victory symbol claimed by a Oklahoma innovator. It notes uncertainty over origins and profits while warning against turning a symbol into a private cash grab, especially if tied to suffering in history.
Tom Marshall recalls the five-cent cigar as a symbol of the American Way, but rising tobacco taxes and shortages threaten its future. Increased costs, scarce cigarmakers, and machinery issues push the once affordable staple toward two-for-fifteen pricing, endangering its iconic status.
An Italian poet Giovanni Chiapparini will publish an epic praising Italy's African empire as Gondar falls in Ethiopia. Libya faces a crucial battle amid Mussolini's risky Africa venture, drawing public concern over peace and security. Quotes from Dean Emerson and Irving Cook reflect public and publishing tensions.
Raymond Clapper argues secrecy harmed US morale and aims to reveal the full defense effort to inspire the public and deter foes. He cites Japan Indo China pressure, economic countermeasures, and production gains as proof secrecy backfired and openness could strengthen Allied resolve.
Exiled Italian and German sailors and civilians, detained in three camps under the Immigration and Naturalization Service, are not criminals but wartime detainees. Fort Missoula houses about 1,000 Italians, Fort Lincoln about 275 Germans, with a third camp at Fort Stanton. The Missoula camp, on two thirds of the old Fort Missoula site, is expanding fencing, barracks, a mess hall and bakery as discipline is handled by a six-member council of which one is an INS member.
Mr and Mrs Will Reefer of Athens visited relatives. Milton Smart spent the weekend with his parents in Chillicothe. Mr and Mrs William McKelvey and daughter Shirley and Mrs Ted Hilldore visited Mrs Hilldore's parents in Coalville. Mrs Mattie Skirvin and family spent Sunday in Columbus with her ill brother. Walter Stewart Jr of Belle, W Va arrived Monday to visit his parents. Roy Angel and Mrs Charles McKelvey visited friends in Marietta. Mae Morrison arrived in Columbus for an indefinite visit with her sister Mina Morrison. Mrs Lulu Mills of Jacksonville and Alva Morrison of Trimble visited Mrs Kate Wolfe.
Readers are invited to submit brief signed letters on current events. Writers must include a signature with the submission and keep letters as short as possible to allow multiple items in each issue.
In The Messenger ad columns button mushrooms fetch 25 cents a quart and stumps can yield four to eight quarts. The writer argues rural Ohio land with stumps is cheaper and more profitable than buying citrus lands in Florida or the West, noting mushrooms require little care while citrus demands costly cultivation. Endicott urges harvesting stumps where oak or hickory timber was cut recently and warns about foraging toadstools.
News notes a none game club at Athens High School with William Roberson as president and Rita Burns as secretary and a Mathematics Club led by Hale Pickett with no fees or attendance requirements. It also mentions Ohioana Library efforts in Columbus and other local items.
A poem describes a gray sky and a frozen landscape where violence and sin fade hope. Angels announce a new birth to shepherds on a hill as a radiant star shines through the darkness and the wind calms.
The Wilkesville Farmer's Institute held Thursday and Friday drew many attendees. Speakers included Mrs. W Ferguson and Mrs. J W Welday. Local gatherings featured visitors from Crooksville and Dayton, a birth announced, and several local residents moving or visiting family.
Diana Tucker, under six month marriage to Stephen Curt for a $14 000 payoff and a $2 million inheritance, navigates love and jealousy. Phil Bruce and Evalyn Thorpe draw close while Stephen cherishes Diana, and Adela Thorpe's affair with Richard Thorpe threatens their bond. Diana confronts Ellen Curt about the strain and hidden tensions in Stephen's life.
Albany Township notes report a conservation group meeting at the Dailey cabin with talks on defense, poems by Miss Shannon and Mrs Shaw, and a potluck. Local residents update on births, hospital recoveries, visits, and winter travel plans, including Sally Anne born November 28 to Dale and Martha Smith.
The Murray City Band Boosters carnival drew a large crowd at the gym Friday night. King and queen were Dale Reynolds and Miss Varonia Mowery with grade princes Lynn Storer and Jeannie Shuttleworth. Several prizes were awarded including performers Leo Snyder Betty Powell and a baton duo. First six grades will present The Magic Christmas Bell on Dec 19 under Bernard Hughey.
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