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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1940

Page

4

Willing Workers OF America critiques in bold rebuke

A reader columns denounces the rebranded group Willing Workers OF America as a misleading label. The piece laments government relief, urges private employment, recalls coal industry decline in the Hocking Valley, and calls for renewed private initiative and work.

Hocking Valley Washington Postons Joneses Johnsons Robbinses Brookses Knights Nelsons America

Raymond Clapper Urges Fast Defense Drive Before War

The columnist warns that delaying strong defense risks Axis victory and urges immediate build up of air power and industrial speed. He cites Britain's peril and calls for decisive leadership like Beaverbrook’s in reorganizing aircraft production.

Britain Lord Beaverbrook Dunkirk Knudsen

War lessons urged to mobilize industry and avoid drift

The piece warns that the United States risks weakness by clinging to business as usual as it builds a massive wartime industrial effort. It cites Gen. Hugh Johnson and Bernard Baruch, urging faster adoption of priorities and mobilization lest Britain face shortages and Europe repeat past mistakes.

France Hugh Johnson War Industries Board Bernard M. Baruch Washington Baruch Johnson United States

Bruce Catton Reviews Washington Scene

Washington column discusses Thurman Arnold's food costs probe and funding hurdles. It notes manpower limits, potential emergency funds, and mixed support from the defense commission and Agriculture Department amid broad-front aims. Farmers show interest. processors and shippers fear anti trust actions.

Washington Thurman Arnold Arnold Congress Defense Commission Department of Agriculture The Commission Miss Harriet Elliott Miss Elliott Agriculture Department

American role in new world order under Nazi view

A reader argues that Germany will force U.S. capitulation and flood the world with cheap American goods unless tariffs protect wages. The letter warns Roosevelt's programs and Free Trade harm Americans, cites wage comparisons, and echoes Col. Lindbergh on duty to defend the country. P. G. Moler, Ontario, Calif., Dec. 7.

United States Europe Germany Rosefeld Fuehrer France England Berlin Prague Roosevelt Bali California Louisiana Col. Lindbergh America

Quarterly conference noted at Guysville M E Church

Guysville district holds quarterly conference at M E Church with Dr J Ira Jones delivering the sermon. Women’s Societies attend. youth choir leads music. Local residents and Athens visitors are noted with plans for a Christmas program and a December 13 magazine drive.

Guysville M. E J. Ira Jones Guysville- Stewart Athens M. E E. N. Cullums Wellston Blanche Bean H. B. Fortney C. A. Fuller J. H. Biffle Sheltering Arms Hospital Women's Society of Christian Service Bruce Robinson W. H. Marshall C. Christy D. A. Campbell Columbus J. Edward Richmond Ruth Billie Nicholls Wierton W. Va Leta V. McLaughlin Clarence Fuller Andy Nolan N. E. Rickey Edna Chesser Billie Joan Athens Frank Klingenberg Lorene Buck Chapman

No Room in the Inn Poem by Frances Blake

A child poet Frances Blake from Coolville Ohio age 16 writes a Christmas verse about Jesus birth in a manger. Angels visit shepherds bring tidings while wise men follow a guiding star to the newborn king.

Frances Blake Coolville Ohio

Wes and Ronnie entangle in a night pursuit

Wes York tracks Lena Montoya in Rainbow Canyon and is confronted by Ronnie who reveals she has tailed Wes. In the scuffle Ronnie is knocked down but unharmed. They realize both are tailing Lana and Andre Girardoe on suspicion of the canyon bombing tests.

Wes Lona Rainbow Canyon Andre Ronnie Lena Montoya Hunh Lana Andre Girardeau

Ronica Bailey in a campus love and danger tale

Wesley York returns home with Ronica after a tense Canyon encounter. He grants her a pistol and admires her courage while pondering the intriguing student she is. A faculty meeting hints at a looming engagement to a New York columnist favored French suitor, Girardeau.

Wesley York Ronica Bailey Wesley Ronica Bailey New York Girardeau

Oak Grove Personal And Social Mention

Oak Grove news notes December events and family items. Members confer degrees at York Grante and plan a birthday dinner and Christmas gift exchange. church groups rehearse for December programs. local residents visit relatives and recoveries are reported.

Oak Grove Oak Grove—York Grante Oak, Grove

Portland Social Notes Record Weekend Visits and Travel

The Portland social column lists residents and guests visiting relatives across towns such as Columbus Ravenswood and Ravenswood. It notes trips to Cincinnati Pittsburgh Hemlock Grove and Athens plus local gatherings at the Golden Rule Class and Dam No 21 events.

Portland Humphrey Clarence Price Columbus Mary Jo Swan Lenard Siders J. A. Siders Olin Milhoan Newark Pearle Milhoan Dam No. 21 Charles Neuman Pomeroy Claude Price Harold Willford Mae Wolfe Ravenswood Marshall Delaney Melvin Wildman Luman Johnson Friendship N. Y R. D. Johnson Claymore Rowley Francis Worthington Dam No Earl T. Scott Cincinnati William Hall Lawrence Ward Hemlock Grove Herman Koelsch Pittsburgh Stella Haney William Jones Marion Wilk Larson Charles Ray Eva Vargas Syracuse John Larson J. E. Bowles Athens Charles Larson

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