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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
4
New Plymouth notes recount Drusus and Michal drama amid family tensions as Jonathan’s memory looms. Michal faces roman inquiry while Joel observes. Malachi’s presence heightens peril. local social items follow including recitals, plays, and holiday visitors.
An Athens Messenger piece argues most people must work and questions federal control after the war. It compares WWI railroads as government operated and today’s private management, noting higher efficiency and lower costs under private industry despite faults to be corrected. The argument favors private enterprise for national welfare and urges public opinion in its favor.
An editorial stressing the value of secondary and country roads for farmers and towns, noting limited county funds and crews slow to clear routes after emergencies. High water and snow expose ongoing rural road needs, as main highways stay prioritized while feeder lines deteriorate and towns face shortages and losses.
Archibala sacressa, named to head a State Department bureau, is a poet who may not win Senate approval as a postwar diplomat. MacLeish argues humanism should guide policy, stressing belief in man as Greeks did, beyond pity or loyalty, to restore decency after war. He doubts new inventions will save the world and points to Christian ethics for salvation.
A government revenue warning warns that heavy taxes will remain a constant burden for years. The speaker notes a persistent public debt and cautions against easy spending and grand governmental extravagance.
David Lawrence argues that open discussion of Allied policy differences strengthens solidarity. He notes Greek and Italian policy debates reveal Americans’ views, urges frank communications among Britain, Russia, and the United States, and warns that lack of press freedom and secrecy hinder postwar cooperation and plans for rebuilding Europe.
Peter Edson reports on the Chicago aviation talks where Berle pushed a U S draft and faced opposition from Bailey and Brewster. The piece notes Senate's demand for congressional policy before postwar flying commitments and suggests Berle’s exit tied to executive overreach. It cites Dumbarton Oaks, United Nations plans, and need for ratification by 26 nations.
In the midst of a live fowl shortage New York opened its poultry show with about 2,000 potential broilers and fryers present and accounted for, bolstering faith in fellow man.
A wartime poem laments Hitler’s crumbling fortresses and a doomed last-ditch plan to escape. It condemns the Nazis and calls for righteous action to rout the devils wherever found, urging endurance until victory. The piece credits J C Hallam Syracuse and Henry Leach Logan Ohio, with poetic reflections on faith and courage during hardship.
A wartime reader column argues there is no basis for one Allied power to bear a unjust load, noting U S dominance in Europe and Asia. It cites Churchill and Hershey figures to show overwhelming combined effort while urging not to mix political questions with military and economic matters in postwar peace.
Local notes report a smaller tobacco scrap than usual and farm moves as Elmer Holcomb sells a Vinton farm for a new Ohio township property. Rev. F. J. Coffey preaches at Elizabeth Chapel on Sunday evening December 17. Roy Day covers Bladen Route due to rural mail carrier Davis absence after a fire. J D Roush fractured ribs in a recent fall. West Virginians buy farms in Charleston. Philomina Queen Polly travels in California for winter. Ang Cottrill and Louise Waugh ill.
Maxville notes social visits furloughs and family gatherings. John McCormick of The Great Lake Naval Training Station Chicago visits wife and father, while Clyde Poling of Riverside California is home on furlough with his parents. Local residents share weekend visits and school closes due to heavy snowfall and power outages.
Ewington Gran news notes social visits and local gatherings. Families Cottill and Woodall hosted and visited. Mrs McGhee welcomed new parents. Patterson and Logan spent a weekend with relatives. Mrs Harder and Sprouse shopped, and Sumpter is ill at George’s home.
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