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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1943
Page
4
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The 1944 outlook centers on a step back from wartime abundance as Germany and Japan fall. Government munition demand will shrink, exposing inefficiencies and forcing a return to peace-time competition. Historical data show wartime business failures plummet, signaling a shift toward normal market forces and worker productivity.
The piece argues Hitler would prefer declaring neutrality for Italy France the Low Countries Norway and Denmark to create a buffer between Nazidom and Anglo American forces. It warns that such a neutral zone could jeopardize Allied victory and urges skepticism toward uprisings in occupied lands. Unconditional surrender remains the sole acceptable term.
Admiral Vickery notes American shipyards produced over 25 million tons of merchant ships since 1942, a yardstick to gauge Axis submarine toll. Combined with British output, it frames Navy Secretary Knox’s claim that these ships only replace what was sunk. It recalls a period when 85 percent of cargoes on a major run sank.
American businessmen who backed a repeal or weakened renegotiation law now face political attack as critics argue that exemptions undermine profit controls. The piece notes inflated wartime profits at several firms and warns that public scrutiny will grow when service members return home.
A commentator argues that Roosevelt should disclose a frank report from the Cairo Teheran talks to the public. He criticizes wartime press restrictions, praises frontline war reporting from Tarawa and Rome, and notes limited access at Teheran while cameras remained present.
War column notes the Red Army reclaiming momentum along the Kiev salient and toward the Dnieper Bend as Stalin seeks to position for a winter offensive. The piece links Allied aims for a second front in France with continued pressure on Italy and the Balkans as German lines bend under Soviet pressure.
Short local note covers Radcliff and Burns family furloughs with Dorothy Hurns in Washington D C and Pvt Robert Burns visiting kin. It also lists Vinton Rural H S boys’ basketball wins and losses, obituaries for Samuel Penn, Christmas party at the Vinton Two Garden Club, and multiple family updates on Collins Hocter Pierce and Boring families with naval and coast guard service notes.
Mrs Maggie Burchfield and sons Francis from Cleveland and Arthur from Columbus spent Sunday night with her brother John Rakekin en route to the funeral of her uncle Sam Penn at Wilkesville. Howard Knapp, who broke his leg last Monday, returned home from Sheltering Arms Hospital and is recovering. Mr and Mrs Frank Dwight shopped at Gallipolis last week. George Radekin returned from a two week stay at Chillicothe with his daughters. Sunday School started at Columbia Chapel Church with sixteen in attendance. Mr and Mrs Luther Harvey and sons and Mr and Mrs W D Bable visited Pomeroy on Saturday evening. Estella M Radekin, son George Albert and wife shopped in Athens on Saturday. Laurel Grange conferred the fourth degree on Max Bolen and Everett Holcomb and served a potluck supper. Alta Cone and children were at Albany on business Monday.
Funeral services were held Friday for Ira Dawley who died at a daughter’s home. The service was at Stout's Funeral Home Nelsonville with burial at Smith Chapel. Local residents, relatives, and visitors were noted in Wells ton Columbus and Nelsonville areas during the weekend and week.
Redlaw confronts the Phantom’s memory bargain as Milly pleads for kindness and Edmund learns the pain of unearned distrust. Redlaw curses his gift and declares his own mind infected, while the sick student recoils in fear as a nocturnal storm closes in.
Murray City reports electing Mrs Samantha Mitchell as president Mrs Albert Yates as secretary and Mrs Edith Holliday as treasurer for the coming year. A Christmas party gift exchange and pot luck lunch are set for Dixon hall Thursday evening with members urged to attend.
Local notices list residents visiting relatives and traveling as well as military family movements. Pvt Walter V Swett transferred from Louisiana to Pennsylvania and spent time with wife daughter and parents. Numerous visits and greetings among Carpenter residents are recorded, with Christmas service plans at the Carpenter church.
Rolandus and Leo Palmer families receive visits from relatives in Polk La and Medina. Roy Palmer and wife enjoy furlough with parents before Camp Polk. Beav er Falls connections host Ethel H and family. Mrs Sadie Smith visits Columbus. Eulah Hoback’s grandchildren visit. Local residents called on Ethel Le Friday. Arkansas land listed with 4 diamond jot 7a acres noted.
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