Roosevelt plan on guaranteed living standards debated
The Athens Messenger discusses Roosevelt administration plans for guaranteed minimum living standards, subsidies, and public works. Critics warn these policies threaten tax revenue and private initiative, warning of a growing national debt and economic imbalance amid wartime strain. A separate Washington discussion analyzes Senate confirmation battles for six assistant secretaries of state, sparked by CIO-PAC influence and intra-party power struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Ystem
Washington
Senate
Archibald MacLeish
Capitol Hill
Sidney
Sidney Hillman
London
Cio-Pac
Joseph Grew
William Clayton
James Dunn
Nelson Rockefeller
General Holmes
State Department
United States
Europe
Italy
Badoglio
Bonomi
Greece
Congress
Pennsylvania
James Davis
MacLeish
Tom Connally
White House
Grew
Clark
Missouri
Connally
CIO
Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Hillman
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Puritan Courtship and Family Consent in 17th Century Tale
In a Sunny April 1680 scene Oliver Hillman seeks Captain Walling to discuss courting Harriet May Walling. The dialogue reveals Puritan norms requiring parental consent and formal resolution of a potential engagement. Oliver asks permission, Harriet’s mother and Harriet herself are consulted, and Walling approves aligning family ties with social custom. The story continues with Hillman awaiting formal steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walling Garden
Oliver Hillman
Captain Walling
Mr. Hilman
Constable Lawson
Jeremiah Sheldon
Sheldon
Jerry
Jeremiah
Brown
Jerry Sheldon
Harvard
Walling
Hillman
Colonies
Sudbury
Ethene
Young Hilman
Harriet
Aulkner
Oliver
Siliver Hillman
Harlet Walling
Swain
We All Are To Blame For War Strikes
A wartime opinion asserts that home-front patriotism erodes as war plant strikes reveal distrust and complacency. It argues Americans tolerate production delays, shift blame, and let soldiers down, while demagoguery fuels hatred and undermines unity. The author cites a letter from a female worker praising effort yet condemning loafing and misplaced priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bataan
Corregidor
Pacific
Hitler
Help for Santa and the War Bond Appeal
A Santa poll reveals the top wish is for fathers to return home from overseas. The article urges purchasing extra War Bonds to aid wartime goals and cites quotes attributed to Mary Baker Eddy and Jane Addams on truth and conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Edson on full employment plan tied to national budget
Peter Edson reviews a Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee report proposing a new approach to full employment. The plan centers on a gross national product of 200 billion dollars and a national budget covering the entire economy, with a goal of 60 million jobs and annual progress reports to Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
James E. Murray
Montana
Harry S. ‘Truman
Missouri
Chapman Bevercomb
West Virginia
Bertram B. Gross
Congress
Chicago
Ransmit
Kentucky Bourbon Gift To Eisenhower Aimed At Soldiers
Representative May of Kentucky presented General Eisenhower with a five year old Kentucky bourbon bottle. The general sent the whiskey to a field hospital for the patients, not for analysis or critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative May
Kentucky
Eisenhower
Death of Mrs. Mettie Ables in Syracuse
Mrs. Mettie Ables, 82, died Tuesday in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis from after effects of pneumonia. Survived by daughter Clara Rizer Syracuse. sons Ana Syracuse Walter Cleveland Frank Detroit. sister Mrs. William McBride Syracuse. Funeral Friday at Asbury Methodist Church.
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Syracuse
Mettie
Holzerospital
Gallipolis
Clara Rizer
Ft. Bliss
Exas
Jessie Venoy
William Holmes
New York
Timer” Holmes
Philadelphia
Ensign
Roger Quisenberry
Washington, D. C
Pauline Holmes
News Notes of Orbiston visits and family updates
Orbiston News Notes records visits and travels. Mr and Mrs Harry Jeffery of Toledo spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Albert Yates. Basil Carsner Jr returns to Great Lakes after a home furlough with his parents. Mr and Mrs Mike Bartoe of The Plains visited Mr and Mrs William O Rourke. Mrs Laura Sorrell was called to Murray City for illness of grandson Russell Sorrell. Helen Peacock and daughters Betty Lu and Wanda Mae visited relatives in Lancaster. Mr and Mrs David Sorrell announce the birth of a daughter at their home on Wednesday December 12.
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Ers
Helen Underhill
Columbus
N. J. Karr
Marcia Karr
Tiving” Karr
Linda Crow
F. We Crown
Pamegos
George Henderson
C. Williams
Don Williams
Williams
Burlingham
C.F
Amy Handley
Ellen Baer
O' Bowen
Herbert Stobert
William Stonert
Florida
Charles Neuman
Gallipolis
FA. Shumway
Zanesville
Irving Karr, Jr
Pomeroy Cement ‘Block Co
Harry Jeffery
Toledo
Albert Yates
Basil Carsner
Great Lakes
Mike Bartoe
The
Plains
William O'Rourke
Laura Sorrell
Murray City
Russell Sorrell
Helen Peacock
Betty Lu
Wanda Mae
Relaves
Lancaster
David Sorrell
Allied forces press toward Roer as Duren looms
War Today reports Gov. George White signs a pay tax bill for Ohio. On the Rhineland front, the U S First Army presses toward Duren, aiming to delay an important crossing and the big Allied move into the Cologne Plain. Eisenhower’s forces push across the Roer while Seventh Army advances in the Alsace sector and Patton’s Third moves toward Saar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. First Army
Rhineland
Duren
Co- Anna
Margaret Ashton
Athens
Ocon
T. “M. Wolfe
Marian
Eisenhower
Morse
Roer
Nazi
Marshal von Rundstedt
Adolph Hitler
Reichs-Fuehrer
Ger
Belgium
Ben
Europe
Cologne
Luftwaffe
Aachen-Duren
Ruhr
Seventh Army
Alsace
Patton
Saar
Topsy and Eva at Hartman Columbus Play Draws Local Talent
Years ago Mr and Mrs C C Robinson and Fairs FM Hutchinson saw the play at Hartman Columbus A cold wave hit Athens when temperature dropped to zero mark Ellis Minstrel scored a big hit with local talent including R D Williams and Jonesy Sams Jackie Sweeney Irish Laverty Dink Nelson Spotsy Burke and Robert G Wood as interlocutor Social Literary Club held its annual Christmas party at Mrs C L Jones University Terrace
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Robinson
F Airs. FM
Hutchinson
Topsy
Eva
The
Hartman
Columbus
Athens
Mark
Ellis Minstrel
R. D. Williams
Jonesy’ Sams
Jackie Sweeney
Irish Laverty
Dink
Nel~son
Spotsy” Burke
Robert G. Wood
C. L. Jones
University ‘Terrace
Poets Corner Front Lines Poem From Leonard Tom
A fragmentary wartime poem from Leonard Tom recounts glider landings and battles from England to Europe. It interweaves combat scenes with personal notes about home, Christmas, and hopes for peace as soldiers endure dangers and long drives toward victory. The piece ends with a Christmas reflection from Rev. Charles Fox in Logan Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL. Ewing
Logan
Leonard Tom
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Peter Edson
News Notes of
Orbiston
Itt MacKenzie
George White
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Brigge
Germany
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Normandy
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Nat Wesk
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Zaleski
Lloyd Shingler
Ear
Minnie Shingler
Lumbus
Elmer Dunn
Portsmouth
Time
Emmett. Brooks
Woodson Hevanener
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Joy Woods
W. D. Shingler
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Darrell
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