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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1945
Page
4
FR Ji Vil LE Car efforts yield efficiency gains in field tests, with researchers noting improved fuel economy and reduced emissions. The project collaborates with regional labs and industry partners to scale prototypes for commercial use.
The piece critiques President Truman’s stance linking military policy to diplomacy. It argues the merger proposal risks sidelining the State Department and expanding military influence, warning of international misunderstanding and possible world peace harm.
Mason County, after wartime plant closures, pivots to an industrial future. The tri-county area supports locating new plants at the ordnance works site while agriculture thrives with record hay and high tobacco prices. Development includes Navy Materiel Center, possible near New Haven, and Route 2 and Route 17 upgrades linking Point Pleasant to Kenova and Charleston.
In Britain the first Boxing Day of a Labour government era sees postmen and other workers declining gifts, seeking voluntary acceptance only. The shift signals changing class attitudes amid nationalization hopes, with future outcomes uncertain as the economy transforms and political voices debate the impact.
This 1940s essay argues for peacetime military readiness and universal training. It cites Washington s plans, notes the value of citizen soldiers, and warns that future wars demand rapid mobilization, industrial effort, and continued research to deter aggression.
Portsmouth manufacturer A. Graves Williams, president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, warns that a hidden revolutionary movement seeks to replace competitive private enterprise with centralized bureaucracy. He argues the trend harms business, raises costs, and signals looming constitutional strain, noting public doubt as readers reply Oh Bosh and Tosh.
Christmas travel hazards, crowded transport and icy roads led to high casualties as many war workers and civilians braved travel despite forecasts and patrol warnings. Weather and holiday longing drove people to risk risky journeys, with many returning soldiers and others facing brutal commutes.
Mrs Anna Stosenberg of the New York City Veterans Service Committee calls on homeowners to offer rooms to veterans lacking housing. She argues veterans’ housing is a national problem worsening nationwide and stresses moral duty to share living space with those who served in war.
U S author Leo Rosten, for the War Department, prepared a Paris pamphlet answering GI complaints about the French. He argues the piece, printed in Paris, seeks to ease postwar tensions by confronting myths with point by point responses, citing lend lease sums and mutual duties.
Gladys Hayman and Lt Milo Richardson wed at the Methodist parsonage in Columbus on December 14 and plan a short honeymoon in Miami. Pvt Jack Shank on 30 day leave from Arizona visits his parents in Racine while Pfc and Mrs Robert Roush stay nearby at the same air field.
Paul Brooks returns from nearly three years in the Marine Corps with an honorable discharge and begins repairing his newly purchased home. Dorcas Needle Club and Thimble Club report holiday gatherings with gifts and refreshments. Residents Elmer Newland and Cox families travel to East Liverpool for winter. Myrtle Frost and granddaughter Geraldine Leahy visit for the season.
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