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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1940
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists publication details including staff, associations, and distribution. It notes subscription rates by carrier and mail, delivery area, and office information for the Athens post and related regions.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a LOX advertisement and a possible event in Jersey City on Friday. Details are unclear but suggest a local grocery or vendor promotion. No names or exact times are readable.
The president’s Sunday night address aimed to shock the nation into action against Nazi Germany and support for Britain. He warned Japan, defended aid to neutrals, and urged industry and labor to mobilize, while offering little on concrete defense steps or new policy.
The Elgin marble sculptures at the British Museum are debated for return to Greece after 139 years in London. Proposals link the carvings to the Parthenon, but contemporary Greek military actions cast a shadow over any potential repatriation.
A 1969 estimate puts 66 000 people in 108 prisons and 18 reformatories across 46 states and federal facilities. The piece notes Debs on freedom and contrasts political imprisonment worldwide with the small number of politically charged inmates in the United States. It ends urging education as a path to lasting liberty.
Bruce Catton surveys a coming merger of the CCC and NYA with possible reforms in the Office of Education. He notes overlaps in enrollment, training, and aims, plus Army implications for CCC. He highlights Edward Bruce advancing government art in public buildings and a $9,000 watercolor project for a marine hospital in Carville Louisiana, with broad public access and sales.
Raymond Clapper critiques senators Tydings Wheeler and Vandenberg arguing that calls for a peace with justice are impractical amid Nazi power. He warns against assuming rational peace terms and stresses Hitler's momentum, Britain's peril, and the need to fight on until Britain can bargain from strength.
Charles R. Larson of Athens RD 5 argues against Franklin D. Roosevelt and New Deal policies. He claims laborers received freebies, warns of rising national debt, and predicts future burdens on future generations. He urges voters to reconsider supporting Roosevelt and labels New Deal promises as deceit.
A Jacksonville reader argues against aiding Franco Spain and imperial powers while criticizing deficits in relief at home. He urges redirection of resources to feed and empower Americans as he recounts hardship and hunger.
A trumpeter on a castle tower announced that the chief of Clan McNeill had dined and that the world may dine also in the era of Queen Anne.
The author argues invasion is unlikely, citing Dunkirk and naval power. He contrasts German assault by sea with land invasion, noting Germany would lack air, artillery, and supply lines. He warns bombing harms Britain more and questions who will save America.
Athens Ohio poet Nora Gillespie Hesson laments the old year as ailing and fading. The verse calls for remembrance with wine and flowers, praising the long golden hours and roses of days past before paving way for the bright New Year.
In a serialized tale, Valerie stirs trouble as Jerry’s promised New Year plans clash with her mood and money worries. The Connellys revive a ritual burying the old year as Jerry aims to bring Valerie for breakfast, while Mary contemplates a countryside ride with the doctor.
In a snowy farm scene Dr. Connelly helps deliver a baby while Martha and Mary care for the children. Hugh returns with news of a sick patient and Mrs Hurley, and Cleo reports Sheila Connelly has been jailed prompting a rash call to the doctor. The chapter closes with Dr. Connelly rushing to handle Sheila’s case.
Hockingport social items list Christmas visits and family gatherings. Guests include Harry Wagal and daughter Betty Adams from Parkersburg, Harry Parker and daughter, Joe Galvin and daughter from Parkersburg, Mrs. Mary Messenger hosted. William Kelly visiting family from East Liverpool. Lumbatis family of Piqua celebrated Christmas with the Metley family. Ralph Whited visiting his parents, the Whiteds. Hilda Randolph recently in Sardis visited her mother Anna Foster. Esther Bailey, teaching in New York, visited her parents Joe and Mrs. Bailey. Walter McLaren from Athens visited his parents James and Mrs. McLaren. Ora Randolph and George Sprouse among Christmas Day visitors with Mrs. Jackson at Rocky GlenSanitorium. E. W. White’s Christmas joy was daughter Faye Frazie of Pomeroy. Carl Plate and June Sutton of Visited Miss Gengeyan Christmas Dee.
A district rally at the United Brethren Church in Lottridge is set for Saturday. Rev. Fred Koster of Syracuse will lead, with lunch served by Ladies of the Church at the school. The item includes multiple social visits and Christmas gatherings among local residents.
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