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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1941
Page
4
The Athens Messenger outlines publisher and editor credits, association memberships, and AP reprint rights. Subscription rates by carrier and mail cover various Ohio counties with annual, semiannual, quarterly and weekly options. Copyright and postal classifications are noted along with national representatives for inquiries.
A seasoned farmer warns that producers will expand despite limited labor and war demands. He recalls debt risks from the last war, urges prudent spending, debt avoidance, and stockpiling, while anticipating higher taxes and war‑driven price shifts. Farmers should boost output yet conserve capital.
The Arriba editorial praises Japan and condemns American opposition while lamenting Christian Spain, hoping for Manila to remain a Christian fragment of Spain. It criticizes Spain’s Philippines rule and notes Filipinos’Christian conversion under U.S. rule amid imagined future shifts.
A large life insurance firm reports that married men have longer lifespans and lower suicide, alcohol, and accidental death rates. The scientists credit a normal family life, echoing common knowledge and suggesting future books may cover more grandma wisdom with statistics.
Parents and relatives should not worry about slow mail to soldiers. Delays arise from special duty positions and rehandling of letters. Include postage and writing material when writing to service members and be patient with unavoidable delays.
Wage-Hour division rules that a factory blackout hour and a half is not the employer's hours worked. Managers foremen and workers shelter or perform blackout duties but the time is charged to the costs of the war effort, not to labor.
The question challenges whether cherished standards will endure, voiced by Bishop James Maxon of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee.
Washington editor Raymond Clapper argues that U S forces fight with few planes while production lag hamstrings war effort He cites the Tolan Committee findings that conversion from civilian to military production lagged due to lack of mandates and bureaucratic division of authority, warning of job losses and mounting costs to soldiers and marines.
Peter Edson surveys Washington where experts push for a Ministry of Supply while critics warn against centralizing procurement. He notes lack of a single production boss, interdepartmental miscommunication, and disputes over pace of defense conversion. Over 200000 Michigan auto workers face January layoffs.
Episcopal Committee for European Refugees states the evil at its core as the Nazi belief in German racial superiority and the Japanese belief in Japanese racial superiority.
Troy High School varsity and reserves will play Belpre teams here Friday night January 2. Numerous local residents and relatives visited and spent Christmas with families around Athens, Columbus, Zanesville, and surrounding areas.
Paul McNutt, dean of Indiana University Law, told about 2,000 Ohio Education Association instructors in Columbus that military training should be a legal obligation of citizenship. The New Year’s Eve dance at Athens Country Club will feature special music and unusual decorations. Host committee chairs include Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Logan and others.
Captain Don T. Nelson comes home to Fort Riley Kansas after a holiday visit with his mother Mrs Alex Nelson of Elmwood Place. Miss Otha Beasley and Miss Rachel Silvas hosted a theater party for Miss Rachel Hopkins with twenty guests attending. Miss Grace McKee and Miss Florence Carr traveled to Jackson for a party hosted by Miss Anna Maud Jones a Pi Beta Phi sorority sister. Mrs Fred Kilran hosted a party for Miss Flossie Burson of Pomeroy with guests including Miss Bernice Kayser Ruth Cone Charline Martin Mary Harris Mrs C P Martin Nelle Weber.
Local notes list residents and families from Hemlock and surrounding towns who spent Christmas with relatives or traveled for the holidays. Named individuals include Lt. James A. Flowers, Capt. Bryan King, Miss Jean Tharp, and numerous couples visiting parents in Columbus, Zanesville, Newark, Athens, and Portsmouth. Forrest Dennis is mentioned among the latest entries.
Apple Grove The young people presented a pageant The Light on the Hill at the Methodist Church Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Charles Sayre and daughter Roberta gave a flag to the church in honor of their son and brother Robert deceased. An appeal for Red Cross followed the pledge to the flag. A 14 dollar white gift offering was taken for the Methodist Orphanage.
Andrew Dearborn’s will pits his son Andy and manager Carol against a scheming Herrick who sidelines ethics for profit. Carol confronts Andy about Herrick’s actions as a missing will and trust fallout threaten to disinherit the Dearborn store.
Mrs. Will Pen rose spends Christmas with daughter Mrs Hart Strode in Columbus then in Cleveland to visit another daughter Mrs Viola Dougan. Several Pennsville residents travel for holidays while local families host gatherings. The J B Butcher family leave scarlet fever quarantine. one active case remains Janet Barkhurst. Weeshen mas with son in Zanesville.
Local column reports the birth of a ten pound daughter Phylis Elaine to Mr. and Mrs. Har old Davis at their Deanville home on December 23. Several marriages, moves, visits, and illnesses are noted, including Raymond Hoce wed Ada West of Pomeroy, and Rev. Charles Hook announcing a New Year’s Eve Watch Service at Salt Creek Valley Church. Numerous relatives in Kimberly Nelsonville Connett and nearby towns are listed with holiday visits and care updates.
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