This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1945
Page
4
Rates for subscriptions vary by location and period with rates listed per year per month and per week. The notice notes worldwide availability, postal details, and that obituaries and thank you cards incur nominal charges, with advertising rates available on request.
David Lawrence surveys Tokyo’s possible long war plan outlining delaying tactics against the United States. He argues Japan sought to wear down American resolve by delaying victories from Pearl Harbor through Asia, China, and Europe, while mobilizing resources and provoking broader fatigue.
A fragmented excerpt depicts Jozef Elsner and Frederic in a tense scene at a secret gathering. A Russian speaker vows action through printing presses and later guns, as Poland faces a new governor deemed a bloody hangman. Tension rises with calls to resist tyrants.
Washington observers call the Wallace episode the first real check on the Roosevelts by Congress as it prepares to act on New Deal policies. The debate signals lawmakers may curb executive power, while Wallace's ties to the CIO PAC and liberal groups influence a shifting balance between branches.
A letter argues for voter education before lowering the voting age. It condemns elderly ballots as error prone while noting younger voters might learn, but warns they lack political background. It advocates short voting courses in schools and universities to reduce ballot mistakes and asks precinct officials for confirmation.
State universities will launch a four year course in conservation to prepare graduates for teaching, research, planning and service in conservation. The program aims to enrich citizen life and provide professional public service training for farm agents and local educators, signaling a pivotal shift in conservation education.
The piece urges expanding the Hughes Scholarship at Ohio University to honor outstanding students across colleges. It notes many alumni join or perish in the war, calling for endowment growth to create campus traditions and strengthen ties with supporters and families.
Report notes General Electric researchers simulated tropical humidity in insulation experiments. The piece treats the lab work as a curious episode while suggesting a missed parallel test on coal supply or transport. The tone remains observational and mildly ironic about industrial testing.
Peter Edson argues for improving relations between Congress and the executive, voters, and lobbyists. He favors Kefauver’s plan to allow Congress to question executive heads on the floor, reducing executive bottlenecks and avoiding broad destabilizing reforms.
Readers debate free speech in the press and defend not blaming workers. editor Earle A Miller from Logan argues for facts before criticism of boards. A columnist then critiques youth independence shifts, praising temperance groups and moral codes from church and family, noting the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union gathering in Columbus with delegates from many states.
A compilation of short society and school notices from Athens Ohio. References include M. Pulling Pomeroy and Feb 3, 10 years ago items, plays such as Adam and Eva, Faculty Club guests, a Foreign Missionary Society meeting on Japan Peace, oyster dinners, Grange members, Art and Thimble Club, bridge dinner hosts, top-score winners, coast guard for youth winter safety, and moves to the new Senior High School building with reminiscences from former high school activities.
A column blends a verse about a young mother with three sons in the Navy and a local fisherman anecdote, then shifts to a patriotic note about Canada’s Maple Leaf Forever and finally reports Akron Goodrich workers earned 42 010 dollars for war production ideas with about a third adopted.
A reader from Amesville argues wars are unnecessary and suggests withholding cigarette purchases to influence shortages. He recalls officials and liquor bars in Washington and urges religious bodies to counter with programs. The writer discusses Governor Lauste and party politics as reflections on citizen gains.
The European war nears a peak as Allied pressure tightens on German defenses on both eastern and western fronts. Eisenhower presses steady thrusts toward the Cologne Plain while Red Generals hit German fortifications on the eastern front.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.