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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1945
Page
3
A publication details memberships in industry bodies and press associations and lists subscription pricing for carriers and mail. It notes rates for Ohio residents and outside Ohio, with mailing arrangements and office information.
Washington observers note rumors of F D R denying a fifth term while a London report suggests possible statements. Lord Halifax gifts a culture book for Roosevelt as Churchill and English history loom large in bilateral talks. The piece contrasts Churchill as historian with Roosevelt as politician amid wartime diplomacy and past tensions.
Josef Elsner pressures Louis Pleyel to stage a Chopin concert in Paris claiming genius, while Pleyel questions if the prodigy is ready. The debate centers on whether Chopin can perform under Pleyel’s auspices and in Paris before Franz. The scene ends as Frederic’s music is finally sought for consideration.
In a war recap tone the piece notes food scarcity sapping morale in 1918 Germany and warns that hunger could end the Nazi regime. It describes Allied operations around Kleve and the Roer flood barrier, and cites Soviet claims of a weakening German army amid food losses.
St Pauls health officer links colds and lung illness to scanty hosiery, urging proper dress during war. The piece mocks male resistance to enforcing warmth, argues thin stockings risk health, cites N ray tests and parental concerns over daughters’ attire amid wartime shortages.
Late statistics show a convoy of 147 merchant ships reaching England safely, underscoring Allied escort efficiency and merchant marine resilience. The trip shipped over a billion tons of cargo including 10 006 trucks and locomotives, with Americans making up 43 percent of the vessels. These figures credit builders and crews for the remarkable wartime effort.
General de Gaulle outlined France rejoining the Western war effort. He cited French troops fighting alongside Allied forces, expanded production and reconstruction, and France’s readiness to share postwar policing of Germany, while noting France was excluded from the Big Three decision at the war’s outset.
Peter Edson reviews how wartime air logistics misfit appears in Europe with surplus material and obsolete planes. He notes jet propulsion may render internal combustion engines outdated, cites lack of performance data for desert arctic or high altitude warfare, and explains a new logistical bible is forming. He also states only about one in five planes produced sees front line action, and air fighters often require shipping and crating before deployment.
The passage questions why the French leader was not invited to meet with the American, British and Russian heads of government. It notes that all three recognize the provisional government he leads and argues France has strong stake in Germany's future given history and geography.
Middleport's school paper lists the Honor Roll for the high school and junior chaperones for the Alpha Delta high. Names include R. Kresge, Gaige, Paulsen, and many seniors and juniors such as Susan Allensworth, Mary Gomer, Maxine Herrmann, Dorothea Singer, Phyllis Smart, plus Grade 8 students Katherine Bachtel and Carolyn Clark. Also mentions travels of Mrs Blaine Goldsberry and Mrs Don S Grones and a 20 years ago note on oil drilling near West Athens.
Sugar Run Elementary School announces third six weeks honor roll standings with 44 students named across six grades led by principal Miss Emma Seitz. Other district entries include Rose Hill honor roll lists through eighth grade and multiple students from Marietta Schools mentioned in weekend visits.
AMESVILLE The PTA meeting moves to Wednesday evening February 14 with a short high school play Henry's Mail-Order Wife. Final L year basketball at Ares-Bern High Thursday February 15 at 7 30 against Corning. County tournament in Athens February 29 to March 1 2 22. Conservation Club meets February 12 at the high school. Eastern Star initiations February 13. Hamilton family quarantined for scarlet fever. Annie Smith ill two weeks, not much improved. Mary Parmiter at Curtiss Wright home before nurse training in Columbus. Amesville Grange conferred Third and Fourth degrees on Mrs Herron Benedum Glen Gaston George Dishanv Keith Dishane and Nawl.
Chesterhill reports community notes from Lottie Haile visiting ill husband Ellsworth Hale in Stockport, and Elwood Smith buying W. Harris’s Plantsville farm with possession likely March 1. Local families, moves, naval honor roll additions, and social events fill the column, including a program led by Mrs. Gibbons and a Grange gathering.
Staff Sergeant Russell Wood of Dodge City Kansas arrived Thursday evening for a 15 day furlough with his mother Nellie Wood and aunt Marle Wood. Eva Randall who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on January 1 has been moved from the osteopathic clinic to her daughter's home in Marietta and is slowly improving. Mrs Ralph Wood remains ill from influenza while her mother Mrs Frank Calendine aids at the Wood home. Don Strode, recently finished boot training at Great Lakes, is home on furlough but ill. Merrill Cain, railroad worker near Wayne Ohio, spent the weekend with relatives here. Jennie Carpenter was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville for observation. no serious condition detected.
Funeral services were held Thursday at the M. E. Church in Coolville for Mrs. Leroy Boggs conducted by Rev. O. B. Hoskinson with assistance from Rev. Dennis of Coolville. Music was by Mrs. Mary Belle Cody and soloist Mrs. Delphin Creeger. A large crowd attended and six grandsons served as pallbearers. Several relatives traveled from Clarksburg West Virginia Belpre Athens and Charleston among others. The Rev. G. W. Boggs of Reedy West Virginia was unable to attend due to illness.
War Today notes a strong Allied push into Kléeve and Prem while Soviet forces push on in the north and south. British experts warn famine in Germany could strike by autumn, with the Reich losing 16 million tons of food as refugees swell and transport breaks worsen. Morale remains a critical factor as Berlin grapples with imminent hardship.
Washington reports the War Food Administration will allot brewers 12 percent less malt for beer from March 1 to August 31 than a year ago. Officials say the cut will likely reduce beer in stores and prompt adjustments in formulas to stretch malt supplies.
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