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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
4
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Page four text provides publication details for The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. including publishers Gordon K. Bush and Frederick W. Bush, editors, associations, and advertising contact notes. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail, regional zones, and pricing details. The fragment also mentions office location and matter handling for obituaries and job notices.
Raymond Clapper notes the Senate opens a sharper debate on lend lease with a mood that war may be necessary to save England. He describes two war phases, from material support to potential direct combat, and cites Pepper, Barkley, and Austin amid rising pressure for intervention.
Washington considers mobile trailer camps to house defense workers as towns face postwar vacancy risks. Analysts note seasonal migrants create local strains and argue trailers could ease wanderer housing after the defense boom ends, though communities fear future vacancy and falling values.
A legal issue arises over whether states may tax cigarettes sold through post exchanges at military posts. If exchanges are federal institutions essential to army operations they may be tax exempt. if they are mere conveniences not owned by the United States, taxes could apply. Army canteens and exchanges are likely to grow, making this a significant tax question.
In Athens central areas and across the city residents condemn smoke as a health and cleanliness problem. They note soot on homes and furnishings, higher cold and pneumonia rates, and advocate for legislation to push cleaner heating with coal by Hocking Valley users.
Magazine editor Margaret Case muses on Vienna as a style hub and the Hollywood New York design axis while scientists pursue para-amino-benzoic acid linked to gray hair prevention in rats. Capt. John W. McGilvray jokes Army humor lags. Jonathan Daniels notes poverty’s big families, and a quip about divorce and a wife’s hair spend.
Peter Edson reports plans to entertain 300,000 soldiers and government workers in Washington as four nearby army camps train 120,000 men. Hostesses, prizes, radio quizzes, and concerts are mapped across government buildings and school halls to keep entertainment constant while shifting urban plans redesign park space and leisure facilities.
Miss Linnie Terrell and brother Tom visit O. E. Saunders and daughter Miss Jessie in Athens Road. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wyatt of Zanesville visit Mrs. Florence Burnside. Youth Council hosts a Valentine party at the Grange Hall. A large party gathers at Mrs. Will Eichinger's home. Health Club meets Thursday with Mrs. Lewis Grueser.
WM. Lewis of Pomeroy argues in The Messenger that Meigs County lacks skilled workers and faces discriminatory delays in WPA cement finishing jobs. He notes no official reason for a rejected application, urges equal chance for all races, and cites minority presence and Republican allegiance.
Carpenter area residents are listed with events including Chester Steward’s 97 score at Wright Field civil service exam in Dayton and Miss Velma Kellogg resuming teaching after illness. Couples Gerald Beckley and Fern Dunn wed in Bremen. Local visits, employment changes, school and church activities, and moves are noted.
Grass Run Side Hill notes a series of local visits and family mentions. Mrs George Molden and infant went to Columbus for hospital treatment. Various residents from Rutland Letart Parker Run and nearby towns shared weekends and visits with relatives and friends.
A profile of Clifford W. Beers as a pioneering advocate for mental health. The piece credits him with organizing scientific work in mental illness, funding research, and educating the public on mental hygiene after his own experiences with confinement and abuse. It highlights three decades of progress spurred by his efforts.
McArthur reports Thomas Kyser Jr. fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving. The notice lists real estate transfers, WPA truck inspection, several marriage licenses issued this week, indictments and pleas, and court actions including non support fines, janitor and dog warden hires, a penumalliee drill purchase, and draft board updates. A new U.S. Capitol flag will fly at the courthouse.
April Burnett hides as Ann Burnett to meet Kent's aunt Elizabeth Carter. The confrontation at the Kent home tests the impostor ruse while sleet and tension rise. April fights the fear of exposure and plans to leave, but Aunt Elizabeth orders hospitality as the storm of emotion builds.
A large group of Zaleski teachers attended the County Teachers meeting on a Wednesday. Social visits followed, with Mr. and Mrs. James McKibben and Miss Cleire James spending Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Baughman in Albany.
Kanauga residents gather for Founders Day and birthday observances with church revival services continuing this week led by Rev. George R. Brooks and Rev. E. C. Venz. Local ill health and visitors from Middleport and Huntington are noted alongside family visits and holiday travel.
Radcliff notes report a large Vinton Township turnout as McArthur played at the auditorium Friday night and Vinton Township won both games to seize the county league lead. Reserve 17 22 and varsity 19 34 led the scoring. Also reported: birth of a stillborn child to Mr. and Mrs. Gill Riley on Feb 13. Dayton employment trips by Ronald Cottrill and Hubert Camp. social visits in Union Ridge and at W M Pierce home.
Bradford Social updates mention Bible School attendance on Sunday February 16. Residents visiting relatives include Gerald Kimble and family with John Kaylor from Tuppers Plains. Philip Might visiting grandmother Nancy Might of West Rutland. Ralph Frye and son Paul of Bradbury with Charles Withee and two sons Bailey Run. Ella Hysell of Bradbury visiting daughter Arthur Hendricks. Lester Lathey and children of Pomeroy with Arthur Hendricks family.
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