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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1944
Page
6
The Athens Messenger newspaper masthead lists editors and staff including Gordon K Bush and Charles A Harris with a notice of Associated Press membership. Subscription rates are shown for in Ohio and outside, with overseas rates, plus obituary and card of thanks pricing references.
A wartime column recalls colonels and medics who weep at battlefield loss, stressing that American soldiers fight with tears as anger and sorrow mix. It honors a creed where compassion coexists with courage, valuing each human life amid the brutal campaign in Sicily and beyond.
The article surveys cattle breeds including Holsteins Herefords Guernseys Angus Jerseys Brown Swiss Ayrshire and Short Horn with notes on origin dairy or beef use and milk qualities. It credits breeders and innovators for shaping cattle types and their roles in agriculture.
A Nazi broadcast claims German life today is not luxurious but natural, tranquil and secure. It asserts the Army is nearing home and that cross-channel visitors may drop in anytime the weather allows, while a social tea party image hints at loss of exclusivity for women attendees.
A National Dispatch column asserts U S Navy dominance in the Pacific after the Truk raid. It argues bases at New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Attu, Kiska, and the Marshalls erode Japanese capabilities, threaten Guam and the Marianas, and push Japan onto the defensive while warning the war has only begun.
Marquis Childs notes Jesse Jones faces criticism over postwar planning as Baruch report looms. He warns of a flood of war surplus unless a detailed plan is agreed before war ends, citing vast inventories and the risk of market disruption.
Three hundred were to be released from CWA and CWS projects in Athens County announced by Theodore Smith county administrator. Two veteran miners Asa Blanchard and Jack Burge puddies in Chauncey Mine No 25. Julian Bing led the social science club at Athens High School with Paulin Kimes secretary. Betty Hoyt McCoy chaired the program committee with Louis Speiser and Solomon Rosenberg. Christmas health seal sales in Athens County totaled 582 dollars per F W Cone. Athens High School Girls Athletic Association named six all star team: Winning Ann Beasley Betty Littier Jane Marquis Maryn Golda Pugh.
Engineers completed a survey of a proposed road from Amesville to the hilltop in Bern to connect with the Marietta road. John B. Stiff, Glouster, now manages Sunday Creek Coal Company stores from Corning. Sgt Thomas H Roy Rowland of Frost Route One retires after 35 years with a parade at Fort Brown. Athens County nurses under Miss Virginia Lewis include Miss Cavanaugh Miss Finley and Miss Harper.
War ends with Allied victory as bells ring and people celebrate. yet tensions linger as navies and camps anticipate hidden threats and smouldering resentments. Poetic reflections stress unity across races and creeds and a call for peaceful co operation under a shared flag. Bricker to speak at Columbus outlines major address before Ericsson League convention in Chicago on March 9.
An automotive company donates 25 tons of scrap upholstery leather used to make over 3255 leather jackets and windbreakers for seamen and service men.
A set of trivia questions and answers covering Hitler’s birthplace April 20 1889 in Braunau Austria New York subway opening Oct 27 1904 South American nations not at war with the Axis Venezuela Uruguay Argentina Peru Paraguay Ecuador Chile West Point first graduate Joseph B Swift 1802 flag changes new state star July 4 Puerto Rican forces in Britain quartermaster unit Corsica governed by French National Committee of Liberation Italian king Humbert assassinated July 29 illustrating wartime knowledge.
Kitty Bishop visits her brother in the suburbs after divorce. She clashes with Mac MacCiegor as jealousy and attraction mix with unsettled moods. A storm, a shift in atmosphere, and his offer of companionship blur lines between friendship and romance as the scene ends with unresolved tension.
Shade PTA met in the school auditorium on February 17 with a brief business session led by president Mrs. Wayne Wingett. The program celebrated Founders Day featuring performances by local students, a candle lighting ritual, and remarks on the district PTA convention to be held in Athens in March.
Corning notes report a Red Cross home nursing course in the Public School Auditorium at 2 p.m. Friday Feb 25 with instructor Miss Pearl Tague enrollment limited. Other items list visits by locals to Columbus Akron Glouster Saginaw and North Africa casualty news and returning servicemen.
Syracuse churches will join for World Day of Prayer on Friday February 25 at Asbury Methodist Church. The brief notes other local happenings include travels of F Koster family to Fort Bragg visit. illnesses among residents. blood donor trip to Athens. and social visits by local residents.
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