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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1944

Page

16

Subscription Rates And Association Notices

Obscure billing and association notices list various subscription rates for carriers and mail in Ohio. It mentions The Associated Press credit policy and advertising rates, with scattered names and offices in Chicago Columbus Cleveland and overseas service notes.

Associated Press Ohio The Messenger John W. Culien Company Chicago York Columbus Cleveland Actin, Me

What’s In A Word In An Era Of Epithet

An essay warns that terms like absentee fascist collaboration capitalist and liberal have drifted into reproach through overuse and wartime rhetoric. It argues against reducing people to labels and notes that influenza abstraction masks a simple illness and misery.

Mussolini

Unmerry Christmas 1943 buyers reset tree market

The piece critiques Christmas tree dealers who hiked prices during 1943 amid a supposed shortage. It notes some trees reached $1 per foot, many buyers forewent trees, and industry greed led to a drastic price collapse. The column urges sellers to learn that markets swing from seller to buyer and buyers can be ruthless when hurt.

Byrd Committee Finds Vast War Funds Unspent

The Byrd Committee reports that about 187,000,000,000 remain unspent and 92,000,000,000 have not been obligated. The piece calls this good news noting war agencies have enough funds and may not spend all. It adds Senator Byrd will monitor the situation.

Byrd Committee Byrd

Tragic Labor Blunder Roils Nation Says Official View

Washington sources reveal an official yet informal warning that railroad and steel union strife imperiled Allied prospects in Europe and risked prolonging the war. Critics blame leaders for a costly railroad strike while praising the majority of workers and urging swift union accountability.

Washington Europe Shemently Maters Balkans America United States Congress

Navy crew shares New Year aboard a Honolulu flight

Henry H. Heimann recalls a New Year in 1944 aboard a Navy freight seaplane from San Francisco to Honolulu. The crew, including Frank Mason, celebrated with a Chinese cook, paper caps, and cigars while one member awaits the birth of his child. The squadron, nicknamed the Stork Squadron, boasts many married men and a flawless safety record on the long water route.

Honolulu San Francisco Frank Mason Knox Frank Hong Kong Navy Hank Phillips Alameda Hank Janesville Wis Don Smith Naval Air Transport Organization Stork Squadron Henry H. Heimann National Association of Credit Men

Russia's New Offensive Opens Decisive European War Phase

War analyst Dewitt Mackenzie reviews Russia's three sector offensives from the Dnieper bend to Kiev bulge and Vitebsk Nevel as winter ice aids Soviet advances while German withdrawals threaten a two front crisis. He notes Hitler’s two stage strategy and the looming Allied invasion of France.

Dewitt MacKenzie Associated Press Russia France Red Army Stalingrad Hitler Kiev Thousand Mile Front Dnieper Bend Kiev Bulge Vitebsk-Nevel Fuehrer

Letart Falls News Notes Highlights Local Events

Local stamps sales total 583.95 for defense stamps this year. Francis Webb leaves for Great Lakes Naval Training Station for Navy boat training. Bud Wilson, stationed in Florida, spends holidays with his parents. Mrs. Roy Roush hosts Sunday School class with gifts and mystery sisters reveal. Postmaster changeover noted as Eileen Shields steps in during Webb’s absence. P T A meets: curtains for stage approved and election board volunteers named for Jan 11 school tax levy vote. Wilma McDade from Columbus visits.

Letart Falls Defense Francis Webb Great Lakes Naval Training Station Navy Bud Wilson Florida William Wilson Roy Roush Mamie Miller Naomi Ashley Violet Grimm Genevieve Powell Chlorus Grimm Hazel Allen Margie Hunt Caroline Miller Orpha Hill Rachel Chapman Alice Balser Gladys Shields Rose McDade Roush Roy Shuler Parkersburg Ed Shuler Eileen Shields Frances Webb P.T.A Daisy White Mabel Shields Southern Wilma McDade Columbus Ray McDade

Thomas Rites Held Sunday At Corning

Joseph Thomas aged 68 died at his Drakes home Thursday evening at 5 55. Born in Austria Hungary on Sept 11 1875 he lived in Drakes two years. Surviving wife Julia two daughters Dorothy Ritter Columbus three sons Andrew Thomas US Army Joseph Columbus Frank Rome and three grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at home with Rev Cziatro Columbus officiating burial Drakes Monroe Cemetery.

Columbus Drakes Monroe Maria Debney Anne Barrett Parkersburg W. V4 Margaret Joyce Nell McFarland George Rodgers Joe Rodgers Harry Bennett Charles Bennett Pearl Hughes Fanny Ida Pearl Tague Ford Tague Crooksville William Calhoun Leo Bennett T. W. Bennett Robert Bennett Bert Scalion R. F. Dornbrier New Lexington Fred Bennett Cleveland Elizabeth Smith Glouster Ned Walter Blair Shawnee Ralph Wonnell Bert Dial George Dial Marcel Levion Sam Tippett Louise Finney Frank McCabe Rita Canton

Romance Proceeds Between Professor and Student at Kinnikinick

In 1921 at Kinnikinick College Gideon Planish, an ambitious professor, clashes with Teckla Schaum and becomes enthralled with Peony Jackson a nineteen year old student. A late evening meeting at Postum’s Drug Store leads to a tentative dating plan as plan for a drama reading next week unfolds.

Gid Planish Kinnikinick College Gideon Planish Providence Teckla Schaum Senate Teckla Monkey Kinnikinick Peony Jackson Faribault Minnesota Miss Jackson Teshmen Peony Lambda House Postum Rae

Orbiston Notes Shares Visits From Nearby Cities

Orbiston residents list weekly social visits with relatives in Columbus Cleveland Toledo Akron and Dayton. Guests include Banfield Yates Glancy Fuller Wade and McManaway among others. The Rainbow Circle Club met December 29 with plans delayed by illness.

Banfield Clarence Banfield, Jr Cleland Sophia Fgdroshi Detroit Mich Albert Yates Andy Jeffery Toledo Alice Glancy Daugh Pearl Glancy Columbus James Sorrell Akron Lois Wade Helen Bool Man la Donna Poling Helen Fulton Trimble Everett Wilson Ronnie Norman Wilson Sun Steve So Vance Glancy Clarence Fuller Jior Dolores Kathryn Grey Logan Eugene Glancy Lumbus Basil Carsner Helen Peacock Wanda Mae Betty Lou Picock Frank Self Newington Dean Dewitt William Halliday Garnet Evans Ma Evans Bu Orbiston K Columbus Walter Wade William O'R Lilychus Mr Bartoe the Plains M William Halliday Ella Gay Howard Malone Ralph O'Rourke Walter McManaway Lloyd Strausbaugh Nellie McManaway Dayton Rainbow Circle Club

Questions and Answers Quiz in Early 20th Century Style

A reader presents a set of trivia Q and A covering materials for cease plates next year in several states, the original name of Hawaii, Ohio’s statehood year, Bell’s first intelligible phone sentence, the first fire department establishment in Philadelphia, and Molotov’s title as People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs.

Motana Virginia Wyoming Ilinol Louisiana Wa ‘I United States Philadelphia Jaslav Molotov

The Little Path Through the Woods Poem

A rustic poem describes a winding path through woods and a hill where cows mark their milking routine. The speaker imagines cows traveling at milking time and a milkmaid with shining buckets listening for their steps. The piece ends with the cows loving the summer and the path remaining through the landscape.

John Cuckly Athens Ohio

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