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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1944
Page
4
The Athens Messenger announces publication details for The Messenger Publishing Co with editors and staff roles. Subscription rates for local and out of state readers are listed, including overseas service pricing and print allowances.
The piece argues the Bolivia coup against President Penaranda is largely domestic and South American in character. It notes Axis influence in past years, rising poverty, and fears of Brazilward regional shifts while urging careful watching of Bolivia's new junta’s cooperation on global matters.
Former President Hoover urges acquiring outright possession or 999 year leases of global military bases. He argues air power requires distant outposts for safety and asks whether nations like Brazil would accept extra-territorial bases, and if Britain could hold permanent bases on American soil.
The piece aligns with the ACLU against the Supreme Court not reviewing a 18 Trotskyites sedition conviction. It argues for upholding the sedition law as constitutional while conceding free speech is priceless yet condemns advocacy of violent insurrection as unprotected.
Army cautions that penicillin is not a cure all and is most effective as a supplement to other treatments. Tests on 313 cases show it works against some bacteria but fails against others and can face resistance. The piece notes broader war context and postwar debt debates.
Frank Clapper describes rapid air travel from Washington to San Francisco during wartime. He notes preserved airline service standards, nurse evacuations, personnel changes, and the impact of military priorities on civilian travel. San Francisco appears as a combat port with busy bases and a peacetime feel amid the Pacific war buildup.
The Office of Price Administration plans two billion plastic ration point tokens to circulate about February 27 for changing larger denomination coupons at groceries and meat counters. Tokens will be red for meat and blue for processed foods, slightly smaller than a dime, with no keepsakes in poker use. The piece also notes political talk on Roosevelt seeking a fourth term and summaries Truman Committee work on the Canol oil pipeline, plus remarks on the British farmer and Oscar Henline touring Britain.
Albany Grange joined The Carrie Hall Club for a Christmas program featuring songs a pageant "The Spirit of Motherhood" and a Santa gift distribution to 80 attendees. After the program many members and guests shared refreshments as part of the holiday gathering.
Residents share holiday hospitality with relatives and friends across Parkersburg Ohio and nearby towns. Notable visits include the Allen and Gaston families hosting and visiting multiple households while service members such as Pvt James B Allen are stationed at Fort Eustis Virginia.
Gideon Planish, a twenty nine year old professor of rhetoric at Kinnikinick College, returns to the Iowa town after Yale Library study and clashes with future plans. He hides his bachelor status from a new president while pursuing Teckla Schaum, hoping for marriage and a path beyond academia.
Logan Hocking County reports 67.13 percent of its National War Fund quota as of December 24, per state campaign chairman Oscar E Barkey. Twenty Ohio counties have met or exceeded quotas. campaigns aim to close by January 18.
Local families share holidays with relatives across town. Mrs. Lydia Myers and others hosted guests. residents visit kin in Portland and Akron while some relatives holidayed in Gallipolis and Camp Hood. Schools resume after vacation as others host dinners and illness impacts gatherings.
Miss Ruth Coleman and Leo Torrence and family returned to Monrot Michigan after a short visit here. Miss Ruth Anne Williams hosted the Pioneer Senior 4-H Club Christmas party at her home. Mr and Mrs William White head and son Ernest of Parkersburg visited here Friday with her grandmother Mrs S E Fields. Edith Clayton Akron spent last week with her parents O M Pifer. Mildred and Ada Kibble and H W Larkins employed in Parkersburg spent their vacations here last week. Beatrice and Margart Boring returned to Columbus after short visit home. Berlah Blaine Parkersburg visited recently with her parents L E Wallace. Billy Williams Earleen Humphrey and Gladys Pickens resumed studies at Ohio University after vacation here. Mr and Mrs L S S I spent Christmas in Parkersburg with their daughters. Oscar Miles Aaron are here visiting relatives. Walter Brown Margaret Pickens, who all married recently, were serenaded. Saturday evening at C E Humphrey home Cadet Young and Cadet Sheaffer of Athens were week-end guests.
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