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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
4
The article analyzes the 1946 fiscal plan focusing on veterans pensions, interest on the public debt, and tax refunds totaling 9.85 billion. It notes costs rose from 1.6 billion in 1939 to 7.2 billion in 1945 and discusses hospital construction potential for 300,000 beds. It also cites President Roosevelt on veterans rising to one tenth of the population and about a quarter of the labor force.
Record of a 15 wagon party leaving St Joseph on April 30 1840 with 14 others. Anna Gowey and two other women travel as farmers wives. John Peter Cullen elected leader sworn in on a Bible to maintain order. Journal notes daily life, meals, camps by prairie streams, and dangers including cholera.
Ill Mrs Iva Randall in Memorial hospital Mare ta after strokes since Jan 1. J V Shook and family visit A F Wagoner in Bethesda hospital Janeaville. Pauline Thomas to move into JA Miller property near the Methodist Church. H G Davis and family visit Anna Beard in Zanesville. Mrs Beard slowly improving. Walter F Shook buys old school site from Dr A H White. Loul Wright called to McConnelsville for Mrs May HU illness. Week of Prayer services held. Junior Senior play Jan 24 at Union Hall. Mrs Ethel Steffy back from Columbus to Everett Newburn home. Mrs Newburn improving after Mt Carmel hospital stay. Ellsworth Hale, 81, improving after heart attack. S/Sgt Russell L Wood of Dodge City KS to visit family on three-day pass. Small screws note on watch screws length and thread count.
Senator Vandenberg launches prewar isolationist debate proposing a leading powers treaty to permanently demilitarize Germany and Japan. He calls for prompt presidential authorization of force, links to the Dumbarton Oaks plan, and urges GOP unity to renew faith in Congress.
The piece argues price fixing harms the economy by creating a wage-driven floor that suppresses competition, empowering bureaucrats and burdening consumers. It warns that once price control starts it spreads across industries, undermining jobs, investment, and production.
A nationwide campaign appeals for action over a two headed danger in grocery stores. Mothers push wire baskets with children, risking injuries and bent baskets as a call for national action.
The piece argues President Roosevelt faces the hardest conference in diplomacy as American public opinion shifts ahead of the Biz Three meeting. It notes unity in Congress, skepticism about Soviet aims, and the need for Allied cohesion while stressing the stakes of Poland Greece and Italy in shaping postwar policy.
Peter Edson discusses James Clement Dunn, his Senate Foreign Relations Committee testimony, and a career shaping U S policy toward Spain France and Europe. The column weighs charges of pro Franco bias, arms embargo roles, and Dunn’s 1936 Mayo Clinic retreat before returning to Washington.
A collage of 10 years ago items recalls the president’s Birthday Ball on the war, Episco pal Auxiliary bridge at the Hotel Berry prize winners Miss Jene Devlin and Mrs C E McSlure, and prizes won by Dr Edward Taylor and Prof PLL Peterson. 20 years ago bonds funded Athens High School building. Scott Haney sold his clothing company holdings. Postmaster Harry W McKinstry notes National Thrift Week. Dr Blaine Goldsberry and Mrs Dow S Grones travel to Columbus to view Ziegfeld’s Follies at the Hartman Theater.
Funeral details for Mrs. Lorena Davis of Hemlock on Saturday afternoon. Mentions relatives from Maxville and Logan. Updates on Private Gene Gordon missing in action and local family news including Dorothea Mae Telber and Dorothea Helber graduates, plus several shorb personal notes.
A Wartime column reflects on the desire for swift punishment of German war criminals, noting fear of Allied delays and urging action against those who commanded atrocities. It cites Mackenzie and Ehrenburg as voices pressing for justice and warns against tolerating Prussian militarism again.
A poem from Mrs. Roy Martin of Lower Salem Ohio laments a flyer lost at war. It meditates on fifty-nine missions with fatal doubt over whether the final mission ended in death or flame.
Blue Lake notes mention LTTE name-re Orville Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Arn old Taylor home on furlough with his wife and two children. Two brothers in the Army. A newborn son to Pie and Mrs Charles Beaver. Mrs Adam Brucker ill. Chauncey Porter and wife watchmen at the OLE seek vacation. Sergt Harold Smith and wife visiting from Miami Kans two weeks. Smith who brought back medals. Local tobacco hauled to Maysville Huntington markets prices 41 to 52 cents. Saunders earned 52 cents. Merriman Johnson sale attended. Sons sold Blue Lake oats. Bert Burton moving family from Zombe Ky. Cofer and Hatefit moving to Gallipolis. Gorges reported in river for first time in history.
The Buell family mourns 83 year old mother of Rev Lewis E Buell pastor of the Methodist church. Local residents report various visits and a missing son of Harold Shuster prisoner of war in Germany with General Patton's Third Army. Seaman Lohse completes boot training and enjoys a furlough before further duties.
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