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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1942
Page
4
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The article describes a volunteers effort to staff defense offices during a wartime mobilization. Desks sit in corridors as workers from business and home prepare to assign qualified people to civil defense roles. It notes inland vulnerability, modern warfare’s reach, and invites civilians with little money but strong service to come forward for interviews and training.
Meigs County set a shining example in its wartime Red Cross campaign going over the top quickly after quota notification. Leaders organized with responsible citizens, approached the effort businesslike, and pushed the drive to exceed the target with a surplus. The county’s effort highlighted extensive Red Cross service along the Ohio River and earned praise for rural initiative.
The piece argues that defense bonds should divert new savings into long term investments, not reuse existing bank funds. Buying bonds with savings already in accounts defeats the plan's purpose. Treat war savings as part of the regular budget and adjust spending to create new savings.
Economists urge paying personal and corporate debts with funds that would reduce consumer goods stocks. State and local governments should cut expenses and taxes. Each dollar lowered from personal, corporate, and government debt offsets the rising federal debt during wartime.
The piece argues the Pearl Harbor attack served as a terror tactic with a by product of mobilizing 40,000 young Americans to join the Navy 60,000 to the Army and thousands more to the Marine Corps in December. It suggests continued fear could hasten victory.
Senator Connally predicts the fall of Singapore and urges American resolve. He cautions Britons will face anger and a tough war ahead, noting oil, rubber, and material losses and the need to keep fighting until Germany and Japan are defeated.
Washington notes show 7,000 Dayton unemployed despite a new ordnance plant. Delco and Inland Manufacturing shed workers as copper rationing limits civilian use. OPM argues for continuous 24/7 retooling, but Delco lacks evidence of true war conversion, costing 1,200 jobs and lost productive capacity. Cuba expresses unity with US in the war effort.
Officers across five counties in Southeastern Ohio searched the area for two men who attempted to rob the First National Bank at Amesville. Cashier Frank L. Thomas and assistant Miss Jessie Owen stopped the heist. The piece also notes Athens Junior High basketball with a probable lineup and a high school trip to Washington DC tied to a league contest.
In a signed column from Athens dated January 18, Leonard Tucker argues the German dictator seeks to recreate the Roman Empire by subjugating Europe and Africa, while Japan diverts Allied forces. he cautions against premature triumphalism and frames the war as a test of whether such restorement can succeed or fail.
Local society notices list weekend visits by Broadwell residents. Names include Westbrook Eddy Young Ackley Smith Parsons Vandyke James Nice Ogg White and others visiting families in New Matamoras Chesterhill Stewart Bartlett Warren and Sand Run.
Henry Ford hinted at cheaper lighter cars made from cotton materials after visiting his Detroit research labs with Roger W Babson. Ford suggested the bodies could be formed from formaldehyde glue and cotton in future developments. Japan served notice to powers at the Washington Arms Conference that it would not withdraw troops from Siberia for now. Mrs Frank X Rauch performed as a soloist with the W D Sisson Orchestra at North Methodist Church in Columbus.
Blue Lake notes report illness in Gordon Wooten’s family and others. Harold Broyles works at Kroger in Gallipolis. Movements include Boggs and Holcomb families relocating. visits by Dorton and Houck families. chicken pox cases at Clippec Mill School. Maurice Thornton writes from Pearl Harbor as air corps member.
On Tambay plantation Mom Baumer opens Feederia lunch wagon and forms a tourist camp partnership with Jane Ann Judson while mysteries swirl. Loren Oliver, Doc, and Welliver U prof dig for Indian relief as Angel Todd clashes with Doc and a fight stirs Juddy and Maurie Sears. Juddy contemplates leaving Tambay if trouble repeats.
Attendance at Sunday School was 48. Local residents and visitors were noted moving, visiting, or staying with relatives including McGuire, Miller, Anderson, and Hawk. Hospital stay for Albert Keaten. Illness and travel touched several families in Laurel Cliff and nearby towns.
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