Taxing times ahead as debt looms for postwar years
The piece argues that as March 15 tax time nears, the nation faces heavy taxation to service a national debt projected to exceed 100 billion dollars by next year. It calls for broader taxes, including withholding and sales taxes, to fund war costs and postwar obligations, warning of future hardship if not addressed.
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Pacific
Congress
World Peace Simps
Tom Jenkins
Washington
Ways and Means
Jenkins
Ohio
Blood donations rise from heart of America in wartime
The American public, responding to an urgent Army and Navy call, volunteers 200000 pints of blood. The American Red Cross collects, processes into dried plasma, and ships it to posts and ships to save lives, a quiet, life giving act from the nation’s beating heart.
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Army
Navy
American Red Cross
America
Propaganda trick exposed by radio prisoner names
The piece argues that Japan uses a short wave radio tactic listing American prisoners' names to lure listeners. It claims the gimmick fails once exposed and that American audiences recognize it as propaganda rather than information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoose
New Pacific Air Route Bypasses War to Reach China in Five Days
Five years after Pacific air service began, war cuts the standard San Francisco to Hong Kong route. A new world circumnavigation by air from the east coast to Brazil, Africa, India, and then China reduces travel to five days, uniting American British and Chinese interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
China
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Brazil
Africa
India
Wickard’s price control power shifts stir farm lobby tension
Raymond Clapper argues that giving Wickard control over farm prices ties him to the farm lobby. He warns the secretary will be blamed if prices rise and that Roosevelt must resolve a conflict between Wickard and Henderson or risk political backlash. He notes past farm bloc pressure and anticipated demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Leon Henderson
Leon
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Farm Bloc
Peter Edson Reviews Washington Scene
Washington. You can become a Washington expert with one easy lesson. Newcomers marvel at government knowledge and the many figures cited in speeches on conditions. The piece jokes that a few catchlines and numbers can make anyone seem informed in talks and conferences.
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Washington
Wartime economics figures guidance from 1940s prompts
A compilation of inflationary demand strategies, industry conversion tactics, and labor projections. It urges rising spending to five billion per month, emphasizes concentration of war orders among few firms, and projects unemployment shifts toward full employment by 1944.
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U. S
Public Forum invites signed reader comments of brief length
The Athens Mes provides a column for current event comments. Writers must sign their letters and include a signature. Submissions should be concise to allow multiple per day.
What Do We Need Editor The Messenger
A letter from F. E. Bolton in Albany on January 23 argues that wartime finances distract from real needs. He warns against abstraction of defense costs and stresses food clothing and productive labor. He questions relief reliefs salaries and class tensions hindering national production and unity.
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the Messenger
Relief Department of
F. E. Bolton
Laurel Cliff Social And Personal Notes
Attendance at Sunday school last Sunday was 47. Mr and Mrs Pearl Jacobs and daughter spent Friday in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Stanley Dow Rav enswood were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Charles Karr. Mr and Mrs Edward Evans Langsville were guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Guy Cole. Mrs Vern Ackley is ill. Pearl Parker and daughter spent Friday in Columbus. Miss Ferndora Schaefer student nurse at St Joseph Hospital was guest Sunday of her parents Mr and Mrs N E Schaefer. Mrs Georgia Diehl and Mrs Helen Leifheit will hostesses to the Sherwood Garden Club Thursday evening at the home of Mrs Diehl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Jacobs
Columbus
Stanley Dow
Ravenswood
Charles Karr
Edward Evans
Langsville
Guy Cole
Vern Ackley
Pearl Parker
Ferndora Schaefer
St. Joseph Hospital
N. E. Schaefer
Georgia Diehl
Helen Leifheit
Sherwood Garden Club
Rutland — American Legion
Jack Gobel
St. Francis Hospital
Finsterwald
Dewey Donahue
Logan
W. Va
Eugene Fink
Mary Alice Hager
Zanesville
Curt Swick
Mary Price
Paul Winn
Middleport
Earl Hugg
Wilkesville
C. O. Chapman
Alban
Scott Canaday
Leon Marshal
Bessie Wise
Thomas Barton
Roy Barn
Harold Boggess
J. M. Boggess
Harold Rice
Fort Knox
Fort Donaldson
Carl Dennison
Ripley
Bulldogs Face Undefeated Pomeroy Tilt After Logans Win
Athens High School Bulldogs booked a tough road test at Pomeroy High School Tuesday night following a grueling win over Logan. Miss Elsie Druggan of Ohio University spoke to the Child Conservation League. The Athens Junior High ninth grade girls sang with accompanist Juanita Saylor. Athens Camp No 18 veterans officers installed include J E Sherlock senior vice commander Ralph Dalton historian and Frank S Lowry.
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Logan High
Athens High School Bulldogs
Pomeroy
Pomeroy High
Elsie Druggan
Ohio University
Child Conservation League
Athens Junior High School
Margaret Alice Guthrie
Normandy Burgett
Virginia Sands
Eula Pendergrass
June Fultz
Betty Hoyt McCoy
Clarice Helen Sutton
Emma Strahl
Juanita Saylor
Athens
Athens High Sail to 22 11 Victory Over Columbus Aquinas
The Athens High basketball team defeated Columbus Aquinas 22 to 11 in a strong showing led by Clyde Battin in his final game for his alma mater. Battin will enter Ohio University in the fall where former teammate Harold Wise stars on the fresh men's quintet. Gerald Finney, a Phi Delta Theta at Ohio University, plays with Isham Jones orchestra on tour and recordings while Herbert Finney, also a Phi Delta Theta, saxophones with the Theis Detroit Ritz. The Finney brothers hail from Jackson before joining OU. Separate social items note two receptions hosted by Mrs. Eugene E. Woodworth and Mrs. Hunter J. Brown at 73 N. Congress St with guests Mary Louise Walker and Helen McLaughlin. hostesses listed include Mrs. C. T. Moore and others, who contributed vocal selections.
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Athens High
Columbus Aquinas
Clyde Battin
Battin
Ohio University
Harold Wise
O. U
Gerald Finney
Phi Delta Theta
Isham Jones
Herbert Finney
O.U
Theis Detroit
Eugene E. Woodworth
Hunter J. Brown
Brown
N. Congress St
Mary Louise Walker
Helen McLaughlin
C. T. Moore
L. L. Deissle
G. L. Fenzel
B. R. Goldsberry
George McLaughlin
J. F. Stevens
Apple Grove Revival And Community News Roundup
Church revival services continue at the Methodist Church led by Rev. W. G. Cooper. W S C S meets at Mrs. Howard Carpenter’s home Thursday afternoon. The Shank sons Earl and Ernest return home after the sudden death of their father Robert A. Shank near Pt Pleasant. Funeral held at Lock Eleven Church. Local visits include Mrs Ella Sayre with Mrs Stanley Cross in Racine and a party hosted by Miss Alice Wolfe at the Roy Buck home. Mr and Mrs Herbert Shields and daughter Marlene visited Parkersburg. Mrs George Hayman and Ruby visited her ill aunt Mrs Powell in Enterprise. Shields and Sargent traveled to Columbus. Shields for AAA matters and Sargent to visit his mother. Ancil Siders of Portland visited Arch Chapman and family Sunday. In 1940 U S railroads used 112 pounds of fuel per 1000 tons moved one mile, a new record low.
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Apple Grove
Methodist Church
W. G. Cooper
W.S.C.S
Howard Carpenter
Earl
Ernest Shank
Robert A. Shank
Pt. Pleasant
Lock Eleven
Ella Sayre
Stanley Cross
Racine
Alice Wolfe
Roy Buck
Herbert Shields
Marlene
Parkersburg
George Hayman
Ruby
Powell
Enterprise
Jack Sargent
Columbus
Shields
AAA
Sargent
Ancil Siders
Portland
Arch Chapman
Tambay tale hinges on football and pride
Doc Oliver, Angel Todd, and Juddy witness a bruising game and tense aftermath. Angel stars on the field while Maurie Sears faces town scorn after a street altercation. Rumors of a rival’s retaliation ripple through Tambay as offshore bets and business talk mix with football fever.
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Nalves
Doc
Harley
Juddy
Van
Oliver
Angel
Scallinger
Ramsdell
Big Scallinger
Welliver
van Clark
Mr. Oliver
Brad Holland
Todd
Rogues Hall
Honeybunch
Tambay
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