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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1942
Page
4
We Must Get Tough and Fight to Win
The piece argues Americans must abandon niceness and sportsmanship in war. It praises Russians for ruthlessness and calls for a decisive, relentless approach to defeat the axis. It notes North Africa showed leadership errors and urges bold, no holds barred fighting until victory.
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Tobruk
Matruh
Marquis of Queensbury
North
Africa
Rommel
Balance in Wartime Rationing Debated for 1942 End
The piece argues rationing should be reviewed by a federal agency by year end to balance civilian needs with war priorities. It notes abundant food but shipping limits, emphasizes priority for soldiers and war materiel, and calls for maintaining small industries to stabilize wages and avoid inequities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Labor union pledges wartime service and wage restraint
The International Ladies Garment Workers' Union with 300000 members, 70000 idle in New York, votes to waive peace-time wage scares and work for Uncle Sam for less. The move pairs patriotism with practicality to keep shops running and workers employed as the war continues.
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Organized Labor
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
New York
Uncle Sam
Raymond Clapper Defends Independent Judgment in War Policy
Washington readers are urged to back public officials who exercise independent judgment amid pressure from labor, farm, and minority groups. Clapper argues fear of public backlash drives rationing, taxation, and wartime policy, warning that elected officials need citizen support to act boldly.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Rommel
Sugar War Looms Between Beet and Cane Interests in Washington
Peter Edson surveys looming postwar battles as beet sugar interests clash with cane sugar lobby. He notes fears of renewed import protection, calls for domestic beet industry expansion, and cites Senator Tydings and quotes from Jefferson and Emerson as context for the century-long policy debate.
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Washington
Congress
Hawaii
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Cuba
West Indies
Latin America
Sugar Trust
White House
Department of Agriculture
Revenue from cigaret licenses tops three thousand dollars
Perry County records show license revenue for the new license year at 3343.84 dollars. Rita Pauline Mason, county auditor, distributed the funds while Nina Holden, county recorder, released weekly office statistics including deeds and mortgages filed and cancelled, with a mortgage by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. to City Bank Farmers Trust Co. supplying the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Pauline Mason
Nina Holden
County Recorder
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
City Bank Farmers Trust Co
Farmers Cooperative Store Co
Common Pleas
New Lexington Savings and Loan Co
South Main Street
City
Your Last Drop of Blood for Old Glory Poem
A poetry column prints a brief wartime verse titled Your Last Drop of Blood for Old Glory. Dedicated to the author’s son Roy Eric Sams, the piece laments burnished banners and embattled ships and planes, urging sacrifice and patriotism with a closing chorus.
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Son Roy Eric Sams
Son
Columbia
Judith Fights for Escape From Bomber Plot at Sea
Judith battles captors aboard a schooner, escapes into rough seas, and crawls ashore to seek help. She endures injuries and deception as she reaches a coastal town seeking transportation and to expose the spy plot before hospital admission.
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Judith
Jadee
Wallace Reid
Majestic Theater
Watson Airplane
San Diego
Soothi
Unseasonal Ohio floods and record air race feats recall decades
Ten years ago Meigs and Gallia counties endured crest damage from two days of heavy rain. Fliers James Mattern and Bennett Griffin set an Atlantic City to NYC Berlin flight record at 31 hours 44 minutes. Amelia Earhart Putnam was honored by the Naval Geographic Society and the U S Olympic team faced budget limits. Twenty years ago Athens held the Chautauqua with performances and a visit by Princess Kiko Kuniyoshi to Hirohito era Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Probate Court
Gloria Virginia
Paul Richard Ambrose
Clyde R. Ambrose
New Straitsville
Samuel
Anne L. Ambrose
Delavan A. Calkins
Walter H. Calkins
Common Pleas Court
James E. Barnes
Lancaster
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Barnes
Somerset
A. S. McGonagle
Henry Brown
Ohio
Meigs
Gallia
James Mattern
Bennett Griffin
Atlantic
New York City
Berlin
First Chauncey Community Sing Proves Successful
The inaugural Chauncey Community Sing drew participants led by Fred Lee Tom of 4'" ens. George Grayson was soloist with Mellea worth reader Janice Battin Miller and Arthur Cameron forming an instrumental trio.
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Chauncey
Fred Lee Tom
Ens
George Grayson
Melleaworth
Reader
Janice Battin
Miller
Arthur
Two Civil Suits Open In Logan Court
Logan court to begin two civil suits Monday morning in the Court of Common Pleas. Judge Phil A. Henderson presiding will hear life against Smith and a second civil action by Val against Cassley. A civil docket will be announced this week with cases set for each day.
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Martha Starner
Robert Starner
Common Pleas Court
Athens
Detroit
Elbert Maxwell
Gladys Maxwell
A. J. Price
Leonard Snowden
Fred Heck
Glouster
Minnie von Shele
Ohio University
Orville Hoops
Ethel Hoops
McGonagle
Common Pleas
McLaney
Nora Leona Walpole
Everett Walpole
Justice
Logan
Smith
Court of Common Pleas
Phil A. Henderson Presio
Val
Cassley
Henders
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Frederick W. Bush
THE
Messenger Publishing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Winston Churchill
Raymond Clapper
Peter Edson
Washington Scene
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Thomas Jefferson
Emerson
Russia
AXIS
Perry County
Ira C. Spitler Et al
Thorn Township
W. W
W. T. Wherle
Point Beautiful
Buckeye Lake
Somerset Press
County Board of Elections
Davie Printing Co
Henry Hazelton
Shawnee
Clair Butts
W. A. Hite
Thornville
Clementine Bugh
Eudorah R. Bennett
Mayme Lennehan
Margaret Cullinan
Charles L. Rutter
Mechanic
Newark
Kathryn L. Schimpf
Charles Barker, Jr
Rotter
Zanesville
Ella Mae Mills
Crooksville
Isaac Allen
Hemlock
Etta Love
Eral Hubert Norris
Virginia Delores Peyton
Curtis Wright
Ralph Edward Clum
Anna Louise Clark
Glenford
Robert T. Ferguson
Grace M. Vierebone
Hopewell Township
A. A. Cush
Margaret Cush
Reading Township
Philomina Sweeney
Don Bringardner
Lillian Thomas Brownfield
Bearfield
Pleasant Township
James C. Hillet
Ley E
Margaret F. Householder
Poet's Corner
Messener
Leda Sams
By Galbraith
Blanche Roberts
Burke
Karl
Tom
Heavy
WEA Service. Inc
Inferne
Union St
Mill Stds
Amelia Farhart Putnam
Naval Geographic Society
Presser Hoover
United States
Los Ange
U. S
Prof . Hoover
Clark Williams
Ki Gako Kuni
Hirohito
Japan
A. E. Algeo
Ernest
John
Cinnati and
Loveland
Logan Court
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