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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1943
Page
4
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The piece notes a decisive shift in the South Pacific theater since last summer, with the United States gaining initiative through improved sea power, air power, and reinforcements from Britain. It highlights recovered capabilities, losses by Japan, and a growing air superiority ahead of island hopping.
The War Food Administration urges eating potatoes as supply finally exceeds demand. Weather delays slowed Florida’s early crop then new arrivals from Alabama Louisiana the Carolinas Tennessee and California created a surplus. Current estimates exceed 36.6 million bushels versus last year while New Jersey Long Island and others near harvest ahead.
Pomona College in Claremont allocates 5000 to fund scholarships helping veterans resume studies after the war. The piece suggests future federal rehabilitation programs for the physically handicapped may emerge around 1945 or 1946, but notes many veterans face debt.
Public Roads Administration reports drivers in 11 states exceed the 35 mph wartime limit with average speeds up to 47 mph. Tires wear faster at higher speeds, potentially halving tire life, as PRA notes tires last about 60,000 miles at 35 mph versus 40,000 at 45 mph.
The American Business Congress urges Congress to extend war damage insurance coverage without extra premiums. They note no losses so far and see low probability of substantial future damage. Insurance seen as property protection, not profit, with remote Axis raid risks. A dividend in the form of extended coverage is proposed.
David Lawrence notes Vice President Wallace attacks the RFC while Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones defends careful use of taxpayer funds. The piece argues constitutional tensions, executive power limits, and calls for congressional inquiry into wartime spending and the governance of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
In Allied North Africa, Lieut. Daniel Kennedy recalls shooting down three Focke Wulf 109s in two minutes with a P-38. Soldiers note ample equipment but criticize home front bickering, price controls, and policy disputes reported in Stars and Stripes.
A British soldier recalls the term flaming onion used for a German anti air projectile. The phrase captures a wartime unit slang reflecting weapons used during air defense.
Florence Levy daughter of Mr and Mrs Marcel Levyion graduates from Corning High School in 194% and gains employment at the Batelie Memorial Institute Columbus chemical laboratory. Public library adds light fiction and children's books as summer reading begins.
Reports from Memorial Auditorium convocation with pianist instructor Miss Irene Witham presiding in Chubb’s absence. Paris high society marriage Barbara Hutton to Prince Alexis Mdivani in the Russian Orthodox Church. Local notes include a balloon ascent with names inside, a birthday guest Bettie Lee McCaskill, Forsyth’s Chetek trip, Kiwanis meeting remarks, golf tournament results, and road repaving on the Athens Chauncey road.
Mrs Chris Keifer and son Billy visited relatives in Chauncey on Monday. Mr and Mrs Cecil Woods Columbus visited relatives here over the week-end. Mr and Mrs Harry Esselstein Columbus visited Mr and Mrs Hubert Esselstein and family here over the week-end. Miss Lillian Haskins Columbus visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ted Haskins here over the week end. Mr and Mrs Clyde Myers and twin sons Jack and Jean Myers and Mr and Mrs John Hodgson visited with Mr and Mrs Earl Simmers and family in Toledo over the weekend. Mrs Pauline McCall. Miss Mildred Innes visited Mr and Mrs Arthur Harris and family here. Mrs Merle Roberts was a business visitor in Zanesville Friday. Dick Grimes Zanesville visited his mother Mrs Minnie Grimes here over the week-end.
In a Kraiktower household, Kathy’s engagement to George Baker sparks family tensions as Connie and Walter navigate a rearranged future. The narrator rents the Cottage to Clint Mattison, a detective-fiction writer and amateur glider, whose arrival foreshadows further disruption amid a looming storm.
Local notes recap travel visits and family news in Syracuse and nearby towns. Residents like William Stokey and Louis Flanagan are mentioned with moves, visits, and military service updates. Several births, arrivals, and weekend guests are listed along with the annual W.S.C.S. picnic planned at Roadside State Park.
A series of trivia Q and A covering health taxes wartime aircraft and ships, flag identification, wireless history, and land measurement across Iran Persia and Central American countries. Notable facts include Connecticut smoking per capita, the wooden Mosquito bomber, the Reuben James sinking, the presidential seal flag, the first Atlantic wireless transmission, and land area units manzana and lairh with conversions.
Point Rock social notes record visits and family events in Aurora Indiana. The item mentions Mr and Mrs L Morris of Aurora attending a golden wedding anniversary at Laurel Grange Hall and lists multiple local family visits and travels to Albany Athens Pomeroy Rutland and Columbus practices and illness.
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