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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1943
Page
4
Local newspaper masthead shows subscription prices and wartime rates for mail service to servicemen. Also lists Associated Press rights and office locations with advertising rate inquiries and obituary notices.
The text warns that debt and taxation now shape government form: from a republic to a potential bureaucracy. It argues postwar fiscal policy is expanding state influence, with debt growing by sixty to seventy billion annually and taxation rising, making equal opportunity a casualty under socialistic planning. It likens prior small measures to double barreled shotguns.
The article portrays a postwar cooperation between oil companies and railroads that boosted East Coast oil deliveries from 5,000 to 1,000,000 barrels daily. It credits loading facilities and private industry with expansion, aided by government, as an example of American enterprise and planning under wartime strain.
The article urges shoppers to spread purchases across ration periods and use points wisely. Merchants blame government confusion for shortages and stress shopper cooperation to avoid last minute surges. It notes supplies thin out when many buyers converge on peak times, with foods and essentials disappearing quickly. Active guidance encourages timely buying and planning to ease civilian supply strain.
The Anne Hutchinson, damaged by a torpedo with a stern blown away and bow pierced, arrived at port as Number 41 from Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation. Maritime Commission Chairman Land praised the crew for their achievement, noting the ship’s capability to endure the ordeal.
Washington observers see Henry Wallace facing a possible first term as vice president with Roosevelt’s fourth term looming. Rumors tie Jimmy Byrnes to the ticket, while Texas power brokers and Sam Rayburn potential alignments loom. The piece notes party tensions, New Deal faction clashes, and the impact of wartime strategy on 1944 politics.
Allied dispatch from North Africa quotes a speaker laments war’s waste of life and resources. He urges Congress to launch a sweeping economy campaign to curb future conflicts, arguing the cost extends beyond money to human lives and natural wealth. He notes vast wartime expenditures and measures the drain on industries and morale.
Senator Claude Pepper warns against waste in funding education, urging prudent use of public money. He emphasizes accountability and strategic investments to improve schools and public learning programs.
Rutland W S C S met at Mrs. O Patterson's home after a business session. Guests included Junior Schoonover Donald Schoonover Lewis Schoonover Rex Dunfee and more as they head for military service. The annual W S C S picnic is set for Sunday July 11 at the Barnes home. Betty Fink's surprise birthday party drew many friends. Various local family visits and hospital update notes follow with several moves and weekend trips reported.
DEWITT MACKENZIE reflects on Chiang Kai-Shek's faith in Allied victory within two years, warns of the hardest stretch ahead, notes complacency in the US and among Allies, and praises China's resolve and endurance over six years of conflict.
Judge O F Rowland Hal Rowland and R W Finsterwald with Prosecuting Attorney John Bolin left for Cedar Point to attend the state bar association mid summer session. E S Finsterwalds and children Jean and John spent a week at Buckeye Lake. Miss Ruby Mercer, former Athens girl, engaged to sing Michaela in Carmen by Zoo Opera Company in Cincinnati and later Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
Lauretta and Cecelia Collins hosted a bridal shower for Marie Josten. W. H. Logan, former exalted ruler of Athens Elks, traveled to Atlanta for the Grand Lodge session. Howell Lindley and George Juart drove in Michigan. Bart Davidson was the low bidder on bids for Athens High School’s new building.
M G Brown president Bart Rawlings Harry Barnes Homer Cook and J H Grate represent the Rotary Club at a Point Pleasant meeting held last night to organize civic leaders on both sides of the river to urge keeping war industries in the region.
The text notes that the longest National League game was a 26 inning 1-1 tie between Brooklyn and Boston in 1920 cut short by darkness. It also claims the 1900 Paris Exposition drew 39 million visitors, about 14 million more than the 1939 New York World's Fair. It mentions Ruhr towns Gladbach and Muelheim as names that could mislead pilots.
Kathy Kraik arrives at Kraiktower before her wedding to George Baker. A discovery of a dead man in a ravine on the grounds shocks Connie and reveals a brewing feud. Clint Mattison narrowly escapes harm as police are called and the scene unfolds in a tense, foreshadowing cliffhanger.
Local social notes list residents and visitors to Coolville Troy with travels from Columbus Gilbert W Va Danville NL Watertown Franklin Harrison and others. Read shows weekend visits to relatives and transfers of servicemen with names and places.
Kanauga notes list local social events with many residents visiting relatives in Gallipolis Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Activities include a joint-hosted meeting at Mrs A W Pullins with Mrs Pullins and mother, a sixtieth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs T J Oliver, Epworth League elections, and Vacation Bible School opening. Names include Alma Anderson Helen Burnett Wade Abies Dorothy Wright Albert Allen Jane Anne Deem Florence Allen Elizabeth Adams Norma Meadows Ford Lawrence Joan Erwin and others with multiple family visits and travel between Gallipolis Pomeroy and Lincoln.
Private first class Harry W Spencer of Okla now stationed at Fort Sal has earned a U.S. Army rifleman badge. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs Spencer of Sand Run. North Africa action is noted for Woodrow Spencer. Local social notes mention visitors and family gatherings including Mrs Ava Sowers, Mrs Millard Sowers, Miss Mary Vasko and others.
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