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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for Ohio and out of state by mail and carrier with 1 year 5.50 in Ohio and 8.00 outside Ohio. Carrier rates 10.40 yearly. Minor ads and obituaries noted with nominal charges. Includes copyright notice and Milton quote about liberty.
A critical column argues that election politics inside the United States are delaying wartime mobilization. It claims Roosevelt and Congress avoid needed restrictions and taxation, complaining manpower and price controls are mishandled for political reasons during an election year.
The German American Bund and American Italian Fascists face actions for alleged subversive activity against the United States. Officials claim they financed abroad and could have aided Nazi spies. Public sentiment runs cold toward saboteurs while legal action proceeds slowly.
Barney Lee, fourteen from Salinas California, was convicted of second degree murder for shooting his uncle and sentenced to San Quentin. Local figures condemn sending a 14 year old to a prison with hardened offenders while questioning if society needs humane, scientific methods for handling such youth.
The passage notes thousands of Michigan workers striking over 36 cents for 20 lost minutes during a blackout. Nearby residents reportedly laughed it off, while nationally the event was seen as a disgrace amid broader wartime actions in the Middle East and Pacific. It contrasts domestic labor disputes with U S military efforts and wartime strain.
Peter Edson highlights key July 1941 U S aid events and WPB quirks. He notes American tank and air supply to Egypt, troops to Iceland, and experts to build a base in Northern Ireland, marking a year of materiel entering Europe. He also recounts goose feather jokes and a 25 million case evaporated milk surplus reshaping dairy stock and school lunches.
Burbank California observes Ivor Armstrong Richards urge global teaching of Basic English a simplified 850 word skeleton from Cambridge. He cites Japan's rival Basic Japanese and notes war disruptions. aims include international understanding and easier learning for aliens via Disney films and Basic dictionaries.
A quotation from Dr. Phillip C. Jessup of Columbia University critiques the idea of imposing a lasting order like pax Americana or pax Brit-Americana on the world. It reflects skepticism toward imperial peacekeeping concepts and liberal internationalism.
A War Department public relations official stresses that women must bear the burden of stabilizing morale as casualty lists grow week after week. The source quotes Lieut. Col. Edward M. Kirby regarding the Army’s dependence on women during wartime.
Leonard Tucker argues the Bible sets the world war duration as 41 years and 8 months per day. He predicts conflict may pause before a final spasm toward a new order, citing Revelation and Thessalonians as basis. Athens, July 6.
Libby Holman Reynolds, former Broadway star, held as material witness in husband Smith Reynolds death. Senate approves two billion unemployment relief bill awaiting Hoover veto. Nelsonville seeks $25 000 to reopen abandoned shoe factory with local committee backing. Mrs Mary G Noss visits from California PA after France trip where daughter earned a Doctorate. Ohio University class of 1932 grads already finding teaching jobs. Harding orders coal miners back to work or mines to be operated by government. Miss Pauline Danford returns from Weston WV with relatives J G Pettit. The Mikado staged in Athens as Chautauqua. Chaundy’s baseball team ends Logan streak with nine straight wins.
Hamden notes list visits and guests across a wide arc of towns with many families traveling to Portsmouth Murray City Columbus and Michigan. Recurring names include Kibbey Boggs Barnhill Roberts Waltz and Campbell along with Sowers Hendershot Perry Tedrow Campbell Meese and Wilkerson. Several civic items mention custodians rehired at the school board and a WCTU meeting with plans for August 7.
Clyde Dawson of the Canadian Intelligence Department probes the Lemoy Statler case after a hanged suspect’s heel bone bruise and a hidden beefsteak lead to traits of a former athlete. The detective links Statler to hockey and baseball, seeking confederates in a fifth column against RAF Ferry Command.
Poem notes constant train rumble moving east and west while wondering what Hitler thinks. It claims ignorance is bliss and asserts the roaring trains spell doom, attributed to Leda Sams in a wartime reflection.
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