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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1942
Page
4
The note lists membership in press associations and AP rights, then provides Ohio and outside Ohio subscription rates for mail and carrier service, single-copy prices, and foreign rates. It includes a U S Post Office designation and locations for national representatives, plus a Milton quote on liberty.
The piece argues subsidies may be needed to keep small factories operating under price ceilings during war. It notes officials say thousands of firms face shutdown without aid, while critics link subsidies to waste and pork. The author hopes policy shifts after the election before damage deepens.
The article argues that rising costs hit dairy and poultry farmers in Southeastern Ohio. Milking cows twice daily and housing feed costs strain profit as labor shifts to war wages. With prices fixed for milk and eggs, farmers face unsolved financial pressure amid wartime labor shortages.
Private industry, with federal approval, will convert millions of dusty old records into new discs for army camps. War plant demand limits supplies but tens of thousands of home records in attics and shelves will be reclaimed for soldiers leisure use, not government controlled.
General Chennaults Flying Tigers volunteered for a grim front with scant gear and outnumbered numbers. They performed a standout aerial combat effort, and now many have joined official air forces or returned home. We expect many will soon resume shooting down Japs.
A dated quotation contrasts falsehoods being quick to detect and punish with truth arriving calmly from eternity. Attributed to Joseph Parker, it emphasizes divine judgment and moral immediacy.
Westbrook Pegler criticizes hasty army and navy commissions given to men with no qualifications. He cites officers with undeserved ranks and argues for merit-based appointments and clearer distinctions between specialists and combat troops. He warns of widespread morale and fairness concerns as families face wartime deployment.
Peter Edson surveys the rubber crisis with skeptical analysts noting scant Latin American rubber, a 30 000 ton potential, and current Brazilian output of 2000 tons in May 1942. He cites low prices and limited export channels to the United States, Argentina, and Brazil, arguing no immediate solution exists.
A decade ago Meigs County residents staged a Washington bicentennial pageant led by Margaret Riley while Athens Country Club dominated the Southeastern Ohio tourney with Jack Preston taking the amateur title and driving honors. Logan Health Department fought a typhoid fever outbreak as eight Carbon Hill residents fell ill. Dr. and Mrs. E B Bryan hosted a garden party for Mrs. Mary G Noss.
The Athens area includes two post offices in the top five of the fourth federal reserve district with an Athens post office ranked second in first class and Gloucester second and Pomeroy third in second class. Mrs. I M Foster and daughters joined Congressman Foster in Athens at 19 Park Place to stay rest of the summer. Eight Cincinnati trains were halted due to the national railroad strike, the first effect on Athens. B K Horn of Athens named chief of American Relief in Armenia.
Millfield news notes include a Country Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Alice Carr with a potluck lunch and sewing session attended by members Susie Bell Bessie Wemmer Hazel Boudinot Mabel Sanders Pauline Bolen Velma Wemmer Clara Theisen and guests Ida Sayer Bertha Howard Margaret Hughes Frances Wallace. Mealtime and family socializing followed with several relatives listed among attendees. Other items report four dogs injuring a sheep flock on the M A Howard farm and the dogs being killed, plus euchre club play led by Mrs Maxine Boudinot and guests.
Perry County court items include Charles Donnelly available for selling tax returns at the law library third floor courthouse. Sheriff Jacob E. Sandusky sues Carl Hurd for 120 dollars over killing a beagle named Sandsusky Sam. A subpoena forces Mildred Blake to testify in Ruth Craft v Charles Smith in Hocking County. County officials discuss relief funds with the state welfare department. County records show deeds and mortgages filed and fees totaling 172.78 dollars. June business licenses show three new ventures, down from fourteen. Divorce actions set for July 20 and new marriages and property transfers noted including several lot and parcel transactions.
Clyde Dawson of the Canadian Intelligence Service investigates a murder linked to Darwin Lemoy aka Darwin Lemoy Statler. He tracks suspects across Newfoundland New York Chicago and Homewood to uncover a spy network tied to the Ferry Command and a missing hand from an executed man.
McARTHUR Nelson A. Crites resigns as superintendent effective today to join Upper Arlington School system as a physical science instructor. He arrived in 1937 as principal of McArthur High School and also taught mathematics and science, leaving four teaching vacancies and no coach yet.
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