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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1941
Page
4
Local newspaper masthead lists memberships with the Associated Press and regional press associations. It details subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery across multiple counties and notes advertising rates and national representatives.
The passage argues the Axis has achieved unexpected outcomes over 21 months, revealing audacity and unscrupulous aims. It claims they revived pride in Britain, exposed flawed nationalism, spurred Pan Americanism, and urged liberty for colonized regions while steering away from past imperial methods. It envisions a future free world resisting totalitarianism.
The National Industrial Conference Board says 51,647,000 wage earners exist in the United States, up from about 45,000,000, with fewer than 4,000,000 unemployed. The figures, estimates, show a growing labor force and hint at stronger American capacity. The article notes Hitler built his military strength on man-hours and suggests rising U.S. work hours offer hope of defeat.
The Compliance section of the Priorities Division of OPM declares that 15 basic materials will be under industry wide mandatory control with penalties for non compliance. Aluminum, magnesium, nickel, chromium, nickel steel, ferro tungsten, tungsten high speed steel, machine tools, synthetic rubber, copper, cork, borax, polyvinyl chloride, zinc and rubber are listed. Sixty percent of steel is directed to the defense program. Fewer people believe we can carry on as usual and still build defenses against Hitler. This is now and armed strength counts now.
Motorists on a New Jersey road outside New York found a horse exhausted and starved in a buggy shaft. Bystanders and state police intervened to rescue the animal as drivers faced the consequences of brutal handling and neglect.
Raymond Clapper notes that booming defense production will leave some industries in distress as aluminum and other civilian sectors shrink. He cites job losses, housing shortages, and the need for quick plant conversion while urging targeted government planning to cushion the shock and reemploy displaced workers in defense efforts.
A Messenger letter criticizes Raymond Clapper for his stance on a negotiated peace with Germany, arguing true freedom requires justice and a warlike stance. The writer, Bessie M Gorslenfe of Athens, urges vigilance against appeasement and cites biblical imagery and wartime duty. A second item, a poem about longing for "long, long ago" faith and the mourner's bench, is attributed to Rev. Mary Karch of Lakeview, Ohio.
Peter Edson surveys Washington politics and local police, noting Washington’s complex, costly District government and a District police scandal. The piece details multiple policing agencies and a June to present series of violent deaths, with Maj. Ernest W. Brown likely to retire as district detectives face upheaval.
Secretary Ickes reported about 4000 railway tank cars pressed into emergency service to move oil into the East. The Atlantic seaboard had relied on ship tankers from Gulf and Pacific ports, and the eastern shortage followed the transfer of about one fifth of that tanker fleet to British service.
The world’s largest rosebush sits in Tombstone Arizona covering about 200 square feet and producing hundreds of thousands of blossoms each year.
No meteoric metal was found inside the large crater near Winslow Aziz, but 15 tons were recovered scattered around its exterior, indicating the meteorite broke apart before impact.
Coolville Congregational church will host Rev. David Dean of Rockland for Sunday morning services at 10 45. The town and surrounding communities enjoy a busy social life with many visits and gatherings at homes of local families including the Clark and Minear households and frequent Sunday guest events.
A Canadian harbor scene precedes a wartime troop voyage as naval commanders warn of a Nazi spy among the 20000 soldiers headed to England. Lieutenant Rollins spots a shadow on A deck and confronts a mysterious figure aboard the former Polish liner T9 as tension rises before departure.
Mineral area society notes list visits and entertainments. G C Sickels recovers in Athens after surgery. Everett Snyder guests. Cynthia Penrod Tunor and sons visit Chillicothe. Vaughn Addis family celebrates Carl Addis birthday. Elizabeth Buckley, Jack Shingler travel for work. Ely reunion in Chillicothe attended by multiple relatives. moving households include Stephen sons to Lightfritz Ridge. Mae Wright of Columbus visits Jackson family. Emma Jenkins seriously ill. Cecil Kelly family visiting from Venetia. George Sickels family visit Barberton. Paul Stout family returns to Dayton. Addie Sickels Show guests in Unia polis.
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