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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1942
Page
4
The notice lists Associated Press rights and subscription prices for Ohio and outside Ohio. It details yearly, half year, and weekly rates by mail and carriage, plus single copy costs and international rates. It notes second class matter status at Athens post office under 1014.
A London report notes Cable and Wireless Limited has opened a staff sanctuary for prayer and quiet thought in its headquarters. The move aims to boost true activity through calm reflection, inviting all employees to participate without denominational constraint.
Communities across regions rally to harvest and preserve crops to fill the national pantry as labor shortages rise. The text urges towns and rural residents to organize mutual aid, trading labor for crops, and supporting farmers whose workers are at war or serving in the armed forces.
The piece describes public fear of possible actions by Washington to seize cars or tires or impose nationwide gasoline rationing. It notes anxious drivers, worn tires, and talk of soon available synthetic rubber, urging a clear Washington statement to quell rumors.
The piece notes Elmer Davis will decide if military or civilian channels release wartime news. It criticizes Army and Navy publicity failings while hoping Davis withholds or times public releases to bolster morale. It stresses the public’s need for timely, vivid stories.
Westbrook Pegler depicts Dummy Spelvin wearing a lieutenant commander uniform and arguing with his father about loyalty and patriotism. The mock confrontation satirizes defense spending, political intolerance, and wartime paranoia as the son claims special status and FBI protection while denouncing critics as traitors.
Peter Edson analyzes the Washington scene as manpower policy strains under war needs. He notes the War Manpower Commission lacks strong enforcement power and may face a shift to broader legislation or action by WPB, Selective Service, and military agencies to move civilians into critical war work.
In Dugger Indiana twenty non union miners are trapped inside the Hoosier Mine after 1,000 unemployed union miners block their retreat for two days. They are without food and demand concessions before allowing the men to leave.
A Messenger Readers column contains a verse by Laura B. Foster from Columbus about bombs over Europe and refugees marching through dust and pain. The poem portrays weary feet, no rest, and a grim journey under a bloodstained city.
The Athens scene includes a Dining Car Lunch on property owned by Fred Lee Tom with owner L. V. Cross, whose twin sons and a daughter will enter Ohio University as freshmen this fall. Local families hosted dinner for Logan visitors. A Farmers and Merchants picnic drew over 8,000 attendees from Athens County. The Athens Teachers Institute is set for August in Ewing Hall. Thomas Meighan stars in The Bachelor Daddy at Majestic Theatre. Court Street paving halted by a railroad strike delaying materials. Dr H S Sigley and family begin an eastern U S auto trip.
Dexter notes list social visits and the upcoming ice cream supper at the Dexter Church Friday night July 24 sponsored by the Ladies Aid. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martin of Columbus and families in Langsville and Charleston with several relatives visiting Columbus. Bridge carpenters from N Y C moved their camp cars to Chauncey Monday.
The Perry County death toll rose to 154 and births fell to 142 in the first six months of the year compared with 1941. County officials and Mrs. Pauline Mason secured assurance of $4 100 from the state fund for direct relief as WPA curtailment raises unemployment. School enrollment shows a net loss of 86 children across three districts, Monroe Township suffering the largest drop.
MT UNION Gerald Morris has operated a threshing outfit in the vicinity this past week. M A Epple and family and Mrs Dena Epple were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Albert Baer Forrest Run. Mr and Mrs Charles King and daughter Anna of Bradbury were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Harley Carr. Calvin Epple, previously employed in Columbus, has been transferred to another branch of the Asplandic Tree Expert Co at Warren.
Detective Clyde Dawson pursues Carole Fiske after she accuses Paul Dexel of murder. Fiske escapes to a ship bound for St. John s Newfoundland, while Dawson learns Dexel’s link to a silent spy network. Mounties arrive as Dawson heads to intercept the Fort Glengarry and uncover a broader counter espionage plot.
Social notes record visits and pages of life in Bradbury. Gardner Hysell of Cleveland preached at the service while Carolyn Jean Pierce stayed with her sister in Dexter. Various locals hosted relatives and friends over the weekend.
Blossom Valley notices report Gerald Taylor stationed at Fort Kno visiting his wife and parents. Agnes Stevens and Langsville brother spent Sunday with relatives in Wellston. John Arthur Cardwell of Byers and Mrs. Cardwell's parents visited. Jessie Brown and child returned home after visiting relatives. Earnest Waldron of Columb visited Hiram Dorton family. Joseph Spires ill at 76. June Canter of Wellston visited grandmother Janey Osler. Ethel Cardwell ill.
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