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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
4
The notice lists publishing affiliations including Ohio based and Associated Press members. It details subscription rates by mail and metro service with yearly and half year options, origins of circulation, and general advertising policy. It also mentions obituary and thanks notices and notes business offices in Chicago New York Columbus and Cleveland.
The article cites General Motors earnings and the National Industrial Conference Board study to argue that large war producers earned substantial sales but lower postwar profits. It notes reconversion costs and the need for reserves as essential, not profits, while major firms face reduced profits since the wartime peak.
The piece urges observing the first Sunday in June as International Shut-in Day to visit four million sick and disabled people in homes hospitals and sanatoria. It emphasizes that shut-ins seek only consideration not charity and urges readers to start June 6 with acts of neighborliness.
A critique of bureaucratic officials who hound the public and press during wartime. The piece mocks the entrenched red tape and puffed-up authority of minor officers, noting their reluctance to share news and their self‑important demeanor as civilians grow weary.
The piece urges avoiding long visits during rationing. Hosts should share ration points with guests to avoid hurting the family. Guests should contribute or refrain from overstaying as the hostess bears the ration burden. Relatives abusing the system are especially noted.
In Washington, David Lawrence reports a chaotic clash of authority over the coal truce. Inter-agency bickering and uncertain policies left 530,000 miners idle as war production risks continue amid calls for a lawful, Congress-based solution.
Stockholm notes no fighting on the Russian Finnish front for months and Finland weighs breaking from the Axis. Moscow offers no terms, while Finnish fear of Russian rule remains the major obstacle. The piece mentions Ramsay’s Berlin trip and U.S. efforts to broker a peace, with diplomatic strains evolving.
A quotation attributed to TJryon Edwards emphasizes that future rectitude is the best apology for past misdeeds and the clearest demonstration of regret to the world. The line frames accountability through concrete future conduct rather than words.
The piece compares OPA price ceilings to flood caused by many streams joining rivers, arguing inflation stems from widespread wage and price surges. It recalls WWI spending booms with real estate, land, and apparel price spikes, noting speculators profit while many farmers cannot justify values, warning of war-time abnormality.
The narrator in Manila wrestles with Pacific tension after a telegram delays departure. He describes barroom hostility toward Filipinos, American imperial attitudes, and a strategic forecast with Admiral Hart and the Asiatic Fleet. December 7 8 events unfold as Japan moves toward war and the philippines defenses are assessed.
The article notes Manchukuo expanding its claimed borders into Inner Mongolia. It contrasts Mongol historic rule from 1260 to 1368 with current border rhetoric and mentions global observers. It also references Hitler proposing a tax incentive to encourage marriage and quits work. May rainfall across the region nears a third of yearly Ohio totals. The piece includes a provocative photo of J. P. Morgan with a diminutive child on his knee and a twenty year ago timeline of local social events and gatherings in Athens with various hostesses and bridge tea descriptions.
A set of quiz questions and concise factual answers covering waterfalls heights, Dodecanese Islands location and strategic value, sea otter hunting and price, largest world islands, and the Seven Weeks' War in 1866.
The Ohio Conference of Methodist Churches voted to oppose the phrase For his own profit in the anti gambling bill and urged the Ohio Council of Churches to oppose all forms of gambling sponsored by religious institutions. Legislative spokesmen say the inserted four words would have allowed church and fraternal groups to run Bingo and other contests.
Poet Bessie M. Gorslene honors soldiers and airmen who retake strategic goals in harsh Arctic like conditions. The poem recalls quiet secrecy before a bridgehead fight on snow covered terrain. It praises endurance against wind fog cold and days of freezing combat.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid Society schedules an all day quilting event Thursday June 3 at Mrs. H Walden's home. Local residents hosting and visiting kin from Parkersburg Huntington Athens and Vincennes attended Memorial Day and family gatherings with several names listed among guests and callers.
In Pauls Valley Oklahoma the Ohio Oil Company reports a 59 million cubic yard daily gas blowout has been tamed. The additional well was drilled and its flow diverted through the hole and then killed after a violent effort to curb the well. About 10 000 sacks of cement were used in the operation.
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