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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1940
Page
4
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The aging 75 year old Athens City Building is being upgraded room by room to expand city government. Exterior work should be overseen by an architect while interior repairs proceed with careful funding. A central auditorium in the business district is seen as a needed civic space for visitors and public gatherings.
A column warns that Germany Italy and Japan push for Latin American influence. It argues Americans must resist rising allied fronts and Communist pressure as Axis powers seek trade and political footholds. It asserts future Munich-like aggressions could hem the United States and calls for vigilance.
The Department of Labor publishes Cathryn Seckler Hudson and the U S Government Printing Office offer Our Constitution and Government at 50 cents. The work explains how government operates in simple terms with pictures, urging both new and old citizens to understand democratic duties and representation.
Dr William C White and associates explore injecting radioactive phosphorus into tubercle bacilli to make germs visible to electrical tests. In animal tests the germs disappear for 14 days then reappear in tubercles, suggesting potential progress toward understanding and treating tuberculosis.
Raymond Clapper notes Kansas City readers weigh national war stakes, arguing Americans want Allied victory to secure safety in the Western Hemisphere. He cites Monroe Doctrine, defense needs, and political caution as Roosevelt faces a unified home front and Republican critique fades amid wartime urgency.
Bruce Catton warns that without a second-gauge program for defense and economic cooperation the Cuba regime could be dominated by Fascist Nazi interests. A Cuban scientist in Washington discusses Cuba’s conservative, anti American factions tied to Franco and Batista, and the potential for Cuba to join a democratic bloc if Washington acts.
A vintage recruitment text discusses June graduate employment, urging punctuality and responsibility. It emphasizes customer service, reliability, health, and workplace harmony, noting that steady performance builds cash income and job satisfaction through dependable conduct and timely task completion.
A poem by Charles Sellars reflects an old home now empty as children have grown and left. The speaker imagines empty seats at the table and memories of past happiness fading with time. Parents accept loneliness yet welcome the children home to hear their joyous laughter again.
A fragmented Q and A from a 1930s page covers astronomy patent office pricing and citizenship. It discusses Venus observation, patent copy costs, US matches production in 1937, and a citizenship path for a woman living abroad. It mentions corn production comparisons between the United States and Canada.
Funeral services for Ars Anna Tripp wife of Stephen Irvine were held at the Methodist Church. burial in Hamden Cemetery. Several local residents, including Mr and Mrs James Mitchell and others, attended gatherings and visits across Portsmouth, St Petersburg, Mt. Viorrs, and beyond. Various residents visited relatives in Cincinnati New Orleans and Galveston while others hosted guests from Peru, Ind. Jean Cox registered for the Rio Grande college term. Susanne Haley returned home from Jackson to visit family. Many local names appear with travel and visiting notes across multiple states.
Rossy McAfee returns home to confront a tangle of love, betrayal, and family plots as Steve Hogg schemes to frame Dr Tolliver for a father’s death. Hannah follows, and Uncle Jesse offers wary counsel while Rossy hunts for truth amid timbering, danger, and a looming confrontation on the ridge.
A group of Darwin youths formed a 4-H club on Tuesday night June 4 with George Sargent as president and elected officers including Brickles as vice president John Chaney as secretary and treasurer Bobby Pickett as athletic lead Junior Blackwood as assistant athletic leader and George Keith Mecumber as news reporter. Other members include Richard Chaney Loyd Swart Blackwood Vernal Blackwood Cecil Taylor and Donald Taylor Each member will handle an agricultural project with meetings every two weeks at the school the next set for June.
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