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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
4
Industrial Preparedness Urges Swift Munitions Production
Colonel Ayers of the Cleveland Trust Co. calls for immediate large orders to spur production capacity in five essential munitions classes. He stresses swift development of factories and skilled labor for airplanes anti aircraft guns tank vehicles and artillery, noting many items need only routine capacity while the difficult ones require deliberate expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayers
Cleveland Trust Co
Intero
LOOKING 20 YEARS AHEAD Veterans' Hospital critique
A reader notes a large new Veterans' Hospital under construction as World War I veterans continue to generate neuro psychiatric cases 22 years after the 1918 guns fell silent. The piece questions future casualty counts and the impact on national talent, asking how Adolf Hitler sleeps at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hospital
Flanders
Adolf Hitler
Alaska gains air link with Pan Am subsidiary
The last American region without regular air service, Alaska, now gains a Seattle to Juneau route under Pacific Alaska Airways, a Pan American subsidiary. About 20 trial flights have occurred and regular service will start soon, promising faster travel, quicker shipments, and closer national ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Seattle-Juneas
Pacific-Alaska Airways
Pan American Airways
Streamlined Merchantmen and the New American Fleet
Hammers ring in shipyards as 270 hulls rest in stocks led by the new America the finest ship built in the western world. Admiral Emory Land notes a 62 cargo ship raced to India, returning to New York minutes apart from an older freighter with 1000 tons less cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Emory 8. Land
Maritime Commission
India
New
Willkie Emerges as Possible GOP Nominee Talk
Theodore Clapper notes Republican leaders privately weighing Wendell Willkie as a strong cross party option amid Roosevelt’s uncertain edge. He sketches possible defections, delegates pledged, and the race for an effective defense and economic plan, with Willkie seen as a candidacy capable of unifying a wary party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Willkte Com
Audetoma San Pryor
Connecticut
A. K. Stiles
Repubian
Illinois
William G. Lewin
Indiana
Dewey
Taft
Vandenbers
Willkie
Anatte
Landonstone
Colonel Knox
Hoover
Willie
Middle West
Ltt
Philadelphia
San
Wilikie
Indianapolis
Cam
Roosevelt-Hull
Congress
Bruce Catton Reviews Washington Scene
Bruce Catton discusses Washington coverage and labor strikes around Memorial Day, noting union actions, Navy funding debates, and political maneuvering with references to FDR, Leahy, and WPA money. The column closes with reflections on independence, character, and public opinion shaped by radio.
Public Forum Confused Lines in Crumbling Notice
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled remarks about a calendar or forum. The readable portions hint at a discussion of age and appearance, with disjointed phrases and misspellings. No clear event, date, or named entities emerge from the readable material.
Rustling and theft fears sweep Meigs County towns
A letter from Edcoe, Foolville RD, June 10 laments rising livestock stealing and burglary in Meigs County. The writer decries a local officer who refuses to compensate a neighbor for losses and questions voter judgment in electing thieves to office. He compares crime to past eras in nearby counties and asks where residents can find safety and police protection for property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Orange Township
Meigs County
Athens
Airport
Athens County
Edcoe, Foolville, RD
Jobs for June Graduates in United Air Lines Rise
An editorial discusses United Air Lines and the commercial flight industry as a fast growing public utility in the United States. It notes rising passenger numbers, a need for trained personnel, and airline efforts to train pilots, mechanics, and radio technicians to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orenmennar Smart
United Air Lines
Air Lines
Everett Damewood
Pers Plains
Ben
United States
Fred Gunther
Monte
Albany’ Pike
Mia TV
Brown
Fire destroys five story building in Floodwood
Fire gutted the New York Coal Companys five story Floodwood building causing about 10000 dollars in damage. Mr and Mrs C M Coulter announced the birth of daughter Mary Jo at Sheltering Arm Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Coal Company
Floodwood
Nev
C. M. Coulter
Mary Jo
Sheltering Arma Hospital
Hayes named airman of GOP Convention in Chicago
The GOP Convention in Chicago on June 8 titled HL Hayes as airman. Prof Martzoiff of Ohio University received Litt. D at Wittenberg College. Athens High School Baccalaureate featured songs by Miss Eliza Garber and Miss Catherine Mulligan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will HL Hayes
G.O.P
Chicago
Prof. Martzoiff
Ohio University
Wittenberg
College
Elizaeth “Garber
Mise Catherine Mulligan
Poetic Fragment Reflects Dictator's Oil Promise
A fragment from Thea Connett in Athens narrates how a dictator promised oil and gold to secure the South, urging unity while warning that yielding to such rhetoric harms the nation. The poem contrasts light and love with hate and drought, warning of barren souls when rains come too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thea Connett
Questions and Answers from historic Q and A session
The excerpt presents a sequence of Q and A items from 1938 1957 and 1939 covering diverse topics. It notes population figures for National Forest workers and a flag fringe query with no symbolic meaning. It also explains a weather related worm and tadpole rain phenomenon with a meteorological explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orson
United States
Exposed nerves on the diamond pit Rossy McAfee
In springtime campus drama Rossy McAfee faces pressure as Southern’s Tolliver supports a big league scout. Facing jittery nerves and a wild start his pitching steadies with a curving strikeout spree. Judy Tollivar and Hannah Shrider anchor a tense, emotional lead up to Lincoln versus Southern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurd
McAfee
Rossy
Rosey
Hannah
Cormcob
Southern
Leavig Rossy
Lincoln
Ike Hill
Hannah Shrider
Ly Judy Tollivar
Leacock
Tollivers
Sammy
Tolliver
Judy
Tollivar
Union Children’s Day Program Set for Sunday Evening
MT UNION announced a Children’s Day program to be held Sunday evening June 16 at 8 o’clock. Local social notes record various visits and guest appearances across Harrisonville Columbus Athens Bradbury and Dexter as families gather in community circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt, Union
Harley Carr
James Clark
Harrisonville
Steward
Columbus
Mee
AR. Caster
Athens
Frank Wood
Charles King
Daughe
Bradbury
Emry Chase
Lewis Saxton
Ward Saxton
Linda
Dexter
Harley. Carr
Sidney Jordan
Gilbert Michael
Bunker Hull
Lesley Chase
William Chase
Adena
Nancy
Margaret Hartley
Columba
SA Yalar
Risonville
MA. Chase
Martley
M. A. Chase
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