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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
4
The notice lists AP rights and subscription prices for carriers and mail across Ohio and out of state, with overseas service rates and conditions. It notes entry as second class matter and lists national representatives and advertising rate notes for obituaries and cards.
The piece argues against large funded political action by unions and the CIO in elections. It questions forcing millions of workers to contribute to campaigns they oppose, citing Hatch Act concerns and the need for member referendums before spending union funds. The author warns of coercive implications if the plan advances.
A study of postwar price trends suggests prices will stay higher than 1940, with some predicting a 33 to 50 percent rise. While business volume may grow, many white collar and war workers will lack savings, forcing civilians to endure higher costs without war plant wages.
The telephone operator stands as a rural hero translating countryside messages amid failing lines and scarce wartime equipment. She provides calm interpretation for communities cut off from physicians and markets while central operators bear the extra burden with quiet resolve in the fight for better communications.
David Lawrence’s National Dispatch notes a major Pacific victory near Saipan and Guam with 300 Japanese carrier-based planes shot down. The piece argues the battle near the Marianas signals Japan must fight near American forces, while the U S Navy prepares a large forward base to project air power toward Tokyo with B 29 Superfortresses.
Peter Edson reports on L W Wilson of Aluminum Company of America proposing to “chink in” civilian output during war to maintain manpower and avoid postwar disruption. The Truman Committee heard from Wilson, Donald Nelson, George R. Gibbons, and Reynolds Metals president R. S. Reynolds, who urged private leasing of government plants and a third major producer to prevent monopoly after the war.
Analysis argues capture of Cherbourg signals a new phase with a continental base to strike Germany. It contends a 200 mile front from the Seine to St Nazaire could field equal numbers of Hitler’s legions and widen the southern flank toward Paris.
Trimble social notes report a sixth birthday party at Mr. and Mrs. Francis Barett home for Tommy with games, cake, and ice cream served by Mrs. Lester Lewis. Attendees include Donna Jean Hogue, Donald and Roger Hunter, Betty and Earnest Lewis, JoAnn and Neal McCoy, Anna and Betty Gwylin, Junior Barett, Mrs. Bertha Barett, and guest Tom Byrtt. Other items note letters from S Sgt Harry Aberts in England, visits from Akron relatives to Mrs. Georgia Millers in Athens, and various local guests and military deployments affecting families in the area.
A note on community life describes Bidwell children rehearsing for a Children's Day program set for Sunday at eight in the Bidwell M E Church. The item also lists local visitations, funerals, and social memberships including WSCS district meetings and a Springfield Grange Flag Day program.
Social notes record visits and family movements in Carpenter and nearby towns. Names include Sam Scott and Mrs W E Reeves with relatives, Miss Frola Brake, M A Bachtell, Wade Edward Jeffers and others, plus flight trainee Gerald Starkey and sheep dog trials at Stanton Virginia. Local residents host relatives and enjoy picnics and social gatherings.
A World War II era vignette follows Pinky Harrison after his death in a foxhole at Heavenly Bend. A colored soldier named Jackson jokes with Pinky and encounters tension as German soldiers march past, revealing prejudice and foreshadowing departure to the Big Valley. Jackson leaves town with a dice throw, money, and plans for a new life, while Emily and Rose react to his departure.
Syracuse notes: Attorney F W Crow and family visit relatives in the area. Pauline Holmes heads to Washington as a Marine. Asbury Church to host a reception for Rev L Schmitt at Roadside State Park with Family Night. Other locals include Peter Baer visiting Huntington, Dana Hysell’s Columbus trip, and various visits in Athens Letart and Conneaut.
Letart Falls family and church social items outline visits studies and events. Members of the Faithful Circle Sunday School class hosted by the Methodist Church plus reports on local guests veterans war loan drive leaders and hospital and home visits across Letart Township and surrounding towns.
Mrs Inez Wade visited Mrs Anis Baker of Athens on Thursday. Ethel McDaniel spent part of last week with daughter Mrs Arthur McCoy in Long Run. Clifford Wade is home on furlough. Darlene Wade, daughter of Clifford, returns from grandmother’s to finish the school year. Clifford Wade’s twins Gordon Keith and Mona Jean born weighing 6 pounds 4% ounces and 5 pounds 4 ounces. Clarice Shields and children visited her mother Pearl Coon of The Plains. Shields’ guest Sunday was sister Mrs Paul Madru of Columbus. Norval South family and W H South hosted at McArthur. Ladies Club met at Inez Hunter’s house and held a wiener roast after the program.
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