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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
4
The notice lists Associated Press rights and subscription prices for Ohio and outside Ohio. It details mail and carrier rates by year, six months, five weeks, one week, and single copies, with varying amounts for daily and Sunday editions and international applications.
An editorial protests Congress and the public for overemphasizing social reforms while warning of manpower shortages in war production. It argues that billions are spent on made work and dole jobs, even as labor is scarce and war plants seek workers. It urges drafting nonworking groups into war production to save national security.
Writers warn that wealthier nations and have nots are at war or on the brink. They cite economic determination and argue Japan Germany and Italy sought raw materials by conquest. The Atlantic Charter seeks to make raw materials available to all, asserting peace through trade.
Government experts project only 24,000 of 184,000 manufacturing plants may close by Oct 1 under a total war economy. The figure contrasts with a prior pessimistic forecast of 139,000 closures, suggesting limited economic devastation though four billion dollars in annual turnover would still be affected. Essays from Eddy and Coleridge appear as quoted spiritual commentary.
Raymond Clapper notes Churchill seeks promises of new forces for the Middle East but military opinion opposes diverting American troops from Europe. He cites need for air power and technical units, warns of heavy Allied losses in Tobruk, and discusses native troops, Chinese help, and the debated Jewish army proposal.
Peter Edson notes the War Manpower Commission faces delays and funding gaps in moving migrant agricultural and industrial workers. He cites ODT and rail issues, Interstate regulations, a rubber shortage on Willow Run plants, and emergency housing driving workers closer to plants as the system stalls.
Straitsville notes from June 25 report William B. Edwards named superintendent of the South Euclid Lyndhurst school district near Cleveland with 1700 students, married with two daughters and pursuing a Doctorate at Western Reserve University. Local visits include Barbershop trips, family travel, and church announcements. time change for Sunday services and several residents visiting Columbus and Lancaster.
Funeral services for Bert Wood age 57 were conducted at the Kimberly school house with Rev Williams in charge. He died after a long illness in White Cross Hospital. Survivors include wife Lucy and five children, plus two brothers. Interment at Green Lawn.
Ten years ago Velma Lowry led the Twilight 4-H Club in Carbondale with Rita Pollock as hostess and Nellie Johnson as president. Other notes mention S. O. S. Club activities in Athens, a Chauncey Church day program, and a 12th birthday for Bill Allen.
Judith, an investigator, faces danger on a plane as she spots a foreboding foreign passenger and hidden plans. She warns Tom Burke about suspicious men while weighing a covert mission and a sleeping-medicine plot. Tension climbs as a change of pilots looms.
Local column lists residents visiting relatives and friends across Carbondale New Marshfield Nelsonville Ridge and surrounding areas. Names include Hazel Dus Calvin Mace Rome Mace Darrell Barberton George Carlin Thor Mills Feathersone Featherstone and many others with weekend and weekday visits noted.
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