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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
4
Public notice page from The Athens Messenger provides subscription and advertising rate details. It lists prices for carrier and mail subscriptions across several counties, and notes national representatives and printing company. The item reflects standard newspaper boilerplate and misc notices of the era.
A partial OCR passage mentions names and dates in a garbled form. It references people such as Ben and possibly a place or event name with unclear context. The readable portions are insufficient to determine a clear event or outcome.
An editorial argues that Ohio highway policy should focus on widening and relocating routes rather than sheer mileage. It praises Route 50 and Route 33 modernization, contending long-range planning, safety, and future traffic needs justify relocation over rapid surface expansion. It notes federal road funding reflects years of planning toward tomorrow’s travel.
The piece discusses price control as a shared solution to inflation and wage pressures. It warns that forced controls may come if voluntary measures fail, arguing for cooperation between producers and organized workers to avoid government intervention. Quoted author Mary Baker Eddy emphasizes equity and mercy in resolving economic tensions.
Peter Edson surveys Washington’s talk of a Post-Emergency Economic Advisory Commission to study postwar recovery. Advocates like Rep. Jerry Voorhis and Brookings’ Meyer Jacobstein warn of pitfalls while W L Batt argues for an energetic, pro-growth plan to avert a grim postwar economy.
The Atlantian from Atlanta Penitentiary clashed with Hitler’s Voelkische Beobachter after publishing a critical cartoon. Prisoners report a 25 percent production spike in response, while the German paper denounces them as part of a cultural struggle. The Atlantian defends its stance and asserts they are on the right side of the fence.
The article notes unprecedented gains in May with electric power output reaching a new high and machine tool shipments hitting a record 60 million dollars. It frames these continued record breaks as essential steps toward ending global tension and restoring relaxation after two decades of war.
UAW president R J Thomas asserts the union is ready to end the Ford labor election saga and hopes Ford will do the same. He pledged deliverance from past troubles and invoked a biblical verse to mark the moment as he claimed victory for the union.
The Public Forum invites current events comments that are signed by the writer and shown with the contribution. Letters should be concise to allow multiple items in a single day and must include the writer’s signature.
An editor writes that prohibition failed to stop liquor abuse, only moving it into homes. He urges drastic measures including treatment for addicts, harsher penalties for bootleggers and minors, strict enforcement of laws, labeling high alcohol content liquor as poison, and election of men of integrity to office, concluding future prohibition could happen. He cites officers and citizens as exhausted by the liquor curse and questions voting for prohibition again.
Mr and Mrs Harold Whaley received a surprise shower at the home of Mr and Mrs A E Whaley on North Congress Street. The event featured greetings from local friends and family.
Twenty years ago Harvey Nichols of New Marshfield traveled to Columbus for his brother Lafe Nichols funeral. Miss Merle Danford left for Quebec to sail for England with Miss Mary Kerr of Colgate and they planned to visit Kerr relatives in Falkirk Scotland. Danford is daughter of S S Danford Trimble. R D Williams was service director of Athens. Sheldon Wadley of Columbus vacationing with grandparents C C and Mrs Sheldon at 11 Franklin Ave. Headlines note Bern Township cloudburst.
Mr and Mrs Ray Smalley left for Charleston West Virginia for work. Stanley Trussell family spent Sunday with Roland Torrence family. J C Rose learned they are grandparents to a son born to their daughter Mrs Paul Dye. Kathern Torrence visiting Mrs J B Frank. J C McKay and Art Moraiity of Middleport spent Sunday with Clint Orr. Jack Sorden returned from Nitro West Virginia visiting his aunt Mrs Jiiden. Garret Watson Columbus with Baker party spent weekend with William Watson. A H Bailey and Mrs Cecil Offit in Parkersburg Wednesday. Lottie Hayman visited her mother Minnie Orr on Wednesday. They attended a show in Pomeroy. Wilbur Deem Chester visited Paul Orr on Sunday. Ray Smalley visited William Wolfe Eagle Ridge Sunday. Oliver Bailey spent Sunday with her parents. Charles Bissel family spent Sunday with his mother.
Angus blasts into Castaloni's sunroom with a truck breaking through. Adoreen stirs danger as she slips free and menacingly raises a frying pan to defend Angus, while Castaloni guards his secret hideout and orders his men. The scene ends on a cliffhanger as Adoreen moves to strike.
Local notes record preaching at Methodist Church by Rev. William Mercer and others. Ira L. Wheelock hosts a chicken dinner for son Bill before he leaves for camp in Oklahoma. Russell Faires mourns his uncle John Parmiter. funeral in Sand Rock. Attendees from several towns join in services and visits.
The last invasion of England occurred on September 28 1066 when William Duke of Burgundy arrived at Bulverhithe on the Sussex coast with a fleet of 3000 boats to begin the conquest.
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