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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
4
Fragmentary text appears to reference a republican party matter involving Logan, a club, and a person named George Stewart. The legible parts imply a political or club action with potential public interest events.
The Athens Messenger data lists publisher Frederick W. Bush 1896 to 1929 and notes association memberships. It provides subscription rates for carrier and mail across Ohio and outside states, with overseas service pricing and notes on editions and publication days. It includes rental and ad rate notes and official post office classification.
The piece questions repeated high level meetings among Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin. It argues ambassadors or ministers could handle sensitive talks, noting postwar policy requires congressional or Senate approval and warns conferences risk political as well as military implications. It also suggests Senate participation to prevent shifts due to elections.
The piece argues that American youths once seen as carefree are now proving their mettle in war. It highlights Maj James Stewart leading bombers over Brunswick on his 10th mission and notes Alfred and George Vanderbilt among public figures serving in the Pacific. The essay cites a Marine Corps photo of a former swing manager as emblematic of transformed youth.
Eric Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce lectured at Boston University urging labor and management to abandon mutual betrayals. He warned labor to avoid anti business rhetoric and urged both sides to curb strikes and monopolistic practices while sharing financial realities. He called for fair competition, shared job and income security, and a return to honest work as a basis for progress.
A leading New York dress designer unveiled a spring print dress with "I Love You" all over the pattern. The style show account praised the exhibits as reflecting refined, unified taste, recalling a past era of milder fashion statements.
Washington Calling by Marquis Childs notes Wendell Willkie risks his political future in Wisconsin where 24 delegates are at stake in the April 4 primary. He faces a mixed slate, with some Dewey and Stassen supporters, and General MacArthur backers, while Willkie seeks at least half the delegates to force national momentum amid party opposition. He opens with a Wisconsin farm audience speech, stressing a peaceful international order and cooperative world rebuilding, signaling a hard campaign to overcome internal party maneuvering.
The piece urges civilians to return empty milk, soft drink, and beer bottles to retailers to support wartime needs. It cites about half a billion empties in homes and 150 million carbonated bottles to be shipped overseas, noting soldiers cannot return empties and pledging personal help.
The German move into Hungary combines military and political aims. It creates a Danubian barrier to shield the inner fortress and supplies a base to defend the Balkans against Red advances. It also protects Romania's Ploesti oil fields, vital to sustain Hitler's war machine while relocating troops from the Russian front via Danube routes.
A quiz style item lists the Dies Committee as the House Committee to Investigate Un American Activities. It defines bowsprits as a spar at the bow, names Romance languages, and locates Eamon de Valera’s birth in Brooklyn. It notes Budapest and Bucharest capitals, explains billingsgate as coarse language, and identifies the U.S. minister to South Africa as Lieut General Thomas Holcomb.
The Ohio University Men's Faculty Club staged the comedy Aren't We All with cast members Harry H. Peckham Gaige B. Paulsen E. H. Gaylord Robert Marquis W. S. Gamertsfelder Royal H. Ray Marian Ickes Ruth Janssen Margaret Gaylord May Beckett Dolores Henderson presented awards to Athens High School Girls Athletic Association members Jewel Chandler Grace Wood Helen Gibson Marianna Schuler Mary Winning Betty Littler Jean Barlow Phyllis Jordan Mary Elizabeth Littler Mary Hedges Jane Marquis Goldie Pugh Evelyn Ruston Florence Poston daughter of L. D. Poston Columbus announced her engagement to Oscar Carlin with a March 24 wedding date Rev. Lloyd Evans of Nelsonville opened Passion Week services at the Presbyterian Church.
Members meeting at Windsor Tea Room passed a resolution urging senators and congressmen to appropriate funds for a strong army and navy. The measure followed a talk by Major W W Mumm of Columbus. Also reported are three smallpox cases in Chauncey, a damaged crucifix at Greenlawn Cemetery, and local social notes including a birth and community events.
A Messenger Readers column solicits verse with name and address. The pieces reflect on Ireland's balance in world affairs and Easter Lily memories, ending with a note on tire pressure for ride sharing groups.
A Colorado farmer encounters a wan stranger who claims to bring a last message to the people of America. The man writes envelopes as a final testament before collapsing, and the farmer, injured and shaken, searches the scene for the message as a train whistle marks the somber moment.
News notes from Syracuse list residents and visitors including Mrs. A. O. Lee with a Pacific gift from her son First Class Sergeant Archie Lee, Mrs. Emma Hines of Pomeroy visiting sister Mrs. Ellen Baer, and Rev. Nobel Rompel preaching in Syracuse. Also mentions hospital stays, recoveries, and local travel among area families.
Miss Mary Louw Pierce of Logan spent the weekend with home folks. Pvt. Chester Lightfoot of Camp Forrest Tenn. died, age 20, after injuring during Army maneuvers and contracting pneumonia. He is survived by his mother and siblings, and funeral services were held at Dundas with interment in Radcliff Cemetery.
Out of town relatives and friends joined local residents at the White Funeral Home for the funeral of Mrs. Annie Dunfee on Saturday. Attendees included Roy Dunfee Xenia Will Bailey Charleston Archie Dunfee I E Fairchild Rosa Mowery Athens and several others from nearby towns.
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