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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1943
Page
10
The notice lists AP republication rights and service information, plus subscription prices by mail and carrier for various durations, including rates for servicemen. It cites national representatives and advertising terms while noting nominal charges for obituaries and cards of thanks.
The Ball Resolution urges immediate creation of a League of Nations with undefined powers resisted by Taft who warns of public opinion and Senate ratification. He favors study by a Senate-led committee, warns of Baltic and Poland disputes, and asks cooperation with the President only if backed by the American people and clear postwar terms.
The article argues wealth is drafted during war, citing 1942 earnings from leading U S industries. It notes dollar volume remained near prewar peaks while profits fell, taxes capturing much wealth. Government controls on plants prices profits and materials are embraced as wartime tools. Labor faces no draft.
Government press agent praises housewives for saving fats as Mae Hambel of Brooklyn turned in 55 pounds of salvaged drippings to produce glycerine for a 2000 pound demolition bomb. A bitter note recalls a woman paid only a few cents per pound who resents the effort.
The piece criticizes FDRs multiple agency reshuffles during World War II and urges a simple, four minister system. It proposes a minister of war production, a minister of food, a minister of manpower, and a minister of civilian economy to unify efforts and resolve interagency conflicts.
In Washington the reason there will be no big coal strike this year lies in John L. Lewis choosing not to strike during wartime. The UMW and operators will keep working past April 1 as negotiations continue, under pressure from Roosevelt and the Little Steel Formula limits. Lewis’s restraint may deter other labor groups from striking this year.
In a Commons bulletin Churchill reports Gabes fallen and Allied forces advancing with superior leadership. He warns the task remains hard as Rommel attempts to break out, while Allied air power and joint Anglo American French efforts drive toward final victory.
Ten years ago Miss Helen Townsend from Nabby Lee Ames Chapter D A R attended a state conference in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Delph Parker of Athens hosted a birthday party for their daughter Thelma Ruth. Black Diamond Mine at Lathrop resumed operations without pickets. Ruth McLeod Chauncey High School home economics teacher supervised hot meals for 65 school children. Mr and Mrs Byron Blair of Chillicothe announce the birth of daughter Alice.
A meat stretcher is a nutritionally important food that adds bulk to meat dishes, making a small amount of meat go further. Examples include cereals dried beans and peas and potatoes.
Poem and reader Q&A show civilians coping with rationing era limits. A rural Ohio writer petitions not to seize tobacco while promising to sacrifice coffee sugar meat tires gas and telephones and to buy War Bonds. Includes tobacco themed verse by H L McDonald Plains, O.
John R. Lostro announces the removal of Security Savings Bank and Millikan Jewelry to his building at Court and W Union Streets in Athens. Mrs. Louis I. Browns Detroit guest of Mr and Mrs L V Brown. Miss Mary Frances Lawhead from Putnam Hall visits her parents. Rickey home on W Union St. to be demolished for a new house by Joseph D. Martin of Athens Lumber Co. Mr and Mrs J Perry Wood host the Athens Reading Club at University Terrace.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Oseland will occupy a new Mason Construction Co. home on Mt. Vernon Ave. Thursday. They formerly lived at 220 River St. Oseland works at the Marietta shipyards. Their daughter Mrs. Faye Coder of Pomeroy is expected to visit for several days.
Jimmy Carr and ten tow planes battle a sudden Rocky Mountain storm near Four Peaks and Superstition Mountain. With zero visibility they fly by instruments, keeping the line intact to reach Globe while guiding passengers and a terrified co pilot.
In 1943 NEA Service fiction, Pat Friday refuses Jimmy Carr’s order to retreat as a storm grips their air convoy above 12 200 feet near Globe. Radio fails and she cuts loose, sending her tow line to safety as the kite tail vanishes into the darkness.
Albany notes show residents hosting visitors and updating on kin and job moves. Families welcome Dailey guests, bridge nights, and ill health among locals. Military releases and furloughs, travel to Dayton and Philadelphia appear alongside moves between farms and homes.
Rev Runels closed special meetings at the church with good attendance. Red Cross collections totaled $70 for the community. Mrs. Austin Whited and son Charles visited Athens on Friday. Mrs. James McLaren is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Wright and family moved to the Wheaton property for the summer. Mrs. Floella Norman has been. Virginia Wheaton visited her aunt Mrs. Ruth White and family over the weekend. Mrs. Gertrude Welling of Athens spent Sunday here with her mother Mrs. Anna Foster. A Vatican City telegraphic dispatch says Pope Pius XII has recovered completely from his recent illness.
Mr and Mrs Frank Pugh spent weekend with Mrs Pugh s agents Mr and Mrs Ed Cranmer of Ostrander. Earl Hanning of Pearl Chapel visited Mr and Mrs Howard Brooks. Elza McCall of Carpenter dined with Edward Pugh s family. Georgia Kilpatrick of Columbus stayed with Mr and Mrs Ed Brooks. Elizabeth Russ visited Kate Wood. Charles Wood and wife visited Pearl Wood s. Pvt Matthew Reeves of Camp Atterbury Ind spends furlough with his mother Mrs Hattie Reeves. Ed Brooks received a letter from their son Mike Charles who is at Camp Young Calif. Bessie Goodin learned her husband Pearl Gooding is in a camp in South Carolina.
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