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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1944
Page
4
The Messenger lists subscription rates for carrier and mail options, with regional pricing for Ohio, outside Ohio, and overseas service. It notes second class matter at Athens Post Office and lists representatives in Chicago New York Columbus and Cleveland.
Washington reflects on expanded probes into Montgomery Ward labor relations and the War Labor Board. The piece warns that Congress may be swayed by administration packing of committees, risking a shallow, partisan inquiry into civil rights and wartime policies.
The Athens Post Office prepares for regular two trip daily air mail pickup via All American Aviation. Mail from surrounding towns including Lancaster Logan Nelsonville Gallipolis and McConnelsville will be delivered nationwide by tomorrow with pickup at Huntington or Pittsburgh. The new service uses a permanent Athens airport and Ohio University facilities.
A wartime analysis argues Japan aimed to disrupt China India links by inciting revolt in India and severing communications. It notes Stilwell advances toward Myitkyina as part of the Allied drive, while Japan would shift focus to MacArthur Nimitz operations if successful.
A League of Nations report details absolute scarcities in France Italy Slovakia and the Baltic states with famine noted in 1942 and semi starvation in Poland Greece and parts of Yugoslavia and Nazi occupied regions. It urges Britain to end the blockade to allow relief and calls on exiled governments and western nations to fund and distribute aid.
Peter Edson explains that there is no 110 or 125 octane gasoline. 100 octane is the standard. Refiners have created 100 octane blends that improve economy and performance, with aviation fuels rated by designations like 115-145 to indicate range and climb benefits. Experts debate best gas for war planes, balancing long range with rapid takeoff power.
Edward Howard ex-wrestler known as Spike Howard wears a pout over Tass the Soviet agency naming a Moscow railroad worker as world champion donor after 141 donations. Howard has given 1,102 donations in 15 years and is praised as a humanitarian example amid the ongoing blood drive.
Verses supplied by Messenger Readers invite name and address. Annie McIntyre Bartoé recalls rocking at Mother's side with a lullaby as a creaking chair triggers memories, while another reader from Nelsonville Ohio writes of baking apple pies and thinking of a mother and her smile.
The Japanese push toward Imphal and Kohima stalls due to Allied resistance and looming monsoon. New Delhi reports British Indian forces can annihilate advancing troops if they retreat before floods. Tokyo’s aims to sever communications and trigger Indian unrest appear overstated. The operation, though threatening, is not a decisive war ending threat.
Former secretary of state Clarence J Brown attended the Sigma Delta Chi Gridiron dinner at Ohio University. Charles P Kircher hosted 70 Sec ond Street Athens residents at a neighborhood party. Dwight H Rutherford of Athens won a cup and national prize in an insurance sales contest. Mrs Clint Carr and Miss Nelle Pickering of Athens wrote article series on pioneer women.
Twenty years ago the Athens City Federation urged volunteers to weed and mow at West State Street Cemetery. Voters in Athens County showed strong support for Coolidge in a presidential preference, with 1086 to 553 for Cox and 242 for Johnson. Governor Vic Donahey accused brick and cement interests of inflating road building costs. A new Pearl Roush home rose on Second Street, while J. J. Morris’s residence at 165 North Lancaster Street, Athens, was under renovation. The Army chemical warfare section announced use of a new aerial smoke screen sprayed from planes.
Murray City notes list the Junior Senior Prom set for Saturday May 6 at 9 oclock in the high school building. The column also records a parade of local visits to Nelsonville Athens Columbus and Gladstone area towns, with residents like Mrs Maggie Shuttleworth Miss Grace Donoghue and Mr Tom Gears among those noted.
In Yokohama, Captain Azaraski and Captain Baldwin plot with Tilda Courtright and interned Americans Link Belt and Norma Greer. A car ride through rural Japan exposes tensions as Norma softens Link with cultural chatter and a charming inn visit ends with wary calm.
Relatives announce the death of A B Cooper at Ashville after a long illness. He was born in Radcliff in 1890 and worked in education before a garage business in Ashville. The Radcliff Board of Education appointed teachers and voted to close the Cottrill one room school, moving sixth graders to the high school. Commencement will be May 19 at Vinton Rural auditorium with 18 graduates listed. Additional items note local visits, a Columbus hospital operation, and personnel updates, ending with a stray line about electric motors on battleships.
H. D. Herb Defenbacher, Republican candidate for state auditor, touts 30 years in state and municipal finance. Former director of finance under Governor Bricker and chair of the state controlling and emergency boards, with roles as state examiner and deputy supervisor. Born in Harrison County, long resident of Dover and Columbus, Eastman College graduate, active in fraternal groups. This is his first bid for public office.
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