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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1940
Page
4
The text argues that business must go beyond useful economical service to be a good citizen. Public relations relies on research interpretation and corrective action to align policies with public opinion. It asserts all business is social, influenced by external forces, and that the public defines good citizenship.
Big Stuff for June centers on National Dairy Month promoting milk butter cheese and dairy products. Distributors and thousands of stores nationwide back promotions to raise milk consumption and support dairy farmers facing seasonal surpluses. Milk sales bolster wages and purchasing power across industries from autos to films and groceries.
A 1930 figure notes 7 05 idles distributed across 40 countries in 200 languages. The text sketches biblical they travel from muddy fronts to dugouts in Chungking, and reflect on Isaiah prophecies while Roosevelt's term question surfaces amid wartime rhetoric and moral appeals.
A Wallace era column quotes Charles Lindbergh bluntly criticising Roosevelt administration policy. Lindbergh argues for peace unless policies threaten it, while warning of German influence and urging allied air defense cooperation across the Americas to deter Nazism and protect Western Hemisphere security.
Bruce Catton surveys cotton exports amid wartime disruption and shifts in markets to Britain and Northern Europe. The piece notes potential declines as Britain and France purchases ebb and U.S. stocks rise, with long run effects debated and Germany blocked from imports. It also details James Penfield’s Greenland posting and a humorous aside on Hitler’s cult of personality and fate.
The excerpt presents a Q and A column from The Messenger Bureau in Washington DC asking about religious demographics in Northern Ireland and the United States public act counts in January 1940. It includes questions on gold price, state areas, South Sea island classification, and U.S. grocery store counts with numeric answers.
Letter from PFLOPER, Uray City, May 20, urging urgent work to ease unemployment. Complains about machine politics, fears bankruptcy, calls for concrete measures before it is too late. Questions the efficacy of Democrats and Republicans and seeks public input.
A poem discusses public declaration of engagement and the pathway to marriage. It weighs emotional and physical readiness, parental and societal opinion, and the balance between romance and responsibility as couples move toward a life together. The piece reflects on the price of pleasures and the need for mutual understanding before a lifelong commitment.
The Pomeroy Library announces April activity with 1888 books in the collection after additions. Twenty six patrons registered and attendance reached 1 585. About 1 000 books will be returned to the Ohio State Library in Columbus by June 1. After that date 608 books from the State Library will be placed on the local shelves. Several new titles are now available for circulation.
In chapters covering a spring roundup on the Panhandle ranch, Larry earns Barnes's approval while Monnie and the Colonel remain wary. Monnie proves skilled with cattle and horses, and her banter signals a thaw with Larry as she notes his education and care for animals. A town dance invitation hints at budding tension and future twists.
A romance unfolds between Monnie and Larry as secrets surface. He pressures her about a deadly canyon road crash and a burned car, revealing the victim was his brother Hugh, while Monnie guards her past and a warned secret about Pete Bentley and a ranch life.
Social notes list residents visiting relatives in Langsville and surrounding towns. Entries mention Mrs Dale Wright visiting with W G Davis in Wells ton. Allen Ward Raymond Mitchell of Huntington visiting his parents. Mary Buttererick at Lancaster. William Mugserde and Rudolph visiting. Dorothy Edie and Margaret Wells with Herbert Spaulding at Holden West Virginia. Albert Combs, Cumberland. Owen Dicks Zaneaville. Clair Nelson and John Miller. Ray Miller and family in Parkersburg. Von Mille and sisters. Mr and Mrs Fred Winn of Ruth. notices of death of Mek Corn Baymery Goumbus. Bealice Howell and family in Columbus. Roger Savage and others at Rio. Robert Deneisbach at Huntington taking over a restaurant. Ellaabeth Wilcox hosting Langsville Ladies.
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