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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1944
Page
24
The item lists publishers editors and associations for The Messenger, with circulation rates for carrier and mail subscriptions, overseas service, and office remarks. It notes printing supply limitations, post office classification, and national representatives. Policies include Associated Press use and nominal obituary charges.
Leo Kabateck, recently unemployed, becomes adviser to racketeer Virgil Boggio and plans to win Ginger with roses and a blue convertible. He purchases flowers, a dove card, then eyeing a blue eight cylinder accidently buys the car. He sails into Ginger, ending with a kiss and unfinished confrontation as the tale continues.
From its founding this is the first Presidential election where the Communist Party did not nominate a candidate. Browder and followers back the New Deal candidate. Roosevelt released Browder from prison and over protests allowed Mrs Browder to stay in the United States after a deportation order.
The article lauds General Charles De Gaulle for guiding France from 1940 defeatism to a reborn nation. It credits his steadfast resistance, not as a politician but as a symbol, and notes international support by the United States, Britain, and Russia enabling the Provisional Government's recognition. France’s revival is linked to De Gaulle's persistent resolve and the country's renewed standing among great powers.
Readers across Main Street express mixed views on giving a single man war powers and on transparency at peace talks. Fathers and mothers with children in service urge Congress control, while a veteran and a farmer warn against concentrated authority. A widow quotes Mary Baker Eddy on justice and unity in a moral call for restraint.
The piece discusses the One Thousand Club, a political fund scheme soliciting $1,000 from business leaders for President Roosevelt's re election. It questions possible violations of Section 117 of the U S Criminal Code and calls for clarity to preserve public trust amid looming surplus property sales and a new administration.
A succinct quotation contrasts modern civilization with medieval and ancient eras, claiming it holds a larger stock of demonstrated truth, attributed to J. R. Beeley.
A Washington pamphlet lists 444 agencies with average staff, current year appropriations, and brief scopes. It shows total federal costs excluding military at about 19.5 billion and 1.02 million workers in non war roles, noting most new agencies post 1933 and 61 government corporations with unclear employment and funding.
A reader expresses anger at the Roosevelt administration criticizing the New Deal and Supreme Court rulings. The letter references Fala, labor unrest, and alleged political hypocrisy, endorsing Dewey and Bricker as alternatives. Bowles from Harrisonville signs the piece, dated Oct. 29.
The Messenger piece questions whether Dewey could replace Roosevelt in wartime, arguing Roosevelt has done more for the nation than anyone known, while criticizing Democrats and public inaction.
War Today columnist Dewitt Mackenzie argues France endures crisis from De Gaulle regime trying to disarm partisans and faces recovery from national collapse. He cites Washington recognition and Churchill praise as signals of France's rebirth but warns foreign interference worsens trials while urging the French to govern themselves and aid soldiers abroad.
Donald S. Parsons argues that while a recent letter praises New Deal gains for farmers, per capita federal taxes and rising public debt offset income gains. He contends current income isn’t higher than the Depression-era low and suggests farmers are not universally fooled by administration policy.
Shark oil kept in a bottle serves as a natural barometer among Bermuda natives. In fair weather oil remains clear but turns milky when a storm approaches, signaling approaching rough seas and changing conditions.
Delegates to the state PTA convention from Athens included Mrs. Homer Brown Mrs. L C Staats Mrs. Ernest Gross Mrs H F Dunfee and Mrs Ernest Rowles. Shade Senior Class elected officers Rachel Wilson Kermit Haning Kathryn Cowen Orion Colmer and Zelda Hawk with Miss Wilma Grten advisor.
A Boston hospital introduced footprints of newborn babies as a new form of identification. A Klan ceremonial attracting hundreds of Hocking County residents was held at the Lancaster Fairgrounds. J A Jones is building a six room frame house at 271 FE State St Athens. C A Pierce building a new home on Highland Ave. L Miller home on Highland bungalow. George Channey building a home on F State St. Chester Morris on Shannon Ave. E W Kimes on Columbia Ave.
Poem lamenting a fallen soldier Private Charles R. Lax writes from Italy about loss and friendship. The speaker expresses sorrow for Joe, notes peaceful rest in death, and promises enduring presence beyond the grave.
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