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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
4
In a wartime context the piece urges Americans to count blessings and value liberty while acknowledging sacrifices. It contrasts daily peace with war dangers and lauds the nation’s opportunity, living standards, and government that serves freedom. It calls for gratitude, restraint, and a resolve to preserve blessings and responsibility.
Governor Baldwin proposes 200 hours of intensive trade training to quicken job placement for unemployed and unskilled workers. The plan targets youths with no experience and older workers needing refreshers, aiming to open 2000 to 3000 Hartford area positions when classes begin.
The piece notes 939,876 federal workers on the payroll in September and $141,629,881 paid in salary. It recalls wartime highs of 917,000 employees and postwar drops, then cites New Deal centralization. It states one in 40 workers receive government benefits and compares average salaries, signaling 1940 campaign aims to boost private employment.
Missouri teachers at a St Louis convention praised daily papers for up to date world maps aiding classroom instruction. The piece notes teachers must explain changing geography and boundary shifts to pupils with newspapers providing essential current information.
Raymond Clapper notes rapid expansion of community lockers for frozen foods with about 2000 in operation nationwide and 27 sites in Indiana. He cites Iowa leading with 350 locker plants and highlights benefits for families, cost savings, and year round access to frozen produce and meats.
Bruce Catton relays a sweeping update on the 1940 Social Security Act changes. Benefits will be based on average wages, family survivors gain monthly payments, some 65 year olds may rejoin coverage, and benefits start two years early. Admin costs rise with 132 new offices and 2,300 new staff by June.
The Messenger Bureau answers reader questions on topics from wartime dates to science. Great Britain and France declared war on Sept 3 1939 with Britain at 11 am Greenwich Time and France six hours later. The Athenia sinking occurred the same day after Britain entered the conflict.
Ten years ago in an Athens High School PTA play J W Hudson John Kilpatrick E J Shannon D C Snow Paul Hudson appeared. Harry Hudson gave a reading. Miss Helen Leach led the program. Dr E A Hansen spoke at the Ohio University Intermediate Club meeting.
Messenger Readers submit religious verses bearing names and addresses. The poems praise God for daily blessings from sun and rain to home and country, thanking Thee, Lord, with lines about harvest, family, faith, and friendship. Names include Mrs Margaret Jackson and Mrs Nora C Hesson of Athens Ohio.
Health notes describe torticollis or wry neck, its congenital and acquired forms, possible skeletal distortion, and links to infections. Heat and pain relief may help, but doctors should rule out infection foci such as dental roots, throat sinuses, or neck glands to prevent recurrence.
In Concord area Obituary and social notes report Arlie Otis Wolfe 71 from Congress Run died after a 50 foot tree trimming accident. Funeral at Concord Church. survivors include son Denton daughter Corinne Andrews granddaughter Nancy Arlene. siblings Ed Antle, Guy Fierce, S S Danford deceased. interment Maplewood. Bertha Wolfe Sayers recovering from leg injuries. other local updates include church and cemetery trustees, visitors, and recent weddings.
Detective Dawson probes Arnold Benthorne case as Nick Smith and Ava Johnson clash with captains and officers in a tense dinner scene. Douglas bursts in seeking Ava, exposing her link to the night’s events while tension rises around the Benthorne estate.
Dayton workmen Paul Spritts and H C White were killed when a scaffold failed as they tore down a smokestack at the Dayton Power and Light Company sub station. The 150 foot fall occurred yesterday in downtown Dayton.
Dr. George W. Rightmire president emeritus of Ohio State University has accepted the chairmanship of the Westminster Foundation program for Ohio.
The writer extols autumn’s beauty and asks readers to grow gentler with age. They compare nature to art and urge youth to cultivate wisdom, tolerance, and nobility of soul for a fulfilling autumn-like life. The piece emphasizes living well toward the evening of life.
Minersville reports a Sunday morning gathering of 121 at the Methodist Sunday School for the dedication of a newly added church basement. A full program followed with sermons, choirs, and a basket dinner, plus revival meetings led by Rev. John Brown and Rev. E Phipps.
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