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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1941
Page
4
A fragment shows the Athens Messenger and Herald masthead with publishing details, staff credits, Associated Press affiliation, and subscription and advertising rate notes for Athens and surrounding counties.
The piece criticizes the plan to double Social Security beneficiaries as a risky expansion. It questions funding, future stability, and whether payroll money should be protected for beneficiaries or spent by the government, urging strict social security tax use for social security.
The piece surveys the tension between large and small firms in wartime America. It notes early defense contracts favored Big Business, while Little Business faced material shortages and civilian production shifts. Floyd B. Odlum urges large firms to spread work to smaller suppliers to preserve broad industry support.
The piece argues inflation restraint by boosting production rather than extra taxation or Defense Bond drives. It notes excess money chasing limited goods and proposes increasing output of nondefense materials like cotton products to absorb circulating money and stabilize prices.
A satirical compare casts Hitler as a pelican whose beak holds lands seized from Russia. The Oct 8 speech is cited claiming territories twice as large as the German Reich since 1933. The piece mocks the rapid gains and questions their value for Germany’s war effort.
Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King warns that without full resources and energy from allied nations the conflict could extend for years, signaling extended wartime mobilization must be sustained.
Quoted by Mary Baker Eddy, the saying links true motives to lasting affectionate bonds and personal achievement in relationships and faith.
Raymond Clapper argues for using lend-lease to pool raw materials under British control and to shape postwar world order. He warns against limited settlements and urges a broad, cooperative approach with Britain and allies to defeat Hitler and prevent future war.
Peter Edson notes the U S Civil Service will accept applications through Oct 23 for 100 information specialists with salaries from 2600 to 4600 yearly. In Washington defense publicity already totals about 475 staff across Navy Army Office of Emergency Management and related offices, plus OEM field men and many armed forces press officers.
Discussion reveals OEM costs totaling 750000 dollars including payroll and travel with Army and Navy figures largely concealed. Maj. Gen. Richardson says the new Army Bureau of Public Relations is informational not propaganda and claims transparency while noting minimal censorship and responsive editors.
Twenty-two friends celebrated the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Cc. W. Gross at the country home of Mr. A. P. Linscott near Athens. Mrs. R. F. Cuyler and Mrs. Edward Schloss spent the day in Columbus. Betty Fulton earned honorable mention in a state temperance essay.
Hemlock-W.S.C.S. of the Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. Alissa Berry in Somerset on Tuesday night with contest wins by Miss Applegate Mrs. Cottrell and Mrs. Flowers. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Call at St. Mary's Church Shawnee for injuries from a Saturday crash. Notable visits include Lieutenant James Flowers en route from Fort Sill to Fort Bragg and several local residents visiting relatives in Columbus Zanesville Mt. Vernon and Logan. In 1939 the U S paper mills produced over 13.4 million tons of paper and paper board valued at $933 million.
In Paradise Lake a murder links Jeanie Morris to the death of Herbert Cord as reporters Ted Palmer and Denny Flynn probe motives. Maudie, Denny’s ally, debates leads while the town’s Grand Jury case hints at numbers rackets. The narrator senses the press will drive the story forward.
Kyger residents join relatives Sunday visiting in Columbus Middleport and Marion families travel to see Emma Reynolds and the Ward household Dorothy Wise visits from Zanesville to her parents W W Bradbury and siblings Comer Bradbury and Helen Durst travel to Huntington Perry Bradbury and family plus Flora Bradbury Thomas Bradbury Wendell Poe share a Sunday dinner with Garfield Searls Elza Mulford Dale Mulford and Fred Sisson families visit Athens Worthy Tate and daughters Eloise and Lydia with Nora Tate and sons.
Personal notices report the Thompson reunion at Embree Park in Sharpburg with Mr. and Mrs Clarence Kerns and others. Various visits include Warren Hanson to Otto Millers in Troy, Albert Smith family to C T Strode, Hiram Thompson and Dale with Grimes and Quinns to Nide Mulford in Wheeling, Lenor Strode and B E Walker to J A McPeak in Pennsville, Everett Russell family with Letha in Gallipolis, and Alice Huggard visiting Rev Earl Robinette’s family.
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