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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
4
The Athens Messenger publishes weekdays with a large Sunday edition. Subscription rates are listed for mail in and outside Ohio and for carriers, with single copies priced at 4 cents daily and 5 cents Sunday. Post office entry as second class matter under Act of 1918.
A wartime editorial urges frank government criticism to win the war, lauds recent actions by Congress and the President, and warns against curbing press freedom. It notes progress on rubber, inflation, and draft age decisions, while defending voluntary censorship and against presidential attacks on the press.
Raymond Clapper argues for an early United Nations executive council to centralize political action and postwar planning. He notes inter Allied tensions and open disputes, urging immediate machinery to manage relief, rehabilitation, and recovered territories, strengthening cohesion and public loyalty.
Readers are invited to contribute signed letters on current events. Signatures must appear with the letter. Keep letters short to allow multiple items in each daily edition.
Letter from Margista Alexander recalls a Frankfort Indiana window display of keys from a repairman and Army era, noting brass watch keys and old merchants’ security. She muses on keys as symbols of home, tragedy, and defense, ending with a prayer for guidance as a nation. Address Letart Falls October 12.
Peter Edson analyzes Major Wendell Dove's Senate testimony as he challenges officials over South American rubber imports. The piece contrasts Dove's $1 per pound pitch with the Board of Economic Warfare and Rubber Reserve Corporation programs, explaining Amazonian logistics and the Baruch report figures.
Mrs Lottie Roush hosted Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Bud Price and Mrs Ida Rife. Arlington area residents Archie Peters and others visited relatives. The Butchers return from Martinsville Va and Charles Enterman of Columbus visited Ella Long.
Athens County Commissioners announced a 1933 budget reduction exceeding ten thousand dollars. Fall Festival at Gallipolis reported a deficit of two hundred dollars amid strong business. Alpha Xi Delta opened a new house at 16 S College St with a receiving line of noted guests.
Pvt Francis Call of Jefferson Barracks Missouri reports his posting and family ties to the area. John Santos of Columbus visits Nina Davis before leaving Oct 22 for Fort Benjamin Harrison. Newark Nursing School grads Rosamond Bradley and others are noted with family visits across Congo, Newark, Cleveland, Pennsville, and Nelsonville.
Blythe Miller, 19, loves Duane Hogan of Lincoln Field cadet football. Nancy Hale, a widow helped by Blythe, asks Blythe to aid in winning Hogan’s heart. Blythe wrestles with friendship, jealousy, and maturity while Pop Miller pushes go-getter ethics. The cliffhanger ends with Blythe vowing to fight for her love.
Wilkesville Garden Club met on Tuesday Oct 6 at the home of Mrs G S Cahoon and voted to send boxes to the three men entering the Army in late September Richard McCormick Harley Strong and Earl Cray. Other items include visits from members families and guests and coverage of local social events and travel of residents to Columbus Marion and Des Moines.
Applicants for marriage permits include Clarence Far en 22 and Irene Baker 21 of Point Pleasant, John Kraplin 21 and Betty Clarke 27 of Union Ohio, and C. E. Daugherty 31 and June Caskey of New Philadelphia.
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