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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1946
Page
4
The Nation faces brief confusion from policy shifts but will settle as supply and demand operate. Production and employment rise to record highs, inflation pressures ease, and government controls fade. Labor could push for higher wages only if inflation spikes and wage talks restart.
A dense listing of church services across Athens area denominations. Highlights include First Methodist with Friday and Sunday activities led by Rev. Harold F. Kellogg, Christian Science services, Alexander Presbyterian with speaker Dr. Florence Justin, Carpenter First Baptist Rally Day, Albany Methodist Parish events, Coolville and Hockingport services, United Services in Columbia Township, Graham Chapel worship and Disciples Foundation events, and daily Masses at Graham Chapel with confessions on Saturdays.
The Public Forum lists worship at 9 a m and 1 a m with The Peril of Believing in God. Fred Lee Tom is soloist, Dorothy Peoples plays two selections. Church School at 9 45 with H H Roseberry superintendent and Mrs Evelyn Luchs leading the young adult class. Evening Manses discuss Religion As I See It with Dean Irma Voigt. Westminster Foundation at 3 30 p m at Zaleski. Athens Pilgrim Holiness, Mt Zion Baptist, Red Town FM and other churches schedule Sunday schools, worships, youth events, and Bible studies with pastors Awe Roberts Cleveland and others. A political notice warns of New Deal baby funeral on election day. The piece blends church schedules, guest speakers, and a critical political editorial tone about federal leadership amid autumn wind imagery.
The Kev Bleving preached at the Hemlock Grove appointment Sunday and spent a weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Dorsel Smith. Numerous pairs including Mr. and Mrs. R V Heilman and daughter Betty plus others visited neighbors like Mr. and Mrs. Ziba Midkiff and Mr. and Mrs. Porter Midkiff. Sunday school noted Christopher Columbus Poston and a 10 a.m. service announced by William Stobart with a 7:30 p.m. event.
Gasie faces a tense home stretch with a hard month of pregnancy and Rose's quiet scrutiny. Bart worries over distance and duty while Gayle leans on family support, the baby arrives, and Bart returns humbled by the newborn Kent Bartlett.
Former Interior Secretary Ickes challenged the nations audience over U S military posture arguing without facts to support claims that the United States is arming to the teeth He warned that demobilization and budget cuts risk weakening America abroad urging evidence for critical charges in a tense postwar period.
Paul Robeson testified before the Tenney Committee arguing that America today offers the best base for Marxist principles, contrasting Russia in 1917 as too poor. He notes Soviet economists echo this view, asserting capitalism as the path to prosperity. The piece attacks communism as a luxury needing high production and wages, while praising American wealth.
The OPA issues orders to raise prices while the decontrol board frees commodities. Merchants cannot set prices at the source. they pay wholesale costs, add business costs and a small profit. They can only minimize increases by cutting waste, boosting efficiency, and narrowing the margin between cost and sale price.
Peter Edson reports that State Department directives guiding U S policy in Germany under McNarney and Clay are being rewritten by SWNCC led by John H Hilldring The aim is to replace IPCOG 1067 with new guidelines reflecting denazification progress elections in the Laender unified U S and British zones and planned economic integration The piece also notes Byrnes declarations on Europe aims and rising U S consumer prices in the current era
Local Hartford social notes list a family dinner at Mrs. F A Chapman s home honoring her birthday with many guests from Marietta Pomeroy Huntington Point Pleasant and Beckley West Virginia plus attendees at a D A R meeting in Wheeling. Cpl Earl Lewis discharge mentioned along with a Route 33 Kas station opening and a music teaching demonstration by an American Book Company rep.
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