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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
4
The editorial urges residents to approve a quarter mill levy for one year to fund jail and sheriff’s residence rehabilitation. It argues condemnation led to the current need, promises basic safety and sanitary improvements, and notes the $8,000 cap would prevent extravagance while avoiding tearing down and rebuilding.
Washington politicians push for more federal assistance to solve electric power shortages in the South and Southeast. Critics argue socializing power endangers defense needs and blames policy for harming private utilities and delaying expansion of federal projects.
The article claims Naples faces a dangerous fifth column led by Mussolini era forces. It likens the danger to Mt Vesuvius and says German bombers can find the city nightly. It asserts local firemen and secret police are powerless to stop the threat.
At their best nurses represent women at their best a quotation attributed to Dita E Dines chair of the National Committee of Red Cross Nursing Service.
Raymond Clapper discusses the dispute between President Roosevelt and John L Lewis over labor strikes in national defense work. He notes the captive mine battle, the push for a closed shop, government mediation, and the need to keep defense production uninterrupted.
Peter Edson surveys U S patent policy amid war, noting how German inventions registered in the United States can aid U S services by exposing military valued patents to review while withholding sensitive ones. He highlights a Washington misstatement by Jesse Jones on Mexico loans and touches on Latin American finance discussions, including a Caracas red light district cleanup plan.
Premier Laval and President Hoover end discussions at the disarmament conference in Washington. Italian and German officials meet in Berlin while Mussolini pushes peace treaty revisions. Japan denies war with China over Manchuria but omits a withdrawal date. Soviet forces concentrate on the Manchurian frontier as global tensions persist. Twenty years ago Ohioans wreath unknown soldier in D C Armistice Day rites. local women host Pi Beta Phi alumnae Halloween event.
A poem depicts a small bird Tim singing daily behind a kitchen window. The speaker recalls Tim joining in song and lifting moods, until one night Tim’s voice falters and the room feels cold with sadness. Aura B. Foster signs the piece.
The Prince of Peace contest will be held at the Methodist Church on November 9 at 7 90 p m with six contestants and an invitation extended to all to attend this service D E Stone local mortician visited Marion Sunday bringing Ruth Smith to her home near Pisgah Church.
Social items from New England note a Presbyterian Church fundraiser at the Mace home with costume prizes for adults and children and snacks including sandwiches pie doughnuts and coffee. Weekend visits include Ralph McClead and family from Mansfield and F G Noland party from Lancaster.
In a calm village, Officer Antler and doctors discuss a murder scene after three deaths shake the community. The narrator recalls key alibi questions, the discovery of Miss Millie, and the dawning fear as investigators hunt for the killer while residents fear a fourth victim.
A Halloween carnival is planned at the Harrisonville high school auditorium with booths, fortune telling, games, and entertainment by Mit and Stet J H Blackwood recently returned from Canton where they visited relatives. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Pearl Jordan on Tuesday named Patri Aine. Local residents and families are noted visiting relatives and hosting gatherings. Fourteen hundred tickets were sold at the fair on Oct 1 with strong merchant donations from Pomeroy and Midport.
Syracuse WCTU met at Mrs. George Hendersons home on College Road with devotions by Mrs. Irving Karr and others. A new member, Mr Feckin Hess, joined. November meeting planned as a Royal al gathering. guests included Mrs. John Cape tart and Mrs. George McBride as well as Fort Dedrueste hay evangelistic services at Asbury Methodist Church.
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