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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1945
Page
4
Area churches across Athens detail Sunday School times and worship services. The Presbyterian and Pilgrim Holiness churches announce guest speakers and joint presbytery events, with plans for evangelistic services, Bible study, and prayer groups.
Missionary Dr Good after 35 years in West Africa will speak Tuesday at 8 pm in the Presbyterian Church Athens with additional sermons in area churches over the coming days. He leads church work across Elat and a network of 200 outposts. his insect collection doubles for West African lepidoptera held in Carnegie Museum.
Washington demands a full inquiry into Okinawa failures and inter service missteps. The piece argues for clear responsibility, unified command, and accountability beyond Pearl Harbor to prevent future miscalculations and cover ups involving Admiral Nimitz and other top officers.
Spud Delaney a Metropolitan Transfer driver, hauling a massive cargo, uncovers a strange lead box in a midnight run. Red Cragin witnesses a mysterious substance beneath a metal lid as a fearsome explosion rocks the city near Schoenfeld Laboratory. Carolyn contends with alarms and a quest toward a remote farmhouse as investigators chase down the unknown shipment.
A critical opinion questions Europe's shift to planned socialization of industry. It questions Britain's reliance on American finance for socialist programs and De Gaulle's seeking of aid for France. The piece argues the United States must reject centralized totalitarian models and uphold private enterprise as the path to prosperity.
In wake of disclosures about Japanese brutality, readers question whether Allied bombing should have continued to end the war. The piece weighs mercy against strategic costs, noting resistance by wartime leaders and the risk to American fliers and prisoners if a harsher course had been taken.
The writer argues that government projects funded by taxpayers deserve the same scrutiny as private enterprise. Agencies police private ventures, yet politicians push public business while evading strong oversight. Taxpayers suffer from misleading political proposals, calling for equal application of market restraints.
Peter Edson notes the four million Japanese soldiers and equal number of civilians who surrendered in Asia and the Pacific face a unique fate. They are not POWs and must be moved home since Japan lacks a merchant marine. Priorities favor UN and Allied needs, leaving displaced Japs to seek food or labor until repatriation. General MacArthur may condition labor use for reconstruction under repatriation rules.
Mrs William F Smiley entertained her bridge club at her home with guest prizes awarded to Mrs Frances Evans. Other attendees included Mrs Earl Beckley Mrs Clarke Dailey and Mrs Gilbert Gray. Daughters of Mr and Mrs H A Elkins joined Miss Helen Brown in Jackson.
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