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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1942
Page
4
The page lists publication details for The Messenger including ownership, associations, and AP affiliation. It prints subscription rates for local and mail readers, carrier terms, and ad rate information. A Milton quote appears at the bottom, emphasizing liberty of thought and expression.
The piece discusses Roosevelt's anti inflation plan, aggressive new taxes totaling 22 billion and a safety target of 40 billion, with a suggested overhaul of the tax system. It argues taxes must match ability to pay to fund wartime costs without harming families and stresses reform before adding 13 more billion.
A wartime appeal urges women to organize scrap metal collection as towns and homes reveal piles set aside for future use. The piece mocks passive habits and calls women, clubs, and families to action to fund the war effort before winter. It stresses that scrap metal has value and should be gathered now.
Philip Murray told the Canadian Congress of Labour that strikes calculated to injure the country harm families and unions. He urged restraint, arguing that disciplined action benefits unionism as a whole and applies to American labor in each dispute.
A wartime column laments delayed milk deliveries due to pollen, jokes about Hitlers crosses, and notes sugar rations to half a pound weekly for nine months in 1943. It cites OPA official Harold B. Rowe and a German Serbia command figure warning of occupation strain and possible atrocity.
Washington column warns there is no final authority to balance armed forces and industry in manpower. Hershey and McNutt testify to unresolved questions about government control, risking a clash between army needs and war production. Calls for top leadership to unify programs and avoid an Every Bureaucrat For Himself war.
Peter Edson criticizes the War Labor Board for broadening the Little Steel formula through a panel decision affecting metal miners. The ruling raises wages beyond January 1941 buying power, citing comparisons to other trades and concerns over labor pirating and manpower shortages.
The Public Forum invites signed comments on current events. Writers must include signatures with their letters and keep contributions concise to fit multiple entries each day.
News item notes city wide flower show planned in Athens at the high school building on September 24 and 25. It also mentions scholarships received by John Pickens of Mill Street and Thomas Reading of Route Five, both in Athens, and Wilbur Imes taking over management of the C and H Cafeteria on Court Street. Athens League of Women Voters members and daughters wore wedding gowns to a costume party at Mrs. Arthur Boyles’ home on Pine Place.
Editor Rose Rosenberg addresses readers to clarify scrap payments and costs in wartime. She explains high purchase prices, expenses, and how proceeds support the USO and National Defense, urging generosity for soldiers and urging distrust of hoarding scrap. She notes checks mailed promptly and questions about who benefits from scrap donations.
Poet Mary Karch from Lakeview Ohio contributes a reflective piece about absence and memories after a loved one leaves. The poem contrasts orderly home life with missing presence, expressing longing and gratitude for memories.
Clark E Williams was appointed alumni secretary of Ohio University. The Sun day Messenger announced its first issue scheduled for Saturday September 30. Chi Omega Sorority hosted for Miss Doris Nye fianc e Charles Woodworth with members listed including Betty Walker Louise Hardford Thelma Robbins Opal Cooley and others. A Flint Michigan woman in a No Longer Skirt Club condemned long skirts and vowed skirts would stay ten inches above ground.
Straitsville notes detail visits and moves among residents. John Coates and family from Columbus visit relatives. Fred Blankenship of Lancaster attends a Masonic lodge. Navy and Army Air Corps personnel, including Dick Mills and Bill Brown, visit family. Several residents relocate within the area and social events occur at the Methodist Church and with service member families.
Candace Beck, a nurse trainee, wins a coveted transfer to Good Samaritan to be near Martin Corby her ambitious medical student fiancé. Peter Frasier rivals for Candace as Faith Hartshorne, hospital chairwoman daughter, looms in the background. Gates hints the transfer hints at romance. To Be Continued.
The column lists social visits and family events across Millfield Columbus Zanesville and surrounding towns. Highlights include Mr and Mrs John Davis hosting a birthday dinner for Mrs Davis with guests Pauline Exen Hamper and Jane White, plus weekend hospitality for Delano Kennedy Rodney from Lancaster and others. Lorene Terrell enters the army and Cass Vess funeral noted in Lancaster.
The Coolville Odd Fellows Lodge sponsors a basket dinner and picnic at How Ells Grove on Sunday September 27 inviting all members and families. Coffee free. Local residents Ronald Kincade Bob Smetzer and Carl Dawson noted visitors from Ravenna Fort Knox Kentucky.
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