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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1945
Page
12
The Athens Messenger publishing company lists editors and publishers with filing details and advertising affiliations. Subscription rates are given for mail within and outside Ohio, with durations from 3 months to 2 years and varying prices, plus a note on obituaries and notices.
The public debates the duration of Japan occupation from one year to a full century, with generals giving divergent estimates. Officials favor Washington driven policy while demobilization issues loom, risking rushed legislation and unstable defense plans as families seek quick returns home.
Coal Age discusses a British mine workers leader quote about high wages and low costs, arguing cheap coal via higher productivity benefits miners and consumers. It asserts progress rests on low cost and quality, with modernization and equipment as keys to meeting a 1950 target and maintaining coal as the top energy source.
Tokyo reports claim General Homma, blamed for Bataan death march, passes long hours reading It Can't Happen Here and Short Cruises. The tale suggests the works provoke sleepless, tortured thoughts as he contemplates his fate and the road of conquest, with possible eerie visions of Charon guiding him.
The article argues wartime cost coverage by the government set prices and now after the war price decisions rest on production cost. It notes competition and worries about labor demands. buyers like John Jones and Bill Brown will seek affordable goods such as washing machines and radios, with prices tied to input costs.
David Lawrence argues strikes reflect government and Congress planning failures during reconversion. He cites wage reductions, tax bites, and price controls as drivers, urging federal dispute settlement, price and wage policy clarity, and restrained inflation to avert economic distress. Senator Brien McMahon proposals are noted yet insufficient without a broader economic rudder.
Peter Edson argues Washington backed General MacArthur as a symbol rather than for practical planning, buffering him from scrutiny while occupation plans for Japan lag behind those for Germany. He notes internal doubt about who directs policy and criticizes the persistence of a fiction that MacArthur alone runs the Pacific.
Miss Maude Dorsey leaves for Alliance to head the home economics department at Alliance High School. Mrs. E A Guthrie and daughters return from a Colorado trip. Dr S Aaron Price, pathologist, speaks at Athens County Medical Society. Lawrence Worstell, Sr., heads to Harvard Law School after Ohio University degree. Greta Lash to Columbia University Barnard College graduate work. Genevieve Apgar joins Ohio University Training School as critic teacher.
Frank Strong of Athens visited his wife at her farm home and called on Cash Strong of Vinton who remains quiet. Several families shared Sunday visits with the Saxtons including Vivian Fast, Bil lie Fast, Elmer Dent, Ward Saxton and Lindy, with Williamson, Carr, and Kenneday relatives from Langsville nearby. A son was born Saturday Sept 22 to Elwood Nelson and his wife of Old Dexter, with George Strausbaugh and Wilkesville guests at the Nelson home.
Gov. Frank J. Lausche says the CIO labor dispute with gasoline producers is not justified. At a Columbus news conference he urged a fair approach and settlement without a strike, noting he spoke by telephone with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach but provided no details.
Dewitt Mackenzie reports the Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers labors in London to stabilize a Europe torn apart by war. The meeting stagnates as ministers seek ways to rehabilitate a continent scattered by conflict and upheaval.
A dated poem and notes reflect postwar tension as Big Five talks in London spar over Russia’s rise, German and Italian influence, and the path to peace. Commentary on architecture of prosperity contrasts with mock housing schemes and a tribute to brave comrades. Mrs Harriet E. Clark, 94, dies in Newton.
Reedsville notes record Orville Larkins weekend in Alfred with Robert White. Phyllis Buckley visited Charleston. T C Kibble returned to Akron after a visit. A parade of visitors to Arthur Hetzer home includes J M Smiths Racine trip, C A Cowdery and others from Pt Pleasant, Little Hocking, Akron. Meigs County ties return as Ponca native Alice Christopherson stays with relatives. 84 year old Nettie Heaton recovering from a broken hip. Flame is second Tokyo report notes flame as key Pacific weapon beside atomic bomb per Col Copthorne on MacArthur staff.
In the Copper King Mine in Tonto Mountain Bob Hale and Carolyn face a dangerous secret while a jealous Leana Sormi plots to seize power. They move through a suspenseful setup with a mysterious explosive substance and a remote lab atop an ancient peak, as Mrs. Tyler arrives to share in the peril and intrigue.
In a tense message, Carolyn believes Leana Sormi will strike again, linking clues from an explosion, a telegram, and a train robbery. The pair are at a mountain retreat where Bob works on harnessing unprecedented engineering power, drawing top scientists for consultation.
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