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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1942
Page
5
Athens buzzes as Ohio University opens fall classes with an estimated 2700 to 2800 students. Registrar Frank Dilley cites heavy upperclassman return and wartime accommodations. Freshmen total around 1000. classes begin Thursday with ROTC expansion and strict physical training.
Seven automobile drivers were arrested over the weekend as patrols enforced a 35 mile per hour limit upcoming. Incidents included Dana Bailey Johnson crashing into a pole near Chauncey causing $150 damage and several reckless driving fines in Glouster Nelsonville and Coolville. Other cases involved failures to yield, speeding, and driving with a tail light issue.
A three member Athens County ration committee will control frozen farm machinery during the war under the U S Department of Agriculture program. Frank Pugh chairs the AAA committee with Alton Hope and John Sheridan as other members. Wayne Wingett and Bruce Chapman are alternate members.
Athens High School starts a pre flight aviation class tonight at 7 in the physics laboratory. Superintendent H C Pendry says room for four to five out of school boys, no fee, and invites interested students to attend. Classes run Mondays and Wednesdays with instructor L F Hammerle, who trained at Ohio University, covering math physics navigation meteorology to prepare aviators for service.
Ohio University will receive a share of a nationwide 4 million dollar federal war loan program. Allocation considers accelerated programs, students in need, and estimated aid amounts. The program, run by the U S Office of Education, pays tuition plus up to 25 dollars monthly per student. Ohio University is among 14 Ohio colleges and 231 nationwide with approved accelerated programs.
Twenty Begin CPT Training At Airport in Athens outlines a second eight week course for Navy V-5 and Army glider enlistees at Ohio University. The piece lists trainees by name and city, notes new flight instructors, potential forest fire patrols by the Athens Squadron, and plans for air salvage spotting and aviation talks in September.
The Ath ens Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union No 269 walkout halted production at The McBee Company plant. Members protested the demotion of pressroom foreman Leo Merchant claiming no sufficient cause. The wildcat strike involves compositors and other departments, affecting defense work.
Three men arrested Saturday night by city police pleaded guilty to intoxication when arraigned before Mayor Franz L. Woodworth. They received fines of five dollars and costs each. Charles Rider 29 Richland Ave Walter Baird 49 52 Mill St Byron Gaston 28 Athens Route 4. Gaston was jailed for failure to pay the fine.
The Athens Aerie of Eagles will hold a prospect meeting in the lodge social rooms at 7 30 tonight. Members who spoke with potential new members are urged to bring them to hear lodge officers explain the benefits of the fraternal order. The article also notes Java can support 42 000 000 people and measures 6 by 121 miles.
A machinist in a defense plant used a down payment loan to buy an old dwelling near the plant for residence and rooming income. He now owns his home, has loan payments largely completed, and collects $125 monthly from rented rooms. The City Loan promotes financing for defense workers' housing and moving needs.
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