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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
4
The Clermont Courier in Batavia Ohio began in 1836 under editor Harry M Tucker. Subscription rates listed include one year for 1.50 and six months for half that price. The paper is entered at the Batavia Post Office as second class mail matter.
The Republican Convention on June 27 adopted a farm plank hailed as the best yet by national farm leaders. It cites wartime agricultural achievement, condemns past missteps in price and production policy, and outlines ten concrete proposals including a Department of Agriculture under nonregimented administration, fair market support prices, orderly surplus disposal, strengthened farm credit, and expanded rural electrification and soil conservation. The plank endorses farmer cooperatives and aims for a self supporting crop insurance program and enhanced foreign and domestic markets.
Supt. R. G. Little announces first day enrollment of 353 pupils at Felicity Franklin High, now in his fifteenth year. A new study Worldly Affairs expands the curriculum along with numerous upgrades including a Bible program, two state champion bands, a new auditorium, five acre athletic field, landscaping, and building additions.
Mr. Richard Mattox visits family in Amelia. Miss Thelma Weaver improves at Good Samaritan Hospital. Charles Lee Glover and family left after visiting his mother Mrs. Stella Glover. Rev and Mrs J E Shirer stayed with Mrs Kenaz Dixon and Mrs Motzer. Marion Lewis returns to New York after leave.
The Smith Radio Shop on Market Street Batavia has grown from evenings to full time service with Mr Smith and a Cincinnati helper. The business plans a full line of radios and electrical appliances once manufacturers resume operations, currently offering radio service and parts.
Olive Kackley of WCKY is highlighted as a leading radio figure. She has addressed over 1,000 civic and business groups in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana, and received 53,000 pieces of mail while reaching more than 500,000 people. Her programs include 8:15 a.m. weekdays on L. B. Wilson station and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays on "Charm for You."
A WW II era column contemplates where the defeated German elite and Nazi supporters might seek asylum. It discusses refugee movement, potential host countries, and the influence of South American ties amid shifting European politics. The piece recalls wartime radio broadcasters and figures like Constance Drexel and Lord Haw-Haw.
Press comments hail the Republican ticket of Governor Thomas E Dewey and Senator John Bricker as strong and capable. Cleveland Plain Dealer and New York Sun praise their character and readiness to lead the campaign, while Philadelphia Inquirer calls the pair an admirable team ready to confront New Deal bureaucratic burdens.
The Milton Oregon Eagle condemns bureaucratic mismanagement at home while praising the soldiers abroad. The editorial laments delays and inefficiency in war administration and hints that the country should be returned to the people.
Governor Dwight Griswold argues for switching from horse to speed boat as wartime transport, noting 26 Republican wartime governors and urging Americans to trust common sense and move beyond old methods. He frames the shift as a crisis with faster travel needed.
Davis California Enterprise remarks recall a past push to oust aging Supreme Court members. The article notes the President once championed youth and vigor, now facing a similar situation as he ages. The quote highlights political shift and self referencing.
An Ohio farmer's wife asked the Office of Price Administration for the price of turkeys. She received 30,000 words of printed matter in reply. In desperation she wrote to her Congressman asking for a simple answer. She lamented that it would take a Philadelphia lawyer to cipher the price and urged a straightforward response.
A national campaign urges employed high school students to resume schooling. Convictions for violating the selective service act reach 4,756 in the year ending June 30, 1944, with totals since October 1940 at 10,872. The military annually purchases baseball and softball gear for thousands of teams, and overseas service members’ Christmas mail period runs September 15 to October 15.
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