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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1932
Page
3
An expert estimates driving costs about 4.20 dollars per hour including time and fuel. Delays from double and triple parking on Main Street in Athens waste driver time and money, with many drivers stopping at lights and slow lanes. If repeated nationwide, the loss is substantial and urges smarter traffic rules and less needless parking.
The senator argues that boycotting Japan via League of Nations plans would be folly and tantamount to war. He recalls Germany’s submarine threat to U S travel and trade and contends Americans would not support sending troops to a distant quarrel. He criticizes pacifist leaders including Newton D Baker.
The piece argues a broad tax burden on ordinary earners as Congressfinalizes a revised revenue bill. It warns direct taxes and new levies such as gasoline and cigarette taxes will spread to millions who paid little before, with deficits in the postal system likely covered by higher rates.
A feature describes International Workers Order cooperative city near Bronx Park with 8000 residents and multilingual home schools plus a 200-voice men’s choir. It also notes Stella Benson’s diary on Faraway Bride, stored at Cambridge University, with publishing planned fifty years after her death.
A Q and A column explains Caesar Rodney rode from Dover to Wilmington to Philadelphia to break the Delaware vote for Independence. It also describes the Bactrian camel two humps storing fat for harsh climates and notes iris varieties numbering about 875 species with Iris versicolor common in wetlands across the United States.
A historical cartoon explains how Winchester Virginia changed hands 76 times during 1862 to 1864 as Union and Confederate forces contested the town. It notes Miss Julia Chase's compiled list of operations and cites General Banks, Stonewall Jackson, and General Sheridan in the sequence. Tomorrow: Stunt Rider.
The Messenger prints unsigned reader letters emphasizing union support amid strikes in the coal mining region. Mrs Effie Boss of Glouster recalls 1928 hardship from low wages, urging communal aid to restore the union and school funding. Others from Nelsonville stress safer conditions, fair pay, and worker protection through organizing.
The piece mocks a push to ban poetry in the Congressional Record and argues verse enhances debate. It imagines poets seeking entry to political discourse and laments the loss of prosody in state addresses as lawmakers may curb ceremonial language.
The writer defends union rights against anti union critics and recounts support for coal miners on strike. She notes husbands on picket lines, communities supplying food and drinks, and donations from the Federation of Labor and Retail Merchants Association to commissaries. She argues fair pay, safety protections, and unity among workers.
A high speed pneumatic tire on steel flanges ran a car 406 miles Miami to Jacksonville in 178 minutes at speeds up to 87 mph. Prospects of 100 to 150 mph in streamlined rail cars with 50 passengers are discussed, with Henry Ford praising the breakthrough.
The passage argues that millionaires and others with real wealth have suffered large losses in stocks and investments. It calls for taxes on those who were largely exempt previously, claiming the old system worked when wealth grew but fails under stress.
A religious proverb quotes train up a child in the way he should go and early training shapes lifelong conduct as advised by Proverbs 23 5. The meditation emphasizes moral guidance and enduring faith.
The Athens Messenger advertises Everybody's Stamp Book as a companion to Everybody's Coin Book. A story of an American father who saved first day covers for his adopted daughter's education and marriage, growing into a substantial fortune through wise investments. Order with a six cent coupon for each booklet.
Washington observers note optimism for a local boom in 1932 as relief measures unfold. The piece surveys federal payrolls of about 75,000 workers, 6,000 retail stores, and a strong tourist influx, while acknowledging broad national economic weakness reflected in farm prices and unemployment.
The inventor behind IT 18 TRUE informs Henry Ford that the innovation will bring faster, more comfortable, economical rail travel and reclaim thousands of miles of underused railroad trackage, signaling a major shift in transportation.
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