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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1937
Page
4
A young man sleeping at the roadside awakens to a state highway patrolman tapping him on the shoulder. He admits fatigue and carries identification, avoiding alcohol blame. The piece urges more patrols and clear conscience to improve highway safety amid illegal headlights and drunken driving concerns.
A column argues against new taxes including on businesses incomes motorists and liquor venues while stressing that unpaid taxes exceed those paid and could fund modern government needs. It criticizes lobbyists and notes most citizens see no need for higher levies as delinquencies remain uncollected.
The editorial argues the Supreme Court decision on a minimum wage law will end exploitation of women and children in Ohio and beyond. It notes long hours, low pay, tip dependence, and underpaid domestic work, urging that the new scale moves workers toward a living wage and corrects entrenched inequality.
A Supreme Court justice says their main duty is discerning a congressman’s thoughts. The President quips about overwork. A separate note claims the Duke of Windsor has only six servants left and may soon need to wear a clothes suit twice.
Washington observes the New Order contending with a sterner constitution and a higher Supreme Court as it revises policy on prices and spending. Recovery shapes debt policy, while Morgenthau’s powers face limits if tax receipts fall, prompting cautious readjustment and possible scuttling of farm tenancy and housing measures.
The president calls for relief payments to boost consumer goods while curbing durable goods aid, hinting at a move from PWA to WPA. Michigan by elections loom as a gauge of reaction to Roosevelt court reform and sit-downs, with Republicans favored to win two Supreme Court seats.
Tennessee congressman Mitchell moves to reduce mileage from 20 to 10 cents a mile to save $75 000 yearly. The proposal fails 2 to 78 as lawmakers mock the idea and refuse roll calls. In Berlin Schmeling pledges to monitor the heavyweight scene while Greta Garbo contemplates a comic role.
The piece denounces police third degree methods and torture to extract confessions, arguing they violate the U.S. and New York constitutions. It cites Jesus and historical trials to condemn inquisition like tactics and urges public vigilance against erosion of individual rights. It warns against indifference that endangers constitutional protections.
Historic note from Twin Falls Idaho reports C A North owns a copy of the Ulster County Gazette published in Kingston on January 4 1800 the date of George Washingtons death.
Gallia County’s historic spring at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics draws visitors to its restored pool and shaded elm. Once near Salgue’s vineyard, Civil War army hospitals and war memories linger as relics, later replaced by humanitarian grounds and expanded groundskeeping by Dr G G Kincon.
Messenger readers contribute verses in this column. The poem speaks of faith guiding the soul toward Paradise, the unseen glories beyond mortal sight, and the hope of one day meeting the divine.
A collection of remarks from Rabbi A. Silver of Cleveland and Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan arguing that people should view pictures and judge beauty or quality, while warning against pictures that fuel class tensions and mass production erasure of individual value.
Martha Brittain and Betty Haynes begin a West Coast trip to promote an Airspeed trailer. They pick up Gerry Neal a hitchhiker who helps her pursue Betty after Betty vanishes with Jack Speddon in Long Beach. A typewritten Betty message leads to San Francisco where Betty may be missing.
In southern Canada elk have increased, creating a ranching problem for foothill properties. Max Bradshaw, a ranch owner, and his men have tried driving the elk away with horses but without success.
Glanders poisons horse and human health and can spread via nasal and throat discharges or skin infections. Isolate human cases, destroy infected animals, test all stable horses, and disinfect stalls. Auto use reduced horse cases over time. tests for blood are analogous to Wassermann and typhoid tests.
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