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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
6
Local newspaper announces publication details including ownership Gordon K Bush and Charles H Harris with memberships and advertising rates. Subscriptions listed for Athens and surrounding counties with weekly and annual pricing and mailing zones.
Business Week argues Morgenthau’s plan to keep local Social Security payroll taxes at 1 percent for employers and employees for another year provides a reprieve worth about $300 million. The piece notes this delays a tax increase, avoids reducing purchasing power, and shifts focus from reserve funds to a pay-as-you-go old age system with no debt retirement.
Harris Goldman dies at 90, and the will directs his daughter Adele to inherit between 35 000 and 50 000 if she marries within the faith within a year. If she marries outside, she receives five. The article notes the futility of the dead hand trying to extend influence beyond life.
Arrangements are made for a Romanian edition of the self improvement book How to Win Friends and Influence People. The joke notes Romania could have used the guide earlier.
Campaign rivals tease the idea of televised debates as candidates head into an election season. Commentators question how lack of prepared scripts will affect messaging, plan outlines, and voter persuasion.
New York report sketches Thomas E Dewey preparing for a Republican presidential run with no formal campaign apparatus yet. He will avoid courtroom appearances and speeches, while building a small personal team including Edwin F Jaeckle in New York and a weekend brain trust led by Lowell Thomas and Kenneth Hogate.
Public Forum letters urge visiting Charleston flower gardens near Athens. Azaleas thrive along the Ashely riverbanks in late March to early April, with sun and moist soil boosting color. The Charleston Chamber of Commerce aids visitors, who spend about two and a half million dollars yearly, and famed novelist John Galsworthy praised the gardens. R. M. Slutz Athens April 2.
The page covers constitutional questions about the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935 and Carter Coal Co. ruling, details on comet tail density and gases, Dolores Costello and John Barrymore marriage and children, and the Nine-Power Treaty signed at the 1922 Washington Conference with its aims for China and equal commercial opportunities.
Bruce Catton analyzes President Roosevelt’s housing policy moves and the tangled web of U S housing agencies. He notes a potential consolidation under reform but argues only a magician could unify the sprawling program. He details the $5 billion government stake and the split aims among Home Owners Loan, FHA, USHA, PWA, FHLB, and Farm Security Administration, plus the impact on building and loan associations.
A New Jersey man claimed to discover eleven pearls inside an oyster served at a restaurant. He reportedly complained about the bill and sought compensation or a replacement.
A shipment of snow travels south to Florida attracting curious locals and visitors who view the unusual winter display as a regional spectacle.
Public instruction directs readers to address information questions to The Messenger Service Bureau in Washington with a reply stamp. Legal and medical advice and extended research are not provided.
A reader letter from Glouster dated April 5 attacks WPA layoffs and relief spending. The writer alleges select workers are being fired, claims civil liberties are violated under military control, and accuses officials of corruption and racketeering. He urges dismantling WPA and likens foes to fascists in a provocative plea to “come on Hitler.”
In Cleveland, more than 200 Italian volunteers rush to finish St. Bridget's Church, first built in 1885 by Irish volunteers. The piece notes historic Irish labor and flags planted by Admiral Peary at the North Pole including the Stars and Stripes, D A R, Navy League, and Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Betty Mary Jordan arrives to assist Inspectors Starr and Kildare in catching Luis Barro the Smuggler King. She surveys Salazar’s jail belongings and plans a midnight stakeout while Starr and Kildare fret over a failed lead and a looming trap.
Sigma Phi Gamma pledges include Margaret Croy Gertrude Pritchard and Pauline Orr as Mrs John Finsterwald City Federation president presides in Chamber of Commerce Rooms. The Sayre Study Circle marks its fiftieth anniversary at Mrs L M Heil home with Marian Danford Dorothy Holcombe Willem Smith on the musical program.
Twenty years ago Mr and Mrs P G Hibbard traveled to Columbus to be with their son John Hibbard of the 136th Field Artillery during the 37th Division stay in Columbus. Mrs Ned J Wolfe visited Westerville. Athens High students in the Roof Garden Revue at Amesville under Supt G F Morgan were fined for no tail lights and speeding. Mrs Clifford Tribe received a letter from her brother James H Lemons serving in France. Regular Messenger carriers Dayton Wise and Fred Weber earned 100 percent efficiency for the week. About $200 was raised by one day Tag Day sales for the Athens Playground.
Poem addressed to mother celebrates her thirty eight years of life and care. Martha Smith signs with age thirteen and provides address 78 Richland Ave Athens Ohio. The verse praises hard work, kindness, and steadfast love.
Butte county supervisors sued to recover 163 dollars paid for an artificial leg for Norman Mason who died leaving a 4000 dollar estate. The suit claims the county is owed the leg price plus related costs.
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