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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger dates back to 1825 with Frederick W. Bush as publisher. The paper serves five counties in the southeast and lists circulation options, subscriptions, and obituary charges. It notes association memberships and advertising contacts.
Charles Lathrop Pack explains the conservation corps will do more than planting trees. The program includes clearing woodlands to prevent fires, building forest trails, removing dead timber, and thinning crowded areas to let the best trees grow, with planting as a later step.
A French Chamber deputy proposes using motion pictures radio newspapers and magazines to promote France and counter wrong views in the United States. Critics say the plan would fuel anti France sentiment as France faces debt default and pressure over the Versailles treaty.
Dr. B Q Skinner state director of schools urges Ohio to cut costs to fund education. Proposals include raising compulsory school age to seven, eliminating kindergartens, shortening the 32 week year, consolidating boards, hiring fewer supervisors, and creating a state purchasing agent and pay as you go building plan.
The piece argues that economics is now a common concern beyond scholars as society faces upheaval. It urges public understanding of economic principles, critiques current policies, and calls for sound thinking and new policies to guide daily life and national destinies. It notes widespread ignorance of economics and cites 1 700 lizard species, only two poisonous, found in Mexico and the United States.
Dorothy Dix counsels a reader that a peaceful home requires removing a domineering mother from daily life if possible or, failing finances, using firm boundaries and blunt talk to restore harmony. She warns against tolerating petty tyranny and urges discipline and honest discussion.
The K and M Railroad south of Athens stopped traffic due to a freight wreck just south of Carpenter. The Social Literary Club met with Mrs T B Gullum on Ohio Birds. Mrs L Mattrolff led the program.
The writer argues for Ohio participation in a national conservation program, noting local experience with the Roosevelt initiative and observing erosion, polluted streams, denuded hills, and the need to restore forests. He describes Izaak Walton League activity and a growing public desire for outdoors access, cleaner waterways, and attractive, useful surroundings.
A vintage cartoon explainer outlines how the cashew nut grows from the cashew apple and notes its popular taste among natives. It also recounts Etthu Yale born in Massachusetts who became Governor of Madras and inspired Yale University's name. Tomorrow preview hints at alien glory.
Dr Morris Fishbein reports most birthmarks in children are harmless and may fade. Treatments include carbon dioxide freezing, injections, ultraviolet light, or surgical removal in rare cases, but radium is unsafe unless handled by experts.
Olive Roberts Barton argues 250000 roaming youths in the United States threaten social order. She notes jobless teens lack roots and predict future issues, urging that cities and agencies provide homes and belonging to curb lawless outcomes. The piece critiques pass the buck attitudes and calls for systemic support.
The 30 hour week faces a real risk of wage reductions for the average earner. Critics warn proportional pay cuts would erase purchasing power gains while proponents cite union pressure and public opinion to push the measure.
An Australian inventor created an appliance that instantly detects and marks on a chart any sudden low mood as a train passes over track. The device promises to replace daily inspections of rails.
The speaker contemplates placing boys in private homes in exchange for services, stressing careful selection and the boys’ pasts. He doubts military camps solve the problem, argues real homes are essential though hard to secure, and concludes with a hopeful but anxious question about society’s direction.
A mixed set of horizontal and vertical crossword clues covers topics from diplomacy to anatomy, with entries like newly named ambassador to England, sea god, Greek letters, and legal terms. The grid references and definitions suggest a puzzle aiming for a broad vocabulary and precise word fits.
The Lodi Parent-Teacher Association will present a benefit play on Thursday evening April 20 at the school's gymnasium in Jerseyville. The program features a string band and a mixed quartet performing several skits by PTA members to raise funds for the school.
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