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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists Frederick W. Bush as publisher with branches and staff, notes weekly afternoon publication, and includes advertising rates and subscription prices. It references associations, bureaus, and national reps, plus general office and obituary care details.
The article notes continued rains leaving moist ground for upcoming planting. Fruit yields are expected to be heavy as buds remain mostly dormant though some trees show partial blossom. Pastures improve with flood water, grass growth to accelerate later. Warm weather should boost fruit, pastures, and gardens. truck and garden crops lag in Ohio. Wheat looks good but farmers plan less planting amid low prices.
The piece argues railroads are uneconomical and dangerous, with four-fifths failing to earn fixed charges last year. It notes railroads' vast national role, employment, and stake in the economy, urging careful reform under a federal coordinator rather than collapse. It lists causes like grasping financiers, over-expansion, executive salaries, and government regulation, amid a broader health of the nation.
Roosevelt moves the United States away from the gold standard triggering urgent talks with British Prime Minister MacDonald and French Premier Herriot. The three plan a three way White House meeting to discuss currency stabilization and easing tariffs as the dollar reevaluates to join the global trading system.
Dorothy Dix notes men cling to odd beliefs about women including brains wealth and roles. She argues intelligence and self control aid marriages while beauty or status often mislead, urging careful assessment of homemaking and parenting before marriage.
A barber shop scene contrasts two families to explore child behavior. One girl bullies her younger brother and a mother does not intervene while a boy bears a facial cut from an older sister. In the other family a three year old is doted on by two older sisters. The essay argues inherited traits and upbringing shape children, noting scarce prospects from birth and a lingering effect on life. The piece links parental influence to the dramatic differences in those children’s lives.
A Nature carved cross in the cliffs of Grand Manan Island is described as the Southern Cross a grand sight on the New Brunswick coast. The note promises tomorrow’s feature about a Miraculous Escape.
Dr Morris Fishbein states typhoid fever is being brought under control globally. He notes long term declines in England and Wales from 37.4 to 6 per 100,000 by 1911 1931 US rate fell to 4 5 in 1931 and various states show varied but improving figures. The article discusses transmission via contaminated food and water and the challenge of identifying carriers with public health measures improving.
More than a score of elephants were expected to perform in John Robinsons three ring circus when it comes to Athens on April 27. Local social notices report visits and events including bridge club gatherings and Kiwanis presen tation remarks. Local theater and musical notes highlight acts and performers from London to Marietta.
Quick action by 200 keepers kept residents safe as thawing ground caused the zoo wolf cage to cave in freeing seven animals. They were recaptured shortly after by B. M. Shider and A. E. Lund.
John Collier, long at odds with the Indian Bureau, is named commissioner of Indian affairs in the New Deal era. His reform program aims to cut waste, shift tribes toward self-sufficiency, and bring federal services to Indians while reducing boarding schools and curtailing patronage. The appointment divides staff, with supporters and opponents sizing up the change.
A collage of world data cites about 2400 common disorders, CFR loan figures with 1.648 billion total and 317 million repaid, constitutional amendment rules, ocean salt content, Hessian fly damage of 60 million bushels of wheat yearly in the United States, and extreme high altitude living in Tibet at 16,000 feet, plus Sahara Desert area estimates.
The Messenger editor rails at pastors who dodge Bible truth and warn against a comforting hell. Leonard Tucker argues for open rebuke over flattery and insists sin and death require honest teaching. The piece laments saloon culture harming families and the moral fibre of society.
Mars and Mercury in a strong daily chart urge new ventures and high initiative. Birthday individuals may have an active year with achievement and writing or publishing projects boosted. A child born today should be versatile, energetic and practical with notable nativity Henry Fielding.
Hazel F McKibben and Homer Stanley faced magistrates on minor goods charges. Stanley and others were bound over on $300 and $200 bonds respectively. Deputy Sheriff Hatfield reported intoxication and probation terms set. remaining defendants paid fines or probation for liquor and animal related charges.
A sweeping victory by a major nation over Paraguay reshapes the Chaco border region. The long conflict altered territorial control and raised diplomatic tensions as powers repositioned influence across South America.
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