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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
4
The piece notes newspaper and mall delivery rates in Athens Ohio and urges homeowners to start spring cleaning. It highlights curbside debris removal by city crews, encourages trash hauls, and urges civic groups to press officials to set cleanup dates as yard waste piles up.
The Nation Today urges a concerted drive in all towns to observe Clean-up Week. It notes yearly accumulations threaten safety and health and that attics and backyards become catch-alls unless residents act.
An editorial argues for sensible residential street parking rules in smaller towns like Athens. It calls for safe driving lanes, one way streets where needed, and wider streets, noting many students and residents park on streets and hinder traffic.
Senators Paul Douglas and colleagues tour Washington slums near the capitol to witness public housing needs. They see 13 people in two rooms with no lights or running water, debris in yards, and a grandfather with a missing leg. They hear dire notes on tuberculosis and venereal disease, high rents, and meager wages.
In Great Falls Montana a housing shortage brings Captain Dick Morgan and his wife Betty into the maid's basement apartment with their baby. Mrs Joplin the new babysitter intrudes, teasing and scheming as tension grows. Rob and the narrator cope as the situation unfolds toward a continuation.
Dr Edwin P. Jordan notes about 5000 U S children aged 1 to 4 die yearly from accidents. autos, trains, burns, drowning, and poisons are major risks. he urges locked windows, readable poison labels, and cautious driving to cut deaths and injuries.
The piece argues the Fair Employment Practices Commission bill would strip employers of hiring discretion and empower a state bureaucrat to judge job capability. It warns such a law would curb private enterprise, raise discrimination, and fail to fix underlying troubles.
Charles J. Wolfe of Nelsonville argues that veteran concerns are intertwined with farm subsidies and social spending. He questions pension versus subsidy concepts, cites Brannan's bill, and urges sustained pressure to curb overall government spending while defending veterans and farmers.
A period quiz page presents multiple choice questions for men women and teens with point values. Answers appear garbled at the end, showing a mixed string of letters and symbols.
Jessie McKnight Kayser dedicates this verse to Mrs P J Huffman. The poem recalls a quiet rural scene in Ohio with a vacant lot and garden rabbits. It contrasts fall landscape colors with a gray sky and ends with hope that wildflowers will bloom again.
Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson moves to force cost data before any new interim rail pay raise. He defies the ICC over 35 per cent interim and 25 per cent already granted, demanding basic payroll evidence from railroads. Congress hearings set for May 24 with a June 1 decision hoped.
Radio programs and area station listings across Cincinnati Columbus Huntington Parkersburg Marietta and Charleston include NBC WLW ABC WCOL WSAZ CBS WENS WCHS WPAR MBS WHKC and WMOA with their corresponding frequencies 700 1230 930 1460 580 1450 610 and 1490 KC as cataloged in the market pages.
This fragment lists a dense schedule of radio programs across networks from 6:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., naming shows and performers such as Abbott and Costello, Burns & Allen, Henry Aldrich, Bob Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Gabriel Heatter, Fred Waring, and Kay Kyser, with associated networks and time blocks. It reflects a bustling mid‑century broadcast lineup across CBS, ABC, MBS, and related stations.
Burr Oak residents report social visits and relocations as Easter gatherings unfold. Grant Post and Mrs. Richard Post dine with Eva Ivers and daughter Virginia. Williams siblings travel to Athens to visit Ed and Mrs. Phelps. Joan Garagan visits grandmother Mrs. William White in Burr Oak. Mrs. Guy Dew relocates from Hatfield to Six Mile Turn.
The Jol ly Twelve Club gathered April 12 at Mrs. Bess Kemper's home for lunch with attendees Dora Webb Mary Morgan Twila Donley Anne Kemper Edna Rollins Myrtle Wallace Alice Angle and Myrna Angle. Mrs Elizabeth Jameson of Scotland visiting the Beattie family a former New Straitsville resident. Rebekah Lodge No 100 conferred the degree on Hazel Heid and Dorothy Devol Ruth Bell.
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