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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
4
The Athens Messenger details its publisher Gordon K Bush and staff, notes national press affiliations, and lists subscription rates for Ohio readers with weekly and yearly options. The issue notes second class post matter status and carrier and mail pricing.
Lieutenant Governor Paul Yoder argues that Ohio relief and biennium spending are tied by tax choices. He cites 1936 and 1937 relief financing, notes potential general revenue fund use, and urges reductions in appropriations while avoiding new taxes. The piece covers Senate advances, delays, and a plan to study delinquent tax collection to fund relief.
Federal Trade Commission reaches a agreement with auto manufacturers, dealers, and lenders prohibiting 6 percent financing and installment sale advertising unless the terms are clearly stated. The deal aims to protect buyers by ensuring transparency in auto credit offers.
Washington commentary notes President Roosevelt’s proposed budget runs about 68 million dollars higher than January’s plan and seeks only modest reductions. Analysts say balance is unlikely, with relief spending likely to stay high, while consultants urged deeper cuts. The piece highlights tensions between Congress, governors, and mayors over relief funds and the middle course chosen by the President.
The Trade Commission argues that a 6 percent installment plan may effectively charge about 12 percent on average balances until final payment. The piece notes the potential cost uncertainty for auto buyers and critiques the lack of a breakfast cereal named Stripties. It also mentions a new 10 ounce baby birth, ongoing horse racing, and a Midwestern tall visitor to New York.
UGH S. JOHNSON argues a Hitler Roosevelt meeting could curb economic and armament tensions if Britain and the US agree on war debt terms, gold reserves, and currency stabilization. He suggests concessions, a Baldwin offer, and possible economic peace through disarmament and tariff shifts.
A collection of remarks from Walter B Pitkin Clarence Darrow Henry Ford Mrs Rubye Nix Zioncheck and Dr D S Atwood discussing efficiency in industry misfit individuals public medicine and the strain of desk work. The remarks span views on aging employment medicine publicity and personal career choices.
Editor note from The Messenger prints a reader signoff by GEO S Thompson dated April 19 criticizing Edward Campbell's open letter to Mr Penn. He mocks the piece as wordy and illogical, recalling past press debates and urging clear reasoning.
Fire damages the Mediem dry goods store and threatens an entire Nelsonville block. Athens Business Women's Club holds spring party. Contest winners named Miss Helen Hull Miss Garnet Hatch and Miss Delle Finsterwald. Committees include Miss Willa Van Dyke Miss Olive Dorsey and Miss Francys Cochrane. Numerous attendees at the Pythian Sisters convention list many names.
The Athens Cocoa Cola Bottling Company of Athens is incorporated today by James Josten E D Van Den Boek Edward Walker Isaac W Slaughter of Athens and Ernest W Grimm of Parkersburg. Athens Grange backs all state food plans and government. Mrs W S Ferguson of New Marshfield visits Mr and Mrs P G Dowler. Barbara born to Mr and Mrs Phil Taylor of Jeannette Pa. Mrs S N Hobson returns from Amesville where her daughter Mrs O M Lovell resides. Lovell’s birthday and Hobson’s 81st birthday are noted.
Poems and quotes reflect nostalgia for Athens Ohio and a communal view on living. The text features Leda Sams, a lyric about spring and a cottage scene, plus verse on life for creatures and a note on invention by Herman I nke. A concluding line questions invention progress.
On a moonlit inn porch Joan and Bob declares mutual love while Sybil watches with cold jealousy. Joan resists marriage though Bob proclaims he will marry her, and Sybil interrupts with icy calm as the lovers face a secret past and an uncertain future.
Meigs County records reveal a planned village named Pt Pleasant never came to be. Clerk Herman Beards traced early offices to Robert Barton in 1819 and notes first sheriff Benjamin Stout and Chancery judges Ezra Osborne and Samuel L. Vinton. The Nihiser farm near Old Man's Cave Road held the plat before taxes were canceled and land restored.
A chronic bronchitis patient coughs mainly at night due to mucus buildup from irritation in the bronchial tubes. It often follows long winter coughs, links to dust fumes smoking and weather sensitivity, and can lead to barrel chest, wheezing, and impaired oxygen exchange.
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