The Athens Lilessenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Lilessenger printed weekdays except Saturday with a large Sunday edition by The Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co. Gordon K. Bush is publisher and GM Charles A. Harris is managing editor. Subscriptions in Ohio priced 4.50 yearly with various shorter terms. The paper is a member of multiple press associations and affiliated with United Press. Obituary notices charged as a nominal fee. Second class matter at Athens post office.
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Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles A. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press National Representatives
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Mai
Putting Off the Day The Legislature Faces Delayed Relief
The piece argues lawmakers will adjourn with stopgap relief for large counties and warn that state finances will need another emergency session. It claims surplus funds from intangible taxes only delay the reckoning and that statewide expenses must be cut to live within income.
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Columbus
Springtime Clean-Up Campaign Encouraged Nationwide
A editorial urges communities to launch spring cleaning programs to improve health, safety and civic progress. It highlights involvement by civic clubs and Boy Scouts, warns of fire risks from litter, and advocates burning trash only in incinerators under supervision.
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Chambers of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Look Before You Leap: Russian Wheat Plans and Berlin Wage Rules
A European twofer warns against shifting to other systems. Pravda criticizes Soviet farm wheat planting, implying a crackdown on farmers. Berlin reports skilled wages at 8 to 9 dollars weekly and bans job switches to pursue higher pay.
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Europe
Moscow
Pravda
Berlin
Germany
Must Slow Down: Athens Mourns Lost Years of Busy Men
An aging Greek town laments the loss of middle aged and older men to early death and excuses leisure time as a danger to vitality. The piece critiques the habit of postponing duties and warns that vacations and sport consume energy that should sustain daily life.
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Athens
Buros
Roosevelt faces unified opposition from party leaders
In a three hour White House meeting President Roosevelt faced unanimous party opposition to his budget approach. Senate Floor Leader Robinson joined critics over concerns that expenses were not being cut realistically. The article presents a raw view of the intraparty clash with no official details reported.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Senate
Robinson
Supreme Court
Presidents relief policy questioned in private meeting
The article notes that leaders argued the nation’s real relief needs are overstated by Relief Administrator Hopkins and other bureaucrats. Governors and mayors said federal aid is essential, while some Congress members admitted states produced more goods with more money. Morgenthau observed the treasury crisis with a doleful tone.
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Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Relief Debate Targets Governors and Mayors as Racket Claims Grow
The President faces pressure from House leaders led by Mr Hopkins to reassign relief burden. They urge proof of need and demand local officials publicly justify requests before federal funds flow. One caller even labeled the relief system a racket as he left the White House.
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Hopkins
Federal Treasury
White House
Roosevelt Aims to Cut Federal Demands in Budget Fight
The piece outlines Roosevelt’s stance on trimming federal requests by 25 percent to 1.5 billion, his refusal to alter his message, and tensions with Congress. It notes droughts, the Farm Tenant Bill tensions, Harrison’s displeasure, potential Wagner Housing cutbacks, and rising congressional talk of curbing pork while debating who should steer policy.
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Roosevelt
Bankhead
Pat Harrison
Leisure as life prolonging remedy for Athens workers
A reflective piece argues mortality among Athens professionals stems from insufficient leisure not overwork. It calls for balanced rest to endure the modern duties, warning busy men that unnecessary effort harms health and that proper leisure can extend life beyond the traditional seventy years.
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Athens
Secretary Perkins and labor board clash over contracts and the NRA
A column criticizes Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins for steering labor disputes away from practical collaboration. It argues that industry wide partnership with labor is inevitable and that federal involvement is required, warning the administration against meddling in labor issues and the need for a government role in the evolving arrangement.
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Pittsburgh
Maddam
Washington
Capital
Labor
Secretary of Labor
Walter Teagle
Clarence Wooley
Walter
Clarence
Industrial and Labor Advisory Boards
la Perkins
NRA
Would you live life again with joys and sorrows
Poet's Corner ponders whether to relive life given its joys and pain. The piece reflects on a brief cherished moment with a heavenly smile, noting life blends joy sorrow and pain and, despite it all, we would live it again. It names Bess V Matchmore Logan Ohio and Prof C A Moore Minnesota commenting on perceptions of American street violence.
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Bess V
Matchmore
Logan, O
England
United States
C. A. Moore
University of Minnesota
Public discussion on Lee and Jackson stamps and their history
The letter recounts Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson assets and lifetimes linking Richard Henry Lee to Robert E. Lee, notes Stratford on the Potomac, details Lee's family, and chronicles Jackson's birth near Clarksburg, his West Point career, command under Lee, Chancellorsville death, and a posthumous reverence in the South.
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the Messenger
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
P. O. Department
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Princeton
Aaron Burr
Washington
Matilda Lee
Potomac River
Stratford
Matilda
Ann Hill Carter
Ann
Robert Edward Lee
Mason-Dixon Line
George Washington
Stratford Mansion
James Thomas Jackson
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Point
Virginia Military School
Charlottsville
Lee
Chancellorsville
Jackson
South
Quotations on labor, marriage, and war leaders
A collection of quotes spans labor law, anthropology, family formation, strikes, and war leadership. Notable figures include William Green, Dr Weston Price, Franz Schwedeburg, Mrs Johanna Christensen, Frances Perkins, Virginia De Remer, and Alfred Duff.
Forbidden Love and Hidden Past in California Tale
Joan Barrett refuses to marry Bob Andrews amid a secret in her life. Sybil Hendry plots to reveal it as chapter opens with Joan recalling a childhood tragedy linked to her father Thomas Barrett and San Quentin.
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Joan Barrett
John Hendry
Bob Andrews
Hendry
Joan
Sybil Hendry
Philip Hendry
Sybil
Dorothy Starke
Charles Norton
California
Bob
Green Hills Inn
Snn
San Quentin Prison
Thomas Barrett
San Francisco
New York
Seattle
Dorothy
Mrs. Brown
District Tales of Long Ago in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis the oldest surviving building is the first post office built in 1794. The one story log structure, now weather boarded, sits near City Park and the Our House Tavern with a marker recounting François d Hebercourt as the first postmaster and ties to Napoleon.
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Harry R. Horn
Gallipolis
City Park
Major C. Brown
Columbus
Donnally
Francois d'Hebercourt
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte
d’Hebercourt
St. Cyr
Our House
Fort Pitt
Allegheny
Fort Harmar
Muskingum
Fort Clendenin
Kanawha River
Pittsburgh
Marietta
Charleston
W. Va
Scarlet fever control and vaccination methods discussed
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how early isolation and disinfection reduce scarlet fever spread. He notes streptococcal toxin and antitoxin development in horses create resistance, but preventive inoculation for all children is not deemed worthwhile at present.
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Morris Fishbein
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Weston A. Price
Franz Schwedecnburg
Pomerania
Johanna Christensen
Frances Perkins
Virginia de Remer
Mankato, Minn
Alfred Duff,Cooper
Grinister
George VI
Great Britain
Westminster Abbey
George V
Queen Mary
Scotland
Ireland
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