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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1932
Page
4
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The text argues government spending rose from 1927 to 1932 and urges curbing major department expenses to balance the budget. It names Agriculture, Post Office, Treasury, Shipping Board, Justice, Veterans Affairs, and notes a 63 percent rise in major outlays. It suggests cutting these increases by half to raise funds.
A countryside drive reveals scarce vacant houses and strong rural renewal. Families return from city work, clearing brush, planting gardens, and resuming farm life as roads improve and spring blooms color farms. Children play as new lambs thrive and tenant houses regain life.
Dimmer glare along the theater strip shows two large rooftop frames blacked out at 46th and Broadway while signs on 43rd Street come down revealing boarded windows. The piece notes the cost of lit signs, hotel rent incentives to remove windows, and the craft of signs with steam, mirrors and moving letters. It also recounts gossip about Mary Earl, the woman behind the hit song Beautiful Ohio, and notes Nancy Carroll returning to red hair and Lawrence De Prie tied to a Congo slave narrative in Bloodstream.
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau explains gold leaf production from flattening a gold bar through rollers to sheets beaten between vellum and goldbeater's skin. It also recounts Benny Havens’ West Point shop history, Jonny Weissmuller’s Chicago birth, and why Inauguration Day falls on March 4 per historical choice and the Twelfth Amendment.
The poem contrasts human reliance on animals with admiration for untamed wild folk. It praises animals for their utility yet honors wild beings who live without labor or submission, stressing independence and natural serenity despite human neglect.
The Messenger notes that many letters to the Public Forum are unsigned or lack author identification. Only letters with known authors can be published. Opinions in the column reflect contributors, not The Messenger.
Editor praises the Izaak Walton League and State Forester Crumley for reforesting the Athens County Children’s Home farm and nearby hillsides along the Hocking Valley. The plan aims to restore beauty, prevent erosion, and spur pride in future generations while linking green hills to navigable river prospects. A coal miner from Nelsonville adds that workers must plan for new industries amid changing economic conditions.
The piece argues that crime could be reduced by drastic measures and critiques philanthropy. It contrasts specialized business minds, noting advertisers must dream broadly while merchants focus on concrete sales. It highlights Walter Hoving’s view and asserts advertising aims to convince others, a tough task.
Lieut Swasti Pradishh Prince of Siam and Lieut E E Schoenkopf of Fort Humphreys review combined army and navy maneuvers near Washington. The Prince, a USMA graduate and cousin of the Siamese king, wears a look of study in his officer’s uniform.
The Athens Messenger offers a large road map for motorists to locate themselves on any U S area and plan routes. It includes highway information, a digest of state motor vehicle laws, and shortest good road distances between principal cities. Send fifteen cents with the coupon to receive a copy.
A notice from the Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C offers readers a copy of the Official Road Map for fifteen cents in coin or stamps. Readers should provide name street city and state to obtain the map.
A rural Athens County campaign panel favors consolidating weak churches for effective work with no individual memorials planned in the Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Also noted are plans by Clare Sheridan for a statue in New York and local golf etiquette emphasis at the Athens Country Club.
The author argues that parental behavior shapes children more than rules. Hypocrisy, drinking, profanity, and gossip create imitated bad habits and intolerance. Emphasizing high standards of living and steady conduct, parents influence children as true role models on and off stage.
Congressional backers of a federal deposit guarantee push a new law as Nebraskas 17 year no loss record is cited by supporters. Henry Steagall leads hearings with endorsements from bankers including A P Fierson of East Tennessee Bank. Debate centers on governance, funding, and risk of hoarding.
A D A R monument to the Coonskin Library memorializes early Amesville founders. The article recalls Ames Township size, history, and prominent landowners such as the McCune, Dean, and Walker families, noting vast original acreage and notable hunting lore from 130 years ago.
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