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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1939
Page
4
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A Maryland wife asks the state legislature to require men to pay salaries to wives citing many who contribute work without pay. The editor questions enforceability and notes the impracticality of such a law and the difficulty of defining value for a good or bad wife.
The American Public Works Association notes a broad flood control push spanning many projects. In 1938 federal appropriations reached 386.5 million on 63 authorized works, with up to 459 projects in survey or development stages, aiming to harness rivers for safe, maximum service.
The piece notes a 17 year old in Los Angeles who hanged himself after dreaming of war and feeling depressed. It compares similar cases in London where three people took their own lives after hearing broadcasts on Europe’s crisis. A coroner quips that news is not always happily expressed over the wireless as a warning against cynicism.
A calm visitor at the Wright brothers monument on Kill Devil Hill, Orville Wright, is described as quietly observing the site. The piece notes Wright’s desire for anonymity and reflects on how humanity uses the invention that changed travel and, tragically, has become a tool for harm.
The piece notes Brazil will resist foreign powers seeking extraterritorial rights and warns dictators will find Brazil as hard to crack as the proverbial nut. It also touches on patriotic cinema and social fashion shifts amid a slow summer, with a brother preparing to wear white shoes.
A ranking lists cartoonists among top earners in the newspaper field with skilled illustrators commanding high salaries as the industry seeks talent. Learn to draw and you may raise your pay.
Raymond Clapper notes American public support for Europe solving its crisis by peaceful means. A cross section of League backers forms a Peace and Security Week with Donald R. Richberg as chairman and Lucretia Grady as vice-chair. Mass meetings, including one at the Washington Monument, aim to pressure for negotiated readjustments and avoid war.
Bruce Catton analyzes the US fiscal record from 1930 to 1940. He highlights a decade of deficits where revenue totaled about 41.0 billion while spending reached 68.3 billion, leaving a net shortfall over 27 billion and a public debt near 44.5 billion by 1940. He notes ordinary operating costs as 6.75 billion, a tenth of total outlays.
The decade's spending totals show public debt interest and defense costs, veterans benefits, and major programs like social security, railroads, and tax receipts. Public works and unemployment relief dominate, with loans and stock subscriptions, RFC, and emergency housing adding large sums.
Sea serpent stories resurface in Oregon as old legends reappear amid renewed public curiosity. The piece notes the persistence of such myths and reflects on the difficulties people face when seeking loans, highlighting financial strain as a context for the revived fascination.
Betty Mary Jordan visits Luis Barro at his Juarez ranch Casa Hermosa to learn when he will smuggle aliens. Hope Kildare sends roses. Sheridan Starr and Hope fear Betty Mary’s plans while keeping watch on Barro’s operations amid hints of cocaine smuggling and a submarine deal.
Massachusetts health officials publish step by step rabies precautions after dog bites. Owners and nonowners must identify the dog, observe or notify authorities, seek immediate medical care, and consider anti rabies treatment if the animal’s status is uncertain or proven rabid.
A reader defends WPA workers and Clyde Gibson while challenging John Penn’s views. They argue New Deal policies aid the nation, criticize CIO Lewis and closed shops, and urge loyalty to the American people over party bias. The letter denounces punitive policy and praises Roosevelt’s era.
A letter from R. B. Carson of Middleport dated April 24 defends honesty and courage. The author salutes steadfast men and pure women resisting greed while urging moral effort to avoid ruin and rise onward.
The Corning school band, organized this year with 32 members, will perform in Junction City on May 4. All Perry County schools enter orchestra and bands in the festival. The group will wear white capes with scarlet and gray trim, directed by Dwight Campbell.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuck Hardy spent a few days last week visiting in Columbus. Mrs. James Mason was called to Columbus because of her father s illness. Mrs. Ethel Mason of Shawnee and Mrs. Hannah Rodgers learned of their aunt Mrs. Jennie Heywood s death in Hobart Ind Burial will be Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Brady Pierce visited friends in Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Orton Fitch shopped in Columbus Tuesday. Mrs. Marshall Grandma Wright is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Henry George Arthur Janet Rodgers and Howard Hoban were Athens visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spray
Dr. E. B. Bryan president of Ohio University gave the commencement address at Jerseyville High School. Irene Overmeyer of Parkersburg West Virginia visits his parents at 40 Stimson Ave for a sinus operation recovery. A. O. Sloane attended the Spanish American War Veterans convention in Columbus.
Fred L. Alderman chaired Victory Loan. Higley Study Circle attendees included Mrs. Swanson Woods Mardis Phillips Stalder Davidson Woods and Boy Scout Joseph Farley. Rathbone elm near Marietta and Washington Elm at Racine noted. Liberty Bond lapel pins mark buyers. Walter H. Stewart Guysville joins 24 member committee of discharged 166th Regiment soldiers to welcome home the Fourth Union Rainbow Division in New York.
A compilation of trivia covering stamp production costs per thousand, US regional divisions, Guy Lombardo’s nationality, electrical insulation, presidential spouses named Anna, Virgin Islands currency, the Orangemen’s origin and purpose, and odorant usage to detect natural gas leaks.
The editor instructs readers to send questions to The Messenger Service Bureau at 1013 13th St Washington for factual inquiries. It notes legal and medical advice cannot be given nor extended research undertaken and requests a three cent stamp for reply.
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