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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1930
Page
4
A religious reflection notes that vows to the Lord must be kept and urges caution against making promises to perform actions. It cites Numbers and Fuller to warn against swearing and following through on weak commitments.
The piece defends Governor Cooper and Warden Thomas amid disorder at Ohio Penitentiary. It argues restoration of order is essential, praises leadership under criticism, and notes the impossibility of rapid state-wide reforms or personal sanctioning of large-scale corrections in a short time.
The writer argues no single person or group can quell violent, prejudiced individuals and urges patience for Governor Cooper and Warden Thomas. They warn against hasty, impractical remedies and challenge those offering easy cures to take on the responsibility themselves.
A confessed killer, obsessed with a married woman, awaits trial in Los Angeles after killing her husband. He laments with “my poor wife” but admits he acted from passion, a pattern the writer says repeats in murders of jealousy. Wives endure forgiveness, while the killer cries foul too late.
Parisian perfumer George Klotz visits New York and suggests installing large perfume atomizers on fireplac es to scent the city sidewalks. He proposes starting in Chicago's stockyard district to test the concept, claiming it could be an inspiration of the century if successful.
The first big league theater by the Warners emphasizes acoustical arrangement for sound pictures. Sound wave experts consulted to ensure a “perfect” talkie play house. The writer notes the challenge for a specific seating area in the venue.
New York report from April chronicles George and Ira Gershwin planning a summer move to Hollywood to write songs for Fox films. It notes his penthouse decor, vast collection of cartoons, a phonograph playing Rhapsody in Blue, and a guest list including Alice Brady Armida Ann Pennington Ruth Etting Helen Morgan Violet Heming Jim Corbett Gertrude Lawrence Bobby Clarke. The piece also comments on the Warner Theater opening on Broadway and the social scene surrounding theater and film figures.
The tale recalls Lot and his wife escaping destruction near the Red Sea. She looked back and became a pillar of salt, with bishops in the middle ages claiming to have seen the salt statue unchanged after three thousand years and offering supposed biological data to improve its sex.
Frederic J. Haskin discusses rising naturalization rates in the United States, the push for immigration restrictions amid unemployment and unrest, and the federal Bureau of Naturalization. He notes the 1906 act, the role of courts, state schools for aliens, and the shift toward Americanization as the method to integrate immigrants.
In India 8000 followers burn imported cloth as Mahatma Gandhi mobilizes a mass movement to restore ancient glory by donning garments woven on hand looms.
A crowd in India observed by a British aircraft witnessed women sing a sedition song while husbands burned three camel loads of English cloth. An observer counted 0600 disobedients as the plane flew overhead and a Hindu thinker pondered Indian aircraft production as a remedy.
The article notes Britain financed World War I with American aid and plans, after the war, to avoid competing with a German air service. It reports an Anglo German agreement granting Doctor Eckener an exclusive Europe to New York air route while Britain focuses on Canada.
Senator Wagner of New York calls for joint weather and facility information sharing between Germany and Great Britain while America debates prosperity and unemployment remedies. He argues the problem is serious and demands action.
Speech argues the country should face true facts about a national wage payroll exceeding sixty thousand million dollars and non wage incomes at forty thousand million. It claims the giant sums rely on public confidence energy and individual enterprise and that government aid should be modest.
A brief meditation on communication. blunt remarks shape outcomes. Warning against pessimism and praise, it notes that honest appraisal can empower or harm depending on delivery and reception.
New York Police Commissioner Grover Whalen urges the Knights of Columbus that religion is essential in this country to combat communism and anarchy and to reinforce law and order. He advocates relying on religious principles to restore order.
A compact tip sheet by W L Gordon on proper usage and pronunciation. It highlights common errors from misusing weather phrases to pronouncing words and spelling Virtual. The piece encourages expanding vocabulary by daily word study and notes today’s term acuity with example.
State Board of Health certifies Athens water remains excellent for the city. A crew starts relaying West Mulberry Street from the Chubb home to South Bridge near the university plant tunnel.
The page presents a mixed word puzzle with scattered clues and a yesterday answer matrix. It lists various numbered hints such as Taciturn Cow-headed Journeys inspired goddess and more, with partial solutions and a jumble of cross references across vertical and horizontal axes.
A collage of Q and A tidbits covers crucifixion methods in ancient Rome, Nile color origins, Bible sales in 1929, Cosima Wagner’s age and years alive, the July 1776 independence resolution, Indiana group members, U.S. Catholic churches by state, value myths about barium, Albania’s currency history, Mexico divorce differences, sight saving classes, and Huckleberry Finn serials in Century Magazine 1884 85.
Washington reports that the Parker appointment to the Supreme Court is steeped in partisan maneuvering. The piece notes Parker’s early political rise, Hoover’s choice amid Senate opposition, and how party calculations shape the battle over the high bench. It highlights the conflict’s impact on court prestige and the administration’s political risk.
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