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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1936
Page
4
A former Athens man notes unions divide neighbors and families in a leading industrial city. Spouses no longer speak and children mock each other as workers clash over company and labor unions. He argues unionization can achieve its aims without such personal bitterness.
The TVA seeks ICC action to force Southern Railway to abandon an 11 mile Tennessee branch near Norris Dam due to rising waters. The county supports the railway, arguing abandonment harms competition and shippers, warns of tax losses from TVA land grabs and county debt, and critiques tax disparities between private utilities and TVA.
A look at the growing trailer life as hundreds of movable homes line camp streets and lakefronts. Experts predict many Americans may live in trailers within a decade or two. More than a half million already reside in these homes on wheels, with camps thriving nationwide.
The national fire loss is rising with the first five months showing about 20 million dollars more than the same period in 1935. Increased property values and higher industrial activity are blamed for part of the rise, and the piece condemns human carelessness and indolence as factors.
Paul Mallon reports that weather experts dispute the idea that plowing caused the drought and challenge the movie led by Tugwell. They note rainfall patterns show droughts before plowing and contend rainfall elsewhere compensates over years as climate history repeats.
A humorously framed column notes cloud cover theories on Midwest droughts and the Gulf of Mexico, then recounts Ambassador Claude Bowers visiting Bilbao aboard the Oklahoma and Cayuga. It contrasts Spanish gun displays with a captain's pistol as Bowers weighs safe shore visits, suggesting diplomatic influence hinges on calibre.
A political observer notes Roosevelt and Landon are silent while Farley Hamilton and Ickes speak, predicting a default if the candidates do not engage. In Republican quarters mood is similar with complaints of weak effort, and only the Lemke camp is content with the current course.
The piece argues most fires are preventable citing bad wiring, neglected heating plants, and improper storage of flammables. It links human carelessness to forest and structural fires, urges public education, and stresses that fire is both a calamity and a crime demanding personal accountability.
Extracts from Joseph Buell’s 1785 journal, noted in Pioneer History, recounts frontier life in Southeastern Ohio. Entries detail fort discipline, weather, floods, Indian encounters near Marietta, garden planting, patrols, and notable events from Fort Harmar to the Ohio River with dates through 1786.
Letters to the editor describe a finder who returned a pocketbook with money and a Red Man’s lodge receipt to an Athens store. The owner’s tale differs. the finder awaits claimants and asks the loser to contact her. Mrs Etha Leffler New Marshfield R D 2. The Amator River is 3400 miles long and 180 miles wide at its mouth.
Ten years ago Gertrude Ederlee prepared for a swim across the English Channel. A large Athens County Farm Bureau rally drew 125 people at Jerseyville as Niagara Falls trips were planned by Ada Hanson and Georgia Hickman. Twenty years ago Ralph Jennings’ family visited in Alabama and a new electric pump debuted at City Waterworks.
A readers column features verses bearing names and addresses with a call to contribute. Included are lines from Mrs W L Rice Pomeroy Route 1 and Vivian Johnson 84 Angle Ave Logan Canada expressing longing and resolve, followed by a bold ending note about asbestos production worldwide.
Ann Hamilton arrives at Lake Racine seeking two week vacation with Bill Ware as travel agent. Jaime Laird, Lefty Ponds and Ralph Spring charm and complicate her trip while she navigates romance, social glare, and a steamy resort scene. Bill Ware arrives to disrupt Ann’s plans, setting the stage for further developments.
The article discusses links between genius and abnormality, noting many famous figures with mental or temperament quirks. It cautions that quirkiness is not a guarantee of genius and emphasizes proper evaluation by trained physicians to assess intellectual capacity. It urges providing gifted children full development opportunities.
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