The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekdays except Saturday with a Sunday edition. Frederick W. Bush as publisher and Gordon K. Bush as publisher general manager. Subscription rates include 4.50 per year in Athens and nearby counties, with weekly and ten week options and carrier rates.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington
One Ray of Hope in Mussolini Editorial on Collars and Ties
The piece notes an Italian editorial in Giornal d Italia calling for abolishing collars and ties as unItalian and harmful to thought. It argues people often seek targets to hate instead of solutions, praising a rare stance that promotes clearer thinking.
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Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
Giornal d'Italia
Germany
Italy
Americans
Sensible Spending on Ohio Valley Flood Control Delays
Nationwide push for flood control in the Ohio Valley argues federal funds should be released promptly. Proponents say thousands are employed on related projects and a contract for at least one dam is ready, urging White House action to prevent further property losses from high water. They blame red tape and long planning times for delaying mitigation.
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Public Works Administration
Ohio Valley
White House
The Nightmare of Taxation Explains Deficits and Burden
A government economist estimates the national debt will exceed 43 billion dollars in 13 months. For 1939 Congress authorizes 12.5 billion in expenditures, with 6 billion deficit financed. It breaks down monthly daily hourly and second-by-second spending amounts and notes that only 43 people earned over a million in 1937, yet their income would only cover 48 hours of government outlay, highlighting that taxes and deficits fall on the average worker.
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Congress
Treasury
United States
Bargain Buying Pays in Markets and Foresight
The piece argues timely buying beats waiting for everyone to act. It notes prices rise and fall, and prudent shoppers exploit declines to repaint, repair, and acquire goods. Financial security hinges on taking advantageous bargains when offered.
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler’s Army Court-Martial Critique
In a court-martial over drunkenness and conduct, Lt Col Stewart Giffin faced a witness who admitted boyish blackmail demands to be paid off. Pegler argues the code forces officers to snitch or risk disgrace, comparing military drinking culture to an eighteenth century prohibition era.
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New York
Stewart S. Giffin
James O. Smith, Jr
Reserve
Giffin
Smith
Army
Hugh Johnson
West Point
Mike Maxey
Hillside
Roosevelt Purge in 1940 Primaries Sees Two Likely Wins
Washington debate centers on if Roosevelt can topple anti New Deal incumbents in Georgia and Maryland and whether he will back U S District Attorney Lawrence Camp in Georgia and Davey Lewis in Maryland. If George and Tydings survive, the purge could backfire, while victories would mark a net gain for the New Deal in the 1938 primaries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cotton Ed” Smith
South Carolina
Olin Johnston
Johnston
State
Walter George
Georgia
U. S
Lawrence Camp
George
Davey Lewis
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Baltimore
Lewis
Tydings
Dodd Campaign in Virginia Primary Faces White House Doubts
The White House did not urge William E. Dodd Jr to run against Howard Smith in Virginia despite claims. Dodd lacked organization and name recognition, with Ickes and Keenan opposing Smith’s House Rules blockades. Questions about White House backing persisted as New Dealers in Virginia complained of insufficient support.
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White House
William E. Dodd, Jr
Howard Smith
Virginia
Smith
House Rules Committee
Dodd
Ickes
Joe Keenan
Marvin McIntyre
Charlie Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Black lipstick that turns red when marked sparks business tale
A cosmetics expert creates a lipstick that turns red on contact leaving a red mark. Businessmen speculate the product symbolizes how they’ve blurred lines in bookkeeping, hinting at hidden misdeeds and shifting trust in finance.
Heir to a Connecticut estate sparks a restless dream
Kinks Parker, a dismissed securities man, inherits a half interest in his Aunt Martha Preston’s estate in Winstock Connecticut. He travels there hoping for wealth and status, only to find a charming house and a striking, angry young woman awaiting him in the yard. The scene ends with a cliffing continuation.
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Kinks
Securities House
New York
Martha
Parker
Yale Club
Winstock
Connecticut
Grand Central Station
Kinks Parker
Kenworthy & Kenworthy Attorneys At Law
Kenworthy & Kenworthy
Caleb Kenworthy
Cale Kenworthy
Cale
Martha Preston
The Public Forum on Election Day Advice
The Public Forum urges readers to vote, choose honest candidates with common sense and backbone, and not stay home. It notes no one can meet all wishes and encourages participation, signing letters, and looking for August 6th as the election approaches.
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the Messenger
We the Women: Ruth Millett on gender roles in work and home
Ruth Millett argues that blame between genders delays progress as women enter business and men remain in the home. She notes Earline White's Budapest protest on equalopportunity, but urges focus on context and mutual respect rather than faultfinding.
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Budapest
New York
Earline White
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Miss White
Health Hints and Diet Health Hints and Diet
Dr Morris Fishbein explains stomach acid balance including hyperchlorhydria and how diet affects gastric secretions. He notes normal variation among individuals, triggers like alcohol and spices, potential links to ulcers, and the value of medical advice and bland diets to manage symptoms.
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Morris Fishbein
Bright
Greens Run Ladies Aid House Chicken Dinner Tuesday
Greens Run Ladies Aid Society will host a chicken dinner at the Church Parish House on election day as their traditional community event. The event follows their usual election day custom and invites locals to attend.
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Chauncey — Ladies Aid Society
Greens Run
Church
Bible Schools End at Greens Run and Trimble
Vacation Bible Schools closed at Greens Run and Trimble with final exercises. Greens Run drew 50 children under Mrs. Fred Thompson with aides Betty Jane Courtney Thelma Fierbaugh Eileen Leake and Helen Fierbaugh. program featured songs memory work crafts and a certificate talk by Rev. Gilbert Courtney. Trimble enrolled 70 children with Roy Townsend as supervisor and helpers Betty Manigold Thelma Rainey Kathryn Johnson Margaret Addington Phyllis Antle and Verna Sayre. Friday night included memory work songs and a talk by Rev. Robert Lawrence.
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Chauncey
Greens Run
Trimble
Fred Thompson
Betty Jane Courtney
Thelma Fierbaugh
Eileen Leake
Helen Fierbaugh
Gilbert Courtney
Robert Lawrence
Roy Townsend
Betty Manigold
Thelma Rainey
Kathryn Johnson
Margaret Addington
Phyllis Antle
Verna Sayre
Mazon Council Observes Birthdays at Millfield Session
CHAUNCEY Mazon Council No 93 Degree of Pocahontas met in regular session in Millfield on Thursday night noting birthday anniversaries for Jessie Fulton Maggie Dean Clara Theisen Alice Theisen and Augusta Theisen. Six visitors from Athens Council Pocahontas attended and 21 members received refreshments.
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Chauncey — Mazon Council No
Degree of
Pocahontas
Millfield
Jessie Fulton
Maggie Dean
Clara Theisen
Alice Theisen
Augusta Theisen
Athens Council
Chauncey Socials Return From Visit
Chauncey residents Mr and Mrs Paul Theisen and children have returned to Columbus after visiting relatives. Mrs Kate Blacksten of Columbus spent the weekend with Rev and Mrs Gilbert Courtney. Mrs Blacksten, formerly of Orbiston, came to attend the Orbiston homecoming. Mrs Charles Leffler and Dick Leffler of Chauncey are in Columbus for a few days. Mr and Mrs James Carroll of Columbus were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Daniel Fulton in Millfield.
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Chauncey
Paul Theisen
Columbus
Kate Blacksten
Gilbert Courtney
Booster Class Hike At Mt Nebo In Millfield
Members of the Booster Class of Millfield M. E. Church enjoyed a 4 o'clock breakfast hike to Mt Nebo on Saturday. May Howard an honorary member and class teacher Mrs Margaret Simpkins attended. Pauline Gillespie president and Gladys Misner secretary led the post hike meeting. Dorothy Daugherty and June Theisen won contests.
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Chauncey
Millfield M. E. Church
Mt. Nebo
May Howard
Margaret Simpkins
Pauline Gillespie
Gladys Misner
Dorothy Daugherty
June Theisen
Ten Years Ago Today In Town News Recap
Mrs Helen Roger left Decatur Ill to return home after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Addison Edgar at 46 S Cemetery St. Harold Coe and family vacationed at Lake Erie. Oliver Duh and son Roger began a week long motor trip to Cincinnati. Maurice Hyde hosted Julia Ellen Reed Marietta for a week. Mrs M B Banks will join Coach Banks in Des Moines Iowa to settle there, while Asher C Biddle travels from Lewistown to Hebbardsville to visit her parents.
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Helen Roger
Decatur
Ill
Addison Edgar
S. Cemetery St
Oliver
Roger
Cincinnati
Maurice Hyde
Julia Ellen Reed
Marietta
M. B. Banks
Des Moines
Iowa
Coach Banks
Asher C. Biddle
Besse Ablen
Lewistown
Mont
C. D. Gist
Chicago
George Allen
Hebbardsville
Personal News Items Of Grass Run Side Hill
Grass Run Side Hill local notes list visits by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams and their twin granddaughters of Ravenswood West Virginia to the Nicholsons and others, plus many weekend gatherings at homes in Pomeroy Rutland and Hare risonville and a University of Ohio attendance by Seth F Nicholson.
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Charles Williams
Ravenswood
W. Va
William Nicholson
Don L. Wood
Patrick
Pomeroy
Norman Will
Social notes from Gore and surrounding towns
Kenneth Hicks sustained a hand injury at Logan during work on Wednesday. Delores Goodell of Columbus visits her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Drew Summers. Betty Ruth McMannis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman McMannis, returns home from Michigan with Mrs. Ida McMannis. Louis Wildermuth of Mr. Pleasant, Michigan, vacations here. Mrs. George Lemon and son Jack of West Virginia visit Isaac and Mrs. Hite. Jesse Hicks family and Betty motor to Neb sonville on Tuesday. Walter Starr and wife spend Sunday in Columbus. Charles Johnson with daughter Alice and two grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wolfe and Maxville hosts and visits Mr. and Mrs. John Starr. Betty McMannis sees Mrs. Reese Windsor. Charles Bowlby and Jennie Bowlby of Logan visit Herman McMannis and family. Mrs. Charles Bagent and grandson Jack dine with Mrs. Lillian Dunning.
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Kenneth Hicks
Logan
Delores Goodell
Columbus
Drew Summers
Herman McMannis
Betty Ruth
Ida McMannis
Michigan
Louis Wildermuth
Pleasant
Mich
George Lemon
Jack
West Virginia
Isaac Hite
Jesse Hicks
Betty
Nebsonville
Walter Starr
Charles Johnson
Alice
Clifford Wolfe
Maxville
John Starr
Reese Windsor
Church Class Plans Pot Luck Picnic Near Albany
Church of Christ CHAUNCEY Friendship Class meets Wednesday night at the country home of Mr and Mrs Clell Cunningham near Albany for a pot luck picnic supper. Those going should meet at the church at 6 p m.
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Chauncey
Church of Christ Will i
Clell Cuneningham
Albany
Real Cat Chauncy A at Dover Trustee Home
A mother cat is reported at the home of Harvey Courtney Dover trustee. The cat has produced two litters in recent months with seven kittens in the first and six in the second.
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Chauncey
Harvey Courtney
Dover
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George Clark
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Chauncey Socials
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Lake Erie
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Kappa Delta Pi
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Old Man's Cave
G. O. Will
Church of Christ
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Akron
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Robert Chapman
Toledo
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Harry Saxton
George McFarland
Vinton
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Howard Bratton
Point Rock
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Jackeson
Dexter Ladies’ Aid Society
Ollie Anderson
Rutland
James Nicholson
Ronald
Jesse Wood
C. F. Anderson
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