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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1939
Page
4
Advisors urge Roosevelt to call a late fall extra session to push a larger spending program through Congress, aiming to sustain growth into an election year. Analysts question the value of the past six years' spending, while supporters expect economic improvement before year’s end.
An editorial ponders thousands of Spaniards entering Mexico and a large race war potential. It questions motives of settlers, possible social assimilation, and the risk of foreign influence stirring trouble in the region near the United States.
The piece argues the economy can move both downward and upward in spirals. It cites Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors noting forces that can unleash an ascending spiral toward prosperity as business improves, Congress adjourns, and the international scene quiets, urging action to accelerate growth.
British composer and publisher Lawrence Wright profits from Epstein’s massive sculpture scandal. Epstein created a seven ton "Adam" sold for $35,000 while Wright arranged seaside viewing at a resort where thousands paid admission. Wright later slashed prices and collected as much as $5,000.
Ernie Pyle describes the San Juan Goose Necks and the Mexican Hat rock formation near Mexican Hat Arizona. He notes the river’s looping path and a canyon a quarter mile deep, and jokes about calling a guide to visit the famed rock pedestal and hat silhouette seen from the road.
In Monticello I bought a plain blue work shirt for 89 cents then shrunk it. My friend washed both shirts and hung them on a porch chair. The next morning the shirt stood upright, stiff as a board, wrinkled and lifelike. A note on the shirt claimed the SNSSP process made new shirts soft. We may have to discard the shirt.
Bruce Catton weighs whether abrogating the Japan trade pact should lead to a broader embargo. He warns a one nation embargo would spark unfriendliness and likely war, notes Japan's large U S import totals, and discusses silk and other trade levers before concluding restraint demands careful study. He also cites Guam funding votes and domestic cotton concerns as context.
Observers note interest in Epstein inspired Father Adam concept, suggesting financial potential when a skilled promoter backs a provocative art idea. The discussion points to market appetite for daring works and the role of showmanship in securing funding and public attention.
Questions cover word origins nail painting bee swarms Pulitzer Prize Yearling and more. Answers cite Anglo-Saxon roots Cleopatra era bees from 1,000 to 60,000 strong and advise on reducing rubber ball bounce. Modern Egyptians do not speak ancient Egyptian. Latin analogy to Italian.
The article explains house flies as health threats bred in filth. It details life stages from egg to adult, generation turnover up to 10–12 per season, and large egg batches. Flies favor manure and kitchen refuse, with rural flies formed largely from manure and potential world-scale reproduction estimates.
An August letter from New Marshfield recalls a July visit to Salem Methodist Church. The writer thanks the congregation for kindness, recalls Sabbath School, a shared noon dinner, and hopes to return next July. He praises Christlike meekness and charity and asks for blessings for all attendees.
Residents urged to help beautify Russell Cemetery in Jacksonville by clearing rock lilies honeysuckles and weeds ahead of Labor Day homecoming. Two work groups needed with tools and with lawn care gear. volunteers to contact Mrs. Charles Hoisington or register at the public library to start Monday morning Aug 14.
Linda hides her true feelings for Jimmy, a naval aviator, while balancing her ailing father and a planned engagement to George Cameron. A hospital nurse mentor Miss Rourke counsels love and courage as Linda contemplates eloping with Jimmy who vows they must marry.
Mr and Mrs Hoyt McAfee show a dahlia six inches in diameter in their garden on Lancaster Street. Harold Giesecke, son of Mr and Mrs W F Giesecke, recently graduated from Ohio University and started work at American Telephone Company in New York. Funeral services were held for Dr W F Mercer in Otto New York with professors Emmet Bowes and Carl A Frey in attendance.
Mrs. Elizabeth Beatty hosted a dinner at 124 East State Street to mark a twenty year memory. A telegram from Lieutenant Byron F. Wolfe announced his safe return from overseas service. M. B. Banks of Des Moines, former Ohio University coach, was in town visiting friends. Frances Clutts hosted her Sunday School class and teacher, Miss Mantz, with Gertrude Addicott, Louise Banks, Helen Hinchman, Margaret Snyder, Dorothy Woodworth, and Eleanor Garrett in attendance.
A nostalgic verse from Annie McIntyre Bartoé of Nelsonville Ohio pleads for reviving the McGuffey readers and the old scholarship the poem cherishes. It imagines safe harbor in learning and praises treasured books as moral guiding chests.
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