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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1938
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co lists publishers Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris with staff roles. It notes memberships with multiple press associations and advertising terms, plus subscription rates and delivery areas across several Ohio counties.
The article argues Roosevelt may seek a third term but cites strong anti third term sentiment and party opposition. It notes his record of breaking precedents, the New Deal personalization, and his absence of rival figures in his cabinet. It predicts decision only after two years of development and stresses uncertainty.
The piece argues that wartime policies would reveal true conditions if Americans faced Japan style shortages. It notes Japan’s import dependence and China’s guerilla war impact, then contrasts American limits on food and fuel with global surpluses. It warns future generations may call these years collective lunacy.
The piece recalls Gertrude Ederle's English Channel swim on August 6 1926 and contrasts it with Jenny Kammersgaard who swam the Baltic from July 27 to July 29 with a longer distance and longer time. It notes such events show how public focus shifts over time.
A London dispatch notes girls in a cracker factory work to music with tune I’ll Always Water You. Paris reports a new color Borgia red and poisonous green outfits. Nostalgia recalls blackout days of sketches in a revue. Julius Streicher is cited as a Nazi propagator rising from obscurity. A Horacial Alger tone appears. A New Hampshire farmer endures five accidents in five days. He likens it to a European pact.
The column argues that joking or angry threats of divorce erode a marriage’s foundation. It notes couples gradually accept the possibility of separation, teaching that playful taunts about divorce normalize it. It urges spouses to avoid even teaseful remarks to keep commitment intact.
Westbrook Pegler critiques Gene Tunney and the Distilled Spirits Institute, accusing the group of lacking social conscience. He mocks the selection of W. Forbes Morgan, ties to Franklin D Roosevelt, and questions the institute’s motives and payouts, urging Tunney to abandon whiskey lobbying.
The document reveals a cordial exchange between John W. Hanes, a Wall Street executive, and Jerome Frank, a New Deal aligned SEC commissioner. Hanes, now assistant secretary of the Treasury, praises Frank’s judicial fairness and constructive approach. Frank commends Hanes’s integrity and intelligence, noting business leaders can aid America’s prosperity.
Tugwell a former top New Deal adviser now leads New York City planning with a $15,000 post under Mayor LaGuardia. He visits WPA and PWA circles, reading 10-cent mystery pulps while reconnecting with Hopkins Ickes and other old associates.
Professors Glenn Saxon head of Republican research and Thurman Arnold a New Deal antitrust figure clash on Yale campus over Arnold's book The Folklore of Capitalism. Saxon quips about inoculation while Arnold pressures for a publisher comment.
Messenger readers contribute poems and verses with name and address required. The pieces reflect grief and memory as a mother recalls a lost son and a child’s passing, ending with faith’s return. MARTHA COHEN of Athens, Ohio and MARJORIE WELCH of Frost, Ohio are named authors.
Jumping from high places is not a popular choice for self destruction. It is a method chosen apparently by persons impeded by circumstances from other methods. Publicity can make a method fashionable for a time. Insurance statisticians see multiple factors in suicide rather than a single cause. Poverty unemployment hunger ill health mental abnormality pain or handicaps may lead to thoughts of self destruction. Loss of honor and failure to achieve goals can stimulate such thoughts. Emotional adjustment to surroundings is key to prevention. Psychoanalytic theory now emphasizes the desire for public attention as a factor in death by own action. Suicide cannot be explained by heredity suggestion or mal adjustment alone.
Poem by Charles E. Sellars from Glouster Ohio wonders what charm in an August night draws crickets, tree frogs, and human souls toward wonder and divine love as time seems to slow.
A 600 pound mining machine arrived in Oakland by air from South Bend Indiana and was loaded onto a clipper bound for Manila. It replaces a failing gold dredger in the Philippines causing a daily delay of 7500 dollars. Air transport cost from South Bend to Oakland was 2500 dollars.
Reports indicate Boeing is constructing a massive land plane for military use. The craft allegedly measures about 250 feet wing to wing and weighs around 160 600 pounds.
Kinks Parker and Sally Pennington inherit half of Mrs. Preston's Connecticut house and plan to run a Restatorium. They clash over selling versus keeping the property as bills loom from a mortgage. An impromptu guest arrives seeking lodging and sparks a bold plan.
Mr and Mrs H M Tribe and two children returned home last evening from Charleston West Virginia where they visited since Monday. Mr Phil Robinson and guests included Mrs Grang Hartley Miss Hazel Hartley and Miss Mabel Douglas. Prof and Mrs T N Hoover were Ironton visitors Wednesday. Dr and Mrs Wiley T Sprague plan a New York stop on a eastern motor trip and will return to Athens next week. Earl C Shively visits his sister Mrs C M Gill at 209 East State Street.
Twenty years ago today Miss Florence Burt spent a weekend in Columbus with aunt Miss Margaret Burt. Mr and Mrs William King left for Sulphur Springs for a week. Dr and Mrs O O Fordyce drove to Pennsboro West Virginia to visit Dr Fordyces mother. Misses Blanche and Della Finsterwald returned from a business trip to Columbus and Cleveland. Mrs J R Sprague and children John and Bernadine returned from a two week visit with kin in Vincennes Indiana. Peter Topp foreman of the fish hatchery in Yosemite National Park trains wildcats as a hobby.
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