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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1939
Page
4
The piece argues shifting Thanksgiving benefits Christmas shopping and merchants by extending sales periods. It notes Thanksgiving lacks sacred status, tied to harvests and New England winters, and suggests a week’s shift could affect profits and travel, predicting postwar questions about why New England fathers didn’t specify an earlier date.
The president urges New York labor factions to settle differences for the nation. He says work earnings shape individual and national economic life. He warns that factional control harms labor prestige while honest leaders seek benefit for all in the economy.
An editorial questions the eight million dollar government payment to private utilities for Tennessee Valley electric properties. It argues future城市 municipalities may lose or gain from government created current and that private funds must pay for distribution while coal miners face job loss as water power expands.
The piece compares Washington to the nation, noting the capital’s political life lacks a full cross-section of American society and suggesting readers watch broader places for genuine American sentiment as Bruce Catton tours the country.
Ernie Pyle details a ground view of Grand Canyon Arizona from the South Rim. He compares reactions to its vast scale notes how erosion and age elude precise measurement and describes the river, canyons, ridges and distant trail workers discernible only with a telescope.
Wilmington hosts a roving report on the clash between New Deal politics and business led by the du Ponts. The piece notes their vast research programs, 7 million dollars spent annually, and a lab network that quietly shapes American life beyond political battles.
Information column provides Q A pairs on Indian births state ends and Norse myth Biblical parallels. Includes world fair dates 1853 1854 and endowments Harvard Yale with figures. explains quid pro quo.
Athens residents cooled by 63 degree day and thirties at night as summer heat eased. August primary saw 451 ballots cast. Irene and Mary Devlin hosted a bridge party at The Colonial for Miss Jennie Mulligan, an August bride, while Priscilla Needle Club gave Mrs. F E Harshman and Mrs. Homer Co Clark a farewell party at Mrs. F C Schilling's home. Ohio University faculty on vacation included James E Householder. C N Mackinnon plans stay in city for golf at Athens Country Club.
An advertisement details a wrestling match at the O U Gym between Perry Schad and Thor Olson. It notes social items including Mrs. Charles Breinig and daughter Mary Virginia returning from Cincinnati Dayton Springfield and St Paris and other local movements such as the Wolfe family heading to their Buckeye Lake cottage. Sirouhee T Arpee departs for New York City to study with pianist Perby Grainger. The Weiher sisters host a bridge party for their sister Mrs L D McGinley of Hamilton.
Scientific work on sex gland hormones shows testosterone propionate in opossums alters sex traits and that small doses in rodents stimulate female glands while large doses depress them. In New Jersey, male hormones injected into female canaries induced male songs in four of five and affected behavior briefly, with three pairs later mating. The findings urge extreme caution in using such substances.
Poet's Corner invites reader verses with name and address. The contribution "Sunshine Through Tears" speaks of mourning a son, tears as pearls, and unity in "God's afterglow" with signature ANNIE McINTYRE BARTOE.
Christine Thoren son, a Boardwalk artist, visits cousin Emma Talbert and encounters a mysterious swami Chandra who probes a guest's secrets. Christine suspects a staged clairvoyant scam as the audience admires the seer while real danger lurks for the visitor. The scene ends with Christine resolved to resist manipulation.
Aug 17 New Straitsville High School band gave a final concert of the season to a fine turnout. Director Herbert Lillbauch plans a short vacation before school and the group’s Ohio State Fair performance. Local social notes list visits, trips, and church events among residents and families.
Moncton residents hope for relief as city officials plan to request information from Winnipeg on the mosquito problem and its extermination.
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