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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1932
Page
4
The Athens Messenger area circulates across five counties including Athens and surrounding communities. The paper reports circulation figures, association affiliations, and postal details, noting obituaries and thank you messages.
The article recalls Butte Montana where two daily papers halted for days over wage disputes. Rumors filled the void claiming crimes and political plots, showing how censorship harms public trust and underscoring editors defense of press freedom and truth.
The piece argues motorists face a dangerous highway system and urges stronger law enforcement. It calls for highway patrols, vigilance committees, and enforcement over mere education to reduce accidents in Ohio and other states. Persistent bulldozing of lawmakers by small groups is criticized.
The United States faces a $100 million export loss from a Canada Britain trade accord and seeks new markets. Latin America and Soviet Russia emerge as prospective trade partners while U S export to the USSR shows sharp declines in 1932 figures, underscoring a shifting global trade landscape.
A Bible verse warns against vengeance Romans 12 19. Senator Reed Smoot predicts the next Congress will pass a sales tax after budget balancing bills. A doctor notes rising hay fever cases. Hawaiian dancers stage a comeback. A candidate jokes about baloney in platforms and cheese to go with it.
Washington column notes a trend of political families shaping 1932 contests. The piece highlights nominees and candidates linked to fathers or relatives, including Bennett Champ Clark seeking the Missouri Senate, Charles Crisp aiming for the Senate, and the Caraway widow running for Arkansas, with more kin entering campaigns and the trend intensifying as elections approach.
John Finsterwald of Athens and John P. Phillips of Chillicothe are named as Republican State Executive Committee members for Ohio's 11th district. The piece also notes bank startup plans in Albany with stock at 25 000 dollars and a Taft loyalists pressure on committee members. It mentions First National Bank on an honor roll and a Carlisle/Bellevue note on Wolfe River apples and county land values.
Ten years ago The Messenger announced a free cooking school opening Tuesday in the Armory with Athens merchants setting up booths for food shows.
A critic weighs a British speaker’s defense of cinema and its power to ease grief and influence society. He questions whether film shapes youth for better or worse, noting cinema is part of dramatic art and provoking mixed judgments about its value.
A brief note outlines Murat Halstead the journalist and his career from 1853 with the Cincinnati Commercial through Civil War coverage and the Franco Prussian War. It notes his immense writing output and later shift to books. Tomorrow features the cartoon titled A Best Seller Rejected 20 Times.
A long letter from James Hartman of Nelsonville and a second by A Woodbey of Athens critique tax policy and civic discourse in Athens County. They accuse rivals of rackets and advocate civics education and nonpartisan government publishing to inform taxpayers.
A reader’s letter from Mrs Rose Barrowman of Gloucester condemns scab letters and backs miners’ leaders Lee Hall Nelson Beatty Wat kins. She fears gas attacks on women and children and questions nonminers urging workers to quit.
A letter from a longtime resident expresses frustration that the signer titled Non-Partisan did not reveal his name. The writer, nearly ninety years old, recounts extensive travel from Min- to seek a real confrontation with the editor or signer.
Dr Moerbis Fishbein surveys how human olfaction varies from person to person and can be heightened or dulled by drugs such as strychnine or cocaine. The article notes aging, nasal conditions, brain disease, and psychologic factors can distort smell, with examples of phantom odors and cross-sensations linking smell to taste, sight, and sound.
A young mother asks where to live with a growing family and a husband’s work. The narrator recalls choosing rural towns and small suburbs in Pennsylvania for air, safety, and good schools. Emphasis on nearby schools and churches, affordable homes, and avoiding high‑income disparities ensures children form healthy, stable surroundings.
Charles W. Super of Athens condemns Hearst papers for sensationalism and “dog bites man” coverage. He cites grand jury findings listing shady characters connected to bonus marchers and criticizes Hearst for biased reporting while noting occasional mistaken judgments during World War I era. August 22.
F D Forsythe of the Bank of Athens told the Athens Rotary Club that Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans bolster confidence across business lines. He cited proper securities, limits on foreign loans, and ongoing funding for state and city self liquidating projects and rural agriculture, with fewer bank failures and stabilized prices.
In Cleveland on August 24 a man named Marshall Fay laments a returning suitcase that keeps bouncing back after various misadventures. He had his name on it, lent it to a friend who lost it in Iowa City, and it was sent back by air. Fay then discarded it in a city dump and later learned the bag would return from Boston by radio. He fears throwing it into Lake Erie as it might reappear on a yacht.
Wilkes Barre reports that anthracite miners and operators will meet in New York on Sept. 6 to discuss a proposed 20 to 40 percent wage cut in Pennsylvania hard coal. The anthracite board of conciliation will convene August 29 in Hazleton to prepare the miners’ position for the talks affecting about 160000 workers.
County superintendent Alex Root announced the winners for Athens County in the Washington as a Farmer essay contest. First prize went to Margaret Ellen Terrell, second to Claire Ball, and third to Eileen Louise Baughman.
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