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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
4
An archive-style critique argues that Mexico's seizure of foreign oil properties harms US-Mexico relations. It contends nationalization, driven by socialist aims, incurs losses and risks a broader conflict as both nations seek policy gains without hurting each other.
Oldsters criticize modern education yet favor safety education for future generations. Schools and colleges increasingly teach traffic safety, with faculty as safety instructors. Ohio schools will add trained leaders next year, and data show thousands of schools addressing traffic safety. Even minimal class work can cut the nation’s traffic toll without raising payroll costs.
The article praises President Roosevelt for ordering stronger canal defenses after years of delay. It notes the 1914 opening of the canal, calls for upgraded batteries and anti air measures, new mine fields, and increased garrison to secure both coasts amid wartime lessons.
Public demand for glare reducing headlights appears answered as 1940 models from early fall runnsters include new lights. Cars safer, fewer road hazards, but enforcement of proper headlight focus has been weak. Eye strain blamed on glare, accidents and tragedies linked.
A new safety glass design reduces glare to ease headaches but remains vulnerable to impact from head bangs against the windshield.
Mosquitoes blamed for apparent horse illness. suggests need for a single horse spray solution.
A compact note advises skipping sugar and cream in coffee to save effort and simplify routines. It emphasizes practical benefit over indulgence.
Raymond Clapper notes that the Berlin trade agreement and the non aggression pact shift power against Britain and France. Stalin inks an $80 million machinery deal and supplies raw materials to Germany, drawing Soviet policy closer to Hitler while Pravda signals cautious political gains. The move divides enemies and forces Moscow’s hand in the war’s eastern front.
The piece notes a cautious administration move short of war with Britain and France backed by penalties on German imports while denouncing a Japan trade treaty. It observes Moscow and Berlin drawing closer despite different ideologies, with both dictators portrayed as sharing strategic aims and similar systems. An American quip contrasts Moscow’s winter with Berlin’s.
Boston based Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers Associations, Inc. educates 200 local groups to scrutinize bills for tax impact. The federation maintains a paid staff, tracks 3000 bills, lobbies lawmakers, and sends district vote records to member associations to pressure legislators.
A Q and A feature from The Messenger Bureau answers varied topics. It covers military range for a 155 mm gun, mintmark of New Orleans, oldest state governor, common home accidents by room, approximate bee weight, New York to San Francisco distance, meaning of thalassocracy, and titanium tetrachloride smoke screen liquid.
Mrs Charles Breinig hosted a dinner at Hillcrest Inn honoring Grace Russell a Hemlock schoolteacher attending Ohio University summer session Prof and Mrs T N Hoover returned from a Michigan outing to visit Mrs Diana Arnold Youngstown Robert E Nye of London England renewed acquaintances in Athens visiting his parents in Chauncey Mr and Mrs G E Knowlton Bellefontaine visited Ath ens to see Frank Bellows on Kurtz Ave returning from a short wedding trip James A Hester Elizabeth Drake left by car for Hamilton Ont Canada where Hester becomes department manager for Procter Gamble Mrs Hester had been visiting her mother Mrs P G Drake at 16 Montrose Ave
Long Bottom notes cheerful welcomes for returning serviceman James Lemons of the 54th Engineers and visitors from New York City and Atlantic City. Cincinnati hearings probe post office robbery suspects, with bonds set and grand jurors to convene in October. Various local travels, showers, and dam construction near Shade River populate the community updates.
Mrs Clara Howell of Nelsonville objects to labeling Ohio residents as have-nots and never-haves. She argues the common man fares poorly under such views and notes many educated people rely on taxpayers’ money while urging respect for all citizens.
Christine Thorenon and Bill Yardley navigate a high profile Beachmont murder case linked to Emma Talbert. The boardwalk story centers on a will hoax, a hidden fortune, and a growing danger as investigators close in on a killer. Christine fears being drawn into the crime while Yardley warns of press scrutiny.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains buzzing or ringing in the ears stems from mechanical or nervous causes. He notes water in the ear, wax buildup, inflammations, high blood pressure, hearing loss and certain drugs like quinine can worsen the condition. Treatment emphasizes ear examination, sleep aids, psychological assessment and careful use of sedatives.
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