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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1934
Page
4
The time is ripe to study county government in Ohio as counties may form charter commissions to draft local constitutions. Voters must approve both a commission and any proposed charter, with 10 percent petitioning possible to trigger a vote. A charter offers centralized leadership and modern business-style coordination to curb waste and pork-barrel practices.
Twelve English schoolboys will travel to the United States on scholarships to study at an American private school. The plan aims to foster understanding between nations, but the piece cautions about the risk of sending them to a pale imitation of English boarding schools rather than to an excellent institution that truly reflects American education.
The piece argues drought and weak business confidence cause massive losses, urging less government spending and more production. It warns that capital will not invest without fair returns and criticizes New Deal controls and credit regulation as inflation risks. The author emphasizes restoring income through production and exchange, not public spending.
In a Washington column Paul Mallon argues that sixty days of hardship due to drought and strikes complicate the summer and threaten a shaky September recovery. He notes declines in industrial production and employment, a steel slowdown, and price shifts while urging private industry to expand ahead of further government spending.
London traffic authorities impose a night time horn silence from 11 p m to 6 or 7 am to protect sleepers. Police will crack down on noisy drivers as the public notes excessive horn use.
John P. Scott from Pomeroy laments bootleggers and raids altering the local liquor scene. He criticizes dirty moonshine and beer joints, calls for reform, and questions why legal whiskey returns while illegal supplies persist. He imagines a society to curb unsanitary beer practices.
Rome Township High School teams led by Vernon Starkey Richard Hayes Forrest Frost and George Harshall compete in live stock and grain judging. Ground broken for a new parochial school on Logan Catholic Church property. Peach grower J W Stoecklein displays fruit with 4000 bushels prophesied. Fire destroys Pearly Hysell store near Vulcan Camp. State Highway crews hire boys to roll logs into rut areas. Local residents tour New York Atlantic City Niagara Falls Cleveland. Red Cross relief funds pursued.
A collection of opinions from figures such as Jess Willard Walter Schmidt C Ray Hansen Josef DeLille and Father Charles E Coughlin. The excerpts touch on boxing careers real estate politics crime policing reviving industry and social radicalization with varied perspectives.
A mother fears her partner ignores a new baby yet explains that paternal affection often arrives slowly. The piece notes that many fathers feel initial indifference, then gradually fall in love as they bond through caregiving and moments of connection, reassuring that love eventually grows.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains that salt loss through sweat fuels heat cramps and exhaustion. He recommends 1 gram salt tablets dissolved in water, rest breaks, ventilation, and environmental controls to reduce risk. The piece notes government spending and a high annual death toll from homicide in the country.
Hein Schilperoort built a boat from a barrel with sails and sailed from Rotterdam Schiedam toward England. A 24 hour North Sea storm near Hook of Holland carried him to Scheveningen forty miles from his start, surviving the peril. Charles Bryan, veteran newspaper man, marked a long career across many papers and roles in the United States and abroad.
Boots Raeburn clashes with Russ Lund at the Yacht Club then contemplates eloping with him as Denis Fenway visits. Russ accuses Boots of seeing Denis while Boots resists, torn between affection for Russ and intrigue with Denis in a small New York suburb.
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