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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1938
Page
4
Page four of The Athens Messenger provides publisher and editor names, trade associations, and subscription rates. It notes daily publication except Saturdays, with a Sunday edition, and lists circulation areas and prices including annual, semiannual, and weekly rates.
A column warns that Communist teachings from Russia are driving seizures of oil lands farming lands and railroads owned by Americans in Mexico. It claims Mexican leaders spur protests that fail once peons taste legalized robbery noting foreign capital may exit and new investment become risky. It argues the proximity of Communism across the border is dangerous.
The piece suggests Southern plantations market nostalgia to tourists much like Western dude ranches. It notes old southern homes with limited visibility, the northward migration of Black residents, and the potential profit from staged scenes of plantation life featuring figures like an old butler or a colonel in white whiskers.
Telecommunication firms install devices to end long calls on busy lines. Rural lines need none as users can cut in. Most calls should last only minutes. Gossip on party lines causes feuds and delays. The gadget aims to curb chatter, reduce misuses, and calm operators.
The President denounces a California proposal to pay everyone over 50 a 50 dollar weekly pension as a shortcut to utopia. Townsend Plan advocates are warned that such schemes spark selfishness and fail in practice, as seen in Canada, while security remains elusive and tied to effort and national debt.
Westbrook Pegler argues the South maintains a secretive, protective stance toward its issues toward outsiders. He recalls prohibitions, carpetbagger labels, and Northern intrusion fears while praising regional differences and the idea of state rights despite national tensions. He notes the South’s influence on alcohol policy and the lingering distrust between regions.
In Washington a power struggle between John L. Lewis and Homer Martin over reinstating five expelled UAW officials and placing the union under CIO control risks disintegration of the 400000-member group. Profiles of Homer Martin and Richard Frankensteen highlight factional tensions amid accusations of communism and leadership ambitions.
Wyndham Mortimer, 54, once Martin's chief opponent, is described as self educated with a wife and one child. He entered coal mines at 12, joined union at 16, worked as a machinist in steel and auto, and helped shape policy with other vice presidents. Critics label him incompetent and demagogic while supporters note his political ambition.
Report outlines an ultra fast construction feat claiming a concrete fortress was completed in a single day in Washington. Critics note digging and rapid build times raise questions about methods and durability.
A bored report notes postmen in California marching at a state convention with little to read. Meanwhile a Danish trend claims storks are vanishing as they migrate toward Italy, suggesting a surprising migratory pattern.
Linda Gordon, seeking a lifetime newspaper post, grapples with choosing fame over love and a return to Kentucky. A Belmont Stakes victory stirs her friend Monte Hill and a family crisis from Uncle Sandy pulls her toward home to care for the ailing, financially ruined relative.
The medical view on tuberculosis and marriage stresses cautious decisions. Many authorities advise postponing marriage until two years after active disease ends, with test-based reassurance. For women, childbearing is especially risky during active tuberculosis, and breastfeeding may spread infection. some cases may benefit from new treatments like artificial pneumothorax. Studies show varying transmission rates within married couples, underscoring personalized medical examination and repeated testing to detect early disease.
Warner Leonard Cottrell of Cornell, a rural social organization expert, tells worried parents that petting and necking are practically universal during the courtship period. He urges parental tolerance, noting increasing stimulation and the need to avoid overreaction to mistakes. He argues adults forget their own youthful faults and that a calm, understanding approach helps children develop normally.
Social notes detail visits and gatherings in Hollister with many familiares and friends arriving from Fostoria Glouster and West Virginia. Local families including the Gaskellas Brown Gilmore and Adams hosted or visited relatives during the week. Mary Dew attends U B Church conference in Chillicothe.
Mr and Mrs Glenn Channell and Dale Channell of Mansfield Ohio return home after a brief visit prompted by the death of their father William Co Channell in The Plains.
Rev P H Williams of Cambridge will address a Chauncey meeting Wednesday at 7 p m at Main and Con verse St sponsored by the Chauncey Townsend Club. He is in Jacksonville tonight to speak and organize a Townsend club.
Police recovered a five year old described as the perfect lost boy among 200 children separated from parents during an air pageant. He provided his father’s phone number his father’s car details his name and address and likely whereabouts of his parents. The oldest city thought to be Tiahuanaco Bolivia predates pyramids and Ur.
The Chauncey-Dover board appointed two extra teachers under the new superintendent Claudius McClanahan. Imelda Smith is reassigned to second grade at Chauncey Elementary and Alfred West Goff to Bailey Run school. Bailey School will be reopened, with a full placement list to be announced this week by McClannahan.
About 50 members of Free Will Baptist Church of Kyger Gallia County gathered at the Graham home in Converse Street Chauncey Friday night for a surprise party honoring Reverend Guss Graham and his family. Refreshments were served, followed by singing and a testimony led by Rev. Graham with numerous attendees named.
Alexander Madek returns to Dayton after a two week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Noah S Harvey Ellis Ave Catharine Courtney Nelsonville visits Chauncey Rev Gilbert Courtney and family Mrs Bessie Walters Chauncey and brother Allard Hostetter and Ernest Smith Nelsonville attend funeral of Fred Carney Columbus Fred Wade and son Robert Wade Columbus guests of James Wade Millfield
Laura Noble of Sugar Creek remains critically ill after two weeks with intestinal influenza. Her sisters Mrs Bigham of Lancaster and Mrs Lillie Frazie together with Mrs Charles McDaniel of Sugar Creek and Mrs H F Staffinger of Chauncey assist in her care.
To Live in Chauncey Claudius McClanahan moved their household goods to Chauncey last week and are occupying the property in Jacobs Ave. recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Prior. Mr. McClanahan is the new superintendent of the Chauncey-Dover schools, elected to succeed A. B. Prior.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M E Church will hold an all day quilting session at the church on Thursday. The regular weekly meeting day has moved from Wednesday to Thursday.
Oak Grove notes report attendance at Pilgrim Hollse ness Church Sunday school and 50. Verna Wachenschwanz Wanita Hartman joined advisor at County Fair to arrange 4-H Gleaner Girls Club projects. Cagg family reunion Aug 18 on site of old Bates School near Shires Cagg. 29 dined. Miles Emmett Jesse Harland Cagg and Raymond Davis entertained with music. Attendees included Miles Cage family Rolla Missouri Ellen Nanna Pittsburgh. Next year reunion planned. Several regional visits and family news follow, including Wolfe Ash Cave reunion and travel plans to Wisconsin.
Sharpsburg notes list local residents at the Athens fair, church visit in Chillicothe, and weekend visits among neighbors. Several couples and individuals are named with arrivals and times, including Bas toe, Brooks, Black, Henthorn, Thomson, Dickson, Walker, Strode, Pidcock, Hanson, Thompson, Lovell, Dille, George, and others. Planning a tent meeting near Plantsville starts September 5.
Charles Headley and his daughter Reena along with sons Oswald Durwood and Brice stayed in Chauncey with Mrs. Headley’s parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Thompson. They visited relatives in Pennsylvania including Mr and Mrs Alva Headley of Punxsutawney and Mr and Mrs Kwyce Thompson of Indianapolis during the weekend.
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