Athens Messenger masthead and staff listing
Published every weekday afternoon except Saturday and a large Sunday edition. The Athens Messenger carries Gordon K. Bush as Publisher and General Manager with Charles H. Harris as Managing Editor. Members include AP, Audit Bureau of Circulation, Inland Daily Press Association.
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Athens Messenger & Ga Ce
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Paper Publishers Association Select
Audit Bureau of Circulation, Associa Obio Daices
Inland Daily Press Association
Dr William N Alderman remembered for service in Athens and Nelsonville
The life of Dr William Nelson Alderman is recalled as devoted to community improvement, medical care, and church work in Athens and Nelsonville. Born on a Morgan County hill farm, he built and directed countless projects, employed hundreds, and earned wide respect for honesty, faith, and public service.
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William Nelson Alderman
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
New World
Tois
Doctor Alderman
Morgan County
Athens
Nelsonville
Alderman
Relief battle looms as relief funds face end
A tense clash grows between state city and federal authorities over relief. The piece warns of increasing suffering as direct federal aid ends and local finances buckle. Officials warn many will be left unemployed after WPA and FERA programs end, amid political blame and confusion.
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New Deal
Congress
WPA
FERA
Christmas Seals and the Fight Against Tuberculosis
The piece reflects on the origins of the Christmas Seal campaign for tuberculosis, noting how buying seals spurred health clinics, nurses, and prevention education. It recalls past fear of lung disease and emphasizes tuberculoses remaining threat and the ongoing final drive toward its conquest.
Not To Be Kept Secret Crime News Debate
The passage argues newspapers print crime news to reflect law defiance and public concern. It notes crime reporting is unpleasant and sparks calls for suppression by some citizens, framing the ongoing debate.
Budget Hopes Mock Budget Reality in Washington
Paul Mallon discusses shifting budget-balancing hopes among statesmen. House Appropriations Committee Chair Buchanan advocates deep cuts yet faces strong opposition and doubts his plan will succeed. He privately admits little chance of passage.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Treasury
Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Buchanan Sees limited Budget Hopes at Warm Springs
The article reports that after a visit to President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Buchanan received little encouragement for his budget plan. Roosevelt reportedly warned it could not be balanced within 400 million dollars even with relief funds, amid expectations Congress will push for higher spending in a campaign year.
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Buchanan
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Bell
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Atlanta
Britain and United States discuss Far East policy and Japan
The article notes parallel views in Washington and London on Far Eastern policy. It mentions British interests in the region exceeding American ones and outlines caution against risky diplomacy with Japan. It also reports on the President's discussions of the bonus with advisers at Warm Springs and Morgenthau's look into discount bonds as a funding method.
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United States
Washington
London
Far East
Warm Springs
Treasury
Morgenthau
Mussolini Faces Shortage of Foes in Ethiopian War
Report notes Mussolini seeks a scapegoat to claim victories as Italian forces in Northern Ethiopia struggle to find enemies. Italian troops only venture out at night to harass, achieving little glory but causing irritation at home and among allied observers.
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Mussolini
Ethiopia
Duce
New York Star Fears Propaganda in Dance
A New York performer worries that Communist messaging appears in a dance gesture while a plea to free Mooney is suggested in a glide. An Ethiopian chieftain decries civilized warfare as open combat but omits options for the All America contest.
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New York Star
Mooney
Best answers to crime news debate from Michigan professor
Prof Lowell J Carr of the University of Michigan sociology department argues newspapers are the main force in arousing public conscience to crime. He contends crime news cannot be eliminated and that fighting cancer or crime requires facing its prevalence rather than suppression.
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Lowell J. Carr
Sociology
University of Michigan
Newspapers of America
Professor Carr
Ancient McArthur tannery unearthed after 120 years
Workmen exposing a buried tannery vat system during sewer plant construction in McArthur reveals two inch oak plans and oak pin fastenings. The tannery, built around 1815 by Mr. Paffenbarger, used nearby Salt Creek timber. Dr. A W Paffenbarger of Gallipolis plans to salvage and repurpose the oak into antiques.
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Edna
McArthur
Hocking Valley
Paffenbarger
Salt Creek
Bridge and Dinner Hosts in Local Social Roundup
Mrs Loring G Connett Miss Mary Connett and Mrs W H Cooper invited friends to bridge and dinner at The Colonial. Florence Lash Williams arrived for a visit with her parents EB Lash. Miss Rachel Syx hosted the S R S Club at 18 Franklin Ave. Grace McGrath left for DePauw University after visiting her mother Elizabeth McGrath. Elizabeth Earhart entertained with a bridge party, with out of town guests Katherine Spencer Nelsonville and Helen Baxter Coshocton.
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C. &. Williams
Florence Lash
Mrs
EB. R. Lash
Rachel Syx
Franklin Ave
Grace McGrath
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Elizabeth McGrath
Elizabeth Earhart
Katherine Spencer
Nelsonville
Helen Baxter
Coshocton
Local society notes and farm news from Deborah Class to Elks Dance
Alma Moore Blanche Parfitt and others performed at the Deborah Class meeting. Dewey Goddard, Amesville, shipped to Washington DC on the Boys Corn Special and yielded 125 bushels per acre. Mrs Eddy hosted by Mrs Walsh with her sons Hubert and Thomas. Harold Copeland returned to Morgantown medical college after visiting his parents. Will Davidson and wife welcomed daughter Alvena Marie. A committee including Fuller Ackley Diessle Rossi and Hopper plans the Elks Charity Christmas Dance.
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Alma Moore
Blanche Parfitt
Dewey Goddard
W. R. Goddard
Amesville
Washington, D. C
Harold Copeland
Medical College
Morgantown
W. Va
T. A. Copeland
J. A. Fuller
W. W. Ackley
L. Diessle
A. C. Rossi
Dr. Emerett Hopper
Elks
Rich youth Bennett Ryan sentenced for Harvard janitor assault
Cambridge - Bennett Y. Ryan, son of a New York publisher, received a $100 fine and a six month suspended sentence in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to an assault on a 67 year old Harvard janitor.
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Cambridge
Mass
House of Correction
Bennett Y. Ryan
New York
Harvard University
Public Forum Letters Attack Davey Bricker and Dole Policy
Readers attack Gov Davey and candidate Bricker over relief, taxation, and unemployed aid. A correspondent cites past pledges, critiques the relief system, and questions the security wage while condemning industrialists for wage cuts and layoffs. G H Chalfant signs from Coolville R D 2.
Stormbound Hearts in a Rugged Wisconsin Manor
Dana Westbrook arrives to live with her grandmother Mrs. Cameron after her parents’ death. Dana clashes with half sister Nancy Wallace while romance tempts Mrs. Cameron’s hopes and Dana with Dr. Scott Stanley. A violent storm isolates the cottage as Dana rests in Scott’s care amid shifting feelings.
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Dana Westbrook
America
Williard Cameron
Dana
Nancy Wallace
Cameron
Dena
Ronald Moore
Jonesy
Nancy
Ronald
Scott Stanley
Paula Long
Scott
Stormy confession between Dana and Scott in a warm room
In a cozy room during a night rain Dana confronts Scott about his life and past. He shares his father’s death and his own path as a medic with a sense of humor. Dana recalls artful childhood homes and laughs with a wistful reminiscence about her artist father and her mother.
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Dana
Scott
Dreams and Hope Illuminate a Poet's Corner Verse
Poet Lulu Parker Oxley from Athena Ohio shares a verse about weariness yet clinging to dreams. She describes a dim distant star of hope banishing night and beams of hope that glorify dreams as duties loom.
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Lulu Parker Oxley
Athena
Despite War Lords, World Peace Seeks Common Sense
Fragmentary text recalls themes of world peace and fascist menace, citing Dr Abram and the notion that ruthless individualism threatens progress. Mentions Illinois and Hoover era concerns, with notes on price of living and censorship.
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Abram Leon Sity
Illinois
Hoover
Health Hints and Diet by a Misleading Doctor
Dr Morris Fishbein warns about a self styled diet authority promoting a zig zag diet using salts and cathartics. He alleges the figure is not a physician nor Viennese and condemns the plan as dangerous and capable of causing colitis or wasting.
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Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
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C. S. Eddy
Hubert and
Thomas Roderick
Mrs. Eddy
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Will Davidson
Maplehurst Farm
Alvena Marie
the Public Forum
Davey
Bricker
the Messenger
Dole
Industralists
G. H. Chalfant
Coolville, R. D
George Clark
Poets’ Corner
Smessenger
League of Ples
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