Advertising Rates and Subscription Information for Athens Area
Advertising rates for home and foreign offices listed with national representatives and Chicago New York Detroit and Cleveland. Subscriptions named with carrier and mail options across Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Vinton and nearby counties. Rates show one year $4.50 six months $2.25 ten weeks $1.00 one week 15 cents. Postage and extra zone rates available on request.
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Ational Representatives
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Isc
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Wenegs
Real Struggle Ahead as WPA Lead Grows Into 1940
The piece warns the WPA’s fifth year in 1940 will burden the nation as it nears two million beneficiaries and costs billions. It notes pruning protests by the idle minority and predicts states will fund WPA after the new year, shaping the presidential campaign debate on its role.
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WPA
Age Pensions Needed in Pursuit of Financial Security
A leading magazine profiles families who built security through hard work and passes lessons to the next generation. It notes middle aged households and youth drifting toward debt and entertainment, predicting old age pensions may be the only remaining hope for future security.
No More Crooners Opinion Echoes On Radio Voices
An Ohio politician compliments a presidential candidate’s radio voice but argues a strong voice alone won’t win the White House. Voters want common sense and clear positions on jobs relief farms and old age security beyond pageantry or airtime.
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Ohio
White House
Mayor LaGuardia tackles stray gum problem
The article notes Mayor LaGuardia urges gum companies to promote wrappers saving and gum clean up. It highlights the cost to taxpayers from scraping gum off sidewalks and subway walls, praising the mayor for addressing a small issue with national attention.
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Europe
New York
Little Flower
LaGuardia
Four year old dog endures a dozen leg fractures
A four year old dog has suffered 12 leg fractures in a spree of accidents. The injuries are described as severe but the dog is receiving veterinary care and monitoring.
Nobel Peace Prize Treasures Sent Abroad for Safekeeping
A note states that among valuable Swede treasures the Nobel prize for peace would be shipped to another country for safekeeping, highlighting concerns about protecting the award.
Taft Dewey cautious on Ohio relief fuel for campaign
Washington commentary notes Ohio relief crisis as unemployed scramble for food. Audience applauded Taft then booed him as he argued hunger versus politics. Observers warn conservatives may misread public mood while Republicans push a Return to Normalcy line in the campaign.
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Washington
Ohio
New York Stock Exchange
William H. Martin
SEC
Jerome Frank
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Stock Exchange
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Dewey
Government aid and price support in a free enterprise system
The piece argues that free enterprise needs government assistance at times, citing tariffs and farm bills as examples. It notes the 1920s McNary Haugen Farm Bill, Dewey's potential agricultural aid, and issues like population stagnation, real estate dampening, and overproduction in cotton and oil, all arising from conditions beyond individual control.
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Dewey
Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene
Bruce Catton reviews Washington activity around the Smith committee and the NLRB probe with dates shifting from December hearings to January in California. The piece spotlights Paul Truitt of the Commerce Department and the ongoing Bridges deportation case before special examiner James A. Landis with Perkins’ clerical oversight.
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Washington
Smith Committee
National Labor Relations Board
California
Harry Bridges
la Follette Committee
Klness
Howard Smith
Congressman Smith
Alexandria
Harry Hopkins
Paul Truitt
Industrial Economies
Department of Commerce
Commerce
Treasury
National Economic Committee
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Truitt
James A. Landis
Perkins
Bridges
Landis
Rochester Professors Face Tuxedo Shortage
The University of Rochester lacks enough tuxedos for all faculty when formal dinners are held. Professors may resort to drawing straws to decide who must go without the proper attire.
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University of Rochester
N. Y
Questions and Answers Information Bureau reply guide
The excerpt presents Q and A items from a newspaper info column. It lists queries on historical events, animal feeding, bridge construction fatalities, legal questions regarding Indians and laws, automotive ignition voltages, early beer records, camber in suspension, and wood joists treatment with crude oil or soap.
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Cherry Valley
New York State
Golden Gate
San Francisco-Oakland Bay
California
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
United States
Buchtel York PTA Plans Santa Claus Cantata Event
The Buchtel York Rural PTA will host an entertainment program December 11 featuring the cantata Santa Claus Entertained with pupils from grades one through eight and a solo by Glen Hanes, plus dialogues by younger students. The event in the Buchtel Gym carries a small admission, and a doll prize and band turkey will be awarded.
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Buchtel
Buchtel-York
P.T.A
Santa Claus
Glen Hanes
Gray
William Maffin
Logan
W. A. Bancroft
Curt Smathers, Jr
Kathryn Harris
Ariene Anita
Saul Harris
Curt Smathers
Buentel
Mary Willis
Ironton
Upper Sandusky
Columbus
Lillian Lafollette
Clarence Lafollette
Cherrington Hospital
Loon
Jennie McKinney
Akron
Do. A. Lafollette
Henry Stephenson
Philip
Athens
C. A. Laollette
Eva Lafollette
Eddie Sayre
Nona Gayle
R. G. Bookman
Sally Kay
Anna Harris
Goldie Worthington
Rena Bauer
Vivian Denny
Ruby Evans
Junior Sullivan
Danny Milligan
Glen Hellyer
Julia Anne Krotche
Jack Kieffer
Arthur Buell
Jerry Tolliver
Bill Wagner
Sally Whitmore
Jack Russell
Margaret Robson
Billy Devonport
Phyllis Yates
Jac Hopkins
Billy Banfield
Lowell Graham
Bobby McCulloch
Carl Wagner
Jerry Wagner
Nina Collins
Dorothy Fiddler
Gilberta Fiddler
Juanita Harris
Public Forum invites signed letters to discuss current events
The column welcomes brief, signed letters from readers on current events. Signatures must appear with the contribution, and writers are urged to be concise to allow multiple letters in each edition.
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Messenger
Relief work and unfair orders spark local protest in Glouster
Clarence McMculligan of Glouster R D 2 calls relief work orders oppressive and exploitative. He argues trustees force labor without proper clothing or pay, condemns “Fierce Ridge Road” work sites, and urges relief clients to demand real work and food.
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Russia
Trimble
Hitler
Glouster
Trimble Township
Athens
America
Clarence McMculligian
R. D
Questions Benefit Racket Warns Against Charity solicitation
A letter from Jack Wright of Murray City warns of a yearly solicitation racket by two young women from a nearby village. They travel to Nelsonville Murray City Buchtel and traveling men to raise money and goods for supposed children. Last year they collected about 100 in money candy and fruit for 30 children who received nickel valued treats. Wright urges thorough investigation before giving at Christmas time.
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the Messenger
Nelsonville
Murray City
Buchtel
Carbondale Personal Mention Recaps Weekend Visits
A local note records numerous visitors and social calls in Carbondale and nearby areas. Families including Dust, Cox, Williams, Enderlin, Johnson, Tefft, Lowry, Daugherty, and Glass are mentioned with weekend stays and Thursday or Sunday visits in communities such as Pleasant City Athens Mineral Coonville and Nelsonville.
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Carbondale
Hazel Dust
Freda Cox
Charles Rown
Pearl Stanley
Thomas Mills
Nolan Mace
Granville Crow
Leo Cox
Raymond Brooks
James Barber
Calvin Mace
Gerald Williams
Trenton
Ralph Williams
James Pollock
Albert Dust
Pleasant City
Hazel Dusz
R. P. Enderlin
Circleville
Albert Johnson
Athens
M. J. Callahan
Rose Tefft
Wilbur Young
Danny
Hamley Run
Hiram Holland
Barbara Jeannine Lowry
George Lowry
Mineral
Anna Howson
Robert Todd
Coonville
Bessie Brooks
Guy Adams
Connett
Ahlan Doolittle
Lancaster
Lizzie Doolittle
Charles Llewellyn
Howard White
Hope
Sant White
Paul Lowry
Ruth Daugherty
Nelsonville
Curt Daugherty
Olan Carpenter
Carlin
Logan
George Carlin
The Benthorne Murder Plot Unfolds in Confession
Captain Dawson exposes Helen Benthorne as the killer behind Arnold Benthorne’s death. She admits a web of lies crafted to shield her and her father’s business, revealing a planned setup involving the cat and Ava Johnson. A dramatic confrontation ends with a gunshot as the truth erupts.
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Arnold Benthorne
Helen Benthorne
William Alston
Benthorne
Joey DI Torio
Ara Johnson
John Douglas
Ava
Captain Dawson
Dawson
Flynn
Satan
Arnold
Mr. di Torio
Miss Johnson
Alston Motors
Dad
Dad Justas
Mrs. Benthorne
di Torio
Poet’s Corner Letters From Messenger Readers
Messages from readers with name and address praise Progress and advancement. Charles E. Sellars of Gloucester Ohio signs a tribute to perseverance and modernization praising national growth and daily improvements.
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Charles E. Sellars, Glouster
Causes of Death: Congenital Malformations Rank Seventh
A discussion of the nine killers listed by the U S Census Bureau places congenital malformations and infancy diseases at seventh. In 1937 the type caused 63 349 deaths or 4 4 percent of all deaths with many cases unpreventable.
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U. S. Census Bureau
Christmas program at Lott ridge school Friday
Community notes report a Christmas program planned for Friday at 1 30 pm at Lott ridge school. The item lists many local social visits and dinners with families from Amesville to Parkersburg, plus church events and visits by Rev Green and Mrs Paxton.
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Lottridge
Flora Cornwell
Wilma
Gertrude Cole
Mary Alice Allen
R. M. Allen
Beulah
Carson Boggs
Claire Wilson
E. H. Wilson
Marietta
R. L. Sharp
Oryn Watkins
Billie
Amesville
L. T. Runnion
Bruce Nichoson
Scott Snodgrass
Alfred
Harry Cakenougher
Athens
Juce Robinson
Aubrey Nichoson
Nancy Kay
Charley Reynolds
Warner
Frank Caldwell
George Deweese
Lucy Colman
Torch
Carl Kincade
Mabel Morton
Parkersburg
R.L. Sharp
Lennie
Everett Bolin
Detroit
Arl Kincade
John Chevalier
Vanderhoof Baptist Church
Green
Quaker City
Guy White
Lawrence Chapel
Edith Sheets
Virginia Chapman
Lawrence Holdren
Ralph Cole
Frank Figley
Leonard
Willie Tenney
Huntington
Jess Minerd
Esther Grace
Coolville
John Archer
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the Public Forum
Jack Wright
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BY Tom Horner
Salt Lake City
di’ Torio
Poet's Corner
DR. Morris Fishbein
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