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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1931
Page
4
A local message urges residents to spend wisely to boost factories and maintain living standards. It argues that delaying purchases reduces buying power, and warns that hoarding funds risks bank failures and worsens the downturn. The piece emphasizes buying now to support homes, clothes, cars, furniture, and food while prices are low.
The Athens Messenger serves Athens and surrounding communities with weekend editions and a large circulation. Publisher Gordon K. Bush and Managing Editor Charles H. Harris oversee operations. Listed affiliations include American Newspaper Publishers Association and Inland Daily Press Association. Subscriptions range from ten weeks to one year with carrier delivery.
Campaigns in 154 cities reported to the Presidents unemployment committee netted over 63 million dollars. The article notes 6 million unemployed, suggests donations average about 10 dollars per jobless person, and urges continued effort as winter approaches.
Billy Green, longtime AFL president, faced a demonstrative hunger march in Washington. Delegation members charged him and union leaders, while others labeled the march a Communist front financed by Soviet Russia. Federal agents had identified the march’s backing before it reached the capital.
A nostalgic sketch revisits Barry Wall the king of the dudes and Diamond Jim Brady, noting their flamboyant dress and larger‑than‑life habits. The piece highlights Wall’s knee‑high gaiters, bold coats, and toppers, while Brady’s legendary appetite, orange juice ritual, and habit of dozing at shows mark Broadway’s past.
Excerpt from The Athens Messenger notes a free information service and presents Q and A items about historical artifacts and literary works. It recounts that a Louis XVI carpet for George Washington was later sold by Philadelphia interest and traced to Lancaster and a Yates family, then asks about Wilde’s Ballad of Reading Gaol and the yellow peril term linked to late 19th century fears.
Reports from Mechanicsburg to Athens highlight National Education Week activities. Events include Rural Training School participation, Scout open house in the Sloane Building with talks by H. J. Paul and Roy Duper, and a notable Athens Automobile Club gathering at the Elks Club room with Dr. C. L. Bonifield as speaker. Ohio extension workers discuss a potential $12 million annual federal aid for agricultural and domestic science instruction.
A historical note recalls a legislative measure under discussion at the state capitol two decades ago. Details are sparse in the fragment, but it references ongoing debates and potential policy implications of the time.
A roundup notes Gibson the Giants star tearing a Manhattan directory in 80 seconds and ripping a deck into sixteenths, plus Butch’s strength. It mentions The Gas Pump In The Chicken Yard and H. E. Lundquist of Willcox Arizona owning a tiny oil field with seepage gasoline. Tomorrow teases The Woman Who Has 816 Descendants.
Frederic J. Haskin explains that a 2 billion dollar deficit by fiscal year 1932 ends next June, a figure large yet manageable. he argues deficits are part of a growing economy and notes bond issues would raise debt, while tax changes won’t rapidly close the gap. He stresses politics, timing, and the need for a broad business revival to restore funds.
A poem-like critique rails at Russian women entering factories and farms while men resist shifting roles. It satirizes the Five Year Plan as forcing husbands to cook and work, claiming women abandoning the stove leads to domestic disruption and a shift in family power.
The text recalls Billy Green, once state president of the miners in this district, who spoke clearly in tough times amid Capitol protest, noting Washington police treated marchers politely and Green’s enduring prominence from early Hocking Valley days with Jack Moore and Jack Rowan nearby.
A verse from Luke 22 21 warns that the betrayer sits at the table with Jesus. The message reflects on treachery and fellowship, urging reflection on loyalty and trust in shared meals and relationships.
The Athens Messenger presents a home candy booklet with 144 easy recipes requiring no special equipment. A coupon is provided to readers to obtain a copy, emphasizing that homemade sweets add warmth to holiday meals.
The institute presents diagrams of our corner of space. Our sun is a million times larger than Earth, with planets orbiting as a pinhead dot. The local stellar group contains 30 to 40 billion stars, forming a cart wheel shape. Some stars are so vast that light would need two thousand years at 186000 miles per second to cross them.
Thirty years ago on a stormy St Johns Newfoundland shore Marconi sent a kite to the sky and received the first wireless signal across the ocean. The feat drew thousands of telegrams and praise, echoed by Italian peers including Columbus in legacy.
Eugene Long, ten, the hunger marchers' youngest, describes Avella Pennsylvania a company town where miners face blacklists low pay and scarce food. He recalls riding a truck for aid and attending union meetings with his father and reflects on communism. He admits he does not yet understand the idea.
The author argues for sun exposure and fresh air for children, especially babies, noting sunlight costs nothing and can fight malnutrition. Doctors advocate outdoor activity, noon sun, and light clothing during exercise, with warnings to avoid drafts and to balance air, water, sleep, and reasonable limits.
The fragment notes doubt about the truth of the experiment but asserts that the world once more honors the genius of the Italian race, suggesting a clash of skepticism and national pride in scientific achievement.
Cyrus H K Curtis argues prohibition harms the nation via a survey in his papers. He claims the cash cost of enforcing prohibition plus lost internal revenue amounts to 1.367 billion dollars per year, reflecting widespread fiscal damage.
Opinion argues ending Prohibition would stabilize the national budget and employ hundreds of thousands. It notes a worker might drink beer or light wine instead of bootleg whisky, contrasting with historical figures George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
The report promises an extensive investigation into bear raids and short selling, naming major bears, their profits, and targets. It aims to uncover conspiracies to depress values of key properties, with the stock exchange president in Washington yesterday likely surprised at a Senate inquiry in earnest.
The article likens Congress to an engine powering the nation, warning that a halt would halt the country. It notes a Republican President confronting a House of Opponents and a Senate wary of his leadership, signaling tough times for cooperative legislation.
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