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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1924
Page
4
A short meditation reflects on conscience as the compass guiding us toward a clear conscience before God and others. The unknown is vast like an ocean and conscience helps navigate it.
The piece muses on embracing 1925 with ambition and resolve after a year of mixed fortunes. It urges learning from 1924’s mistakes, maintaining positive aims, and balancing aspiration with restraint as a moral for personal growth. It also recounts a tale of Crotty whose surrender to police and plea for a girl’s forgiveness shifts his outlook.
A level headed New York woman reforms a young bandit before marriage, leading Grotty Moran to reform and later serve time in the Elmira reformatory. Moran grew up with a good home but slipped into hold up with friends at nineteen.
The piece criticizes the Russian foreign minister for an insulting note to Washington over a 1920 Coast Guard survey marker on Siberian coast. It argues for polite inquiry over confrontation and condemns Soviet arrogance, supporting non-intercourse with Moscow while the regime persists under current standards.
Press dispatches say destitute people in several cities were found to own automobiles after investigation. Some reliance on charitable allowances funded home purchases from savings. The writer notes such prosperity and generous charity conclude without reflection.
A profile of how American sport fuels a broad commerce from baseball to boxing. It details profits, player earnings, promoter roles, and the vast manufacturing chain for gear. It notes baseballs with cork cores, ash bats, cowhide footballs, and sheer scale of equipment spending.
The article argues dividends come from a thriving sporting goods sector and links this to advances in aircraft, submarines, and war supplies as essential to national defense and future conflicts. It notes the President has discussed an adequate air fleet with service leaders and supports a united army navy air defense approach.
A series of trivia Q A entries cover topics from fuel use on around world flights to heat values one watt hour equals 3411 BTU and the Fortuna Mine coal seam near Cologne to Mammoth Seam Wilkes Barre. It also notes radio horn effectiveness powder residue gun cleaning Mary Garden Niagara Falls age boomerang design singing sands locations and more.
A Kansas county judge rules that bootlegging parents have no right to rear their five Wicinski children aged 4 to 13, sending them to the county detention home. The parents and children protest, while the judge cites a state law removing children from delinquent parents.
The writer argues against separating mother and children during enforcement actions. They suggest punishing the father with jail time instead and using his bootleg earnings to support the mother and kids, challenging what they view as cruel policy.
The piece argues for a unified air defense department like Britain, with a fighting air fleet independent of army and navy. It advocates a Post Office Flight Service training hundreds of ex pilots and urging liberal appropriations for the flying mail, urging public letters to congress and senators. It recalls steam mail and rail era skeptics as a lesson.
A Washington letter writer argues President Coolidge relies on Britain for pacific balance yet should not depend on any power. He contends the US must remain strong and self sufficient while pursuing peace with Britain, Japan, and other nations.
The President rejects construction of obsolete battleships, arguing that progress and national defense require modern, efficient naval design rather than revived grand-ship complexes. He cites strategic needs and budget considerations guiding future naval policy.
The piece argues readers may tire of flying machine talk but notes the unresolved question of aviation’s security. It recalls Germany’s failed Calais landings and British sea defenses, then highlights German airship raids on London and warns the United States is more exposed to aerial attack than Britain in 1914.
The text argues that preserving peace and independence hinges on self-reliance rather than relying on treaties or sympathy from the British Empire. It notes solid support from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa for U S stance on Asiatic immigration, and claims U S power far surpasses Asia, with a focus on new warfare methods after oceanic protection once held.
The speaker warns that protection will be worthless without a strong air and submarine force. He asserts that with a doubled national fleet, we can defend our shores alone against any aggressor.
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