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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1934
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists affiliations with major press associations and national representatives. It notes subscription rates for mail service and carrier delivery, including yearly and half year prices, with a nominal obituary charge and addresses for home or foreign offices.
A vice president said the country needed a cheap cigar and a writer urged a $25 monthly house, but real homes remain costly. Slums persist for affordability, yet even cheap houses lack essentials while prices for many goods rise. Some semi rural small homes approach $25 when fixed charges are counted, though they miss conveniences like a corner store and theater. A pig, garden and hard work accompany the struggle to meet the $25 goal.
A reflection on how lists of best dressed women overlook everyday style. The author argues men value practical polish over wealth and title, praising women who manage daily life with care and personal flair.
A nationwide plan outlined in Washington seeks to eliminate river and stream pollution with engineer and sportsman support. It condemns years of using waterways as sewers and emphasizes restoration, public responsibility, and costly campaigns as necessary steps toward cleaner waterways.
Foresters warn Dutch Elm disease and fir blight will spread from the Atlantic coast westward jeopardizing chestnut timber used in poles and telephone line work. Elms shade towns in the East and Midwest and the balsam supply for the Christmas season faces danger as contaminated trees appear in New York Maine and Massachusetts.
Washington column analyzes New Deal opinion polling and policy moves as 1930s markets wobble. It notes Roosevelt's expected Congress address and internal debates over war profit limits, public power projects, and banking.
Discussion praises scientists for developing methods to protect forests and natural resources, arguing their work could prevent widespread environmental blight and deserve recognition in a national Hall of Fame.
A reader proposes quick prosperity by forcing women out of work and elevating masculine labor through only two professions, nursing and entertainment. He argues this would boost employment, enable marriage, and spur demand for homes and goods, citing the Big Book to justify traditional roles. The piece ends with a sharp line on simple-minded thinking.
Postmaster Harry McKinstry announced that from 6 am Tuesday to 6 am Wednesday the local post office processed 30 000 letters. Other short notes recount holiday visits of residents including Harold Graham Richard Dagget and families from New Martinsville and Zanesville plus local social updates from Athens and Nelsonville.
The piece analyzes family dynamics, noting how parental faults and temperaments drive children to concealment and misbehavior. It discusses Johnny’s loneliness, withdrawal from mother and father, and later fear of older siblings, suggesting such patterns are more common than believed and call for improvement.
Noted names from Dr Frederick B Robinson Hon John Dickinson and others discuss music value in modern life. They argue music provides mental escape enhances leisure and motivates cultural improvement through broad public engagement and taste.
A 10 year old girl with foot pains, overweight, and curvature of the spine received treatment using proper shoes, foot strapping, and exercises. X rays showed twisting of the spine pelvis and a long correction path. Long term plans include corsets or devices. early posture examination is advised for growing girls.
Explanation of yesterday's cartoon clarifies the myth that a 10 foot cork sphere would weigh four tons. A 10 foot ball would have 523.6 cubic feet of volume and cork's specific gravity is about 0.2 to 0.5 of water, so a cork sphere would weigh far more than a handful but far less than four tons. Tomorrow: The Most Faithful Little Dog.
Peter Kendall reunites with Ann as rumors swirl after Ann breaks her engagement to Tony Mickle and Peter proposes to Ann. A Florida stay turns sour as family pressure and press scrutiny erupt. Carol Kendall weds Ames, newspapers revive the affair, and Peter confronts a lonely, unsettled future while Valeria pressures a divorce plan.
A glance at three recent detective thrillers. Mr Pinkerton Finds a Body by David Frome is a neatly complicated Oxford murder yarn featuring a timid observer who uncovers the killer with Inspector Bull. The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson follows an actress’s murder and a wartime intelligence officer solving the case. White Python by Mark Chan ning sends Capt. Colin Gray to Tibet to foil a plot against the British Raj with perilous adventures.
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