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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1936

Page

4

Publication notice and rates from Ohio newspaper association

Public listings show affiliations with American Newspaper Publishers Association and other bodies. Advertising and obituary charges are noted, with postal classifications and sample subscription rates for Ohio editions. Rates include one year 64.80, ten weeks 1.00, and weekly 15 cents in some instances.

John W Cullen Company Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland Carr

Voiceless Bloc in Ohio Real Estate Tax Debate

The essay argues that real estate owners, a mute bloc, face higher costs if property is reappraised while county and state leaders seek new revenue. It notes ten mill tax relief, sales tax shifts, and ongoing inequalities as property values rise and those who fund government bear more of the burden.

Ohio

Wisconsin University Row May Shape Future of State Higher Ed

The dispute between University of Wisconsin President Glen Frank and Wisconsin's liberal governor centers on administrative authority and public role in higher education. The clash may clarify who should run state universities and what the public’s role should be, affecting views on education, textbooks, discipline, and governance.

Glen Frank University of Wisconsin Wisconsin

Tiny World War In Spain Seen As Global Conflict

A French parliamentary mission reports nearly 60 000 foreigners in Spain's fighting. Loyalist fighters include 12 000 French 2 000 Germans 2 000 Belgians 2 000 Poles and 10 000 Russians while Rebel forces field 30 000 Germans and about 1 000 Irish plus 24 000 Moorish regulars. The war’s outside support signals a broader threat to European peace.

Spain Europe

Santa Hitler's Christmas Gifts to German Homes

A reader notes Adolf Hitler sent about 3,000,000 German households cards with supplies like sausage coffee and sugar. The note questions how such giveaways masked a government spending on armaments at the expense of ordinary welfare and reflection on policy.

Adolf Hitler Germany

Rumor Debunked About Gone with the Wind Author

The note dismisses a rumor that a desolate farmer wrote Gone with the Wind after a dust storm and links a China crisis to a potential New Year revolt, framing it as unfounded gossip rather than fact.

Morgenthau Oliphant Rift Shapes New Deal Policy

Washington note says a rift between Treasury’s Morgenthau andOliver Oliphant over silver policy and undistributed earnings tax may shift influence from Tugwell and Hopkins. Eccles plan and anti inflation moves signal a broader shift in New Deal approach and brain trust membership.

Paul Mallon Washington Treasury New Deal Cloister Mr. Morgenthau Mr. Oliphant Tugwell Moley Morgenthau-Oliphant Eccles Federal Reserve Board

Borah Avoids Leadership After Republican Split

Senator Borah declines to head a party reorganization, preferring a lone wolf role. He believes efforts would be futile and plans to urge the party to come to him. He may later attack National Chairman Hamilton but won’t engage the organization seriously.

Borah Republican Party Lone Wolf Hamilton Hamilton Fish Mr. Borah Fish

Christmas Truce Dampens Toy Play for Dads

On Christmas Day a quiet truce kept fathers from playing with their sons toys as long as the boys did not disturb the match piles on the beer bottles.

Era of Letting Bygones Be Bygones in Windsor Era

The passage notes Windsor’s leniency toward critics and foreign nations showing interest in Uncle Shylock, signaling a tense political climate and shifting international attention during this period.

Windsor Uncle Shylock

Odds and Ends From a Quieter News Day

A playful jumble of disparate notes from the era mentions an actor praising home life and pipe smoking, a gland-deficiency lad, a California dairyman’s wife who kissed Hitler, stenos who kissed dictators, people who dismantle things, letters, a duel injuring a Budapest attorney and his rival, and a hint of careless mistakes.

Hitler California

Erosion control by sod waterways urged in public forum

The Messenger editor urges farmers to protect small waterways with continuous grass sod to prevent gullying. Plows should cross the sod to preserve the strip, whose width depends on water volume. Examples from Olive Township show erosion reduction and double hay yields. contour strip cropping offers greater protection. Neal A. McCoy, Camp Meigs, Pomeroy, Ohio.

the Messenger A. R. Marcinko Olive Township Meigs Co Neal A. McCooy Camp Meigs Pomeroy

Christmas trees and prizes light Logan's holiday scene

A Mary Jane Coffee Shop tree in Middleport drew attention with gifts hung for local people. Winners of Bennett Company coloring contest include Herman Curry, Paul Spencer, William Brown, Walton Davies, Joe Verity, Beth Cable, Rachel Good, Howard Zarley, Paul Ayers, Mary Louise Nagel, Edward Fields, Kathryn Green. Frank North of Nelsonville injured at Sycamore Coal Mine in Murray City, forearm lacerated and wrist bone broken.

Mary Jane Middleport Bennett Company Herman Curry Paul Spencer William Brown Walton Davies Joe Verity Beth Cable Rachel Good Howard Zarley Paul Ayers Mary Louise Nagel Edward Fields Kathryn Green Frank North Nelsonville Sycamore Coal Company Murray City

Twenty Years Ago Guests and Travels Across the Holidays

Local society notes recount Miss Hazel Pennybaker visiting her sister in Indianapolis and other Athens area visitors including Maude Fenzel Zoe Herrold and Prof F C Landsittle. Italians honor an aged couple with a golden wedding as Pope Pius Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel send tributes.

Hazel Pennybaker Indianapolis Maude Fenzel Italy San Jose Cal Benjamin Cribari Cosenza Calabria Pope Pius Victor Emmanuel Mussolini

Family heirlooms tie Carbon Hill to early Ward Township

David Thorne of Carbon Hill cherishes a bundle of old land grants and deeds descended from his grandfather Austin H. Chute. The papers include a March 10 183 signed deed bearing John Tyler's signature conveying 40 acres that cover the present Carbon Hill site. Additional deeds dated 1835 and 1836 reflect Ward Township land transfers at low cost. Thorne participates in Ward Township education work and county boards, joining relatives S Ruble Logan Edith Chute and Bob Chute as Chute descendants.

Clinton Webb Logan David Thorne Carbon Hill Austin H. Chute Chute Ward Township John Tyler United States Francis Nicholas Thorne Hocking County Education Board S. S. Ruble Logan Edith Chute Bob Chute Athens Austin H., Chute

Tongue Troubles Linked to Metals and Nervous Causes

Dr Morris Fishbein outlines burning tongue symptoms arising from mismatched dental metals and electrical irritation, plus nervous and psychological factors. He discusses geographic tongue with maplike furrows, then hairy tongue, and stresses medical evaluation for accurate cause and treatment.

Morris Fishbein

Elk head rejuvenation specialty tied to Elks lodges

M. E. B. DeHart, a professional taxidermist for 30 years, recalls work on Theodore Roosevelt's African specimens. He now renovates elk heads for Elks clubs and claims to have visited every Elks lodge in the United States.

Dover U.R M. EB. DeHart Theodore Roosevelt Elks Lodge

What U. S. Social Security Plan Will Pay You After Age of 65

The article explains how Social Security benefits are calculated for retirement after 65. It notes that wages over 3000 dollars per year are disregarded and that old age annuities under federal law are determined by a table, using age and average weekly wage to find monthly benefits.

U. S

Murder at Thunder Mesa Ends in Disquieting Mystery

In the de Forest hacienda Thunder Mesa a family Christmas party ends with Pearl Sam de Forest found dead and missing. Pearl Pierre and Pearl John discuss motives while Ramon Vasquez and Professor Shaw probe aracheology clues. The group plots potential secrets beneath the house as investigators wonder which resident is capable of murder.

de Forest Thunder Mesa Pearl Sam DE Forest Pearl Pearl John Pearl Pierre Tante Josephine Betty Welch Ramon Vasquez Angelique Abeyta Professor Shaw Bob Graham Bob Broken Shield Betty Ramon Angelique Santa Fe Ramon Vascnez Mesa Shaw Pearl John de Forest Remon de Forest Brothers

Early Rising Mark Set in Burlington Woman Steps for 38 Years

Mrs James L Berry has a two volume record praised by her husband a Central Vermont Railway conductor for waking at four every day for 38 years to prepare and share breakfast with him. A separate item notes a film actress fainted during a Hollywood cafe brawl reflecting on studio life.

Burlington James L. Berry Central Vermont Railway New England Berry

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