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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1935
Page
4
The Athens Messenger masthead lists publication details and press associations. It notes circulation, postal classifications, and subscription rates with prices for yearly, monthly, and weekly terms. Includes references to Associated Press membership and office locations.
A public forum piece argues the average American favors independence over collectivism. It notes workers resist one man rule, fear regimentation, and seek self ownership of a home and car while hoping for steady work and constitutional adherence.
A writer argues for a 13 month year of 28 days to simplify business and auditing. Cites that 700 large US corporations already adopted this system and notes holidays and Sundays are uneven. Proposes moving New Year to spring and relocating July Fourth to August cooling period.
A Texas murder convict faced electrocution after a clerical error dated a commute incorrectly as January 8, 1934 rather than 1935. The judge ruled the document invalid and scheduled the execution for March 8, highlighting the clash between legal formalism and human stakes.
A Brook lyn lad, son of a barber, travels to Los Angeles in hopeful pursuit of a film star. Lacking her number, he spends his last dollars in pay phones trying to reach her. Police intervene, sending him home as the chase for an unattainable ideal endures through the ages.
Paul Mallon discusses the clash between labor leaders and New Dealers centered on Donald Richberg. Labor aims to press Roosevelt and the White House while publicly faulting Richberg, with broader stakes on union self determination and tentative New Deal labor policy amid Latin American sensitivities.
A report notes Democrats swarmed the House to halt a probe into General Farleys stamp gifts amid a new lobbying tactic. State legislatures adopt resolutions urging action and these petitions, rushed from multiple states, pressure Congress on the World Court and the bonus bill.
A Yale professor calls a pedestrian a creature possessing highway rights, prompting debate about pedestrian versus driver responsibility. The remark follows a contentious street encounter with a truck driver who challenges the legal basis.
A lighthearted remark ponders whether Louisiana governor O. K. Allen was named by Huey Long. A tangential tip mentions using castor oil for a quieter plane motor but warns against giving it to a 10 year old son.
The Turks pledge more opportunity for subject races while Armenians request a longer start for the mountains asking for patience and broader concessions in ongoing regional tensions.
News items list recent social activities including a trip to Columbus to hear Rosa Ponselle and a Current Events Club gathering at 7 North High Street. Other entries mention a calendar card party at the Country Club and visits by Mrs P O Day to her son and daughter at 208 East State Street.
Varicose veins arise when valve failure or high pressure causes veins to lengthen and curl. Causes include prolonged standing and pregnancy, with risks of ulcers and clots. Treatments include elastic stockings, surgical removal, and injection to obliterate the vein.
Review lauds The College Omnibus a major anthology offering full texts by Strachey Lamb Hazlitt Emerson and Stevenson works on the New Deal thinkers major novels including The Mayor of Casterbridge and The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg and a rich set of short stories plays poetry and more as a library in one volume. It deems war opposition a defense of law and reason per President Nicholas Murray Butler.
ADA G. MORRIS of Chester Ohio writes to The Messenger in 1935 recounting how a submitted poem about booze and Susie’s shoes led to backlash. She signs Anonymous, but her name appears in print, prompting a humorous pledge to apologize and even threaten editor punishment if wrongs persist.
Edna Harpold of Chester criticizes the NRA and Townsend Plan rhetoric, arguing jobs and monthly $200 promises do not cover groceries or rent. She urges sensible spending over large promises, urging taxpayers to think in dollars and cents.
Olive Roberts Barton argues that early discipline is essential for lasting self control in children. A fixed routine foundations social order and prevents future defiance. Without cradle discipline a child may become resentful or merely outwardly compliant, harming long term happiness.
Mary Garden speaks of love, Senator McAdoo doubts current world peace prospects, and Sir Malcolm Campbell remarks that speed teaches lessons beyond ordinary experience. The remarks reflect estate voices and wartime/postwar eras, linking art, politics, and motorsports.
Explanation of Yesterday's Cartoon describes a 10 by 8 by 3 foot shoe in Elmer Chase's yard South Braintree Massachusetts. The oddity, once valued at 6,000,000 dollars, was made from pulverized large-denomination bills mixed with plaster for a Chicago World's Fair plan that failed.
Gale Henderson works in a silk mill with her brother Phil to support their ailing father. A proposal from her boss Steve Meyers prompts Gale to consider marriage as tension grows with spy rumors at the mill. Gale narrows choices while rumors of espionage threaten the workers as she returns home to her weary father.
In a fragment from a 1935 Laura Lou piece, Gale informs a doctor about improvement after illness. Steve seeks to talk with Gale while she hesitates, seeking to reveal more as the conversation unfolds about plans and truth.
Fragmented OCR reads like a historical record with names Lambert Harper McK Bruce Symmes Johnson and Faulkner. Mentions an organization formed in 1618 and a meeting at a place east of Shaffer mile with Samuel and Donaldson referenced.
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