The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger announces weekday editions and a large Sunday issue by its printing company. Publisher Gordon K Bush and editor Charles H Garris oversee operations with national and regional advertising representation. Subscription rates vary by region and term, with annual and shorter plans listed.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Garris
Traveling With Raymond Clapper: The American Industrial Era
Harvey Firestone built a vast Akron tire plant producing over 25 000 tires daily yet operates far below capacity due to economic conditions. The piece praises American industrial prowess via Ford Firestone Mesta works and notes parallel struggles in Detroit Cleveland Akron and Pittsburgh with idle machinery and stalled demand.
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Pittsburgh
Harvey Firestone
Akron
Firestone
Henry Ford
Detroit
Cleveland
Choss
Workman
Mesta Machine Works
Ward Powell
Washington
Sportsmanship and the true aim of school athletics
Editor voices a firm plea for sportsmanship as the core of high school athletics. He argues leaders must condemn unfair advantage, emphasize moral victory, and treat defeats as lessons, comparing the mind to a skin that hardens but should remain responsive to genuine fair play. Albany letter by F. E. Radcliffe.
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the Messenger
Tyro
Delinquent real estate taxes spark debate on payment burden
The community debates rising delinquent tax lists with calls for relief and rescue plans. Some hope for Washington dispensation while others face installments and legal limits. Officials fear sales and homeowners cling to their property as decades of strain persist.
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Washington
Father Coughlin
There's a Difference in Defense Methods and Dictator Power
The article argues that democracies face the rise of dictator regimes led by military cliques in Japan Germany and Italy. It laments the League of Nations impotence and warns that democracies like the United States Britain and France retreat. It urges Americans to learn how rearmed powers operate and decide on defense.
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Russia
Japan
Mesta Machine Co
America
Germany
Italy
League of Nations
League
Great Britain
France
Washington
United States
Athens Mayor Cornell says staff must manage city’s fate
In a service club talk Athens Mayor Cliff Cornell asserts the city runs on its own leadership with staff taking charge during a difficult two year period. He notes a shift in community spirit from giving to getting and highlights public accountability and independence in governance.
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Athens
Cliff Cornell
Cornell
City Ha
Behind the Scenes In Washington
A Washington correspondent argues that Roosevelt Congress and business are locked in stalemate. They blame each other for inaction while awaiting clear public demand. The piece predicts a new farm act tax law and possible wage hour reforms but notes uncertainty over final form and strategy.
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White House
Congress
Business
Roosevelt
Industry
Noah Webster
Business A la Richberg
Fdr
Little Business Conference Draws Steel Interest
A small business conference drew steel industry reps and reported 27 percent capacity contracts. A Pennsylvania town appoints a petting patrol, and new rules require girls to seek the arm of the law.
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Pennsylvania
Akron Citizens Propose Constitutional Amendment On Sales Taxes
Three Akron citizens sponsor an Ohio constitutional amendment to bar all excise taxes on sales except motor fuel after 1939. If adopted it would repeal the retail sales tax and cigarette tax along with portions of liquid fuel and use taxes that funded Ohio schools in 1937. Petitions circulate. voters may soon decide.
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Ohio
B. E. Workman
Chesterhill
the Messenger
Akron
Oscar Hayes
Daniel E. Falkner
Albert E. Booth
Realism urged for girls in marriage says Ruth Millett
Ruth Millett argues daughters should be taught life realities and equal expectations with boys. Elinor Rice supports a novel about female realism, urging girls to view marriage as a partnership and business venture, not a sacred cure.
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Ruth Millett
Elinor Rice
Coldest Weather Ever Recorded in Hocking Valley
A boxed front page note recalls the district freezing milestone on February 10 1899 when temperatures dropped to 40 degrees below zero. George White of Marietta former legislator congressman and DNC chairman spoke to members of the Athens Presbyterian Church brotherhood.
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Hocking Valley
the Messenger
George White
Marietta
Democratic National Committee
Brotherhood of the
Athens Presbyterian Church
Ohio University Girls Edge Parkersburg In Scrappy Game
Twenty years ago Athens witnessed a novelty as the Ohio University girls defeated Parkersburg 6 to 4. The Ohio boys beat Cincinnati 26 to 14. J. K. Vickers of 136 Field Artillery returned to Camp Sheridan after a month’s furlough spent with his parents in Athens.
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Athens
Ohio University
Parkersburg
Ohio
Cincinnati
J. K. Vickers
136 Field Artillery
Camp Sheridan
Mrs. M. P. Vickers
London Night Rescue Turned Trap for Whitfield
In a London tavern Jerry Whitfield helps a distraught Mrs. Smith and a cabby, while Mazie Miller plots a deceptive trap. A hidden assailant clubs Jerry from behind as Polly Chelsey awaits him, raising danger as Chapter VIII ends.
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Polly Chelsey
London
Jerry Whitfield
Cabell Banks
Alfred Smith
Jerry
Polly
Unicorn and Crown
Jeremiah Whitfield
Mazie Miller
Plymouth
Mazie
Cabby
Jerry Whitefield
Spinach Value in Diet Not Just Minerals
Dr Morris Fishbein notes spinach usefulness lies in vitamin A and C content and iron, not only mineral amounts. Cooking methods affect mineral and vitamin retention. cooked spinach provides good vitamin A, decent vitamin C, and iron, benefiting older children but not particularly recommended for infants.
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Morris Fishbein
Council On Foods of
The
American Medical Association
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Raymond Clapper
By Raymond Clapper
F. E. Radcliffe
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Labor Relations Board
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New York State
Carnegie Foundation
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George Clark
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