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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1938
Page
4
A writer argues fixers harm the mature view of government and industry. Amateurs misunderstanding causes of breakdowns ignore that high costs and poor management stall sales and jobs. The piece urges expanding production, lowering costs, and cooperative investment rather than forceful, ill informed “fixes.”
The Canadian Legion refused to support a wartime veterans bonus. It urged government aid for injured veterans but argued that those not suffering ill effects should not receive a lump gratuity for serving in wartime. The stance contrasts with the American Legion's push for a bonus.
The piece recalls Pilgrim mothers washing on Mondays and argues New York State laundrymen push to spread washdays through the week. It notes housewives will wash when convenient, resisting a mandated schedule as basements fill with washing machines and editors speculate on peak loads.
In Washington President Roosevelt limits public remarks to avoid sparking business anxiety. He delays trust busting action and shifts focus to coaxing private cooperation rather than forcing policy. Officials note he has restrained loose talk after prior controversial discussions at press conferences.
The Sheppard May wartime bill would grant the president broad power over prices rents materials and industry with a licensing system and a wartime tax plan while Congress debates its scope. Senator Smathers learns his future wife Mary Foley in the Senate gallery during Pepper's lunch. the scene marks a light note amid national security fears.
John L Lewis and Franklin D Roosevelt ease past past tensions as the White House accepts Lewis praise for Roosevelt. Lewis backs a request for 250 million dollars in relief funds and supports maintaining wage scales, signaling closer ties during the White House visit with Owen Young Tom Lamont Phil Murray Charles Taussig and A A Berle.
R D Carson of Middleport signs a pointed column listing a long set of personal questions about Franklin D Roosevelt. He argues officials must meet standards and, if not, a new election should occur. February 10.
Polly Chelsrey stranded in London as war erupts. Cabell Banks and Jerry Whitfield, captured Americans, face a stern captain aboard the British brig Sunrise. Banks resists a royal commission. Whitfield challenges the map and fate, planning escape with a privateer’s aid.
W. W. Lee receives notice from Edward M Williams appointing him chairman for Athens County in charge of enrollment for Citizens Military Training Camps. Mr and Mrs E B Foraker and daughter Dixie Fair visit Mrs Foraker's mother Nell F Robinson in South Charleston.
Twenty years ago Athens welcomed word from Washington that the fuel administration had lifted the heatless holiday. The nation had endured four heatless Mondays and five days of idle industry. The Women's Music Club sponsored a benefit concert by Boston tenor Arthur Hackett for the Red Cross while Mrs. W. L. Gard was elected president of the Woman's Missionary Society at the Presbyterian Church.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how modern stress from the machine age links to rising cases of ulcers and related conditions. He notes men show more stomach and intestinal ulcers, with diet and nervous strain both contributing. Digestive trouble often precedes ulcer development, with pain after meals and relief before the next meal or with eating.
A reader requests divine help for a country boy now in the city. The poem sketches simple joys and humble needs— straw hat, patched overalls, cows at dusk, sheep to tend, cherries in May, and a life of honest work rather than noble leisure. The piece fits a community poetry column with devotional tone.
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