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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1932
Page
4
The Athens Messenger details weekly publication with Saturday morning editions and lists staff roles. Subscription rates are shown: yearly $4.00, six months $2.50, ten weeks $1.00, four weeks $0.40, with rates for other periods.
A financial writer argues that heavy taxation may fall on the broad public as deficits rise. He notes 1931 income reports could reveal many “poor rich” and that cheaper merchandise risks eroding wages, prompting broader taxes and local supports to sustain the economy.
The Parents Magazine notes that most youths dread modern dances with 85 percent of boys and 90 percent of girls finding them tiresome or painful. It blames parents and teachers for letting social risks grow and highlights the double burden on wallflowers and bashful boys.
In New York on February 18 Ferdie Grofe emerges from the shadows to gain public prominence as his Grand Canyon Suite and Metropolis draw national attention. His journey from Jersey to California and Los Angeles includes early work with itinerant lecturers and Paul Whiteman, where he first transcribed improvisations into scored music, pioneering saxophone use and syncopated arrangements that shaped American orchestral jazz.
Ten years ago the Kasier family welcomed two new fathers as mothers and daughters hosted their husbands with fine sons on Feb 10. Elks from Athens and nationwide lodges celebrated the lodge’s 54th birthday at the Elke home in the Cline Building with toastmaster R. D. Williams.
Yesterday’s cartoon explains the Mayflower’s unusual drafts the maximum weigh in water of 17 feet 79-16 inches versus the load-water draft of 17 feet 611-16 inches. The aft is lowest on the keel causing the ship to pivot as full load depresses the forward end. Tomorrow: the doctor who performed his own operation.
A farmer from Glouster Ohio in February 1982 urges taxpayers to wake up over county meetings behind closed doors and questions spending. He notes the county is reportedly bankrupt and criticizes adding machine costs while officials have cut salaries in wartime era.
Inquiries reveal ski jumping began as a competitive sport in Norway about 1860 and spread to other snowy regions shortly after. The reader is told that the Washington Information Bureau offers free answers by mail to questions on any subject except legal, medical, or financial acres.
The speaker graphs four quarterly foreclosures and rising bills from mortgagee, grocer, utilities, and lenders. A longing to transform into a foreign nation reveals frustration with debt and financial pressure. The verse contrasts domestic economic worry with international requests for payment and relief.
The writer notes weather experts cannot predict the coming season though warm days and mild winter persist. An elderly neighbor recalls 1816 summer storms with snow and frost lingering into June, citing rare prices and frozen crops. He urges gratitude for a mild winter and cautions against assuming a cold or warm summer. Farm. Coolville Ohio. February 16 1982.
The House Appropriations Committee reviews a 124 million dollar bill covering state justice and labor expenses for the coming fiscal year. Labor seeks 20 000 deportations. naturalization operates as a money making agency with a large surplus. A racketeering scheme around obtaining citizenship papers is alleged. Infant care publications top departmental sales.
In a devotional reading on Acts 12 5 11 the author compares a dark prison to life s trials. The message urges patient waiting prayer and readiness to follow God s messenger when deliverance comes. The prayer asks deliverance through faith and mercy in Jesus Christ.
Mr Rukeyser, a student of business finance and industry, believes the market is at the trough of a low mood and will rise from here. He emphasizes an impartial view on economic trends and growth prospects ahead.
The text urges that every child in the group enjoys themselves and receives fair treatment. It stresses parental cooperation in fostering group consciousness for children’s happiness and spontaneous pleasure, especially for youth. It also notes it is unfair to make children pay for adults' choices or force them to conform to another’s rhythm.
A brief devotional line offers guidance to avoid conceit and embrace humility. The verse urges harmony with others and living in peaceful, modest wisdom.
Learn about George Washington childless status and John Tyler’s two wives and fourteen children. One President fathered another, another grandfathered a successor, seven served eight years, one only one month. Eight born in Virginia and seven in Ohio. Send ten cents or stamps for a copy.
Information Bureau offers a booklet titled Presidents and Their Wives. The requester encloses ten cents in coin or stamps for a copy, providing name street city state for mailing.
An encouraging sign of business courage marks Sears, Roebuck opening a large Chicago store. General R B Wood, chosen by Julius Rosenwald, a West Point veteran, writes bargain terms for the lease that delight stockholders and would likely upset former owners.
Ruth Nichols soars to twenty one thousand three hundred feet breaking Clarence Chamberlain in the same plane. At twenty thousand feet two cylinders fail forcing use of an oxygen tank in near freezing air. The piece compares human flight to fish in the ocean and ponders future space travel.
The piece describes a February to Thanksgiving tree planting festival across the United States to honor George Washington. Vermont towns plant elms and Jacksonville high school students plant thousands of forest trees, with states providing memorial plates. It praises Washington as a naturalist and land lover and notes Mount Vernon’s open tombs and his early experiences as a surveyor and warrior.
Washington February 18. Speaker Garner earns popularity by allowing colleagues to sponsor bills, citing too many laws and costs. He has introduced about 60 measures in 30 years, favoring private relief bills for veterans, with Camp Eagle Pass among few public moves this session. Joe Crail leads in bills with 400+, while others have introduced none or few in this bicameral Congress.
The largest diesel engine built in America, about three thousand horsepower, has been shipped from St. Louis to Freeport, New York for use in a publicly owned power plant. The move may concern power companies, as diesel engines could impact the future of public power and transportation rivals.
A single inexpensive diesel engine will supply power and light to a small community at very low cost. A leading American engineer predicts that soon isolated farmers will generate their own power and light for less than current pole-running costs, enabled by small diesels.
The piece describes New York speakeasies offering full dinners at no cost to customers, contrasting with old saloons. It notes $1 beer and $1 whisky enable such liberal giveaways, and cites Canfield’s gambling house near Delmonico's offering champagne free. It asks how hotels would fare when restaurants compete with near free food under prohibition.
Genieve Kemble notes conflicting lunar aspects may delay progress and urge postponing important affairs. The chart warns obstacles and illness or bereavement for those near birthdays while elderly persons or institutions may bring benefits. a child born on that day may be diligent and practical.
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