The Athens Messenger Features Publisher and Editors
The Athens Messenger announces Frederick W. Beech Papiiaber at 1206 to free. Published weekdays with Sunday morning edition. Gordon K. Bush publisher and Harris managing editor listed. Membership in American Newspaper Publishers Association and Ohio dailies group noted. Telegraph wire service from United Press.
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Frederick W. Beech
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charies
Harris
Fupilapers Associa
Ohio
Associs
Imland Daily Ton
Telegraph Wire Report
United Press Associations
Costly Sacrifice in Air Mail Policy Debate
A New York Herald Tribune critique condemns President Roosevelt and Postmaster General Farley for politicizing aviation. It argues aviation’s wartime subsidies and pilot losses reveal a mature American achievement, while warning that grounding major air firms and scuttling contracts harms national defense and progress.
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Roosevelt
New York Herald-Tribune
Farley
Call for national revamp of education funding and districting
The piece argues that school costs could be saved by districting reform and better purchasing while preserving quality. It urges PTA groups and civic clubs to study taxes and education funding, warns that cuts raise crime, and stresses the need to expand schooling as youth unemployment rises.
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Parent-Teacher Association
League of Women Voters
Civic Clubs
Ohio lawmakers return from Indiana on gross receipts tax
Ohio legislators who toured Indiana to study the gross receipts tax returned to Columbus in mixed feelings. They remain unsure what to think about the tax. In Indianapolis, Indiana merchants urged repeal as they bear about 42 percent of the tax.
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Ohio
Indiana
Columbus
Indianapolis
Inside Change in the New Deal Brain Trust
Washington reports a tightened inner circle around the White House with the Brain Trust dissolved into independent advisers. Tugwell is less visible while Wallace drives agricultural policy, Warren shifts to price policy and Morgenthau, Moley, and others work in quieter, indirect roles.
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Washington
White House
Brain Trust
Tugwell
Roosevelt
Agriculture
Wallace
Warren
Morgenthau
Moley
Roosevelt’s inner circle shown tangled wires behind the scenes
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau dominates as top adviser while Louis Howe rests away from active advising. Roosevelt sits as lone judge and jury as aides bombard him with requests to steer policy, while others pull wires to push or block actions, creating tangled backstage dynamics.
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Treasury
Morgenthau
Mr. Roosevelt
Louis Howe
White House
Liberal factions edge Conservatives from White House lawn
The piece notes the near removal of conservatives from power as the New Deal approaches its first anniversary. Woodin and George Peak depart while Jesse Jones remains. Liberals split into factions and struggle to govern from outside, lacking united direction.
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White House
Treasury
Woodin
George Peak
Jesse Jones
It Seems To Me by Heywood Broun in a Tan Trum
Heywood Broun quips about The New York Herald Tribune and Roosevelt’s newspaper code order. He notes the White House documents shed little light on the paper’s pique while quoting the president on press freedom versus child labor and obscenity laws.
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New York Herald Tribune
Roosevelt
General Johnson
Herald Tribune
White House
Roosevelt Says Freedom of the Press Involves Regulation
The piece derides the Herald Tribune for claiming government by insult, arguing Roosevelt stated a legal point about press freedom. It notes building regulations do not impair press freedom and mocks the Tribune's reaction as overblown while praising the profession's national role.
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Herald Tribune
Roosevelt
Blake
Mr. Greeley
Health and Diet Preventing Child Crippling
The text notes three crippled children per thousand and a yearly cost of about 500 dollars per child for comprehensive care. It lists infantile paralysis tubercu losis and rickets as leading causes, plus accidents such as burns and unsafe home devices. Emphasizes early orthopedist care and prevention through milk safety vitamin D and calcium rich diets.
Parenting wisdom and caution from Olive Roberts Barton
A column urges mothers to read on child problems but warns books cannot replace gentle home life. It argues behaviorist truths aid parenting yet stresses common sense, experience, and loving homes over scientific jargon. The piece cites views from Maj. Gen. Amos Fries and James Farley on broader matters.
Bhutanese Mother at 82 Described in Indian Travels
A fragmented note recalls Tean Baptiste Travenier’s Indian Travels describing a Bhutanese woman who became a mother at 82 in the region near the Himalayas. The text also mentions unusual births among Bengali inhabitants and odd garden observations.
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Tean Baptiste Travenier
Johnson Roosevelt and NRA strategy discussed in private talks
The article notes Johnson's fluctuating standing with the White House and Roosevelt trust. It says they have not decided NRA direction, planning two major meetings to test how far they may push policy. It portrays the NRA as a Johnson controlled outfit with mixed Liberal and Conservative elements.
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AAA
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
General Johnson
White House
Johnson
NRA
Twelve Minute Egg Advocate Speaks for Newsboys
Elisha Hanson the Washington attorney led a defense of a boy’s right to work selling or delivering papers. He argued the boy faced a harsh city without protection and portrayed a hopeful encounter with a man who entrusted him with a bundle of newspapers.
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The
Herald Tribune
Elisha Hanson
Washington
Mr. Hanson
Hanson
Meat running record shows 1933 sales high for packers
The Public Forum notes 1933 meat sales by packers reached an all time high of over fifteen billion pounds while consumer purchasing power was under normal. Hog prices rise with talk of reducing hog numbers, and export activity remained above average. The editor urges stronger consumer purchasing power to boost farmer income.
Roosevelt's strain shows in aging face as new dealers toil
The piece notes officials from the White House down grow touchy and impatient after a year of hard work. It observes President Roosevelt remains well in mood but appears aged by tremendous labor, suggesting visible wear since his inauguration.
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White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Indiana Tax Drive Faces Merchant Pushback
Tax collectors gathered data from 185000 persons to extend the gross sales tax while merchants warn it cannot be passed to customers. Indiana boosters argue the levy reaches thousands who paid no state tax before, though Ohio lawmakers visiting raised doubts about adopting the tax in Indiana.
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Indiana
Ohio
Newsboy Aid Sparks Consolation at Commerce Building
A crowd at the Commerce Building hears a speaker claim every circulation manager is a friend to the newsboy facing hardship. Ed Angry plans to quit journalism over the appeal, citing coal, piano lessons, and his sister’s tonsils as reasons to seek a different job back in New York.
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Hanson
Commerce Building
Ed Angry
Angry
New York
They Say You Can’t Get Ahead By Antagonism
A fragment quotes Charles Pongi as a notorious swindler and urges that the NRA be abolished. It contrasts views with mentions of Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania and notes recovery in other countries despite “monkeyshines.”
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Charles Pongi
NRA
Senator David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
Nebraska farmer invites hunters to dine on land
Hunter Nelsonville Ohio writes that a Nebraska farmer posted a sign inviting hunters to use his land and share meals. He argues mutual respect between hunters and farmers would boost game, reduce vandalism, and help both sides profit from hunting and fishing locally. February 21, 1934.
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Nebraska
Hunter
Lindy Refuses to Have Wings Clipped in Europe Jest
A wry, clipped item notes Lindbergh refuses restrictions as revolts in Europe lack a Huey Long for humor. It adds General Johnson would have handled matters and Mr. MacCracken cracking if in charge.
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Lindy
Europe
Huey Long
General Johnson
Mr. MacCracken
Unclear reading of social notes from local page
Fragments show names such as Harold Mardis Mary Le Bailey Ruth Henry and Brinley Abcott. Mentions a Education Association Meeting and a dinner for university students. Text is garbled with missing context and stray quotes.
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Mary le Bailey
Michael
Education Association
Brinley Abcott
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