Athens Messenger Ad Rates and Publication Details
The Athens Messenger established 1935 lists Frederick W. Bush as publisher and Charles H Harris as managing editor. It notes association with the American Newspaper Putiakers Association, Audit Bureau of Circulation, and John W Cul len Company as national representatives. Subscription rates quoted include carrier delivery and various term options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Bush
Renee Uep Ola Howe Oe Bush
Charles H Harris
Putiakers Association Ohie
Audit Bureau of Circulation
John W Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Absur d Econ omic critique of tax and wealth redistribution
A dated editorial argues against broad tax hikes and wealth equalization proposals led by Huey Long and Dr Townsend. It warns that shifting income through government control harms productive effort, cites Russia as a cautionary example, and urges improved wage distribution without eroding individual profit.
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Huey Long
Doctor Townsend
Pied Piper
Louisiana
Russia
Huey Longs
Doctor Townsends
Forgotten Man Between 45 and 65 Faces Employment Crisis
The piece argues that men aged 45 to 65 constitute a large portion of employable relief and lack private job prospects. They cannot collect old age pensions until 65 and risk starvation if unemployed. New relief funds may offer temporary work but not decent wages, leaving middle aged workers with no savings and heavy family burdens.
Floaters Cost Ohio Big Relief Bill Raise New Issue
Ohio spent nearly a quarter of a million dollars last month to care for its floaters transients who roam from state to state seeking medical care food and shelter. If this pattern reflects nationwide costs the relief problem grows more alarming as Washington shifts policy and states must bear the burden.
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Ohio
Washington
Congressman Fish critical of rising franking costs
The New York congressman cites a jump from 14 million to 23 million dollars in franking expenses within a year, driven by government bureaus not including the House or Senate. He notes only 700 thousand dollars in annual costs for Congress, while the bulk funds broad bureaucratic mailing that reaches private citizens.
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Fish
New York
House
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Inside influence and mail in Roosevelt relief wage clash
The piece argues that postal workers and Mr William Green of the AFL shaped congressional opinion during Roosevelt's relief wage dispute with the Senate. It notes Senates letters from back home pressure resistance to the President and hints at new White House plans to track Senate alignment with twice daily leadership reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate
William
Dear Bill) Green
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt Relief Bill Politics and Labor Tensions Highlight Capitol Row
A Washington summary notes that despite a Senate defeat the relief bill favored by Roosevelt will pass after Senate changes. House Democrats rally to the President, defending CCC job allocations to Congressmen and risking labor voter wrath. Further items include military intelligence on Soviet forces, Tokyo’s concerns over Soviet colonization plans, Huey Long’s radio broadcasts, rising country mortality, and shifts in AAA personnel.
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Roosevelt
Senate
House
Burns
CCC
Franking Bill Sparks Taxpayer Alarm Over Public Funds
The piece argues the $23,000,000 franking bill creates a subsidized political fund and questions its impact on taxpayers. It cites Congressman Fish and The Portland Oregonian warning that such spending could fuel bureaucracy and require vast public funds.
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Congressman Fish
The
Portland Oregonian
Dinner honors George DeCamp by Athens bankers
Prof and Mrs C M Copeland hosted Athens bankers and wives for a dinner honoring George DeCamp director of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank Pittsburgh Branch. Mrs James Lewis attended the Child Conservation League meeting.
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C. M. Copeland
Athens
George DeCamp
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
James Lewis
The
Child Conservation League
Out-of-town visitors and events in Athens area
Local residents hosted visitors from Albany Nelsonville and Goshen Ind for social gatherings. A Masonic Club carnival stunt dance was planned with Edmundson Woodworth and Wolfe on the committee. High School dismissed for a teachers meeting in Cincinnati as B O Skinner and professors attended. United Mine Workers sub district 1 called a convention, meeting held in Glouster.
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Athens
Flora Cochran
Chauncey
C. D. Zimmerman
Albany
Garrison Hamilton
Nelsonville
F. B. Kimes
Guysville
Emmet Williams
R.D
Lol Boudinot
Ruth Wingett
Lillie Galbreath
Coolville
Lizzie Lohse
M. J
Masonic Club
W. Thomas Edmundson
Robert L. Woodworth
Ned J. Wolfe
B. O. Skinner
Cherrington and
McKay
Cincinnati
Conrad Wein
Murray City
United Mine Workers
Sub District No. 1
Glouster
About Your Children By Olive Roberts Barton
Olive Roberts Barton muses on adoption and family love noting a New England mother who adopts five children and a doctor couple who welcome two more. She argues affection can rival blood ties, cites a professional man’s adopted son excelling, and questions whether biological ties always govern behavior.
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New England
Navy Secretary Downplays Communism as Navy Risk
Secretary Claude A. Swanson says communism is not presently dangerous in the navy and there is no likelihood of it developing. A German boast claims a book 12.5 feet long 4 feet wide weighs 2.5 tons.
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Navy
Secretary of Navy
Claude A. Swanson
Germany
Patriotism and the trap of capitalism in wartime discourse
Letter discusses discrediting sincere patriots by patriotism during World War I era. It criticizes capitalists and radicals, laments propaganda against labor and liberal groups, and argues for genuine individualism, education, and modernization over symbiotic capitalism and pseudo science. Author Guy Shoemaker from Cheshire Ohio dated February 21.
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Lindbergh
America
Sam
Napoleon
The Amercan Diplomatic Game review notes
The review discusses Drew Pearson and Constantine Brown's book as a behind the scenes look at American diplomats and policy makers from Kellogg to the present. It highlights the frank insights, key disclosures, and the authors' view that the postwar optimism era is ending with rising nationalism and a looming new war. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd adds a personal closing doubt about polar exploration.
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Drew Pearson
Constantine Brown
Frank Kellogg
State Department
New York College
Chicago
Kellogg
Stimson
Briand
MacDonall
Plow Paradox and Paramecium: Notes From Yesterday’s Cartoon
Explanation of yesterday’s cartoon covers Jethro Wood and his cast iron plow patent of 1819 and its later steel improvements. It also describes the Paramecium as a multi stomached infusorian with cilia driving food particles, noting its presence in pond water and decaying matter. Tomorrow’s feature hints at Lang Syne.
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Jethro Wood
Scipio
New York
Gale's June Engagement Complicates Mill Family Drama
Gale Henderson plans to marry her father’s boss, Steve Meyers, in June while a tangle with Brian Westmore and Vicky Thatcher unfolds. Gale denies change in temperament as Brian presses for truth about Sunday. Brian learns of Gale’s engagement, sparking conflict amid mill life and late revelations.
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Gale Henderson
Phil
Steve Meyers
Gale
Brian Westmore
Rian
Paris
Vicky Thatcher
Robert Thatcher
Brian
Vicky
Steve
Fragmentary Love Tale From The Paper
A clipped 1933 diary style snippet hints at a romance plot involving Vicky, Gale, and Brian. The overheard conversation reveals heartbreak and hesitancy as characters navigate affection and misgivings. The fragment suggests a melodramatic newspaper romance tone without full context.
Understanding Jaundice Causes and Liver Involvement
Dr Morris Fishbein explains jaundice or icterus as a yellowing of skin and eyes from bile in the blood. Causes include bile passage blockages, liver inflammation, infections, tumors, parasites, and blood diseases. Treatment depends on identifying the specific part of the bile mechanism affected.
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