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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1938
Page
3
National Representatives John W Cullen Company announces advertising rates on application of Home or Foreign offices. Obituary cards or bhanks available for a nominal charge. Athens Post Office lists notice as Second Class Matter under the 1918 Entered Act.
Carrier rate set at 15 cents weekly. In county subscriptions Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Vinton and Washington counties priced at 4.50 per year 2.50 half year 1.00 ten weeks. One week in advance rate 1. Extra postage charges apply for other zones with application.
Economist Professor T N Carver argues rights belong to humans not property while ownership enables sale and purchase. Thomas I Parkinson says government must safeguard enterprise and serve as people’s agency not a substitute for individual effort. He warns against relying on Washington to solve economic ills.
The piece argues Ohio secondary roads in Athens County suffer after an open winter. It warns that only all year roads hold up amid busy highways and that current road funding fails to cover necessary projects. It criticizes misallocation and reliance on ineffective makeshift repairs.
New Britain CT businessman Mark J. Lacey pays $2 068 in income tax and learns his money is spent in seconds by an automatic check writing system. The study breaks down his tax as $387 for government salaries, $567 relief, $283 public works, $185 veterans, $90 highways, $308 defense, $142 to farmers, and $300 for interest on the national debt.
The 1940 census budget reaches 50 million dollars signaling major investment in the national counting effort. The note underscores how the United States treats population data as a crucial national resource.
Shirley Temple plans an American tour to sing and appear before fans during a vacation. A California man divorces his wife over her insistence on playing ball, while her teammates testify she was often safe at home.
The piece describes Paul McNutt's prospective Democratic run, led by Indiana party chief Frank McHale. It notes McNutt's assertion of non candidacy and the heavy publicity push from Indiana allies and Raymond Clapper’s Washington coverage. It asserts McNutt will become national news.
The piece credits Frank McHale with assembling and delivering delegates for McNutt. It notes his seasoned background in the American Legion king-maker network and as McNutt's campaign manager and patronage broker. It underscores his role as a backdoor fixer in political operations.
The piece argues the Democratic Party loses its idealism to state political machines. It cites Missouri’s Pendergast group, Illinois Kelly Nash machine, Ohio Davey organization, Pennsylvania Guffey faction, and New Jersey’s Frank Hague as core power centers. These machines, it claims, control campaign jobs and elections in key battlegrounds.
The article notes Roosevelt remain a symbolic force in American politics and has used effective political tools for decent aims. Yet his idealism has not penetrated party machines, which only found it advantageous to support his banner.
Dramatic rapid-fire developments in Europe unsettle Roosevelt and Hull and push toward a more isolationist path. The piece notes a defeat of plans for democratic coalition action, a weaker push for naval expansion, and a Monroe Doctrine driven foreign policy, with Britain’s appeasement stance aiding Chamberlain while Eden loses ground.
The passage notes England facing an ultimatum from Hitler and Mussolini. Roosevelt and Hull hoped Britain would stand firm against fascist expansion, wary of the dictators’ potential global dominance and the risk of Japanese militarism expanding.
The piece argues that Hitler and Mussolini will push for conquest unless resisted and warns that conceding to them by sacrificing smaller nations would only embolden further aggression. It notes the damage to prestige of England, France, and democracy across Europe and beyond, while contrasting U.S. nonalignment with British zeal to bargain.
The writer, R. B. Carson, rails at political talk and defends frugal living and self-reliance. He recalls hard knocks, old-fashioned values, and skepticism of wealth distribution while praising the barefoot boy and the Golden Rule. Endorses qualified officials and cautions against spending other people's money.
The letter laments government interference in coal mining causing miners in the Hocking valley to go idle. It claims widespread saloon use, heavy taxation, debt, and critique of Hoover's 1932 stance. It urges wiser state leadership to regulate or ban liquor and warns of wasted earnings and value, concluding with a Bible reference. New Marshfield, Feb. 21.
The annual nursing service report for Athens General Health District 1927, compiled by Viola Fell, cites bad roads limiting program reach and fewer contagious disease cases than the prior year. Epsilon of Sigma Pi marked its 31st founding anniversary with a banquet at the chapter house on Park Place, Clarence Kelch serving as toastmaster, and Prof. W. H. Fenzel, a former national officer, also toastmaster.
Don Graves Harold Straight Mack Bethel Alberta Carr Phil Rose Raymond Clonnett and Frank Fenzel are named as members of the Athens High School orchestra. Dr. and Mrs. Milo Wilson from Gallipolis were visiting Athens and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E Norris at 30 Carpenter Street.
Polly and Jerry marry in Cherbourg after learning Capt Tim Chelsey ships out to America. Cabell Banks helps arrange plans to join the Palm Tree for a transatlantic voyage. The trio debates war, loyalty, and love as they await the next dangerous step toward opposing England amid Napoleonic tensions.
Poet readers are invited to submit verses with name and address for this column. The piece by C. E. Sellars from Glouster bids the living keep faith as battle camp ends and the soul flies to unknown realms beyond.
Dr. L. H. Dillon kept an 1877 dollar for 17 years in Appleton Wisconsin. He dropped the coin and the cover sprang open revealing a hidden locket with a woman's picture inside.
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