The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekday editions with a Sunday morning issue. Gordon K. Bush is publisher and GM, Charles H. Garris is managing editor. Rates: one year 4.50, six months 2.50, ten weeks 1.00, in multiple counties.
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Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Garris
Athens
Gallie
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington Counties
Anonymous business fears and the wage hour bill
Business Week notes President Roosevelt cites anonymous callers as fearful, but real leaders speak openly. A Philadelphia manufacturer and a New England tool maker fear social or peer pressure if they voice support, implying their views are constrained by associates rather than government.
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Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Southern
New England
New
Business Week
Liberal court wrangles spark shift in Supreme Court balance
The piece argues the Supreme Court is now liberal after the retirement of Justice Sutherland and two older justices. It claims the Roosevelt plan to pack the court was ill-timed and that the retirement paves the way for a liberal majority of five while avoiding a public uproar in the next appointment.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Sutherland
Washington
Peculiar Race and a Kiss Behind Bars
The piece notes a Paris minister of justice kissing a prisoner during a holiday visit to a short-term penitentiary. It contrasts with American penology and jokes about an American attorney general kissing prisoners at Christmas, citing the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishments.
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Paris
America
Star Spangled Banner Debate Reignites Criticism
Rev John Haynes Holmes of New York condemns the Star Spangled Banner as vulgar and war celebrating while soprano Nino Martini notes it demands an extraordinary vocal range. The long-standing national anthem remains sung despite criticism.
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John Haynes Holmes
New York
Reverend Holmes
Nino Martini
Metropolitan Opera
Roosevelt weighs new planning to curb business downturn
President Roosevelt and aides consider revising anti trust rules to allow broad information sharing among industries to plan production. He opposes price fixing but supports coordinated discussions with government to prevent overproduction and prolonged unemployment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald R. Richberg
NRA
Congress
Behind the Scenes In Washington
Rodney Dutcher reports Roosevelt endorses Jackson and Ickes fire-eating speeches while balancing softer words in the White House. The piece notes advisers’ divisions on fighting Wall Street, near-term plans for a Jackson Day Dinner, and a White House portrait swap to John Paul Jones signaling defiant stance.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
Interior Ickes
Congress
Jackson
Ickes
White House
Wall Street
Andrew Jackson
Nicholas Riddle
Bank of the United States
Lincoln Study
John Paul Jones
Old song excerpt prompts wary doctor’s caution
A reader quotes a famous patriotic tune and muses aloud about its harmlessness. The dialogue hints at a discussion with Doctor Holmes on whether the chorus may be inappropriate or risky to perform.
First prize in national window display awarded
E. T. Quidor of B. and B. Book Store won first prize in a national window display of stationery. Ohio University Bobcats defeated Marietta 40 to 22 in the opening game of the Ohio Conference season. The Athens WCTU held a prayer service at Mrs. P. G. Dowler’s home with Grace Spring and a reading by Mrs. Ella Buxton. Junior Standard Bearers met at Esther W. Harris’s home with Doris Giesecke leading devotions and Eliza beth Hughes reading Hindustan while Janet Bing presented Sunday Visions.
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E. T. Quidor
B. and B
Ohio University Bobcats
Marietta
Athens Union
WCTU
P. G. Dowler
Church St
Grace Spring
Ella Buxton
J. L. Tripp
W. E. Clark
M. E
Esther W. Harris
E. State St
Doris Giesecke
Elizabeth Hughes
Janet Bing
Athens group attends Columbus meeting for patriotic education campaign
Don Millikan, Paul Hall, Mac Bobo, Merrill Atkinson, Walter Barker, Harold Coe, and Ralph Davidson traveled to New York City with Prof. Geoffrey Morgan. Dwight Rutherford won a prize in the Sunnyside School four minute speech contest. Irma E. Voigt dean of women at Ohio University, Mary T. Ness, Mrs. F. M. Hutchinson, and Mrs. Robert T. Lewis joined Athens residents at a Columbus luncheon and mass meeting supporting patriotic education.
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Don Millikan
Paul Hall
Mac Bobo
Merrill Atkinson
Walter Barker
Harold Coe
Ralph Davidson
New York City
Geoffrey Morgan
Dwight Rutherford
Sunnyside
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
Mary T. Ness
F. M. Hutchinson
Robert T. Lewis
Athens
Columbus
History and evolution of varicose vein treatments
Health notes trace the search for effective varicose vein treatments from Hippocrates to modern techniques. It explains vein obliteration by clotting, tying, or injecting sclerosants, and notes the ongoing quest for a painless, non toxic, and non damaging method suitable for all patients.
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Hippocrates
We the Women and the True Test of Friendship
Ruth Millett argues true friendship is shown by how friends react to a person’s success not just in trouble. The piece recounts Sarah and peers Jane Mary Anne and Margaret selecting envy, judgment, or support, ending with a warning that a friend is proven by alacrity in rejoicing.
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Ruth Millett
Sarah
Jane
Lady
ANVIL
Florida
Mary
Bob
Anne
Margaret
Tom
Silver Ridge Social And Personal Mention
New Year celebrations in Silver Ridge include a watch party for 20 youths hosted by Bernice Betz ing. Visitors and extended families from Akron New Lexington Athens Pomeroy Chester Alfred and others spent New Year’s with local residents. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Howard Christy on Saturday December 18. Flora Marie Tuttle planned a visit to Akron while Mrs Horton Smith recovered and Mrs Stanley Swan visited her grandparents Hor ton Smith.
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Silver Ridge
Bernice Betzing
Dail Tuttle
Effie Pyles
Columbus
John Swank
Akron
John Dillar
New Lexington
Dora Tuttle
Howard Christy
Harry Swank
Athens
Virgil Beals
Pomeroy
Bradley Parker
Chester
Virgie Mae Swartz
Alfred
C. F. Betzing
Flora Marie Tuttle
Horton Smith
Stanley Swan
Long Bottom
Mrs. Perry
Rodney
Connie
Gibbs
Richest Girl in the eWorld at Palm Beach Party
Constance Corby, the wealthiest girl alive, readies for her engagement announcement at a grand Palm Beach party. Rodney Brandon, her fiancé, weighs the timing as a paparazzi intrusion tests their romance amid fears of danger and public scrutiny.
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Palm Beach
America
Constance Corby
Miss Connie
Tippy
Uncle Tippy
Connie
Rodney Brandon
United States
Corby Farms
Marie Antoinette
Rodney
Public Forum welcomes signed letters to the times
Readers are invited to submit signed letters commenting on current events. Short letters fit more than one per day, with signatures appearing alongside the contribution.
Editorial: calls for balanced reform and economic renewal
In The Messenger letter, John Ponn argues depressions require elastic laws and a strong central government to curb state and minority overreach. He criticizes self serving critics, warns against job loss due to automation, and urges a pay as you go works program to protect the middle class.
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Banco Ism
Dorothy Thompson
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