Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. Publication Details
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes daily except Salem and Sunday morning editions. The paper lists Gordon K. Bush as Publisher General Manager and Charlies H. Harris as Managing Editor. It notes memberships, affiliations, and carrier and mail rates across Ohio counties with subscriptions at four dollars fifty cents per year.
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Frederick W. Bush
Salem
TME
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlies H. Harris
Washington knows best in relief control insistence
The piece argues the President will not let local authorities manage relief funds, accusing him of mistrusting ordinary citizens. It contends taxpayer funds are the people's savings, critiques relief vote buying, and suggests returning relief to local control to curb politics and waste.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
Washington
Mr. Hopkins
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
United States
Handling the Monster in Traffic Safety Progress
The National Safety Council notes 1938 saw saving lives as Americans accepted traffic as controllable. Delays in recognizing progress are acknowledged while public opinion shifts and traffic control studies begin. Codes revise and the safety movement gains traction. local authorities are urged to back community safety campaigns.
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National Safety Council
Read This To Your Kids: Hitler Demands Youthward Labor
The piece urges American youths to see Germany under Hitler as forcing workers into needed trades. It condemns compulsory farm service for women and insists the state overrides personal career goals, noting rationing and repression. It portrays a warning that the regime prioritizes the state over individual ambitions.
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America
Germany
Californian hoards string 600 pounds before movie debut
A Californian preserved 600 pounds of string for years and finally enters film when a newsreel cameraman photographs him and the string. This isn’t the first instance of a string enthusiast breaking into Hollywood on camera.
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Hollywood
New York Santas Protest Ferdinand the Bull Competition
New York area Santas protested a boxing or theatrical event featuring Ferdinand the Bull, arguing the animal appears overrepresented in holiday themed entertainment. The action drew attention to the ongoing festive program.
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New York
Santas
Ferdinand
Fair Enough: American Native Americans face discrimination
Westbrook Pegler argues that native Americans endure segregation in housing theaters schools and public areas while government laws exist to mitigate it. He compares U.S. treatment to Nazi Germany noting progress is slow yet urges reflection on domestic conditions as unsettling as international headlines.
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New York
United States
Germany
Washington
Moscow
Nazi Germany
Reforms Sought to Remove WPA From Politics
John T. Flynn argues the Sheppard Committee ignores a core fix for WPA abuse: remove recovery and relief agencies from political control. He urges merit selection, civil service protection, and complete independence from party influence, calling for a Senate inquiry into government employee political contributions since 1933.
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Sheppard Committee
Senate
Jim Farley
Farley
Roosevelt
Washington
Public Service
Congress
Mrs Roosevelt Hints at First Lady Role Change
The exchange questions whether Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt would refuse the First Lady position in the future and if she might pursue public leadership in her own right beyond the presidency.
Forum Readers Weigh In On Roosevelt and public life
A letter to the editor laments lack of good reading in the Forum and recalls remarks about Franklin Roosevelt and Governor Davey. The writer riffs on politics and a demonstrative patriotism, urging readers to respond with their views.
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the Messenger
Frankfurter
United States Supreme Court
Atlanta
Inscriptions Meaning and Historic Facts Quiz
Q and A style item summarizing meaning of a motto on Roosevelt’s coat of arms about cultivation, Nobel Peace Prize 1938 awarded to the Nansen International Office for Refugees, overtime hours under the Fair Labor Standards Act, first American cutlery factory in Worcester 1829, and election day being set as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November with 1841 and 1845 dates.
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Roosevelt
Nansen International Office
Geneva
Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen
America
Pennsylvania
Worcester
Mass
New York
Congress
United States
Messenger Service Bureau Notice
A brief message instructs readers to send questions to the Messenger's Service Bureau in Washington D C for factual inquiries while noting that legal and medical advice cannot be provided and no extended research will be undertaken.
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Messenger’s Service Bureau
Washington
Washington, D. C
Taft spending critique on economy and federal programs
Letter argues Taft spends far more than legal limits for a six year term and questions budget cuts to relief. It defends WPA as productive despite mismanagement and calls for greater armament readiness to protect America.
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the Messenger
Taft
Ohio
W.P.A
America
Chester F. Bartoe
Nelsonville
Amesville School Names New Principal and City Notices
Vance Springer succeeds Don Goddard as Amesville School principal. Harvey Linton announces Samuel H. Bright to the night police force. Linton resigns from the Second Ward council seat. Logan High defeats Chillicothe on Ross County court with guard Jones scoring four baskets. Leslie Martin recovering from flu at home of the Elders on Canaanville Road. Dr. Sprague returns to Detroit to continue medical studies. Joe Selby hosts Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dowler and Dowler's discharge from Cincinnati University detachment. Fred Hoisington named Athens County dog catcher.
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Harvey Linton
Logan
Samuel H. Bright
Linton
Memor
Logan High
Chillicothe
Ross County
Jones
Cooke
Ted Sawyer
J. F. Frew
Leslie Martin
Joe Selby
Niagara Falls souvenirs mostly made in Japan says shop owner
Buffalo dealer Morris Spitalny notes three of five Niagara Falls souvenirs come from Japan. He adds shipments arrive from Tokyo every three or four months. The piece also mentions that the word influenza is derived from Latin and means to influence.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Morris Spitalny
Niagara Falls
Japan
Tokyo
No Time to Marry Serial Opens with Wedding Plans
Janet Dwight, engaged to Lance Barstow, navigates family talk of hardship and past romances as Great-Aunt Mary Cantrell recalls wedding attire and 19 year old adventures. Cynthia Cantrell, heiress of the Cantrell line, seeks a future while Barney McKnight pursues journalism in a town watching the Barstow engagement.
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Janet Dwight
Lance Barstow
Lance
Cynthia Cantrell
Mary Cantrell
Barney McKnight
Barney
Janet
Aunt Mary
Mary
Nathan
Nebraska
Sierra Nevadas
Washington
Senator Cantrell
Cynthia
Hallowell and Benton's
Lupus Erythematosus Now Treated With Modern Methods
Health Hints by Dr. Morris Fishbein explains lupus erythematosus its skin manifestations and how treatment targets underlying infection foci. It notes that cold exposure worsens symptoms and surveys ointments injections and the use of sulfanilamide especially for streptococcal forms, with tuberculous cases less responsive.
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Morris Fishbein
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the Athens Messenger
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
THE
United Press
Tioma
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Igm
Garrier
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgen
Vinton
Westbrook Pegler
John T. Flynn
Comment
WPA
State House
White House
the Public Forum
Mister Roosevelt
Davey
Young
U.S.A
Vance Springer
Don Goddard
Amesville
Lindley V. Sprague
Chauncey
Warren V. Sprague
Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery
Fred Hoisington
Athens County
George Clark
Nancy
Sheas
Cyn
Jan
Pes
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