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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1938
Page
4
Frid scores 19 on strong shooting while the team builds a 30 14 lead at quarter end. Logi converts a clutch basket and Tate adds a late sequence as Logi Magter contributes 24 8. Ben Tutue Cole Jury signs with Swil for upcoming game.
The Athens Messenger announces weekly publication with Saturday break and a Sunday morning edition. Subscriptions are offered by carrier or mail in multiple Ohio counties, with rates for one year six months ten weeks and weeklies.
Attorney General Homer Cummings labels jails the worst blot on the American power system, while Athens County jail critics urge regional district jails with trained staff and segregated youth and adults to improve conditions. Local jurors lament chronic filth and overcrowding in lockups.
A government figure once claimed America had a light tax load compared with England. Today about 183000 U S tax agencies extract roughly 104 dollars per person annually, surpassing the United Kingdom’s earlier per capita rate of 92 dollars. The piece argues the burden has shifted domestically.
New Jersey began compulsory vehicle inspections with 50 percent of drivers warned to repair within a week. Poorly functioning lights brakes and tires are lethal on both new and old cars. Many cars were so decrepit that no repair could make them safe. Critics bitterly complain about costs while demanding action on rising accident deaths.
A Rockefeller funded plan for a permanent radio education system in Cleveland would use 150 school receiving sets to broadcast programs from a central headquarters. It aims to preserve local control while enabling mass education by ear, awaiting wavelength assignment and drawing educator attention nationwide. The article contrasts eye based learning with audio methods amid global upheaval in China.
A colonial secretary jokes Britain should offer Ireland to Italy to topple Il Duce. Meanwhile chairs are being marketed as men’s furniture and a beauty expert blames women's figures on laziness, prompting counterpoints from a hardworking grandmother of eight.
Raymond Clapper reports Roosevelt aimed for conciliation with business leaders. A Jackson Day address promised open doors, inviting Sloan and other critics, but a press conference on utilities sparked debate over holding companies. Observers warn renewed anxiety among businessmen as potential legislation looms.
The president asserts he can out-demagogue big business as he leads discussions with Alfred P. Sloan General Motors Ernest Weir National Steel Colby M Chester General Foods M W Clement Pennsylvania Railroad Lewie Brown John-Manville Donald Richberg. Business leaders warn against demagoguery and favor reform before government action.
A group of youths protested a Detroit billiard hall alleging poor loafing conditions while the operator defended running a business. The scene conveyed local unrest over leisure venue management.
In a Boys' Athletic Club poll, New York youths select spinach as their preferred vegetable, signaling a curious shift in eating habits among city lads.
A Bradbury letter to The Messenger urges readers to live Christ like and shun worldly pleasures. AL Hysell argues pleasure in God’s will stems from salvation through Jesus Christ and presses readers to avoid dancing, shows, cards, and similar pastimes until the Lord’s return.
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines infant perception and development from birth. He explains newborns cannot focus well absorb light differences or hear clearly at first and vision and hearing mature over weeks and months.
Santiago Chile February 1938 United States overtakes Germany as Chile's top trading partner as 1937 exports double 1936 levels copper up 168 percent industry at full capacity and unemployment negligible.
Ruth Milay offers a candid guide to the ideal man for a night out. Readers learn the needs of women for lighthearted talk, decisive action, genuine appreciation, and good dancing. The piece blends humor with social expectations of dating and evening companionship.
Glouster Tent Daughters of Union Veterans installed Athens Tent officers at IOOF Hall led by Mary A. Fryburger as president and Augusta Finsterwald as senior vice president. Other elected roles included Doris Kelley junior vice president Edna Fleming council Nellie Pickering patriotic instructor and Nellie Ashworth guard.
Dr Borger hosted the Ath ens Reading Club at the Colonial Inn with Raymond Slutz and Mrs F D Forsyth as readers. Mrs E W Chubb and James P Wood led discussions as nurses screened local schoolchildren for eye trouble and diseased tonsils. Hotels announced two wheatless days weekly. Mr and Mrs Harry Z Foster traveled to Columbus for a weeklong visit.
Frank W. Brown, manager of a Ravenna machine shop, spends spare time building model locomotives. He is working on a third model a 1800 pounder and has logged about 3000 hours on the project.
Constance Corby and Bret Hardesty share a romantic walk as secrets surface about Eloise and Katie Bryn fades. Connie offers Eloise prized pearls, while pledging honesty and a sisterly bond. the couple relishes a starry hilltop moment away from prying eyes.
Annie McIntyre Barto e of Nelsonville Ohio recalls a snowy highway night where an Ohio State Highway truck carries ashes. The verse ends with a domestic image of dusting ashes while humming a tune.
Reverend Hart preached at United Brethren Church with a dinner guest list including Mrs. Harter and Mrs. Carrie Gainer. Christian Endeavor met at R. L. Sharp home. Local families hosted guests from Prospect Cooleville and Sand Hill. Several trips and social visits tied to Athens Parkersburg Weston and Coolville communities.
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