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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1933
Page
4
Athens silessenger details its coverage area of five eastern Ohio counties and its status as the Athens Nelsonville Glouster paper. It lists subscription rates including one year four fifty and weekly carrier options, noting afternoon publishing and office locations and postal classifications.
The Italian government declares all films exhibited in Italy must be educational. Amusement value is secondary, with even thrilling romances and comedies judged by their instructional merit. The piece contrasts Italy with the United States and suggests adopting a stronger educational use of movies.
The piece argues that the U S burns about 500 million dollars in property yearly with about 10000 lives affected and argues for fire prevention as a citizen duty. It notes higher losses in 1932 and links fires to unemployment and hardship, urging care to eliminate hazards.
New York residents gathered to support James W. Blake, 70, author of The Sidewalks of New York, after he fell on hard times. The piece notes how the city owes him for the song that helped shape its image and recalls society’s treatment of poets.
Ohio has slashed state expenditures over the early 1930s, with the General Assembly and governor enacting cuts from 22 percent to 30 percent below prior appropriations. The 1932 temporary budget limits annual spending to 23 million dollars, drawing support from observers of government spending.
Dorothy Dix argues a wife should support her husband not just financially but by maintaining a cheerful home and proper meals. She links domestic harmony to work efficiency, noting irritability and poor diets can derail careers, and cites studies showing a wife’s influence on a man’s success and safety. The piece contrasts thrift with spending and urges kindness over quarrels to boost ambition.
A survey by Ohio educational leaders finds more than ten thousand teachers in non state aid districts behind on salaries despite cuts. The report cites nearly nine to thirty million dollars in year over year reductions and warns 30 percent of city districts lack funds to meet payrolls, with rural districts similarly strained.
Robert Becler, a blind prodigy from Ottawa Kansas, has memorized more than 2500 piano selections and can perform from memory after hearing. He gave an all day concert at his home, playing 880 pieces in 17 hours in exact program order. Tomorrow's feature is "An Emperor of the United States."
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines erysipelas patterns such as facial swelling butterfly spread and boundary limits. He notes dangers from secondary infections and rare deaths but says most cases are not fatal with a yearly death rate around 3 per 100000, higher in the very young or very old.
The Athens Messenger reports Madame Armeda, famed astrologist, giving Horoscopic Readings during her engagement at the Ohio Theater through Friday. The column notes her popular predictions and public appeal.
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Rodeny Dutcher criticizes the lame duck session as ineffective and predicts its end with a constitutional amendment. He notes short sessions, looming Roosevelt action, Senate filibusters, and cluttered chambers as causes while urging ratification of the lame duck amendment to prevent future gridlock.
A humorous miscellany mocks erasures overkill and the public rush to taxes. It jests about henpecked husbands, canned applause labels, and a political lame duck Congress passing bills. It notes a New Zealand subsidy for ken parrots and odd speech slips in everyday life.
City of Athens council defers annual appropriation ordinance due to missing council members and lack of tax collection data from Athens County. Finance Committee report on operating expenses received in executive session, with no tax rate set yet. Members Cameron and Beasley were absent. vote expected Friday with more income figures.
A public trial rehearsal on liquor traffic restrictions is scheduled for January 22 at 8 p.m. at the Albany Methodist Church. The event, titled protection and drinking among society, features a roster including Judge Harold Luc, Sheriff Jack Cun, Reporter Emma Jo, Attorney Chas, and defendant George ry King among others. A Radcliffe society is listed with Millard Parker as foreman and a 12-member jury to be selected.
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