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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1938
Page
4
The Athens Messenger page four presents standard newspaper masthead data for the paper founded in 1825 with staff roles and associations listed. It notes editions, offices, and advertising details, plus obituary and notices policies and post office classification.
Federal inspectors have left the Athens area after finding Dutch Elm Disease is not spreading locally. Elm trees, from campus elms to road-side lines, are valued for shade and history, and it is fortunate the blight has not extended inland beyond initial discovery.
Hocking County’s reappearing slot machines must go while Meigs County common pleas court acts to prevent their return. The piece questions gambling, notes failed cures, and explains the machines reap profits for owners even as the odds ruin players.
The 1938 Congress moves slowly toward solutions with little progress on major issues. A notable point is the sharp drop in new bills, with only about 200 introduced since January versus more than 5,000 in the first weeks of 1937.
The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in Los Angeles reports that while medical advances heal many bone injuries, automobile crashes are causing more crippling each year. Dr Edward L Compere cites 1936 figures of 500000 bone fractures with about a third resulting in permanent crippling.
New York State Senator Edward Coughlin introduces a bill labeling a woman standing at a bar as disorderly conduct. A wastebasket burns in a House committee room as lawmakers review the matter. Joe DiMaggio is valued by the Yankees at 30000 for the season, with the Giants confident in that figure.
Dispatches from Paris suggest the French nation needs a skilled cabinet maker. The remark frames a critique of current governance and hints at a desire for practical reconstruction.
In Washington the end of free lunches for 5,200 undernourished children looms as a $30,000 request stalls. Critics blame socialists while budget cuts shrink the District of Columbia’s funds, risking hunger for needy pupils amid debate over federal aid and democracy.
Washington officials debate whether steel prices will fall in coming months as New Dealers rally behind anti monopoly efforts. Talks center on wage and price dynamics with J. P. Morgan’s Tom Lamont and John L. Lewis while industry dents inflation with scarce production and rising raw material costs.
M A Brown of The Plains argues teachers face delayed pay, underfunded salaries, and neglect by officials. He urges cleaning the state law department, ending adult education as waste, and funding public schools, noting multiple districts have months of unpaid wages. Signed contributions and next-page notices are promised.
A letter from Geo. W. Williams of Glouster Ohio argues for stopping foreign immigration and deporting undesirables. He cites labor competition, wage drops, and crime as reasons, recalling wartime exchanges with foreign powers and noting a rush for naturalization papers at Athens Courthouse.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes numerous authentic records of very young girls bearing children from Ukraina to London. Cases include a 7 year old delivering a living baby in 1932 and other girls aged 8 10 months to 13 years with varying outcomes. Also mentions age for paternal maturity and observes mallard ducks as wild ancestors of domestic ducks.
Connie Corby and Bret Hardesty sail on a celebrity filled voyage from New York to London Paris and beyond for a second honeymoon. They face prying reporters and public spectacle while visiting Gandhi Taj Mahal and other wonders. They return with countless trunks of gifts and vow to build a life together.
A governor issued a state relief proclamation that led locals to fear government takeover of child care in mining regions. The County Association Committee on Relief met at the Presbyterian Church as Ohio National Guard leadership discussed the issue. C H Porter chaired the committee. F W Bush of The Athens Messenger was reelected vice president of the Ohio Dailies Association at Columbus. Kilwanis thrift week marked its thirteenth anniversary with Prof. T N Hoover speaking on the group's history and growth.
Twenty years ago Athens Boy Scouts were given regular routes to deliver federal war propaganda. The East Side PTA asked for funds to buy yarn for knitting by pupils at Athens High School boys in war service. A program featured Mrs. Ben Covert and Mrs. H. G. Stalder in solos, Mrs. Field Scott reviewing Calvary Alley, and Mrs. Merle B. Copeland on The Value of the Kindergarten. Higley Study Circle covered World’s Work with leaders Mrs. W. L. Gard and Mrs. Bart Davidson. A decision supported a yarn donation for high school girls knitting helmets for Athens County soldiers.
An essay urges dissatisfied women to pursue new paths beyond failed marriages or unfulfilling careers. It highlights Judge Florence Allen, who shifted from piano to criticism to law, proving reinvention is possible with courage. Her story encourages women 25 to 40 to risk changing course and pursuing fulfillment.
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