Ohio Newspaper Rates and Membership Listed in Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger outlines association memberships including American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Select List and Audit Bureau of Circulation. It lists national reps, advertising rates for home and foreign offices, and obituary card of thanks availability. Subscription rates shown: by carrier one cent weekly, one year four dollars and fifty cents, six months two dollars and fifty cents, ten weeks one dollar, four weeks fifty cents, one week ibe.
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Ohio Dailies
Intendsie Press Association
TED Press
Jonp W Oulten Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Ines
Sean
ond-Olnes
Ibe
The New Deal Hopes and the Townsend Plan Debate
Representative John S. McGroarty faces Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt over the Townsend pension plan. The era of hope brings risk as many aspirations may prove false. The administration must limit disillusionment by fulfilling as many attainable promises as possible, or be weighed by the share of hopes realized.
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John S. McGroarty
California
Townsend
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Hoover
Accidents Cost Ohio Auto Toll In Dollars And Lives
Ohio suffers an annual auto toll of over 2,000 deaths and 7,500 injuries on state highways outside municipalities. Estimated financial losses include $200 million in lost wages for deaths, plus about $400,000 in wage and expense losses for injuries, plus additional uninsured property damage.
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Ohio
News Behind the News Exposes 1934 Censorship Memo
Washington dispatch reveals Interior Department and Public Works memo restricting official information leaks. A November 27 1934 memo designates the Publicity Division led by Michael Straus as the central clearance point for all department plans. A second December 5 1934 memo extends secrecy to Congress, forbidding personnel matter disclosures and directing inquiries to designated offices.
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Washington
Interior Department
Public Works Administration
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Interior Publicity Division
Michael Straus
Department
Straus
Dies
Congressional Investigating Committee
Congress
Burlew
William A. F. Stephenson
Back to Realities in Shifting Population Patterns
The piece discusses social change as rural areas gain population while cities decline, signaling a future shift toward agriculture or family-centered economies. It argues for a settled life with the soil as fundamental and notes observers foresee a period of social development driven by the family as an economic unit.
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Ohio
NRA board split over cigarette code and court ruling shift
The NRA board remained tied 2 to 2 on accepting the tobacco industry proposed code, delaying submission to the White House. Pressure mounts on a dissenting member who may switch votes. Separately, the Supreme Court's Gregory v Helvering decision curbs disguising purchases as reorganizations to dodge taxes, likely boosting government revenue by millions, with a utility company cited for avoiding taxes on a $9 million profit.
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NRA
White House
Executive Mansion
Supreme Court
Gregory
Helvering
Realities and the need for a grounded economy
The author argues that enduring consequences require planning to maximize life and to develop a more certain economic system. They critique artificial aspects of modern life and suggest that renewed contact with the soil could restore essential realities.
Building Boom Ahead Says Housing Chief Foresees Revival
Housing Administrator James A. Moffett told the Middle Atlantic Retail Lumbermen's Association that the Housing Administration is laying groundwork for a revival of building construction unseen in this country. He cautioned that initial gains will be modest but long term reforms in home mortgage financing could unleash a flood of orders, sales, and jobs for the trades.
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James A. Moffett
Middle Atlantic
Moffett
Postponing Thinking Until the Last Moment
The remark notes that delaying decision making to the final moment creates enormous waste and inefficiency, underscoring the cost of procrastination in planning and execution.
Ten Year Old News Bits From A Small Town
A column recaps local life with James A Mansfield owning historic items at 6 Race Street and Mrs. Harvey C Baker traveling to Columbus for her mother J F Albright’s death. Parkersburg weekend visit by Lucile Overmeyer and brother Bobby to Mrs. Robert Soule follows, plus local incidents and gatherings.
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Harvey C. Baker
Columbus
J. F. Albright
Lucile Overmeyer
Bobby
Parkersburg
Roberts. Soule
About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton
Olive Roberts Barton advocates substitution in parenting to manage impulses in children. She cautions against overreliance on punishment and urges busy, varied activities to preempt mischief, citing old principles and the appeal of forbidden urges.
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Grandma
Jimmy
Timothy
They Say So They Say by Science and Politics
In this excerpt Dr. John C Merriam notes the universe as an orderly dependable place. Speaker Joseph W Byrne rejects alibis in politics. Dr. Lewis Lorwin observes workers in factories mills and mines as regimented beyond earlier societies.
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John Co. Merriam
The
Carnegie Institution
Joseph W. Byrne
Lewis Lorwin
Public Forum on Train Encounters and Town Morale
A Messenger column recalls a scene on a station platform where young women aged 16 to 25 wept as trains departed and CCC workers drew attention with brash behavior. The writer laments perceived seduction by itinerant soldiers and urges protecting hometown morale, hinting at ongoing stories continued on Page 8.
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the Messenger
CCC
Sudden Heart Deaths Linked to Vascular and Nerve Triggers
Dr Morris Fishbein notes family pattern of sudden heart stoppage across three generations and explores causes. Factors include coronary disease, high blood pressure surges, arterial spasm, and nerve stimulation. Rising occurrences may reflect aging populations and new life stresses. A separate note mentions U S sectional airway mapping to be finished by June aided by PWA funding.
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United States
PWA
The Harmless Bolt of Lightning and Odd Anecdotes
Lightning’s dangers loom in storms yet J D Hughes of Monticello Indiana survived a strike with head injury to hat brim burned away. Edward Pulick of College Point New York once burned hair and hat but escaped harm. Billy Petrolle the Fargo Express boxer once trusted his Eagle Feather Indian blanket for luck amid a long career. Tomorrow: Loa From Canada to Ut.
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J. D. Hughes
Monticello
Indiana
Hughes
Edward Pulick
College Point
N. Y
Petrolle
Billy Petrolle
Fargo Express
Canada
Silken Spindles Begin Here Today
Gale Henderson, 19, works in a silk mill with her brother Phil to support their invalid father, while Gale contemplates marriage to him. After a skating accident she is rescued by Brian Westmore, who returns home with his father’s mill legacy. Meanwhile Phil romances Ruby Griffith, who cancels a date for a theater plan with Ed Vogel, setting up a tense social web around the mill and town.
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Gale Henderson
Phil
Steve Meyers
Gale
Brian Westmore
Brian
Vicky Thatcher
Robert Thatcher
Vicky
Havana
Mary Cassidy
Mary
Croup
Country Club
Josie
Phil Henderson
Dad
Phil Menderson
Ruby
Ruby Griffith
Ed Voge
Monterey
Ed Vogel
Wells
Vogel
Night Argues in Room as Doors Open
A tense scene unfolds with sharp exchange and veiled threats. Ruby confronts Phil Henderson as discussion escalates and a door opens, revealing Vogel and others in a charged, crowded room.
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Ruby
Phil
Vogel
Phil Henderson
Met
Early Hocking County History and Settler Notes
Fragmentary historical notes describe early Hocking County settlement along the Hocking River and the Ohio River region. References include Cantre and Cruther families, 1809 to 1514 events, prices for wheat and corn, and early county formation details with mentions of Millers and Obie.
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Marietta
Tam
Dutton
Athense
Hockitt
Hocking
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Racine
Alma Wolfe
Sarah Boyd
Bertha Adams
Odeasee Harpold
Mary Seigier
Maggie Harris
Mina Wolfe
Harry Mallory
Laura Boyd
Rowena Gandee
Jessie Neighler
Sarah Adams
Alberta Carr
Lancaster Street
Helen Flowers Lott
B. B. Ireland
Jimmy Sargent
Canaanville School
Lucile Henry
Presbyterian Church
C. L. Jones
Ruth
Mary Stader
Mary Frances Goldsberry
Marian Coe
Anna Mae Fenzel
Dorothy Woodworth
Harriet Skinner
Elaine Roe
Margaret Sullivan
Athens High School
Freda Turner
James Duncan
Olive Roberts Barton
Granny
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H. G. Wells
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George Bliss
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NEA
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