The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co
The Athens Messenger, established 1823, serves five southeastern Ohio counties including Nelsonville and Gallipolis. Publisher Gordon K Bush. Managing Editor Charles A Harris. Weekly publication with weekday editions and Sunday morning issue. subscription rates listed. obituary notices and card of thanks offered.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W Gash
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K Bush
Charles A Harris
Ohio
Nelsonville
Cloustre Logan Fomeroy
Middleport
Coolville
Gallipolis
Taxation as a Tool of Redistribution in the Economy
The government uses taxation as an indirect method to redistribute income alongside direct relief programs. Tax burdens fall heavily on business enterprises, with corporations paying a large share of taxes. In 1932 only one in six corporations showed net profit while many reported losses, highlighting a fiscal crisis and the risk of further tax pressure.
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United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Cherry Pie Surges as Farmers Face Market Gaps
The article notes cherry pie rising in popularity while apple pie declines due to reduced markets. It cites farmers planting new cherry trees as forecasts claim cherry pie will surpass apple pie in 65 years, amid broad pie varieties like mince pumpkin custard and rhubarb.
Roosevelt’s secretive stock and communications push shocks Congress
Washington dispatch notes President Roosevelt sent an unusual envelope with stock market and communications study recommendations to key committees. He offered no direct legislative proposals or timing, inviting members to visit him later for the next steps.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Inside yarn on delaying Congress through a new plan
The piece reports Democratic leaders on the hill privately backing a scheme to keep Congress in town only as long as needed. The plan aims to avoid immediate action on contentious questions, with the President apparently preferring no firm recommendations to prevent potential political backlash.
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Congress
President's phased plan controls Congress through targeted messages
The passage outlines a three phase strategy to steer congressional action. An opening message praised goodwill, then targeted requests like the Money Bill and relief measures followed, limiting opposition. A later official request sought 950 million dollars for the relief program, signaling exact desired actions.
Roosevelt’s Washington edge powers House to push Congress to April 1
New Yorkers who knew Mr. Roosevelt well in Albany note his deft handling of national politics since arriving in Washington. He benefits from the confidence of veteran lawmakers and a presidential program aligned House leaders have moved four of nine appropriation bills. The White House anticipates Senate delays but expects Congress to be cleared by early April.
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Cartwheel Returns to Promote Silver Dollar in Middle West
Factory managers paid 40,000 workers in silver dollars using small sacks rather than envelopes. The event showcases silver currency and aligns with the Administration's silver policy, as silver coins become a rare sight in many areas. The piece muses on the tactile appeal of coins and jokes about reviving historic cent pieces.
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Middle West
It Seems To Me by Heywood Broun on NRA debate
The piece argues for strengthening the National Recovery Administration and expanding labor representation. It criticizes critics of the NRA, notes unions' role in expanding collective bargaining, and urges workers to submit code suggestions and demand accountability from employers.
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NRA
Call for Shorter Work Weeks to Boost Employment
The speaker argues against the forty-hour week, urging a thirty or five-day work week to spur re employment. He criticizes wage and hour rules as preventers of jobs and says millions are idle while others labor to produce more than can be bought. The crisis is not temporary, tracing to pre crash times.
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NRA
America
The Small Business Man Under Fire in Wage Debate
The speech targets Senator Borah and Nye as foes of hours reductions and wage hikes while sparring with the label of the small business man. It argues sweatshop bosses are often small business men who push long hours and low wages, urging selective suffering rather than universal punishment.
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Borah
Nye
Senate
H O
Quotes on life art and policy mix with officials
A collage of remarks from figures including Professor Walter B Pitkin Admiral Harry G Hamiet Senator Carter Glass Dr H A McGuigan and Mrs Gifford Pinchot plus Fiji Amau stressing art in life, public opinion, standards of living and international relations.
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Gifford Pinchot
Tuberculosis of joints in children linked to infected milk
Dr Morrie Fishbein warns parents to watch 3 to 5 year olds for joint infection signs and to avoid infected milk. Diagnosis relies on X rays skin tests and animal inoculation. Early immobilization, casts and UV therapy are key. some cases need surgery.
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Morrie Fishbein
Decline of truth and the need for honesty in children
Olive Roberts Barton laments the rise of dishonesty in society and urges strict moral training for children. She argues that courts and business favor cleverness over truth, warning that continued lax honesty will lead to societal ruin. The piece notes 7,000 sleeping car porters in the U.S. receive about 7 million dollars in tips yearly.
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Olive Roberts Barton
United States
Old Athens Brick Homes Speak Of Early New England Style
Do You Know That By C. H. H. Early Athens and nearby towns housed many brick dwellings of the New England type. Burned brick for these homes and remaining examples along The Plains reveal aging structures, yard expanses, and streets like Court Street and College forming the early center of life before modern houses emerged.
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Athens
Marietta
Court Street
College and Congress
Washington
University
New England
First Methodist Church
Brown
College and
Congress
Washington Street
BE. R. Lash
Henry T. Brown
Colonial
Warren
Welch
Lindley Hall
Logan-Poston
Mill and
College Streets
Daniel Stewart
College Street
W. R. Phillips
C. L. Poston
Park Place
Kessinger
Poston
Society News and Local Accidents from News of Other Years
Mrs F L Preston and Mrs Byron Wolfe hosted a dinner for Mrs Harry G Bart lett of Chicago. An advisory Salvation Army board formed with Judge H T Phillips and several local figures. Edward Minister’s son Charlies Ley narrowly escaped a belt accident at a brick plant. Leslie Leon of Gloucester sustained chest and leg injuries in a mine accident at Hisylvania Mine No 22.
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The
Salvation Army
Judge H. T. Phillips
Carson Sanders
W. B. Golden
F. W. Bush
Alex Moore
F. D. Forsyth
Russell Rupp
Carl Beasley
O. F. Rowland
Carl H. Porter
L. W. Roberta
J. J. Schmidt
Rafeel Johnson
M. D. Hughes
Charlies Ley
Henry Ley
Glouster
Leslie Leon, Glouster
Hisylvania Mine
No. 22
Pallas Club Celebrates Eighteenth Anniversary at Sayre Home
Mrs. D. H. Moore and Mrs. C. E. Witt left for Columbus for a few days. The Pallas Club marked its eighteenth anniversary at Mrs. Edwin D. Sayre's residence. Captain J. C. Bower's sons traveled to Groveport for their father's birthday. Athens High edged Pomeroy 22 to 21 with Russell Goldsberry as top scorer.
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D. H. Moore
C. E. Witt
Columbus
The
Pallas Club
Edwin D. Sayre
William Bower
Charlie Bower
Groveport
J. C. Bower
Russell Goldsberry
Athens High
Pomeroy
War talk and political outrage from Jacksonville in January
The public forum letter denounces wartime spending and political leadership, accusing figures like FDR of ceding wealth to railroads and mines while critics warn against materialism and privilege. The piece cites biblical warnings and urges vigilance as 12 weighty concerns loom in Jacksonville on January 2.
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the Messenger
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Deak case prompts record of Greater London figures
A fragmented clipping notes Greater London figures rising past two million and mentions County Council involvement. The garbled text hints at municipal responsibility and public administration measures tied to the rise in numbers.
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Greater London
Don County Council
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