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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1940
Page
4
A thought on long range weather data transforming farming and economy. The piece notes droughts and cold waves cause losses, urging study of global weather to guide future planting, pricing, and surplus planning for generations ahead.
John Haynes Holmes, longtime ally of the Soviet Union among American liberals, concedes they were wrong about Russia. He cites the horrors of collectivization, gulags, purges, and argues immoral means cannot achieve moral ends as power corrupts those who wield it.
Charles A. Beardsley of the American Bar Association argues most legal documents are overlong and opaque. He says attorneys should draft papers readable by laypeople while staying legally valid, a reform aimed at easing interpretation for the public and clients. The report notes broader calls for government economy and tax concerns ahead of Missouri delegation actions.
AMARILLO Tex I report Raymond Clapper argues that plains farmers would suffer without federal aid and soil conservation programs. He cites wind laws in Texas, dust bowl recovery, cooperative action, and the Elephant Butte irrigation project providing inexpensive water and predictable yields under government planning.
The speaker warns that ending federal farm programs would devastate thousands of families and entire western communities, making desertification likely. Eastern politicians who think the cure is to cut aid will learn, upon visiting, that such cuts would be the most costly economy. The social and economic toll would be unacceptable to the nation.
Bruce Catton reports on the wage hour administration now led by Lieut. Col. Philip Fleming, noting organizational reforms, decentralized field authority, and faster handling of complaints. The piece contrasts past criticism with a more efficient, field-driven approach under Fleming. It also references international notes about Sir John Reith and Stalin in a closing roundup.
The Messenger’s Inf Bureau provides Q and A on humidity heat value of wood versus coal, Rudy Vallee in the Navy, plaster cracking causes, and the meanings of morning and evening stars. It notes decorations on Chinese pottery carry no definite meaning.
Miss Helen Cook of Logan owns a kitten that loves to play the piano. Pauline Cone presented a musical reading Sunset Bridge at the Child Conservation League meeting hosted by Mrs. E D Cooley. Miss Melba White is ill at her home in Amesville. Mr and Mrs Jasper Cox of Carbondale recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. George King, 10, son of Mr and Mrs Robert King of Amesville, fractured his leg in a recess coasting accident. Kiwanis group hosts for Miss Alice Betts of Morris Avenue. Dr A S Thompson directed Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance at Ewing Hall Auditorium. Jean Dumas, 19, a French admirer of American soldiers from The Plains, followed John Day to Athens, filed his first citizen papers, later enlisting in the US Army for three years.
Clarence Adams of Millfield writes a long letter about poverty under the depression era relief system. He recalls a family of three surviving on roughly 10 ounces of food per day for 62 days with 17 cents for meals, denounces unemployment barriers, and urges broader rights and work for all.
Marie La Porte lives aboard a barge run by her father Bat as Dan Donovan, son of a wealthy Irishman, courts her amid a clash with Tommy Ryan and truckers. A midnight confrontation ends with Dan and Tommy fighting on the dock while Marie fears for their lives.
Health officials classify foods by their vitamin B1 content. Excellent sources include lima beans pork ham soybeans and cow peas, good sources include green lima beans egg yolk milk powders and whole wheat, fair sources cover many vegetables and meats, while fruits are poor sources. For disease treatment rely on physician prescribed vitamin B1 preparations.
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