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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists Gordon K. Bush as Publisher and General Manager with Charles H. Harris as Managing Editor. It proclaims regional reach across Athens and surrounding counties and notes affiliations with major industry bodies. Subscriptions are 15 cents weekly by carrier and various annual mail rates.
The article reports that the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism faces possible extinction due to funding cuts. Its annual report shows membership decline and income halved, while church membership grows with over 50 million regular communicants, illustrating a shift in public sentiment during economic downturns.
A 1933 columnist links hot and rainy spells in Ohio and the Wheat Belt to crop prospects and rising prices. The piece attributes weather as influencing farm yields and congressional adjournments, praising Roosevelt’s perceived political luck amid Democratic gains and GOP criticism.
Merle Thorpe reflects on the adjournment of the Seventy-Third Congress as a milestone in national destiny. He notes expanded government latitude, a shift in relations with business, and a renewed American spirit facing future challenges.
The American laboring man deserves great credit for enduring the last three years. His confidence is the stability that has held the government firm, while workers in other nations have wandered on various tangents and suffered upheavals.
Dorothy Dix argues that high divorce rates in the United States stem from an adventurous, impatient national character. She blames romantic idealism and the demand for a perfect partner, plus the belief in endless romance, for driving marriages apart. She notes foreigners manage marriages with less upheaval and credits pioneer spirit and unrealistic expectations for failed unions.
Items note train berths padded toward the engine to reduce drafts and protect sleepers. The deepest ocean point is 32,086 feet off the Philippine Islands. An ancient 1200 B C almanac printed on papyrus dates to Ramses the Great. The piece reflects on labor patience post 1920 stock debacle and social reform.
The Florida East Coast Railway extends from the mainland to sea, an engineering marvel, as it runs 100 miles to the island city of Key West. The feat showcases daring construction and aims to connect Florida's rail network with the southernmost destination.
Yesterday's cartoon shows a building fashioned entirely from dinosaur bones and fossils, a product of imagination and skill and praised as Lemmon's pride. Tomorrow hints at The Real Father of American Independence.
Dr Alice Carleton studies face powders and health. Most ingredients are harmless including vegetable and mineral bases with oils and colorants. Lead compounds disappeared in the U S but remain in Japan Some people show sensitivity to orris root or aniline dyes. Powdering is now common for both sexes and viewed as protective against skin irritation.
Olive Roberts Barton presents Bert who constantly misses meals and excuses his lateness. His mother insists meals are important and sets firm discipline, ending with Bert at home for the family dinner. The tale closes noting no solar echoes in England until 1999 after 1724.
Washington report notes several distinguished figures cited for exceptional public service including Vice President John Nance Garner and TVA chief Dr. Arthur Morgan. The piece comments on new deal era politics and the rise of officeholders amid economic nationalism and labor discussions.
The American Legion Band is set to give a concert on July Fourth at the Athens State Hospital near the main building entrance. Patients will be served peanuts stogies and lemonade. Community officials urge cooperation to reduce firecracker hazards.
Twenty years ago Dr H Marshall Thurlow the First Presbyterian pastor arranged Sunday evening July lectures. Speakers include Landsittle Martzolff Treachey Gard Dix Preston Mrs Sid Sherrard John Dana Roe Zenner traveled to Columbus in Preston’s car for the Fourth of July. Dean Williams and daughter Clara moved to a farm in New Vienna. Company L heads to Camp Perry. Jerry Sister couple at Buckeye Lake. H D Henry and family plan an automobile trip to Buckeye Lake this week.
Mrs Lottie Coll widow of gang leader Coll faced murder charges in Bronx Homicide Court along with Albert Guarino and Joseph Ventre after a bystander was killed during a robbery. The trio greeted observers with a taunting remark as their arraignment took place.
Middletown Ohio July 3 officials say the American Rolling Mill Company will soon begin commercial production of a new drawing sheet metal.
Oliver Hardy, known motion picture comedian, was sued in Los Angeles for 50 000 dollars alleging he severely beat his sister in law Mrs. Mary Hunter.
The Minneapolis Millers tied a home run record when seven players connected in a single game. Lou Polli Millin of Milwaukee delivered strong pitching, while the Millers matched the mark set in a prior contest.
Enid Wilson, a three time women's golf champion, will attempt a third U S title this year before retiring from competitive golf.
A scrambled list of clues traverses topics from geometry to biology and heralds a question about military use. The vertical message asks what was the military use, hinting at a hidden answer within the tangled terms.
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