County and city unite to upgrade Athens airport facilities
Athens Ohio demonstrates coordinated action by city county and state agencies to modernize the Athens Municipal Airport. County Engineer B F Beckler Jr and crews graded a 600 foot runway extension to 1800 feet in one day with no taxpayer waste. The project, approved by the county commissioners and requested by the city and Chamber of Commerce, improves the airfield for future aviation growth and may attract Civil Aeronautics Authority attention.
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Athens
Washington
B. F. Beckler, Jr
Athens County
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Ohio
Pakersburg
Clarksburg
American Airlines
Washington-Cincinnati
Capitol City
Cincinnati
Elkins
Charleston
Chesapeake
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Short Waves and Sense in South American Radio War
A Schenectady 100 kilowatt short wave station is ready to broadcast to South America. U S experiences with European broadcasts show South Americans reject propaganda and prefer accurate news, good music, and culture. The lesson is to use radio for truthful programming rather than biased news to win goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
South America
United States
Hamlet
American mind and morons in a London echo
A British writer critiques American isolationism while praising some Middle Western traits. The piece notes wartime American sacrifice in France 1918 and compares cultural distinctions, then mentions $15 million in panhandling in a large city and New Yorkers turning to Brooklyn for baseball after Dodgers’ losses. Two Colorado trucks spilled beer, with bystanders aiding cleanup.
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Marquess of Donegal
London
East
France
Brooklyn
Dodgers
McNutt candidacy gains support within Roosevelt camp
Washington dispatch notes a shift in views on Indiana governor Paul V. McNutt as Wayne Coy furthers organizing for a McNutt for President bid. McNutt backers press that he aligns with administration aims and would run with Roosevelt's backing if he seeks the nomination.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Farley
McNutt
Lady Luck
Mr. Roosevelt
Mayflower Hotel
White House
Indianapolis
Frank McHale
Governor McNutt
Wayne Coy
Philippines
Coy
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Philippines Administration
War Department
Interior Department
Federal Security Agency
Social Security Board
U. S. Employment Service
Office of Education
Public Health Service
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
Minton
Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene
Bruce Catton reports from Washington on population trends and their economic roots. Dr Conrad Taeuber explains rural and urban birth rates, farm growth, and migration patterns, noting 1937 38 modest birth gains and shifting shifts away from cities toward farms despite overall population rise.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
California
Oregon
Washington
New England
Albany
Richmond
Seattle
Oakland
San Francisco
Disagreement Over Outer Mongolian Clashes Remains
Japan and Russia differ on which side won recent Outer Mongolian clashes. The editors note the dispute persists while expressing willingness to accept each side's view if both are satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Russia
Questions and Answers from The Messenger Bureau
Information column presents Q and A on topics from electric power stations to population schooling. Answers cite Edison station date 1882 and U.S. educational enrollment figures, with guidance on handling unwanted mail and references to historic salaries and continents.
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the Messenger
13Th Street
Washington, D. C
Messenger Bureau
Stars Falling From Heaven Poem by Nellie Casey
Poet’s Corner invites Reader Verses with name and address. Stars Falling From Heaven describes seven stars falling through the night creating light and a touching spray of translucent gold dew and asks where the seven went. Nellie Casey Athens Ohio signs the piece.
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Heaven
Language development in children and its causes
The article reviews how speech develops from four months to six years, noting vocabulary milestones at ages two to six and linking language growth to a child’s environment, hearing, mental ability, and caregiver interaction. It cautions against assuming late talkers are feeble minded and highlights factors that can impede or accelerate speech.
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Edison Electric Illuminating Company
Pearl Street
New York City
United States Naval Observatory
Africa
Asia
Europe
Australia
North
South America
South Pole
Antarctic
Austral
England
Jonson
Indiana
Oregon
District of Columbia
Delaware
Arizona
Morris Fishbein
University of Iowa
Trout fingerlings dumped into Coolwater lake
In Moscow Ida reports enough trout fingerlings were dumped into Coolwater lake years ago to stock several waters. Over stocking left the fish to eat all food in the lake and none grew beyond six inches, though they should have reached twice that size per sportsmen.
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Moscow
Ida
Ghost detour venture at Goldcrest stirs plans and peril
Roselee Dale Christine Palmer and partners Dick Bancroft Franklin Larraway plot a summer ghost town venture at Goldcrest. They plan to promote tours hire staff and open the Ace High Hotel while hiding a $12 000 stake in an old mine shaft. A cave‑in accident interrupts their ascent as Franklin screams. To be continued.
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Roselee Dale
Christine Palmer
Goldcrest
Dick Bancroft
Franklin Larraway
Roselee
Christine
Coupe
Franklin
Mr. Bancroft
Larraway
Ducky
Mrs. Hogan
Ace High
Palmer
Boulder Dam
Christendom
Mineral Social And Personal Highlights From Barbourton Visits
Mineral residents share weekend travel and family visits with Barberton relatives from the Ely and Sickels reunions in Chillicothe and Hope. Attendance spans the Nill Bodkins Gibson Lynch and Chesser families with trips to Lancaster Hamden Columbus Athens and Ohio locations.
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Mineral
Addie Clark
Nettie Penrod
Barberton
Hadley Ely
Ely
Chillicothe
George Shingler
A. L. Sickels
Annie Pike
Shingler
Sickels
Hope
Edwin Sickels
G. C. Sickels
Marion McLain
Pauline Gibson
Lancaster
Maybelle
Harold Stephenson
Rose Nill
Piqua
Charles Bodkins
Harold
Arthur Stephenson
Nill
Cora Lynch
Howard Stanley
Lynch Home
Francis Walsh
Paul
J. P. Snyder
Parker van Dyke
Dorothy Wallace
Columbus
Snyder
Daisy McAfee
Anna
Mirian
Thomas
Kentucky
D. T. McAfee
Mildred
Washington, D. C
Judd Wright
Clovis Chesser
Gerald
Albany
Will Jackson
Lola Belle Chesser
H. C
Ohio, Ill
Homer Atkinson
McArthur
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Raymond Clapper
Bruce Catton
Department of Agriculture
Conrad Taeuber
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Taeuber
America
Bureau
Olav
Norway
Sonja Henie
Sonja
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Nellie Casey
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