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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1938
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co announces advertising rates upon request. Regional mail rates include subscriptions in Athens and neighboring counties with yearly and short-term options. Memberships and rate details are provided by the publisher and managing editor.
Bruce Barton, advertising executive and convocation speaker at Ohio University, lauds some New Deal reforms while urging Republicans to connect with voters in human terms. He credits Roosevelt with expanding democracy and creating new voters, and argues Democrats and Republicans must use Roosevelt’s methods to appeal to the people. Barton’s high public profile underscores his provocative take on modern politics.
The piece condemns rampant label wielding across the political spectrum and argues that calling someone a Communist or Fascist is immature and unhelpful. It emphasizes that true Communists or Fascists are defined by formal affiliations and movements, not informal slurs.
A major automaker relies on farm outputs such as cotton, corn, flax, sugar cane, and hogs for upholstery, adhesives, paints, insulation, and lubricants. The interdependence shows industry expanding farmhouse demand while farmers gain purchasing power, highlighting mutual reliance in American manufacturing. The piece ends with a light aside about a cow and stock market chatter.
New York columnist argues for recognizing German minorities in parts of New Jersey and Yorkville New York to prevent Nazi invasion. He lists eight demands including autonomy for German districts, armed police, German as official language, Nazi officials replacing Americans, and full US citizenship with allegiance to Hitler.
National Chairman James A. Farley faces loyalty and policy tensions with President Roosevelt amid White House input from Hopkins Ickes Corcoran. Farley backs Roosevelt principles while seeking a Roose belt Congress and supporting Dodd in Virginia. New Civil Aeronautics Authority heads and salaries are set, with Clinton M. Hester as administrator and notable figures like Oswald Ryan and Harllee Branch shaping the panel.
Nikki Jerome and Steve Mallory travel to a Wyoming ranch where a tense plot unfolds around her father’s famed jewels. A nighttime shooting and a suspicious stranger heighten danger as Nikki and Steve seek truth about Bancroft and Sarto while the Montana night hides tense motives.
R H McCray of Nelsonville Ohio argues in support of the Townsend Plan, urging voters to think for themselves and back a recovery program aimed at the aged, claiming it offers security and commonsense reform. He likens Congress to a team with conflicting pulls and stresses independent, principled leadership.
A Connecticut study reports that proper dosage of sulfanilamide markedly enhances recovery from undulant fever also known as brucellosis. The disease, spread via unpasteurized milk and contact, can mimic typhoid or influenza and has a 2 to 3 percent mortality, with typical cases lasting three to four months.
A somber nocturnal meditation describes the moon mourning as stars hide in shadow while a lost love or wounded soul endures a tempest. The night slowly heals, though morning will reap the scars, in a reflective poem attributed to William Wiburg of Athens Ohio.
Ruth Millett discusses Dr. Regina Westcott-Weiman's view that student mischief signals a quest for popularity. Parents should help by boosting real talents such as dancing, music, theater, sports, or leadership to earn peer respect without excess. It’s not too late to guide children still at home.
Ten years ago today Mr and Mrs O D Roberts and family visited Mrs Mary Roberts in Stewart. David Slaughter left for Wellston to visit his father en route home. Mrs F M Hutchinson returned from Portsmouth with Mrs I H Goodman visiting. Mr and Mrs G W Biggens of Chicago visited relatives in this city and then Akron. Twenty years ago today Madge Wyatt and Mary Frances Lawhead stayed with Mr and Mrs George Howe Rockland.
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Clemens Lovesy 83 long time Chauncey area resident were held Sunday at 10 30 A M in The Plains M E Church with Rev Gilbert Courtney and Chauncey Church of Christ singers officiating Burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery Survivors include several children 58 grandchildren 45 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren
Chauncey Mrs. Alice Nye announces the marriage of her daughter Martha Jane to Edward H. Lang of Columbus. Rev. Spears officiated before relatives with Pauline Nye as bridesmaid and a brother of the groom as best man. They plan to live in Columbus.
A Republican rally at Chauncey High School, sponsored by the Chauncey Republican Club, is expected to draw a large crowd at 7 30. Earl Tarlton serves as club president and will introduce candidates amid an interesting program and light refreshments.
Stella Vore Fierbaugh Chauncey wife of Ora Fierbaugh died at her Ashland home Saturday night after an extended illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 30 p m in the Ashland Church of Christ conducted by Rev Gilbert Courtney. Burial will be in Ashland. She was born and reared in Trimble and leaves husband two sons and many relatives in Athens County including sister Mrs B R Sanders of Athens.
Chauncey Milton Chauncey Ross returns to Malta after a week with his niece Mrs. Hamilton. Guests included Mrs. H F Kittle Glouster Mrs. Gwynn Sanders and children Sally and Sammy Marysville Mrs. Charles Harper and daughter Ann Glouster. Dean Hamilton to Wellston for Civic Theater work. Nye recovering at home. Local clergy families gathered at Rock House for a picnic supper.
Sugar Creek defeated Dr. Walker's Old Timers of Buchtel 1 to 0 Thursday with Bobo of Sugar Creek and Collins of the Old Timers each collecting two and three hits respectively. Verity announces the birth of a daughter named Carol June in Chauncey on July 24. No starch is produced in the ceils of a tree after sundown.
The Torch The trustees of the Baptist Church had the church yard mowed and cleaned. Local families and visitors including Cyrus Jones Alma Mowery Howard Dewees and George Dewees were noted guests and attendees at various homes and events in the area this week.
Sharpsburg residents reported a United Brethren Church quarterly meeting on Wednesday night with Rev. E H Wilson as the main speaker. A pension playset event Sunday evening directed by Booth and Jackson drew a good crowd. Local visits included Mrs Albert Beard with Mrs Gilbert Henthorn and Miss Ellen Glazier of Clarksburg staying with Mr and Mrs William Cummings.
Chauncey Mrs. Lara Tucker hosted weekend guests including Mrs. Martha Goodrich Mr and Mrs Jack Goodrich and their daughters Frances Jean Violet and Florence Flint Michigan Charles Hambel Mr and Mrs Virgil Border and daughter Phyllis Millfield Everett Hambel Mountville The Goodrichs are Mrs Tucker's sister and Mr Leonbel The group toured Canada Niagara Falls New York and Pennsylvania then visited relatives in Morgan County Stockport and Crooksville before departing Chauncey Sunday morning for Flint Michigan
Mrs. Michael J. Walsh reported a 25 foot flagpole stolen from her front yard in Quincy Massachusetts. Police investigated the incident as part of local thefts activity in the area.
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