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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1937
Page
4
Local notice lists associations and press affiliations. Advertising rates on request at Home or Foreign offices. Subscriptions by carrier or mail with Ohio prices: one year four fifty, six months two fifty, ten weeks one dollar, four weeks fifty cents, one week fifteen cents.
The piece argues against labeling the economy as merely profit driven and cites Treasury statistics and 1930s data. It notes that many manufacturing firms incur losses, build reserves to cover bad years, and that tax structures fail to reward debt repayment or rain-day reserves. It uses 1919, 1929, 1932, and 1934 figures to illustrate losses and the term profit and loss.
Roy Wildermuth continues his Ohio state relief duties in Columbus after the post was abolished. He argues someone must collect and store data on employment and living standards to prepare for future needs. The piece warns that despite relief reductions, job creation remains essential for long-term stability.
Anonymous verse in which a farmer laments berry pickers who knock down fences leave gates open and disregard others rights. The writer ponders townspeople condemning such acts and suggests a fair counterstrike by farmers driving to town to steal tulips in protest.
New York architect Harvey Wiley Corbett urges a rational shift in design as America plans extensive building in the next five years. He warns the modernist flood may irk average citizens and risks a clash between radical and reactionary art schools.
Washington correspondents who attended President Roosevelt's press conference after the Supreme Court enlargement proposal defeat say he accepts the reverse with poise and remains committed to his broad objectives with good tempered firmness. Several reporters share this impression, including some not sympathetic to Roosevelt.
The piece notes Roosevelt’s view that the fight yielded positive effects as the Supreme Court shifted on minimum wages and social policy. It highlights public opinion shaping judicial roles, Roosevelt’s tempered response to criticism, and his focus on duty over vendetta as he faces a protracted political period.
The piece traces internal White House dynamics led by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings who sold the Roosevelt Supreme Court plan. It notes Robinson’s role, his illnesses, and resistance to compromise, detailing failed attempts to expand or reform the court and the political games shaping the outcome.
Robinson’s death ends pledges that proved personal. Garner returns from Robinson's funeral and seeks to unite the Democratic party. In Washington he pledges Roosevelt a best possible compromise with the Senate and asks if Roosevelt still favors organized labor relief expenditures and the wage hour bill.
The article explains congenital kidney variations such as horseshoe or cystic kidneys and the possibility of a single functioning kidney. It notes they often go unnoticed until infection or complications arise, and details diagnostic X rays and cyst or fluid pressures. Treatment ranges from belts and rest to surgical fixation or removal as needed.
In College Station Texas Judge R E Minton with aid from a local cook unveiled a smothered armadillo dish served with sauce atop pork ribs to two field men of the Texas Co operative Wildlife Service as a palate teaser during a nocturnal event at a wildlife gathering.
Two trim gay Eagle boats built for the navy by Henry Ford during the World War have been decommissioned in Honolulu and sold for 366 dollars each. They will likely be towed to Oakland California for scrap. Each boat had 500 ton displacement and 18 knot speed.
Mrs J L Pickering and Mr J L Pickering returned from Zanesville where they visited relatives. Mr and Mrs Frank Cone and Miss Grace Webb drove to a Girl Scout camp in West Virginia to bring Pauline Cone home to Athens. Miss Virginia Gray of Corning returned home after a two week visit with Mr and Mrs A R Sprague. Twenty years ago Dr Roy Drury of Akron visited his parents in Glouster. Mr and Mrs C L Pickens and son John visited Mr Pickens' parents in Athens. Mrs Edward Cullums visited her sisters in town. Mrs J L Edmundson hosted guests from Nelsonville and Pomeroy.
A rustic poem contrasts berry picking with harsh truths about racism spoken as a dig at exploitative berry patch owners. The speaker notes rough terrain and stubborn effort yield finest berries while confronting prejudice and unequal treatment. The closing line hints at metallic Chromium as a strange aside.
The 600 acre Ohio Hospital for Epileptics site preserves two former private houses: the Andrew McLellan residence once owned by the superintendent and the Louis Magnet homestead turned children’s cottage for epileptic girls. Built of brick, they endure a century longer and reflect Gallia County history. The McLellans were noted cattle raisers and fair, just in conduct. The Magnet home, a chateau by Antoine Maguet, housed large family reunions and French conversations at times. Louis Magnet was a pharmacist who taught his trade to a nephew Louis Hayward. Now, after four decades of state ownership, the McLellan and Magnet names fade from Gallipolis.
A collage of quotes from Frank Clark Joe Medwick John Garner Amelia Earhart Mikhail Gromoff Harold Crawford and Burton Wheeler spanning sports politics aviation and public opinion. The remarks reveal varied views on injury ambition leadership and democracy across America.
Carol Clayton, engaged to Hartley Madison, falls for bookmaker Duke and gambles to pay her late father’s 76 000 debt. She wins big at the races, then schemes to keep Hartley from marrying Hartley while Duke plots a revenge, forcing risky bets on Moon Bay and Moon Ray.
Duke hatches plans to win big with Moon Ray while Dixie Gordon rides Lightning and Carol’s engagement to Madison looms. Grandfather Clayton frets as Duke vows to fix Brookdale. Fritzie senses a hidden plot and confronts Kiffie about a Europe escape and a double crossing with Duke. The tale promises further dramatic revelations.
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