The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger announces publication through the Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co with Frederick W. Bush as publisher and Gordon K. Bush as publisher and general manager. It lists editors, associations, and national reps, plus mail rates: one year four fifty and six months two fifty, ten weeks one dollar.
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Athens Messenger
Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co
Gordon K. Bush
Charles HB. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press National Representatives
Joan W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
Outlawed War and the Failing Kellogg Pact
A critique notes the Kellogg Pact’s failure as wars persist worldwide since 1929. It argues Japan’s actions in Asia and Japan's treaty violations threaten peace, while a free press remains a key check on leaders who exploit wars under euphemisms.
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Far East
Japan
Africa
Italy
Ethiopia
Spain
Europe
Congress
Orient
China
America
Separate roads of trade: WV peddler law harms Ohio produce
The piece argues West Virginia’s peddler license law nearly blocks Ohio River produce traders, risking Southern Ohio trucking crops and local markets. It urges regional cooperation among leaders to recognize and revive economic ties and farm profits long ignored.
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West Virginia
Ohio River
Ohio
Athens County Reunion at Ash Cave to Be Held Next Sunday
Athens Countians from southern and central Ohio and beyond will gather at Ash Cave for a summer county reunion. Elaborate preparations signal a homecoming event rich with reminiscence as former residents reconnect with old families and friends across the region.
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Ash Cave
Athens
Athens County
Ohio
Inventor sues wife for divorce over cruelty and inventions
An inventor sues his wife for divorce citing cruelty. He jokes that her inventions plague him, while science notes the eye keeps growing. A Vermont woman casts her first vote at 99 and youths’ civic rights are discussed amid views on gender roles.
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Vermont
Roosevelt third term debate reshapes Senate stance
Washington column notes Senator Rush Holt delays anti third term move to avoid forcing Democratic colleagues to take a stand. It argues Roosevelt facing stronger odds if he renounces a third term and suggests party dynamics and Farley’s aims influence timing.
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Washington
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate
Holt
Coolidge
House
Grant
McNary
Jim Farley
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Catton Reports WPA Relief Wages Fallout Washington Scene
Bruce Catton notes WPA officials view the abortive prevailing wage strike as harming relief protests. By month end 300000 on layoff, 350000 more in August, and on September 1 wage cuts hit most WPA workers under the new national provision ending regional pay differentials.
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Washington
WPA
Relief Agencies Brace for wage cuts and policy clash
The WPA administration dislikes the 18 month rule but seeks a flexible system. It hopes Congress will not change its mind, believing the wage strike crisis has hardened opposition. It anticipates trouble when wage reductions take effect.
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WPA
Congress
Ohio Congressmen Playful Gag Over Pension Bill Swap
In the House cloakroom Dudley White jokes with reporter about meeting Bruce Townsend, son of Dr. Townsend, while Congressman Blank explains his stance on old age pensions and the revolving pension fund. Oberlin M Carter seeks restoration of his name. Ohio sponsor Jenkins predicts possible committee delay.
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Congress
Dudley White
Ohio
White
House
Congressman Blank
Bruce Townsend
Dee Townsend
Blank
Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Trotsky
Stalin
Bruce
Oberlin M. Carter
Gallia County
Jenkins
Military Affairs Committee
Q A Answers From The Messenger Information Bureau
A reader questions range from tomb inscriptions to ship load lines and dental timelines. The editor notes the Information Bureau address in Washington DC and that burial lots in Arlington are government owned with no charge.
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The
Messenger
153Th Street
Washington, D. C
Messenger Bureau
Arlington Cemetery
America
Forrest
Anne Burras
Jamestown
Arlington National Cemetery
United States
War Department
National Industrial Conference Board, Inc
Nutrients in the B Complex and Animal Health
The article explains riboflavin and nicotinic acid in the B complex, their roles in growth and disease treatment in animals, and their effects on human pellagra. It notes nicotinic acid helps digestion and skin symptoms but not neuritis, and urges adequate diet over universal nicotinic acid supplementation. It lists several B factors linked to animal health and growth.
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United States
Economic interpretation of facts stirs debate in letters
Athens Ohio reader Eli P Romick argues in a signed letter that facts are fixed but economic interpretation is opinion. He contends governments can borrow and spend while denying imminent bankruptcy, and urges readers to consider pro and con views in economics.
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the Messenger
Gillespie
Mr. Gillespie
Millfield
John Humphrey
Eli P
Romick
Athens
War and a Woman Sets a Heart Against Attending Marcia’s Party
Linda Storm clashes with her feelings as she discovers Jimmy Cooper is Marcia King’s fiancé. At Pensacola she confronts a growing love while torn between her engagement to George Cameron and a dangerous attraction to the Navy flyer. Linda avoids the station tour despite Marcia’s insistence, fearing war trauma and personal ruin.
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Linda Storm
Marcia King
Jimmy Cooper
Pensacola
George Cameron
Linda
Navy
Marcia
Als
Jimmy
Lummox
Miss Storm
Cooper
George
Maraia King
China
Spain
Hitler
Europe
Sprague Son Sends Letter From Ship During Second Voyage
A report notes Dr. Wiley T. Sprague, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Sprague, on his second voyage from San Francisco to New York as ship's surgeon. A Messenger reporter cites Rev. Andrew M. Taylor as County's expert on Scotch stories. Athens County 4-H enrollment rose from 351 to 500 in the year.
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L. A. Sprague
Wiley T. Sprague
San Francisco
New York
Messenger
Andrew M. Taylor
The
Presbyterian Church
Athens County
Melting Pot Presented by Redpath Chautauqua Troupe
Twenty years ago the Redpath Chautauqua troupe performed The Melting Pot in a high school grounds tent. W A Carpenter reported excellent Michigan fishing and sent Andy Murphy a 27 pound muscalonge. He traveled with George Junod. Mae Poston Robinson arrived from Charleston to visit her aunt Elizabeth Nelson at 20 North College Street. Prof and Mrs Frederick Treadley departed for a extensive Westward trip.
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Redpath Chautauqua
W. A
Bill) Carpenter
Michigan
Andy Murphy
George Junod
Delbert Thomas Robinson
Mae Poston
Charleston
W. Va
Elizabeth Nelson
North College St
Artist Colony Planned at Reid Hollow Vermont
Halifax Vermont reports plans to create an artists colony in Reid Hollow with Richard Campbell Jr of New York as associate director. The project would use an old church as a girls dormitory and a farmhouse for male students with painting drawing music and theater arts taught. Applications await from 25 prospective students.
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Halifax
Reid Hollow
Richard Campbell, Jr
New York
World’s oldest magician claims 107 year mark in Italy
Fortunata, a magician from Rome Fano, says he is the world’s oldest magician at 107. His daughter, 80, assists him as they tour Italy performing card tricks in village inns and earning a living through small shows.
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Rome
Fano Fortunata
Italy
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