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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
4
The newspaper promotes a government pamphlet detailing Soviet Russia tactics and the global rise of communism. It argues that while the United States generally resists communism, workers abroad and some converts here are influenced by it. The paper urges readers to inform themselves and follow the forthcoming articles.
In a run of hot weather near Lake Erie, residents enjoyed tales of a sea serpent. Two carnival men produced an 18 foot serpent that proved to be a side show prop, exposing the hoax and letting Northern Ohio return to normal. The episode showed how people seek belief in impossible wonders even when they know better.
Director Woodcock vows vigorous prosecution of the Indiana bootlegger who shot two federal city agents. He argues earlier complaints about promiscuous shooting by dry agents overlook that agents can end up in risky gunfights. The honest agent faces deadly criminals and pays with his life when mistaken or outgunned.
Ohio sheriff closes a children’s camp linked to the 20 year old agitator Irene Dixon, as Mise Dixon, out on bond for criminal syndicalism charges, says she has speaking engagements nationwide and plans not to reopen the camp.
New York’s East Side history notes Grand Street Boys turning urban youths into productive citizens. Notables like Al Smith and Ben Bernie hailed from the group, with annual gatherings, while street gangs faded as civilian success grew. An accordion craze, piano shops, and a cooperative Broadway revue for out of work performers signal cultural shifts amid lingering hard times.
A reader asks about topics from historic fire losses to Lafayette’s companions and blueberry varieties. The answers confirm the San Francisco fire’s record, list Lafayette’s entourage, clarify huckleberries versus blueberries, credit Washington Irving with a phrase, explain two ship dogwatch shifts, and name Italian cities by population.
James J. Montague offers a humorous meditation on mosquitoes, noting their tiny size and occasional harmless sting while recalling nocturnal bites. He concedes some pests cause trouble with fever and illness, yet expresses reluctant mercy toward the pest with a wry, cautionary ending.
The camp caused minimal harm, but with Miss Dixon staying there the audience remained small. Now she reaches the entire state of Ohio, presenting her doctrines to twenty times more people than before.
Meditative line discusses choosing a path about rent and life. The fragment hints at a moral or spiritual reflection, using archaic phrasing. No clear persons or organizations are named in the readable text.
The article describes San Francisco Peak as Arizona's highest point with a 42611 foot misprint altitude, offering expansive views of six states and Mexico. It notes Pat Patterson riding a motorcycle without handlebars from Tacoma to Portland in April 1923, with handcuffs removed by a Portland officer. It previews tomorrow's feature "A Man Who Drank Over Two Gallons of Water."
The Washington Letter argues that after four months of improving industrial production the nation is emerging from the Great Depression. It links a worldwide low mood to uneven recoveries, compares 1920 21 and 1929 32 cycles, and notes a potential faster 1931 revival driven by productivity and rising demand. It cites seven depressions in African economies and forecasts momentum building toward a renewed prosperity index higher than the 1979 peak.
The Athens Messenger offers a booklet titled Love Poems a selection of poems and poetical fragments for handy reference. It features many famous poets and is distributed through the Washington Information Bureau with a coupon and ten cents for cost handling and postage.
A short notice offers to enclose ten cents with con or stamps to obtain a booklet on Love Forms. It specifies a street and city address for correspondence and delivery. The fragment preserves a postal request tone from a classified-style notice.
The account mixes a dirigible Graf Zeppelin voyage toward the North Pole with landing news, a Russian ice breaker mail transfer, and a surreal meeting, while contrasting high oil prices, coffee and rubber trade shifts, and a tire ad noting a balloon tire at $855 compared with 1918 costs.
National bank examiner Samuel L McCune was chosen to lead the Cincinnati Clearing House in recognition of his notable work across the district and beyond. Dr HT Phillips buys a runabout to aid medical practice and county calls. An Athens ice and storage van ends a run off an embankment with damage. Weather forecasters predict cooler temperatures in the Ohio Valley next week.
Washington reports reveal tensions among Hoover era officials over the Jat plan for saving Germany and who gets credit. Undersecretary William R Castle pushes for publicity while Secretary of State Henry L Stimson counters, highlighting policy shifts and a perceived split on credit for extending German credits and the moratorium plan.
A fragmented column notes Colonel Fulton's canal cost estimate of 750 million dollars and argues for a Panama Canal funded by foreign ships while keeping U.S. shipping free. It contrasts Mussolini's leadership in Europe, booming Italian passenger lines, and Ambassador Dawes asserting a hopeful US trade recovery amid war debt fatigue.
Columbus July 30. Only 80 industrial fatalities were reported to the Ohio Industrial Commission in June, the fewest in three years. There were 14,603 total claims for fatal and non fatal diseases, up 462 from May and down 240 from June 1930. Days charged to accidents fell by 73.48 percent from May and 142,048 from June 1930.
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