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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1932
Page
4
The item lists publication schedule and staff such as Frederick W. Bush publisher, Gordon K. Bush, and Charlies H. Harris. It notes editions, circulation region across Athens area, affiliations, and subscription rates including carrier and mail prices.
Yale University plans drastic cuts to its intercollegiate sports in 193%. The football schedule will drop to five games, with undergraduates admitted free and scouting abolished. President Angell emphasizes a shift toward intramural sports for fun and informality.
The Prussian Diet mob scene shows Nazi forces outnumbering Communists three to one and wrecking the chamber. The episode underscores Fascism's brutality and contempt for minority rights, hinting at Germany's possible future if Hitler gains power.
An editorial urges adults to remember childhood joys and engage with youth. It notes a recent Athens scooter carnival drew hundreds of adults cheering for children, calling for more junior-oriented competitions to revive public interest and shared leadership.
Two years ago business courses drew the largest enrollment while agriculture and science suffered. Now interest has shifted to agriculture and science and officials expect enrollments to surpass business. Youth recover from a get-rich-quick fever as dreams of easy profits fade.
The article lauds Albany as a rich historic town planning a centennial celebration. It highlights its long civic pride, distinguished institutions, and memory of Civil War and Reconstruction eras, praising the community and urging emulation for similar events.
The essay argues that people with deep roots in reality withstand hardship, while those who drift with trends falter. It contrasts the steady, goal oriented homemaker with the rootless, who sulk when faced with challenges, urging perseverance and learning from misfortune.
The piece argues for wider smoother highways to accommodate fast cars and prevent dangerous passing on narrow berms. It notes heavy car speeds, centerline hugging, and slow drivers, urging investment in modern roads funded by the state as the only solution to current traffic patterns.
In New York City fashion spies attend society church services to note what the elite wear for dispatch to Blue Book readers. Amid jokes about fashion and rumors, columns mention actors like Tony Sarg and Rudy Kahn, and describe nightlife and dining spots such as Lindy’s Dave’s Blue Room Reuben’s. Coffee Dan’s on Mason Street is mourned.
The Athens Information Bureau offers widely varied Q and A items. It covers eagle nests historical figures and poets, cadastral surveys, temperature measurement methods for metals, Byzantine architecture, and the oil burner’s development from mid 19th century to 1920s California and Texas. It notes Alfred Aloyasius Smith died June 26 1931 in England.
A poem laments public panic about cosmic threats. It mocks modern skywatchers chasing asteroids and comets while urging calm, arguing that ignoring distant dangers would ease earthly anxiety. The author questions profit in fearing unknown celestial events and plans to sleep on starlit nights.
A devotional line reflects on divine omniscience quoting a Bible verse about all beings being naked and visible to the one we serve, inviting contemplation of God’s gaze and presence.
Explains Robert Morris as a crucial financier of the American Revolution. He funded campaigns, secured munitions for Greene, raised a federal loan, and founded the Bank of North America. Despite service, his private ventures failed and he died in debtor’s jail. Tomorrow’s cartoon asks if a pitcher can lose a game without pitching.
The Messenger prints unsigned letters on public policy urging lawmakers to serve the common good over special interests. An Athens reader condemns bloc politics while New York officials report taxes collected exceeding prior year, noting mortgage holders face pressure as property owners struggle under tax burdens.
Farmer from Coolville Ohio warns readers of The Messenger that weeks of scant rain jeopardize hay crops gardens corn and blackberry yields. He notes other state sections have received rain and urges attention to the drought’s impact on food crops. Field: June 2 1952.
A Athens reader cites Nelsonville and other Ohio towns trimming barber rates by 35 cents, arguing small shops can lower rents and wages while big unions resist. The letter notes haircuts still cost more in Athens though prices elsewhere drop as patrons seek cheaper options.
The Messenger editor lauds President Hoover for appearing before Congress to demand action to straighten the nation's finances. The piece notes party should not matter and that presidents sometimes must wield the Big Stick amid pressure from various interests.
William B. Morris of the Hocking Valley Scale Committee argues Governor White erred on unionism. He urges labor action amid Ohio miners' five year conditions, warns of troop use and tax costs, and supports United Mine Workers of America in the Hocking Valley.
Commentary notes that stock markets rise on talk of balanced budgets but real balance requires broader policies. It warns against counting on taking wealth from the rich and mocks the idea with unicorns and empty gilded symbols. It ends with a skeptical view of dwindling wealth.
Washington notes on June 3 describe Senator Alben Barkley's fragile position amid tariff debates and tax bill additions. The piece explores Democratic divides over oil coal and gold standard issues, plus Barkley's potential role as keynote amid party tensions.
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