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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1935
Page
3
Observers warn that leaders and special interests dominate the national stage seeking personal advantage over the country. The piece argues that centralizing power risks dictatorship, harming average citizens while a free government appears to return.
Rome dispatches report Mussolini orders the deployment in response to the Abyssinian dispute. He aims to show Europe Italy can handle its issues without the League of Nations or external aid. The piece notes the dangers of self reliance creating new international problems for others to resolve.
Frederic A. Delano of the National Resources Board told Cincinnati planners that city planning strikes a mortal blow at political corruption and weakens bosses by distributing dense population blocs. He urged that broader public will guide local government, warning that citizen indifference yields poor governance.
The George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping shocks a nation as federal and local police intensify pursuit. DoJ shows persistence, while future penalties for the kidnapers seem likely. Also notes Huey Long’s tax case, and a professor’s finding on radio listeners aging. A Vienna doctor touts honey’s soothing properties.
Washington denounces the New Deal press agent system as both suppression and boost of publicity. The critique cites an Interior Department unit in Yellowstone Park distributing a sensational handout about woodchucks Tillie and Gluttony Gert winning an eating contest. The piece argues such propaganda misleads reporters and aims to boost consumption.
A propaganda notice from Mount Rainier National Park in Washington describes novelty contests where ground squirrels are the contestants. The aim is to carry as many peanuts as possible in their cheeks, with stated capacities and records cited by visiting tourists.
The piece critiques ongoing over use of government publicity funded by taxpayers and notes a confidential FCC order to field agents to report unwarranted attacks on public officials. It argues the order enables censorship despite FCC denial and cites Huey Long as an example of unaddressed attacks.
Professor Ogburn, Chicago University retiree and former NRA Consumers' Advisory Board member, argues Roosevelt carried the poor in 1932 across large cities small towns and rural Illinois by income-based voting patterns. He notes uncertainty for 1936 outcomes.
The leaders avoid a bonus push due to firm political roots and fear of losing veterans votes if a bonus bill passes. They argue inflation is the motive and note the issue would be safer in the 1930 campaign year. Helen Kane sues husband for divorce in a separate item.
A Civil War era scrapbook owned by Mrs. Susan Jarvis and preserved by her granddaughter Mrs. Fred M. McKay showcases poems and songs from soldiers and local poets. It includes references to Amesville, Captain Norton, Col. J. M. Benedict, and Col. Benedict’s early service in the 18th Ohio Infantry, with notes from The Athens Messenger.
Messenger readers contribute verses in a column titled Poets Corner. Mrs Millard Romine of Rutland submits a poem about finding contentment and nature's beauty amid money worries and daily labor. The page also carries a Reader’s note on national production and political views from William E Sweet and Governor Hoffman.
Mary Hale of Vinton Ohio requests a correction to a published story alleging trouble with a Mattox woman and intoxication. She denies being intoxicated or jailed, asserts lifelong residence near Vinton, and asks The Messenger to publish a correction to counter perceived ethical exaggeration.
Local youth recreation area along the Hocking River attracted many visitors a quarter mile above Courtney Hill. The Boy Scouts originally used the site, with families and alumni gathering at nearby Nel sonville High School events and the Pomeroy Summer Bible School enrollment reaching 195.
Dr. A. G. Farmer resigns after a decade with the Panama hospitals and plans a summer with wife Mrs. Farmer daughter Margaret and mother Mrs. J. M. Higgins. Harriett Putnam returns to Gary to spend the summer with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Ellis back from Columbus guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. M. Hastings. College Women's Club members prepare costumes for an Ohio University pageant.
Yesterday's cartoon spotlights A. E. Stewart a 72 year old McKinley High School student in Canton Ohio who claims to be the oldest public school pupil in the nation His progress is shown in a self portrait he drew and published with the cartoon The second panel notes a crossing of five federal highways at Vinita Oklahoma claimed to be the only U S spot where five highways meet Tomorrow features a railroad back cartoon.
Michael Heatheroe learns he may be heir to Francis Albert Heatheroe, raising questions about his past. Detectives Malley and Gerhardt arrive in Omaha with a London contact to verify the claim and warn of paparazzi while Michael confronts his unknown lineage and a looming castle title. Katharine Strykhurst marries him amid uncertainty as danger and intrigue emerge in this evolving tale.
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