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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1934
Page
4
The Athens Messenger dates, editors, and sister papers are listed with publisher Gordon Bush and managing editor Cherries Harris. It notes circulation across five southeastern Ohio counties, advertising rates by inquiry, and subscription costs including carrier and mail options.
The piece argues Congress should stop expansion of federal control over markets and labor. It urges a quiet period of consolidation after recent reforms, warning that further regulation could curb private capital and slow recovery. It predicts potential shifts in views after the November election and stresses production over legislation.
A lone Civil War veteran in a blue coat with white hair marched in Cleveland for Memorial Day while a small group of Communists booed him. The scene underscores why Communism struggles in the United States as long as the veteran’s memory holds power in American hearts.
The commencement speaker faces a kinder task as conditions improve for graduates. He should urge frank talk about job scarcity for some and optimism for others, while urging reflection on why the nation fell into trouble after rapid ventures and crash era get rich schemes. We are a nation of chance takers.
Washington reports a steady stream of weather explanations for the Midwest drought. Critics debunk a popular tale about a shifting Japanese Current and highlight Arctic wind shifts along the Hudson Bay route as a 40 year cycle, unlikely to reoccur until 1975.
The piece argues superstition about heavenly wrath is unfounded and offers a theory that overgrazed lands in the Northwestern Rockies strip moisture, sending rainfall away from drought regions. It notes three main rain sources, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and re-precipitation, with re-precipitation failing contributing to droughts.
The drought's reach varies by farm and weeks or months may pass before impacts show. Officials warn headlines cannot capture affected numbers or relief needs. The Administration is fully engaged with funds and authority to manage droughts, reducing business impact.
Inside accounts say Roosevelt plotted the debt stalemate to justify a default and reduce token payments. Officials claim Congress forced default to purge resentment, with Johnson Amendment approved. Negotiations will resume later and aim to maximize recovery, though settlement is years off.
A quoted remark attributed to Dr. Charlies Mayo argues that science will not find a method to revive a deceased mind, reflecting a stance on the limits of medical science and neurology.
A Baltimore girl praised as a love story prodigy declares it is she who dominates affection while a founder in economic thought, Nicholas Murray Butler, notes capitalism as a principle rather than a principle of government, calling it an accident.
A St Paul grill tale recounts a gifted but unnamed woman Helen whose beauty intelligence and prospects drew many suitors before a whispered revelation that she married a Minneapolis man. The overheard tragedy hinges on loss and social gossip in a midwestern city.
The piece notes a sharp social and political rift between Minneapolis and St. Paul, stronger than common jests about Brooklyn. It describes a divided regional identity with no natural boundary, the Mississippi River acting as only a partial line, and the river’s headwaters winding oddly before heading toward the Gulf.
An account recalls historic rivalries between St. Paul and Minneapolis over census figures and civic pride. It notes St. Paul’s Irish and German-led leadership versus Minneapolis’s Scandinavian influence, including past census fraud charges and jailing amid disputes. The piece reflects lingering regional jealousy.
A satirical sketch compares Minneapolis and St Paul, noting blond Viking lineage in Minneapolis and ethnic flavor in St Paul. The author, a journalist, praises St Paul as a fair city while poking fun at Minneapolis and affirming a bias against crossing the river. The piece ends with a quip about staying away from Irish tensions.
Professor Jacob C. Meyer of Western Reserve University argues Americans overwork and crave less leisure, contrasting with European norms especially in France, suggesting a cultural difference in attitudes toward free time.
The article explains that vitamins A and D deficiency impairs antibodies and damages mucous membranes in lungs and skin, increasing infection risk. It notes night blindness from lack of vitamin A, potential benefits of supplementation, and stresses a diet adequate in vitamins A through C to support health and growth.
In Liberty, Mrs Anna Roosevelt Dall argues discipline comes from daily routines and carefully balanced guidance. She warns against overbearing control yet stresses that routine habits and appropriate orders build self discipline, judgment, and respect, with parents needing both firmness and fairness. John Jacob Astor Im adds he may settle into business.
G. H. Chaifant argues that the Rome Township Board of Education favors keeping the current principal, despite concerns over profanity, smoking, and political manipulation in schools. He urges retirement or renewal, calls for nonpolitical focus, and demands moral, effective teaching for tomorrow’s citizens.
In Other Yea Ten Years Ago Miss Reena Cherrington wed Stanley V Vaughn at a ding. Two campus buildings began on the varsity campus for training work and for making and engineering. Ohio University students at Ohio State University included Ma Snyder who graduated in the four Professor F. B. Coultrap attended University alumni banquet as a faculty member for 17 years. Mrs Zail Kemp hosted the Tating Club at her home. Dr and Mrs W B Bentley led through the East to Washington and New York to Cambridge. Doctor Bentley will attend Harvard exercises for his twenty-fifth graduation anniversary. Mr and Mrs Rowland Rowland left with relatives in Columbus Rev Father Walter Ross Gov of the Knights of Columbus left through Europe to voyage to Christopher Columbus.
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