The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. note
Advertising rates available. Subscription prices listed for carrier and mail in multiple counties. Publication details include weekday afternoons except Saturday and a Sunday edition. Printing affiliations and professional memberships noted. Postal information and rates outline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington
Commencement Reflections On 1938 Graduates And Liberty
The 1938 graduates leave college with little idea of major world issues yet show Americanism intact. They are judged not frivolous, having endured sobering college years. Adults often lament education at commencement, but these grads may steer toward the right path and defend liberties under the American government.
Expensive hobbies fueling state payroll expansions
A neighbor notes that government costs rise as a small but loud minority wins more services. Ohio will add about 9 000 workers to handle unemployment benefits, records, and job placement, boosting costs across 88 counties and major cities. The writer criticizes the New Deal driven expansions as impractical frills funded by future generations.
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Ohio
Athens
Washington
Relief for Coal Fields Highlights Ohio Relief Crisis
Investigators report hunger and idled mines across Ohio coal towns. Some mines run only a few days monthly, others sealed with machinery removed. miners seek work not charity. City leaders plead for seventeen million dollars in relief funds as families rely on aid.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Women on Politics, A Debate Across A Nation
Washington editor Raymond Clapper and Helen Essary of Democratic Digest debate women’s political role. Essary argues women influence legislation and policy more than officeholding, citing social reforms and coalition impact, while Clapper asserts women hold few elected positions and mostly serve machines.
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Washington
Helen Essary
Democratic Digest
Pendergast
Kansas City
Frank Hague
New Jersey
Essary
Capitol Hill
Clapper
Behind the Scenes in Washington on German Bond Issues
The SEC plans to demand full disclosure of Germany s secret debt before any new German bond offers are accepted by U S investors. Regulators previously allowed a permissive 1937 registration but now require a complete national debt picture including post Anschluss liabilities. The May and June statement will be replaced with a tougher, fuller registration for future issues.
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Washington
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Reich
Austria
Hitler
Hugo Black
Walton Hale Hamilton
Black
New Republic
Hamilton
Hugo Lafayette Black
Indianapolis
Yale
National Industrial Recovery Board
General Johnson
International Labor Office
Social Security Board
Bureau of Research and Statistics
Roosevelt to teach photographers in natural history at Hyde Park
President Roosevelt promises lessons in natural history to newspaper photographers during a visit at Arthurdale West Virginia as they attempt to pose livestock with the President. A photographer mistook a cow for a bull in the scene.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Arthurdale
W. Va
Ohio Coal Regions Plea for Relief from Dam Projects
The passage cites years of hardship in Ohio coal districts as miners and operators urge government restraint on funding water power dams. Officials warn many dams are dream projects and would shift power away from coal communities, threatening local livelihoods without nearby industries.
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Ohio
WE THE WOMEN Learn to meet and marry through confidence
The piece argues that changing location won't fix dating odds and the key is self confidence and liveliness. It suggests studying a confident woman to learn the art of meeting men, noting traits like ease of laughter kindness and the ability to make others feel at ease. It asserts girls can learn this at home or elsewhere.
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New York
Chicago
The Old Dinner Bell remembered by Mrs John Cuckler
Poet's Corner contribution recalls childhood on a farm and the sound of the dinner bell that signaled end of harvest. Mrs John Cuckler of Athens Ohio shares the nostalgia and family memory from days on the farm.
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John Cuckler
Athens
R. D
Light and Reflection in Dawn and a Presidential Fact
Poem fragment reflects dawn light as a fading phantom and perceptual illusion. It cites Nellie Carley of Athens Ohio. The note adds James Buchanan as the only unmarried U.S. president.
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Nellie Carley
James Buchanan
United States
Public Forum Letter Submissions Policy
Readers may send signed letters on current events. Signatures appear with the piece. Letters should be concise to fit more into daily selections.
Milk price needs fair profit for farmers and producers
J L Sewell of Athens Route 1 urges farmers to unite over upcoming July price sets for whole milk. He notes costs and profits from 4 percent milk, compares Morgantown and Athens prices, and argues for restoring a 35 cent concession and organizing producers to pressure distributors before new rates take effect.
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the Messenger
Morgantown
W. Va
Athens
Ohio
J. L. Sewell
Audrey Meighen ends second year as Wade Junior High coach
Miss Audrey Meighen returned from Bluefield West Virginia where she completed the second year as basketball coach and director of physical education at Wade Junior High School The Messenger reports a weekly church page is made possible by Athens County sponsors including F J Beasley Milling and Grocery Virgil Davis Moler Auto Sales Co C V Strawn Athens Home Telephone Co Bettie Shop Cornwell Jewelry Wheaton Hardware Coe's Cash Shoe Store Athens Steam Laundry Security Saving Bank Hatch Library Bank of Athens Athens National Bank Southern Ohio Electric Red Star Bus Station
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Audrey Meighen
Bluefield
W. Va
Wade Junior High School
Athens County
F. J. Beasley Milling and Grocery Company
Virgil Davis
Moler Auto Sales Co
C. V. Strawn
Athens Home Telephone Co
Bettie Shop
Cornwell Jewelry
Wheaton Hardware
Coe’s Cash Shoe Store
Athens Steam Laundry
Security Saving Bank
The
Hatch Library
Bank of Athens
Athens National Bank
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Red Star
Twenty Years Ago Recital Aids Red Cross Fund
A 20 year old item notes Lottie McMillen Lucile Kaelin and Bertha Higgin of Nelsonville held a music recital raising 150 for the Red Cross. Lucile Wells was elected Surgical Dressing Department chair. Mrs. C E Witt left for Camp Lee Virginia with her son Charles Witt. The Francis family planned a Columbus move and the Francis home was sold to James Ginan for his daughter and son in law Oliver Gateman. Gordon K Bush left for Columbus to join cousins on a motor trip east.
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Lottie McMillen
Lucile Kaelin
Bertha Higgins
Nelsonville
Red Cross
Lucile Wells
C. E. Witt
Stella May
William
Camp Lee
Virginia
Charles Witt
136Th Machine Gun Company
W. B. Francis
Mildred
Columbus
Gordon K. Bush
East
This Man Joe Murray and the Mallows in Love
Joe Murray begins a tentative romance with Terry Mallow, despite disapproving relatives. They share outings and quiet moments at Merlin Park and Magnolia Gardens while Joe confronts family expectations and his memories of Helen. The piece ends with Joe feeling isolated yet not alone, as Terry offers sympathy and connection.
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Merlin Park
Joe Murray
Joe
Fairmount Turnpike
St. Louis
Terry
Helen
Polack
Social Notes From New Straitsville
New Straitsville notes with multiple local visits and outings. Edward Matthews, Notre Dame student, spends summer with his mother Mrs Alfred Matthews Sr. Various families travel, visit, or return from Columbus and Florida. U S Forest Service showboat program June 10 at New Straitsville High School open to the public. 4 H girls elect officers at Miss Mabel Price's home.
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New Straitsville
Edward Matthews
Notre Dame
Alfred Matthews
Sidney Johnson
Betty
Florida
Mildred Todd
Athens
Anna Beavers
Columbus
Silver Bridge Poem From Pt Pleasant River View
A poetic piece describes the Silver Bridge at Pt. Pleasant with river scenery and a night tow of barges on the Great Kanawha and Ohio rivers. The author notes a moving flotilla and the converging waterways toward a distant sea, ending with a signature line Co. E Sellars Gloucester Ohio.
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Silver Bridge
Pt. Pleasant
Co. E, Sellars
Skin and emotion linked to skin disorders and sweating
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how skin conditions arise from emotional factors and allergies. He notes blushes, paleness, sweating, itching, and neurodermatitis can be tied to nervous disturbances and suggestion. Understanding underlying causes often leads to improvement.
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Morris Fishbein
Baseball Nine Plans Social at Bradford
Hendricks Specials baseball team will host a turtle and ice cream social Tuesday evening June 14 at the Cross Roads ball diamond behind the Bradford store to raise funds. Millard Lambert spent Sunday with his son Dana in Middleport. Mrs Clarence Andrews and son and Miss Eileen Eskew of Middleport visited with their parents. Mr and Mrs Charles Burt and others spent Thursday evening with local residents. Bible School attendance Sunday was 66. In 1875 America opened its first regularly organized agricultural experiment station at Middletown Conn.
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Bradford
Hendricks
Cross Roads
Millard Lambert
Dana
Middleport
Clarence Andrews
Eileen Eskew
John Eskew
Charles Burt
Charles Withee
Wayne Russell
David
Louisville
Jessie Russell
Ed Cambron
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Inland Daily Press Association
United Press National Representatives
John W. Cullen Company
Detroit
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Raymond Clapper
By Raymond Clapper
By Rodney Dutcher
Poet's Corner
Messenger
the Public Forum
George Clark
Man
William Corcoran
Pale
NEA Service
Ines
Terry Mallow
Tommy Withers
Vin
Darling
U. S. Forest Service
New Straitsville High School
Clarence Whitmer
Logan
John Whitmer
Florence Blankenship
Catherine
Warren
Miss Blankenship
Tinkers Cave
Shawnee Tower
John Jones
Wilmington
Jennie Jones
Charles Mills
William Davis
Rebekah
Roy McDonald
Shep Tinker's Cave
Shawnee Fire Tower
Mary Vernon Doust
Jane Vernon
Bradds
Carey Powell
Oden Stoneturner
Kings Creek
John C. Jones
Jack
Walter Matthews
Tene
Nelle Beattie
William Hines
Anne Louise
Illinois
Thomas Smith
Bern McBride
C. N. Russell
Elbern McBride
Barberston
Robert Wilson
Mary Margaret Brow
Arthur Nicholas
Barberton
Lina Keeler
Newton Auker
Crooksville
Earl Hunter
Oroville
Jack Hunter
Kenneth Webb
Evelyn Daevis
Kenneth Frazure
Catherine Blankenship
Edward Lawson
Mabel Price
Glouster, O
America
Middletown
Conn
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