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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
4
The Athens Messenger established 1825 with Gordon E. Bush publisher and Charles H. Barris editor. It serves Athens and surrounding communities in Ohio, reports United Press wire services, with weekly and Sunday editions and subscription rates listed.
The Guggenheim Airship Research Institute is being organized in Akron Ohio to study lighter-than-air flight. It will collect and publish established facts and theories about dirigible flying to aid aviation research and speed the day when dirigible travel becomes common.
The piece reflects on how older people greet and recognize youngsters and how that simple courtesy shapes later loyalty and memory. It laments aloof elders and praises the positive impact of friendly interactions between generations.
A New York court case shows a landlord offering to drop three months back rent and pay a $10 bonus to evict a tenant, a sculptor described as a dreamy artist with little money. The piece ponders dreamers who live in a separate world, capable of both frustration and occasional breakthroughs, like genius or eccentric innovators.
Opinion piece argues roads cost jobs due to labor-saving machinery. Calls gasoline tax revenue into road work while highlighting displaced workers in Gallia County. Proposes shorter hours and more workers as partial solution, urging housing and industry relocation reforms.
New York reports a resurgence of seafaring card sharks targeting Broadway figures and travelers with up to $3000 losses as liners fill with summer passengers. The piece also riffs on bath time gadgets and a novelty bathtub aquarium scene in Allentown, Pa.
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau answers readers questions on any subject not involving legal medical or financial advice. It notes Dartmouth College dates links to Lord Dartmouth and Eleazer Wheelock 1754 1785. 15 000 professional photographers and millions of amateurs in the United States. and US Navy cigarette policy.
The piece contrasts George Washington and Abraham Lincoln with modern tips and money expectations. It notes Washington’s frugal finances and Lincoln’s earnings as a lawyer, then argues public officials today sustain themselves without affluent backing, stressing self-reliance and duty over tips.
A fragmented old style meditation cites Ezekiel 3 19 on warning the wicked. The text muses on antitoxin versus turmoil and notes a calm period with few war headlines, mentioning Chile turning red and a quiescent "Kingdom of Mare."
A cartoon caption outlines Thomas F. Logan of Somerville New Jersey born July 1885 who ran away at 14 in 1899 to join a volunteer regiment then served in the Philippines as a mascot of the 31st U S Infantry. He later joined the Marine Corps Cavite Manila Quartermaster’s Department Field Artillery and New Jersey National Guard before turning 16. Tomorrow: Jailing the Rain.
In Nelsonville Ohio on June 15 a listener endorses The Miner’s Daughter as a non advertising educational and entertaining radio proposition. The public forum notes letters may lack signatures yet must be known to the newspaper. The piece ends with a reflective line about listening.
A reader urges readers to reject prejudice and condemnation and instead seek truth and love. He contrasts greed with humble labor and faith, citing biblical wisdom and the parable of the prodigal son while calling for optimism and harmony among neighbors, miners, and unions. He references figures Wayne Wingett and Oral Daugherty and ends with a moral appeal to let conscience guide and spread light.
A column from the Athens Citizen urges a shift to conservatism after a crash and layoffs. It argues government waste exists but job creation follows, while industry must curb overexpansion and new bureaus hinder policy. It anticipates smaller capital income, higher wages, and stabilized industry with prudent management.
A Messenger editor argues radio harms listeners when advertising interrupts programs. Refers to a National PTA resolution from Minneapolis dated May 15-20 calling for regulation and reduction of objectionable ads to enrich home and community life.
William J Richards of Glouster Ohio praises a June 13 1932 parade supporting the United Mine Workers of America and a living wage while calling for peaceful settlement and fair competition with operators.
The piece contrasts the calm start of the Republican Convention with looming concerns in 1930s America. It notes unemployment and gloom while imagining simpler rural pleasures and a shifted pace of city life. A quiet observation of daily routines and urban strolls contrasts with political machinery and public anxiety.
Dr. Royal S. Copeland describes an office based injection method using a sclerosing agent to collapse and seal varicose veins. He notes it avoids surgery, leaves no scars, and allows quick return to work, with cautions for pregnancy inflammation heart or kidney disease and diabetes.
The dialogue recommends a target around 104 pounds as typical for a girl of age 13 and 4'11, based on general examination data. It notes that lowering weight in specific parts like the ankles is difficult without overall weight loss and suggests activity such as walking, dancing, and skating to help.
A community plea urges immediate personal aid for city children and families as welfare groups face funding gaps. The piece argues overhead costs and unpaid labor burden relief societies, warns against waiting for winter drives, and encourages gifts of money baskets of food and clothing to ensure meals milk and shelter for children.
On public highways a backward thumb jerk signals a ride request. Giving ten cents or more usually avoids error, but is not expected. A head shake is the common reply as the world grows accustomed, even to misery.
The article recalls Samuel Insull aging at seventy after fifty four years of work, left with an $18 000 yearly pension from three companies he built, once worth over a hundred million. It contrasts public opinion on wealth with the enduring structures he created and notes Chicago bustle near the convention hall and subtle pro prohibition tracts among passersby.
The report describes earnest speeches by dry and wet ladies urging temperance and salvation, with a satirical comparison of appearances to reveal drinkers. It notes Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where purchases of 11 716 acres raise state forest land to 1 556 289 acres this spring.
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