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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger announces weekly publication with an editor and offices in Athens Ohio. It lists subscription rates including carrier 15 cents a week, one year four fifty, ten weeks one dollar, and four weeks sixty cents, along with various associations and notices.
Col Leonard P Ayres told the Ohio Bankers Association that the current upswing in business is strong with a momentum never before equaled in the United States. He notes March to April saw record monthly advances and predicts March through June will be the greatest three month improvement in American history.
Government must lower taxes to spread burdens fairly and speed up recovery. The piece argues budgets are too large, incomes shrink since 1929, and deflation serves future stability while inflated values falter. It blames rising costs on new activities and political jobs, urging retrenchment aligned with current times.
As the second week opens at the World Economic Conference Europe refuses to pay war debts and Germany's commercial debts are adjusted. Inflation improves but deflation schemes fail, prompting small nations to seek currency stabilization while major powers resist until prices rise. Mutual concessions are seen as necessary to break tariff deadlock and curb high tariffs amid blame shifting among countries.
The piece notes cautious optimism as industries gauge effects of the Industrial Recovery Bill on prices and wages. It cites General Johnson urging continued employment measures, calls for a unified banking system, and highlights rail, power, and construction sectors expanding activity with public works to create jobs by fall.
Lawmakers met to decide the governor’s forty million dollar sales tax plan but adjourned leaving the tax program unresolved. Bills to allow tax installments were approved, and high schools with poor gymnasiums may now issue certificates. The session faces six months of stalemate and continued disputes over the Mort Plan for schools and earned income tax.
Dorothy Dix notes that women use wit in love to win husbands and men are often blind to it. A divorced man reflects on thrift, clothes, and courtship as he laments his idealized bride and observes how many men are fooled by appearances.
A Dorothy Dix column critiques male credulity in love, arguing men seek comforting images in women and ignore real motives. It suggests women manipulate perceptions while men project desires, framing clever female behavior as mercy that preserves marital markets.
Advice urges consulting a doctor about children’s sun exposure and sunbaths. It recommends early morning or late-day sessions if used, minimizing heat, keeping kids cool, and limiting midday sun. Emphasizes gradual sun exposure, hats, and caution with sunburn and heat effects on organs.
The cartoon notes that Devil's Island offers minimal prison hardship compared with St. Joseph and Ile Royale. It details the notorious reputation, the so-called Dry Guillotine, and the aging escape artist Laporte who has spent decades incarcerated with numerous evasions. Tomorrow features The Living Sails of Dutch America.
A string of numbered clues mixes wordplay and definitions. Items range from anatomy terms to literary references, aiming to identify a named person or answer through multiple hints. The list includes phrases about growth, digestion, and letters, plus a final prompt asking for the first name of a man with a former position.
Dr. Morris Fishbein explains how thyroid overactivity can drive the heart beyond its needs and worsen heart disease. Doctors like L. M. Hursthal note that addressing excess thyroid action may restore normal activity, sometimes requiring surgery, fluids control, and drugs such as digitalis and iodine to rest both thyroid and heart.
Twenty years ago Chauncey youths including Elizabeth Hixon Naomi England Elizabeth Carter Laura Willis and Eleanore Goodspeed attended a hay ride to Glouster chaperoned by Mrs Russell. Bishop Moore spoke to Copeland Class Hustlers on temperance. Everett Cline hosted a house party for daughters Hazel Faye Copeland Nelle Copeland Hazel Reed Mary Evans. County youths competed in a junior corn growing contest with Ralph Bingman and Isadore Montle reporting early leading yields.
City Council accepts the new Alderman Heights residential area on the North Hill shale bank. Athens Brick Company has ceased operations. Misses Ruth and Pauline Cone visit relatives near Trimble. The noon temperature reads 90 degrees per Mrs. Charlies Creamer of Richland Avenue.
The statement underscores a result that resonates with millions of residents, highlighting its broad significance and emotional impact for the state.
The text notes that removing oil on hot days depends on the child’s health and living conditions. Some children are kept off oil if strong, while others continue if weak or malnourished. There is no blanket rule due to varying conditions and cruel heat.
The 75 year old Virginia senator, fighting and irate, argues with Senator Cutting after the veterans payment conference as the Senate adjourns in a dramatic midnight confrontation. Spectators, officials, and many lawmakers observe a tense showdown over record and policy.
Wilkesville reports include Mrs Drusilla Tabrocke and Mrs Florence Warner of Cincinnati visiting relatives. Miss Norma Vowell of Columbus and Mr Paul Foose of Hamden wed last Saturday and reside in Athens where Foose attends Ohio University. Several locals recover from illness or surgery and travel for family duties.
In Tuppers Plains on June 26 a church hosts a benefit ice cream social to raise funds for its activities. The event invites community members to enjoy desserts and support the church programs.
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