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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1938
Page
4
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The essay argues that surpluses threaten farm prices and that White House fears of even lower prices after 1938 push Europe as an outlet. It condemns government classifying people into labor, farmers, and business men, urging unity between industry and agriculture against class conflict. The piece appeals to farmers and Grangers to resist class-based politics and doles.
A speaker warns against excessive emotion amid rapid global changes. He argues today’s economic and political ties demand smarter, more practical thinking, urging families to discuss problems to foster moral recovery and economic progress.
An eight state compact on stream purification aims to protect public health and open thousands of miles of waterways to public use. Ohio towns along the Hocking River plan sewage plants, with Glouster to may become the first in the region.
A centric meditation on leadership and followers argues that leaders live and die by their audiences. It notes that equal to leadership is the call to the company of those who follow, and that followers shape and sometimes break leaders. The piece laments scant individual glory for followers.
In Washington Raymond Clapper critiques Congress for creating a civil aeronautics authority to regulate air travel. He argues it mirrors ICC supervision of railroads, expands government power over private enterprise, and foreshadows broader rules on pricing, capital, and airline safety. He warns of expanding bureaucratic control and eventual stock market regulation.
Washington eyed an immediate wage rise under the new wage hour law with a 25-cent floor, unions pressing for 30 to 35 cents and a 44-hour week. The bill creates industry boards and an administrator in the Labor Department with power to set or veto minimums, and allows suits for double back wages.
The passage reflects on leadership and influence, noting that a follower's recognition of his power fuels leadership. It cites Walt Whitman urging that great poets require great audiences, implying that audience strength enables leadership and direction.
Dick Brooks Reed Jacoby Ross Sams of Athens and Gilbert Beckley of Harrisburg left on a camping motor trip to Denver and Yellowstone National Park. Mr and Mrs R G Palmer returned from a week long motor trip to Washington D C and the Shenandoah Valley. Miss Irma E Voigt heads to Europe for summer with a Sherwood Eddy seminar group of 75 teachers and editors. Miss Mabel Carr goes to Charlevoix Michigan for the summer to work as a clerk in the Chicago Club.
Miss Helen McKay and Miss Lucile Coombs hosted a balcony gathering with a Ken sington in honor of Miss Virginia Simpson of New Moore field. The morning included sewing and daisy decorations as Athens Circle of the Child Conservation League met with Mrs. Charles Demolet Jr. Also noted are visits by Mrs. Harry Z. Foster and daughter Martha in Bremen, Master James Brown Davis visiting Cincinnati, Mrs. J. B. Fulton fracturing her left ankle, and word that William Eccles passed the naval aviation entrance exam in Boston.
A column discusses the impractical ideal of a perfect wife suggesting such a role would bore a husband and stifle a wife’s individuality. It contrasts a too compliant spouse with a wife who has temperament and small indulgences, noting how real life differs from idealized perfection. The piece ends by mentioning the discovery of Uranus by Sir William Herschel in 1781.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes the real summer menace is accidents not heat. In the US over 100000 yearly deaths from accidents with motor vehicles and other transport leading. Drowning causes about 7000 deaths annually, mostly in May to September, with improved rescue and CPR reducing fatalities.
Mrs John Diller and son of New Lexington visit her mother Mrs Dora Tuttle. Christy family and Roy Christy visit Barnhill family in Athens. Bernice Betzing visits Thelma Shafer in Pomeroy. Ray Perrish of Derry visits grandparents Walter and Mrs Tuttle. Laura and Nora Christy visit relatives in New Lexington. Mattie Pullins visits Coolville. Willie Pooler visits John and Mrs Pooler in Chester. Virgil Beals family and Thelma Shafer visit Betzing family in Pomeroy. Thelma Harper visits her parents in Reedsville. Children’s Day at Silver Ridge U B Church draws several attendees. Over 50,000 American communities rely on bus and truck for transportation services.
Joe Murray joins three dangerous young men who justify theft as tapping a corrupt system. Their plan at a midnight gas station ends in a fatal firefight with a police officer and a death beside Joe as they flee into darkness. Joe faces fear and doubt about his path.
Mrs. R H Austin and son of Akron visited Mrs. Ann E Green Tuesday night. Teddy Kincade and family from Washington DC stayed with Mr and Mrs R R Crislip Tuesday to Thursday. Dottie La Brandeberry celebrated her sixth birthday with friends at the Ireland settlement. Guests included Jo Ann Sheets Kay Walden Ronald Chapman Doris Brafford Joan Clark Ruth Brandeberry Kermit Clark Willard Brandeberry and Dottie Lu. Everett Parkins family and Rev J F Parkins of Columbus visited the Kings Tuesday. Leona Kohl and mother of Pomeroy called Tuesday evening. George Caylor of Delaware stayed with his sister Mrs Le Goullon Wednesday.
Mineral notes record Everett Snider and Clarence Penrod visiting Sattillo Ohio and meeting brother Pete Penrod after years. Florida visitors F D Carlin and wife reside in Athens while visiting Carlin kin Guy Bolen Sylvia Addis family. Lee Allgood and son from Barberton vacationing with Joe Allgood and sister Sylvia Addis. Bert Addis returned from Eaton Memorial Day trip. Ernest Ely and son Clyde were in Cincinnati Sunday. C C Todd of Asbury Ridge visited J P Emish family. Amanda Todd of Ellett visited relatives with Emish and Hester families on Asbury Ridge and Care Bondale.
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