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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1939
Page
4
Athens Messenger published weekdays with a Sunday edition by Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co. including publisher Gordon K. Bush and editor Charles H. Harris. It lists circulation affiliations, national reps, and subscription rates for several Ohio counties.
A Athens civic group hears a speaker urging focus on local conditions shaping youth and community life. He warns against Washington driven politics and warns that reliance on broad movements risks hollow democracy, urging healthy local effort to prevent fascism and revolution.
A reader cites federal finance tables through June 10 showing a large gross deficit and rising cash and public debt. The note urges readers to write congressmen urging economy over pork and substantial next year budget savings.
In a tongue in cheek note, the piece suggests Cordell Hull’s barter diplomacy could extend to exchanging athletes for other nations. Brazil seeks a football player in return for coffee, hinting at future international deals that could involve American canny assets like an Annapolis fullback for the Navy.
A break between Latin American economies and Franco regime ties a potential boon for business and social relations. The article notes liberal lending by the U S to South and Central America may hinder their development while Latins distrust Uncle Sam.
Raymond Clapper analyzes possible Senate delays on repealing the arms embargo and expanding cash and carry for munitions. He highlights risks of summer adjournment, administration aims to deter or hasten war, and tensions among the United States, Japan, Italy, and Germany as the Rome Berlin Tokyo axis presses.
Bruce Catton discusses U S food stamp experiments expanding from six cities to several as the program develops in Rochester Dayton and soon Seattle. He notes potential shifts in policy and the possible removal of orange stamps to measure impact on food consumption. He also covers naval safety concerns about British submarines and legislative moves affecting inland waterway transport under the Bland bill and ICC.
A Q and A page covers champagne longevity in cool cellars, the meaning of a generation, existence of stoneless peaches, Uranus distance and visibility, lime hybridity, and Dwight W. Morrow family history tracing Alexander Morrow to Ireland before the Revolutionary War and their West Virginia estate Fairview.
A brief service notice from The Messenger describes addressing questions to the Service Bureau at 1013 13th St Washington D C. It states no legal or medical advice and no extended research and instructs mail be directed to the editor.
Five health questions with multiple choice answers and explanations. The piece notes trench mouth as a gum infection common in WWI conditions and explains that mudstones do not cure hydrophobia or rabies, with the Pasteur method as the prevention after exposure.
Readers are invited to send signed letters with signatures published. Contributions should be concise to allow multiple letters per day.
In a staged dialogue, Governor Galahad explains the Whittemore Adams law to Pete and defends a utility bonds policy amid questions on municipal light plants and coal bills. The piece ends with a note from The Boys of the Public Utility Lobby and general remarks on germs and rabies.
Iris Whittaker endures financial ruin after Bart’s illness and unpaid installments. She sells clothing and furnishings, moves to a boarding house, and steadies bills while caring for Bart in hospital. A hopeful reunion confirms a changed marriage and renewed resolve.
The University of Georgia prohibits lone female and male students from hitchhiking to and from classes and enforces a universal ban on rides after dark regardless of sex or number of students.
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