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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1938

Page

4

Newspaper Rate Card and Classified Notice

National representatives listed with city offices in Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland. Advertising rates on application. Obituary and thanks card charges. Subscriptions by carrier 150 week. Mail rates in several counties: one year 4.50 six months 2.50 ten weeks 1.00 one week is so. Extra postage rates elsewhere on application.

John W. Cullen Company Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland Athens Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan, Vinton Washington

Can Play Leading Role in Nation's Future

A housewife and mother, puzzled by national issues and her family's needs, vows to act as a practical neighbor. She contemplates savings, charity, and the impact of WPA wages while urging women to influence economic and social future through decisive, neighborly action. Tomorrow The Better Things.

Monopoly talk vs price control in a busy election era

The piece argues that anti monopoly rhetoric will rise during Congress recess while real price control shifts occur via private mechanisms and special government methods. It notes distrust of drastic busting efforts and predicts voters favor mass production benefits over broad anti monopoly campaigns.

Congress United States Roosevelt Teddy

Selig Perlman to Speak at Athens Ohio University Convocation

Professor Selig Perlman, a leading labor movement and political theory expert, will discuss social change at an Athens convocation. A associate of John R. Commons, he helped shape modern labor legislation and opposes communism and socialism with a democratic, student-centered approach.

Selig Perlman Athens Ohio University John R. Commons Perlman Wisconsin American Council On Education United States

Roosevelt's Court Fight Bends Toward Broad Judicial Reform

Raymond Clapper reviews how Roosevelt’s bid to enlarge the Supreme Court yielded broader reforms. Congress enacted key measures to ease delays, empower the Court, and streamline civil suits, while a court proctor remained unresolved but anticipated.

Supreme Court Department of Justice Roosevelt Cummings Hughes

Washington wage hour debate hints at large benefiting workers

The piece surveys potential reach of the wage hour act noting labor leaders now estimate many more workers may gain raises than earlier expected. It highlights regional low wages in Florida Tennessee Delaware and DC and recounts David J. Lewis a Maryland senatorial candidate who rose from coal mines at age nine to influence New Deal reforms.

Washington Arkansas Florida Tennessee South Delaware Connecticut District of Columbia David J. Lewis Millard Tydings Maryland Lewis Center County Parcel Post

Dr Perlman to Speak on Labor Strength and Communism

A professor argues communism thrives only in backward agricultural nations and urges listeners to attend his Thursday talk. He is described as practical with strong credibility, encouraging attendance by uncertain readers.

Perlman

Religious Rackets prompts reader letter in The Messenger

In a public forum letter Silas J. Sayers of Trimble argues churches today are hypocritical and urges fidelity to Bible laws. He denounces falsehoods, extols Sunday worship, and claims Abraham Lincoln stood for faith while urging unity among true saints. June 20 Trimble LOC.

the Messenger Bolton Albany Christ Devil God Abraham Lincoln Saints Church of God Silas J. Sayers Trimble

We the Women Seek Duchess Guidance on Unemployed Husbands

Women ask the Duchess of Wind Sor for advice on handling idle spouses and the strain of living with a man without a job. They seek practical ways to avoid nagging, sustain ego, and keep harmony at home while exploring whether marriage can be a career.

Duchess of Windsor

Ten Years Ago News Roundup in Nelsonville and Nearby

Joe B. Davis, a noted coal operator, farmer and sportsman, died at his Nelsonville home on June 22 as Hocking River floodwaters receded and Athens County highways reopened. The Lancaster Daughters of Union Veterans listed members and mourners. A Sherman's home fountain memorial, Mary Pickford hairdo news, and a Mes senger ad for three Holstein cows from Route Five were also noted.

Joe B. Davis Nelsonville Daughters of Union Lancaster Mary A. Fryberger H. le Atkinson William Hughes Augusta Finsterwald Kinkade Hanning Alex Root Flora Boring Ezra Walker W. H. Brown J. L. Pickering J. B. Allen John P. Dana W. B. Southerton Isaac Newton A. J. Learned Millfield Sherman

Ohio University faculty changes and retirements announced

President Alston Ellis of Ohio University will retire and serve on war boards and national committees. New appointees include Robert L. Morton in extension work, Thor Olson as physical education instructor, Brandon T. Grover in history, O. E. Fun as Rural Training School critic teacher. Leaves of absence for war work granted to several faculty members. Beach discovery: bones of a man found near the municipal pool under the South bridge.

Alston Ellis Ohio University Robert L. Morton Thor Olson Brandon T. Grover O. U O. E. Fun W. B. Bentley I. E. Ash C. N. Mackinnon C. M. Douthitt Victor Whitehouse B. L. Jefferson C. E. Skinner H. V. Cherrington R. B. Poling C. H. Crowden

Stars Say for Wednesday June 22 Horoscope Outlook

The forecast notes mixed influences with possible delays and obstacles though some activity and excitement may occur. A short journey or change could prove profitable with help from strangers, while progress remains slow and a birthday year may bring tension but potential for ideas and progress.

Portland Social and Personal News Notes

Misses Maxine and Mary Jo Swan of Columbus visited here over the weekend. Ethel Ellen Lane of Parkersburg returned home after visiting Ernestine Price. Eris Price of the Steamer Reliance guests of relatives here. Maxine Ritchie works at Durst store in Stiversville. Emlin Adams and Charles Newman brought Mrs. Adams home from Camden Clark Hospital to stay with her parents. Five experimental stations to promote Alaska development are operated by the U S Department of Agriculture.

Ethel Ellen Lane Parkersburg Ernestine Price Eris Price Reliance Maxine Ritchie Durst Stiversville Emlin Adams Charles Newman Adams Camden Clark Hospital Earl Jewett Alaska U. S. Department of Agriculture

Companionship and resolve anchor a broken pair

Joe Murray faces a harsh truth of longing for Terry not Helen. He returns to the road for work while Terry arrives with funds and guilt, declaring love and a pact to endure together. They embrace amid hardship, choosing to live and move forward as a pair.

Joe Murray Helen Terry Aailert Joe

Health Hints and Diet Health Hints and Diet

Dr Morris Fishbein notes progress in infant welfare from clean milk and water to nurse visits and consultation centers. He cites Roosevelt's White House conference and the Children's Bureau 1912 role, linking adequate wages to lower infant mortality and calling for expanding these public health efforts nationwide.

Morris Fishbein Theodore Roosevelt White House Department of Labor

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THE United Press Raymond Clapper By Raymond Clapper van Devanter Sutherland Roberts Sumners By Rodney Dutcher the Public Forum Ruth Millett George Clark NEA INO MI Regus Hocking River Athens County Mary Pickford C. W. Conrath Route Five the Stars By Genevieve Kemble Portland Maxine Mary Jo Swan Columbus Man William Corcoran NEA Service, Inc Chapter Darling
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