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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
4
A clipped notice outlines subscription rates and postal terms for the Athens post. It lists rates including 315 cents per week, annual and short-term options, plus mail and second-class matter remarks. It mentions associations and agencies and references obituary and card of thanks charges.
The article urges renewed emphasis on the safe and sane Fourth of July campaign to reduce fireworks injuries and warns that despite fewer firework casualties the holiday will bring many traffic deaths, drownings, and picnic bonfire accidents as crowds fill highways and water.
The piece argues that reduced campaign funds will affect the 1932 presidential race. It notes lower spending than four years ago but asserts issues and candidates will be heard clearly. It cautions against misused money and favors for funders, suggesting a cheaper campaign benefits the country overall.
A call for shared responsibility between workers and industrialists. The piece argues workers must rethink dependence, share in reform, and support longer planning to improve efficiency. It notes leaders in industry have faltered and urges mutual loyalty, more thinking, and coordinated lines for progress.
The piece condemns the Senate stock market investigation for highlighting how financial giants profit without serving the nation. It argues Wall Street is a dangerous, unreliable machine that fuels personal gain over constructive industry, and credits the inquiry for exposing the reckless speculation that fuels national troubles.
A Bible quote contrasts parental responsibility with individual guilt. The piece jokes about a Michigan man who bought a marriage license a year ago and wants a refund. A woman writer quips that humor reforms a wayward husband, while noting some women favor the shotgun as humor.
The article outlines the high stakes for the permanent chairman at the Democratic convention, pitting Roosevelt ally Jouett Shouse against Walsh and the Smith faction. It notes their influence on keynote honors, gallery management, and crucial rulings on recognitions and the unit rule, reflecting tense intra party power dynamics.
Dr. Morris Fishbein summarizes five core benefits of exercise including improved circulation and oxygen delivery, enhanced waste elimination, better digestion, stronger nervous system tone, and overall growth stimulation. Exercise should fit age and condition and never reach exhaustion.
A narrative warns parents about child failure and the social shame of red ink notes. It contrasts inherited talent with effort, notes corrupting fear, and urges humane, supportive reactions to a student’s poor exams. It cites historical figures and political figures to frame the discussion.
In Athens County volunteers organize community sings led by Irma Stanfield, a Red Cross worker, as part of a national movement. The Kiwanis Club approves 100 dollars for immediate playground use. Elks grounds on West State Street open Thursday afternoon for children with American Legion Band and Federated clubs supervising. West Side citizens discuss district school, with no definite outcome. Athens Poultry Company expands from 1,200 to 14,000 egg capacity by 1922 and has hatched 40,000 chicks.
Clinton W. Blume of 1400 Ocean Avenue Brooklyn wins the National Believe It Or Not contest first prize. His entry tells of a scrubbing brush drifting from the U S S President Lincoln after torpedoing in 1918 and washing ashore on his feet years later. The Navy Hydrographic Office confirms the possible drift. Tomorrow: The Suggestion That Won An Automobile.
The MessengerPublic Forum argues growing public sympathy for organized labor, urging workers to actively organize and fight their battles. It stresses collective effort, union meetings as the decision forum, and persistent self‑action to secure long term gains. J H Hewitt New Marshfield June 21.
A buggy was struck by an automobile on South Court Street causing Mrs. Caleb Jeffers of Lod Township to flee into Jim Brattin's barber shop in fright. The incident follows a parade of local business moves and personal notices including the death of the Irish setter Jim at age 13.
The piece contrasts old sea raiders like Captain Kidd with modern fraudsters who stay safe through political and corporate favors. It argues that today’s thieves avoid risk, using influence to profit quickly while evading arrest.
A Athens reader recounts a lively talk on Court Street about malt sales and a proposed three cent per pound tax. The speaker argues Athens would consume vast malt quantities and bake many loaves daily, noting impacts on small bakers and mischaracterized malt as a soda item. The letter, dated June 21 1932, finishes with a playful jab at critics.
Columbiana County Sheriff William J. Barlow was found to have legally profited 5953.31 dollars from prisoner feeding allowances, in an examiner's report filed today with State Auditor Joseph T. Tisy.
Mr Garner signals continued support for repealing the Eighteenth Amendment amid GOP and prohibition concerns. Mr Gibson in Lausanne hints at debt cancellation if armaments shrink, while Ishii cautions Washington to stay out of Asia and warns of possible war if America dominates the region.
The passage notes Stalin pursuing rapid completion of a five year plan in four years and Mussolini outlining one to rebuild Rome with a sea link and a new Port Mussolini harbor. It contrasts this with London's indecision over Waterloo Bridge and its potential relocation.
A newspaper column notes politics Europe debts and crime but centers on the Schmeling Sharkey fight as a national curiosity. It comments on public interest driven by spectacle rather than principle, mentioning Charlie Chaplin’s young sons and a French proverb about hunting breeds.
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