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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1934
Page
4
An editorial warns that national welfare programs create dependency and will harm America for decades. It argues many rely on relief, eroding thrift, and predicts a hard adjustment when relief ends and local tax districts bear the burden.
The Federal Council of Churches and allied groups back Cardinal Dougherty in attacking what they call immoral films. He cites 77 million weekly theatergoers and 23 million under 21, urging action to protect marriage, womanhood, and home. Hollywood defends realism. newspapers favor traditional standards.
This article cautions readers about drowning risks in summer and urges following simple water safety rules. It stresses that many boating and bathing accidents are preventable and urges universal awareness of safe practices while in or near water.
In Washington on June 25 Paul Mallon notes that Roosevelt and Hull dismissed the idea of settling war debts with goods. He argues Britain cannot pay in tin or other goods, since Britain has no goods to spare and pricing would negate any profit, making a goods transfer impractical.
The Roosevelt Hull poker team asked for payment in goods due to British money transfer limits. Newspapers overplayed a single sentence. Roosevelt’s spokesmen and the White House downplayed the issue as a notable feature of the Hull note.
Economists in the State Department foresee transfers possibly based on paying goods within a year or two as world trade relations normalize. They caution that substantial debt payments cannot be made this way or any other and note the current situation remains as before, like a stake on the poker table.
The article notes Senator Borah remains skeptical of the New Deal and the Administration, planning summer speeches about the NRA and AAA in a New Deal valedictory style. It mentions Roosevelt’s lighthearted exchange with Borah at a White House signing and warns of political tensions ahead. It also covers Dillinger case fallout and DOJ policy shifts on capture incentives.
The article argues that most water accidents arise from forgotten safety rules and lack of foresight in boat operation. It cautions that even small boats can be safe if care is exercised, emphasizing consistent prudence by guardians and operators.
The piece critiques Ogden L. Mills and Republican rhetoric urging the coming Congressional elections. Broun mocks the use of ancient tyrants as political weapons, questions the notion of natural recovery, and doubts the defined existence of economic tides toward improvement.
The essay argues economics cannot be exact due to scarce data and complex factors. It notes that even respected forecasts vary and that some past prophecies came true while others faded. The author questions the existence of universal natural forces driving recovery and urges evidence for any claimed patterns.
A speaker argues that unemployment worsened globally and that wars and panics follow economic systems. He questions Ogden Mills and Hoover era policies, suggesting that laissez faire would not restore peace and prosperity. He contends government restraint hindered recovery and banks should not be left to “natural forces.”
The speaker attacks Republican doubts about natural recovery and tariff policy. He argues Roosevelt may pursue a more radical program reflecting the mass American will, suggesting bold measures could fulfill democracy rather than betray it. Ogden Mills is referenced in a metaphor about public reaction.
Max Baer questions boxing commission restraint after a bout, noting Baer was in no condition to fight and demanding reassessment. Mrs. Nora Baer weighs in about protectively defending her son's teeth amid the fallout.
Eye care is crucial as aging affects vision and many adults neglect annual eye exams. A US Public Health Service study of about 9 000 families in 130 cities across 18 states shows women under 50 more often have vision defects and that higher income and professional work correlate with better eye care. Regular physicals link to better vision checks, and 80 percent of those examined needed glasses. Signs in children include headaches blurry distant vision eye rubbing frowning squinting or forehead wrinkling warranting immediate eye exam by an expert.
Olive Roberts Barton argues that promises are often broken in social life and reflects on how broken vows reveal character. She recalls personal experiences of inviting or promising to visit, noting the drift of time erodes contact and questions the value of reliability, especially in childhood and youth when dependability should be learned.
Only about five to six percent of Britain's lumber is grown domestically. A mix of import dependence and domestic production shapes the timber supply for the nation.
A fragmented oddball note asks if you can write a figure while making a cyade with your foot at the same time. The text reads like a playful puzzle or stunt request with no clear event or person named.
Mrs. Charles F. Hicks of Welch West Virginia built a hillside home with a basement coal seam and an attic garage reached by a road up to the roof. The coal mine is 30 feet below the garage floor enabling direct furnace use. J H McKinney of Fort Worth has logged over 2.6 million miles as a Foat Dallas interurban conductor, often running daily near that route and likely to pass the iron mile. Tomorrow: Where Is The Atlant Bridge.
A letter from Millfield defends ministers who opposed war and criticizes armament bankers and politicians. The writer mocks public figures, cites Dolfuss and Shaw, notes church figures receive salaries, and laments media and elite influence while urging restraint on slaughter. Ends with a signature fragment.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Henry visited their son Ralph in Nelsonville with Mrs. Ralph Swayers and two Hill members. James Palmer and Alonzo Palmer of Athens joined the E. A. Dutton family at Hockingport. A kitchen shower honored Mr and Mrs Vaughn Ros on the Airline. Reverend L. F. Miller and Wil C. Merritt attended a dinner at Mr. Martin Chase’s in Harrisonville. Thirty attended the ice cream social at Dickens The Plains followed by a day at Floyd Shafer’s the next week.
Fifteen youngsters held a picnic on Ned Island in honor of Miss Mary Elizabeth of Middleport. Relatives Effie Silvas and Mises Doris Murdock served as chaperons for the event.
The fragment voices a dramatic image attributing political hell to the President, with a vow to stand by him amid intense, heated rhetoric and infernal imagery. The text shows a vice president’s dramatic pledge in a heated political satire voice.
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