The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co Ancestrial Billing Details
The Athens Messenger outlines publication details with pricing for subscriptions and advertising. It notes weekday afternoon issues except Saturday, a large Sunday edition, and as a second-class matter entry. Rates include in-state yearly, half year, and shorter term options.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Reading versus listening on Roosevelt Supreme Court proposal
National correspondents survey shows newspaper readers more prepared to debate the President’s proposal than radio listeners. They argue print offers interpretive facts, aiding thinking, while radio remains insufficiently dramatic. The piece predicts Roosevelt will win public support when he speaks March 9 by radio.
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Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
Four-Inch House Numbers Urged By Troy Physicians
A group of Troy physicians urge all house numbers to be at least four inches high and clearly visible. They argue delays in reaching patients due to hard-to-find numbers endanger lives and suggest extending this standard to rural mailboxes with names. Plainly labeled homes would ease both urban and rural locating efforts.
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Troy
N. Y
Flood Walls to Shield Ohio Valley Towns Move Ahead
Flood walls along the Ohio Valley towns facing severe inundation could soon be funded. The plan envisions walls acting like levees, cost sharing tied to a decade of stream control development, and notes levees have long protected river regions.
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Ohio Valley
Mississippi
Behind the News on Foreign Affairs Personal Visits
Washington observers note high profile foreign figures like Roncinan Bonnet and Sir Robert Craigie visiting on what appears to be more than personal trips. Analysts expect no world conference this year and say the United States will not finance postwar recovery with loans abroad, citing fragile European credit and disarmament concerns.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Runciman
Bonnet
Robert Craigie
Roosevelt
Bill Bullitt
Paris
Atlantic
Frank
Bob
Bill
Walter
Hull
New York
Hemisphere
United States
Labor leaders brace for inevitable coal strike
Hamlet and John L. Lewis share a wary stance as talks stall on the looming coal strike. Authorities warn the contract expires April 1 and operators call the walkout a vacation while labor observers expect no delay, tying the strike to summer coal use and bass season.
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Hamlet
John L. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Senate leaders scheme to force Vidal exit from Air Bureau
Senate leader Robinson and Senator Byrnes meet on capital streets for impromptu talks. Outside Director Vidal’s office, supporters grease the floor hoping he slips toward private life. The Roper clique in Commerce aims to push him out with a low level field offer.
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Robinson
Jimmy Byrnes
Vidal
Bureau of Air Commerce
Roper
Commerce Department
Flood Walls for Limited High Water Protection
A Midwest writer argues wealth cannot guarantee health noting a man died after a whiskey bet. Mae West seen ringside in a Hollywood restaurant. The piece analyzes flood control, saying levees push water downstream while flood walls protect small population centers like cities near the Ohio River such as Portsmouth, which avoided losses with a million dollar wall.
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Portsmouth
Ohio River
Airport plans spark farmer concerns and pilot relief
A letter to the Messenger argues the proposed stock sale barn at Totman property adjoining the Athens airport will not hinder flying but could ease future aircraft use. Editor notes the plan includes limited fencing, a nearby power line, and a half width strip for operations. The writer contends the project improves aviation access and may shift instruction toward broader airplane ownership.
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Airport Plans
the Messenger
Totman
Athens
C. A. Gardner
Gardner
Rowland Field
Childhood memories and airport plans for Athens
The column includes verses by Mrs. W. L. Rice from Pomeroy Ohio and shifts to a discussion on airport development in Athens. It suggests raising flood level protection or moving to a new field, noting Beasley field as preferable for elevation and proposing continued use of Totman or Beasley fields as needed.
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Mr. Totman
Mr. Beasley
Beasley
Whooping cough history and transmission insights
Health Hints and Diet discusses whooping cough origins descriptions from 1578, death tolls through 1930, school days lost, age patterns, and transmission. It notes whooping cough most affects under 5s, a higher female mortality after 15, and a germ described in 1906 may cause the disease spread via secretions and contact.
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Morris Fishbein
Daphne and Jennifer Stir a Connecticut Estate Tangle
Daphne Brett, a stylish New York advertising exec, rents her late father’s Connecticut estate to young architect Larry Smith while juggling her sister Jennifer’s lively entrance into adulthood and a budding, careful romance with Tuck Ainsley. Jennifer aims for party plans and modern fashion, prompting Daphne to reassess career, family, and love as the house shifts with new dynamics.
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Daphne Brett
New York
Connecticut
Jennifer
Daphne
Larry Smith
Mr. Smith
Tuck Ainsley
Daffy
Pete Pompton
the Consular
Tuck
District Tales of Long Ago and the Half Way House
The article recalls the Half Way House built by Christopher Herrold near Concord Church in Ames Township Athens County once a key stop on the Marietta Chillicothe Road. It notes its two story 30 foot square poplar structure with a great wood fireplace and early glass windows. The tavern served as a community hub and fur trade link to Marietta, later torn down with only chimney stones remaining.
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Christopher Herrold
Ames Township
Athens County
Concord Church
Marietta
Chillicothe
Marietta-Chillicothe
Amesville
Federal Creek
Warren Easler
Hooper Ridge
Harvey Linscott
Sunday Creek
Hocking River
Athens
West State Street
Vore Ridge
Herrold
Stacey Sayer
Sayer
Injured brake man survives switching accident
John H. Shaner of Millfield was thrown under a switching engine at Corning but narrowly escaped death. The report notes other local notices including property moves, social events, and a dog attack week in Athens.
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John H. Shaner
Millfield
Corning
Reeves sells two young cattle in Athens for 222.75
The piece notes A F Reeves of Lodi sold two calves for 222 dollars and 75 cents in Athens. It also mentions national suffrage leaders saying Wilson blocks passage of the Federal Amendment, prompting 10 000 women to travel to Washington for a demonstration.
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A. F. Reeves
Lodi
Athens
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
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