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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1938
Page
2
The Athens Messenger announces publication details for weekdays and a Sunday edition. It lists staff and affiliations, national representation, and advertising information along with subscription rates for multiple counties and zones.
Washington praised as a benevolent parent for education while critics insist schools are local and state affairs. They warn federal supervision swallows individual problems and communities, arguing that state rights and parental authority are being eroded by federal standardization.
General Hugh Johnson praises a dozen men as key to steering industry. The piece contrasts five years of New Deal, rising debt, unemployment, labor strife, and cautious investment with calls for a specific recovery program. It argues for decisive leadership to reduce harm and hasten growth.
The text notes growing youth engagement in local churches, from small groups to large congregations. It calls for parent cooperation, emphasizes well planned programs, and argues the church can restore lost values and a sense of personal effort and humility among youth.
A reminiscence on relocating from rural hills to Southeastern Ohio and the sentiment that life in bigger towns lacks the familiar hills. The piece contrasts city noises and crowds with memories of childhood friends and the landscape of the hills.
In 1929 Jay C. Hormel of Austin Minnesota created an annual wage idea after a fired employee’s protest. The plan promised 52 paychecks plus vacation and sick leave, tested in one department and later adopted plantwide with over 2000 workers now on the annual wage. The move coincided with the plant's C I O unionization and minor staff shifts for conventions.
Workers receive a fixed weekly wage with no hour audit beyond information. Production targets are set by department budgets via collective bargaining, allowing 35 36 hour weeks, with excess production yielding a bonus. Both workers and management leader Hormel appear satisfied with the arrangement.
Hormel adopts a fixed wage system during production downturns, preserving jobs via year-long notices while absorbing costs through efficiency gains. Senator Hatch asks if the plan could apply elsewhere. Hormel notes vice-presidents aren’t laid off and hints employees deserve similar protections.
Washington relations strain as Ruth Marie Rubens remains jailed in Moscow under odd conditions and the U S diplomatic post waits for a new ambassador after Joe Davies moves to Belgium. The Rubens disappeared last December after using false passports. Russia later acknowledged the arrests under the Roosevelt Litvinov pact governing prisoner visits.
After heavy State Department pressure, Lou Henderson, the American charge d affaires in Moscow, could only meet Mrs. Rubens under limits. She declined embassy aid, and officials hint no ambassador may be appointed until inquiries into Mrs. Rubens and her future are complete.
Inquiries among officers reveal sarcasm about the spy scare linked to the three German spies arrested in New York. Military leaders doubt and rarely catch spies themselves, preferring to let Hoover and the G-Men generate publicity from the bungling 50-dollar-a-month informants. Their current stance remains unclear.
Critics charged President Roosevelt with cashing in on his exalted position via sale of writings and press conference transcriptions to a magazine and a syndicate. Formal denial followed harsh criticism, with profits pledged to a useful public purpose under government direction.
In Southeastern Ohio communities tidy roads wind through wooded areas as neighbors greet each other with cheerful chatter. Cities gain from newcomers while locals celebrate visitors and cherish the familiar hills and the steady, friendly tone of local newspaper chronicles.
The Public Forum invites signed letters on current events. Writers should sign with a signature appearing beside the contribution and keep letters brief to allow multiple items each day.
The piece explores whether all producers can sell above production cost. Imagining a closed island economy with rent wages interest salaries and profits, it argues profits depend on total purchasing power equal to total production cost, making universal super-profits impossible.
A wife sustains a husband’s confidence during lean years by happiness appreciation and quiet support. She avoids comparisons, values his efforts, and communicates belief in his abilities. Her faith helps him feel successful and capable regardless of outcomes.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Day spoke to the Athens Rotary Club urging greater respect for law and willingness to serve as jurors. He was introduced by Attorney Roger J. Jones. Frances Hatch of Graceland College led a travel party of 21 on a concert tour. County clerk Rob ert Tompkins reported road resurfacing limits relief due to money and mileage. Hobson Study Circle officers were elected with Mrs. Earl Carpenter as president and others in key roles.
Twenty years ago the PTA of the Central Schools heard Dr. R J Studer on teeth care. The Seventh Ohio Band attached to the 112th headquarters train left Camp Sheridan Alabama for Camp Grant Rockford Illinois with Will Junod serving as assistant bandmaster.
The 324th Field Artillery unit from Camp Sherman challenged Ohio University in a carnival of events including wrestling, basketball, and volleyball. The Athens business men's team defeated the camp team with players McCoy Eccles Hyde Porter DeMolet and Cable.
A letter argues profits should be used by the producer for personal consumption to preserve social purchasing power. It requests readers to consider how profits become available and their effect on society as a whole, posing the question to readers. The author signs F. E. Radcliffe from Albany dated March 2.
Polly awaits Jerry in wartime London as privateer captains Jerry Whitfield and Cabell Banks manage a prisoners transfer after capturing a ship. They separate paths toward Connecticut and an American port, reconciling debts and posting a letter of apology to Polly before parting.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains sinus infections often start like a cold and may become chronic. Blocking ventilation from narrow passages or adenoids can contribute, with drainage being key. Treatments include washing, suction, and occasionally operations to open passages. Under normal pressure steam expands about 1700 times its volume.
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