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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1936
Page
4
The piece argues farmers distrust the farm subsidy framework and question its constitutionality. It contends the plan penalizes productive farmers, rewards the least efficient, hinges on nontransparent funding, and shifts wealth from taxpayers to subsidize reduced production in an election year context.
An article attacks the term lunatic fringe used by motor vehicle officials while praising state led efforts to regulate driving. It urges uniform laws and smarter traffic engineering over fear based tactics and notes Ohio has revoked thousands of licenses to curb danger.
Efforts to end the Italo Ethiopian conflict look closer to success. The League of Nations may impose oil sanctions with Britain and France backing the move. Mussolini has ordered Italian banks to public credit institutions to ease wartime costs, suggesting real chance for peace talks.
Congressman O Connors quip about a hidden force in the Senate prompts talk as readers point to the difficulty of locating a cop in a hurry. The film She Married a Million is banned by the Hays office. The public interest in an actress career remains uncertain.
A California preacher has been designated as deputy clerk for marriage licenses. The move allows him to issue licenses and handle related duties, with potential additional permissions under the authorization process.
In Washington President Roosevelt reinforces no new spending without tax funding. A private White House shift allowed a $420 million Norris rural electrification bill to pass, sliced to half, funding routed via RFC so it skirts the budget. Critics say Norris gains are a gift on his 33rd anniversary in Congress.
The piece notes a rare personal bond between Roosevelt and Norris, Norris’s fringe role in New Deal circles, and public praise for Norris. It reports Anning Pratt’s quiet FCC reappointment, hints at Casey as a possible chair, and mentions looming housing legislation and Wagner’s unsettled relief strategy and budget aims.
Secretary of the Lincoln Highway Association predicts major U S roads will be illuminated within a few years, noting that presently only some drivers have lighting while progress expands.
Hobson Study Circle selects officers led by Mrs. Wheaton as president and logan Elks name Logan R. Kienle as treasurer. Rotary speaker Cora Brown. Florida real estate quip by Will Higley couple. Bible Class officers and social events listed with numerous names and venues. Local theater ads and birthday party details conclude the society roundup.
Health guidance for heart disease patients recommends 2000 calories daily and limited fluids. Diet emphasizes milk based fluids, toast, cereals, limited meat, easily digestible desserts, and cautious vegetables. A sample menu lists breakfast lunch and supper with milk and bread and light desserts. Sheep akina are sold by farmers under more than 50 different names.
The article recounts Blennerhassett of Packus Island in the Ohio River, his noble birth, marriage to Agnew, wealth, and island life with slaves before Aaron Burr's conspiracy led to his downfall. It notes Burr’s presence in Marietta Athens and Chillicothe, the family’s later poverty, and the Hildreth history that details their days and trials.
A reader poem about an Ohio man fishing on a river and about life in sunny Florida. The piece playfully contrasts Ohio winters with a land where the sun shines and taxes are supposedly absent. Signed by A. L. Tryon of Allendale Florida.
The answer urges immediate attention by a competent surgeon for irritated or growing moles. Early removal or treatment with radium or X-ray is suggested to prevent serious damage.
Jane Weston sails on a three week ocean cruise to collect salary owed after layoff. Passengers include Dirk Strom Nora Lane and Millie as a murder and diamond theft unfold amid a raging storm. Snowshoes the detective uncovers a corpse aboard and Millie sparks fear as the mystery deepens aboard the ship.
A garbled OCR-like passage blends miscellaneous quotes from George Bernard Shaw Josef Stalin Haile Selassie and others with stray phrases about diaries wars diets and telegraph poles. The text is fragmented with incomplete names and unclear context.
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