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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1937
Page
4
The piece argues relief funding fuels tax resistance and calls for local control to curb dole abuse. It cites State Auditor Ferguson's plan to use investigators to purge chiseling on relief rolls, urging citizen scrutiny over who receives aid.
A national clearing-house coordinates wildlife policy as scientists and data drive federal and state efforts. The piece argues past amateur blunders, praises research units in universities, and predicts broader support as proven wildlife science guides conservation.
State leaders debate forming a flood militia to respond to disasters similar to 1936 and 1937. They favor leveraging the American Legion and business groups which aided in January across the Ohio Valley. Gallia County and Gallipolis planners, plus Middleport and Pomeroy merchants, mobilized boats and supplies during the January emergency.
Sato new Japanese foreign minister pledges equality for China, seen as League of Nations style diplomacy. U S observers doubt immediate action while Diet passes heavy army navy budgets. A West congressman visits the Supreme Court, finds a dull scene, and notes lawmakers often retreat from the floor.
The piece discusses Mr R s court packing and a revived NRA, questioning John Lewis and his influence. It notes Maryland Senator Millard Tydings as a target in Democratic circles, his Raleigh speech misread as pro Roosevelt, and a second Victory Dinner scheduled with Mr Ickes invited to speak.
The court denied review in the Judge Ritter impeachment case and has inferentially upheld Senate authority in investigations contempt and impeachments. The piece notes the Court’s recent stance strengthens Senate powers across branches with few personal conflicts since the Newberry case.
A report claims France is prepared to provide arms to the Spanish Riff forces. The commentary questions whether rebels and irregular units can be kept out of the wider conflict.
The era highlights two pillars of FDR policy the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Roose velt era Fireside Chats shaping public reassurance and federal lending.
Reports say a liner struck the tanker Frank M. Buck and all aboard were saved with rescuers bringing them back alive. An aircraft credited with dropping bombs on a target, described as delivered with perfect accuracy, named Il Duce and the pilot maneuvering the strike.
The passage lauds the Legion and volunteers for leading flood relief after a terrifying lesson in 1937. It asserts disaster groups can form in every community to meet needs during floods and that agencies and volunteers did work none would have imagined.
The piece argues Senator Nye's push to nationalize direct munitions production would do more harm than good, likening it to cutting the patient’s throat. It criticizes calls for cash and carry and other mobilization ideas as dangerous extremism that could drag the nation into war and undermine defense.
A collection of witty remarks from Earl Carroll I H Milhouer and Dorothy Martin Whitney. The quotes discuss women's beauty temperaments presidential attire and women’s potential as pilots. The comments reference Roosevelt clothing and female flight aptitude.
Redding traveling salesman Jack Trim mer claims a Mt. Shasta merchant visit was skipped because locals piled snow so high on roads that the city could not be seen while he drove through.
The von Holt Mackintosh residence known as the most widely traveled home in America, built nearly a century ago in Salem Massachusetts, has changed ownership in Honolulu Hawaii. The house was dismantled and taken around the Horn to China before being shipped to Hawaii aboard a small sailing vessel.
Narrates a Murray City coal mine scene with a 100 foot slope to the hopper and a modern ad junctions system. Describes nearby Orbiston Helen Furnace Buchtel and Monday Creek route past 100 houses, a wagon saloon by a New Straitsville man, and progress along a proposed Fort Street road.
John E. Harper, State Director in Columbus, praises The Sunday Messenger for supporting the Federal Housing Administration program. He notes Ohio’s insured mortgage loans total 59,628,500 with low administrative costs and modernization loans of 16,990,649, crediting newspaper cooperation and urging ongoing support. Dated March 4, 1937.
Ten years ago Betty Hoyt McCoy daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred H McCoy was guest of honor at a surprise party. Guests wore costumes and prizes went to Josephine McVay Ruth Huggins and Mary Eleanor Morton. Mrs Ernest Conkey ill at home and the Littlers recovering from influenza. A Tennessee bride married a 26 year old man. Athens County’s representative Mardis spoke on freight rate cuts.
Twenty years ago the C W E M of the Christian Church met at Miss Lena Boelzner’s home while the Women’s Bible Class gathered at Mrs. L L Diessle’s. Miss Bess Graham left for Columbus and California to visit relatives E J Doheny. Do You Know notes record an Athens woman's first candy box.
Daphne Brett an advertising executive rents her Connecticut estate to Larry Smith and grows close to him while a sister Jennifer pursues her own life. Tensions rise as both sisters chase the same man and Daphne faces a future she wants with Larry.
Verses from the Poet's Corner urge reflection on life after death and the narrow path to heaven. Miss Ruth A. Nutter of Logan Ohio signs the contribution with name and address for readers.
Dr Morris Fishbein recalls Louis Pasteur’s early rabies work, noting the breakthrough method that used inactivated nervous tissue to immunize dogs and later a boy named Jean Baptiste Dupille. The article highlights public cooperation, quarantine practices in Britain, and the rarity of monuments to patients who aided medical discovery.
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