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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
4
A wartime harangue warns financiers and corporate magnates that enemy bombings could strike the White House and Capitol, urging them to consider what sums would spare their banks and factories from destruction. The speaker describes coercive demands by “dark gentlemen” as a scare tactic to extract payment.
A devotional line from Proverbs 21 2 asserts rightness in each man and divine judgment of hearts. It pairs with a Socratic quip warning that wind inflates empty opinions. The compact vignette echoes moral reflection and classical wisdom.
The article argues the La Follette movement has split from the Republican Party and operates as an independent, hostile faction. It notes labor unions mostly stay aloof, citing Samuel Gompers and the AFL. It also discusses air power policy shifts and safety week remarks urging personal responsibility to reduce traffic accidents.
The article reviews the 1920s evolution of U S government involvement in foreign lending under Secretary of State Hughes It highlights the 1922 manifesto that set a framework requiring private financiers to inform the State Department and emphasizes the aim of steering funds toward productive peace jope standards and currency stabilization while avoiding weaponization of loans The policy’s Latin American roots are noted and its impact on European reparations is discussed
The piece notes reduced appetite for revolutionary movements in Latin America due to deficit-financing policies and highlights a striking shift in U S finance. It cites 1914 as a debtor nation and today as the main capital reservoir, with American investments abroad exceeding eight and a half billion dollars while foreign capital in the United States stands at about three billion, leaving a large net creditor position for Americans. It mentions U S policy asserting jurisdiction over investments abroad and contrasts it with a vivid wartime metaphor of sleeve targets and three inch guns illustrating vulnerability to aerial attack.
The Athens Messenger announces the Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin in Washington D C. It offers to answer questions but cannot give legal medical or financial advice. Submit a brief question with full name address and two cents for return postage.
A compact note recalls a controversy over declaring Major Mitchell unranked then restoring him, suggesting the move increased public regard for him. The passage hints at ensuing debate and urges readers to revisit the story and share with friends.
A reader notes potential errors in wartime air attacks by enemy forces. The speaker questions whether the Japanese know that barking dogs do not bite, implying allied precautions may be wasted if misjudgments occur. The mused idea warns against careless orders harming the war department.
The Weeks airplane show mocked anti aircraft tests claiming guns would shoot down enemy planes in daylight and at night. The joke stated enemy attacks would occur at night and still be routed by anti air weapons.
In the weeks story exchange war school the searchlights swept the sky making days of light to guide our anti-aircraft guns. Despite the aiming and effort the enemy flyers proved the method ineffective, as explosions and “pops” failed to bring down the planes, reflecting on Mr Weeks and his crew.
Five powerful searchlights lit the sky nineteen thousand feet high in a dramatic display. Army units admitted failing to hit a single daylight target with anti aircraft guns and could not track the test aircraft, which stayed close to the ground within .060 feet.
A fragment describes searchlight crews and gunners tracking test planes and the risk of invading aircraft. It hints at evasive enemy tactics and a suspicious message about timing. A line about Asians and a warning tone appears, suggesting tensions and fear during an air defense context.
Our searchlights picked up the test planes as they sent blazing flares into the darkness. Yet enemy planes are unlikely to be so cooperative in the night sky.
During gunnery tests a plane released a Gilder float at 6900 feet as ships and anti aircraft guns watched. The experiment aimed to show planes pose no menace and should not hinder battleship operations.
The object glided out to sea and sank quietly, with gunners failing to spot it half an hour later. The episode undermines claims about anti aircraft guns and the threat posed by enemy planes.
A wartime note claims a target the size of a battleship was marked for airmen to bomb, and records indicate the flying men hit the target with a single bomb drop. The writer asserts repeated sinking would have occurred if the ship were the world’s most powerful battleship.
Mr Weeks urges the secretary of the navy to sink battleships in shallow water at the outbreak of war and raise them after victory, arguing this preserves a glorious fighting navy in modern conflict.
The nation doubts the air defense adequacy and questions who spent 433 million dollars on aircraft over the past five years, with readers urged to turn to a continuation on page 138 for details.
A dense schedule lists programs on WGY WIV WFAA WEAF and many others. Performers include Mozart String Quartet Waldorf Orchestra and George Dele tenor with hours from afternoon to late night. Programs feature dance ensembles, concert music, and narration across New York Philadelphia Detroit Chicago and beyond.
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