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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1934
Page
4
Editorial argues Roosevelt erred in ordering Army Air Corps to carry mail, citing cost and risk. It decries reliance on young pilots for hazardous work, warns of weakened defense and damaged administration prestige, and laments political pressure behind the decision.
Massachusetts police plan arms training for private citizens in small towns to supplement official forces after a Needham Trust Co. holdup and two officer slayings. Brigadier General Daniel Needham and District Attor ney Edmund Drewing weigh the move as police chiefs mostly support arming residents. Swampscott Chief Walter Reeves urged community aid and offered firearms instruction for good charac tered citizens.
The article compares Germany and the United States after a year of Nazism and democracy. It notes broad individual freedom in the U S versus total suppression in Germany. It argues two divergent governmental theories confronted a common international crisis.
Washington. March 11. Mr. Roosevelt has changed his approach to Congress, moving from staged concessions to rapid, direct pressure that fuels clashes in the House and Senate. He faces weak leadership, friction over the bonus, and a push to push through a istar of bills including tariff, stock market, and tax measures, with Senate resistance and potential extended session.
The speaker contrasts Germany under Hitler with the United States praising democracy. They claim Americans enjoy freedom of press religion and speech, warn against dictatorship, and affirm that liberty and democracy must be preserved amid political scrutiny and debate.
The narrator describes a sun drenched afternoon by the Gulf Stream choosing nature over the race track. He ponders horses and wagers then shouts at himself to stop the internal debate and embrace the simple pleasure of fishing and calm sea air.
The narrator muses on Florida shorelines, Ponce de Leon, and Seminole lore about conch juice aging five years per drop. He contemplates risking a dose to alter age, jokes about employer perceptions, and imagines a future when Winter Comes with nostalgia for simpler times.
A narrator weighs nine drops of conch juice to reset life to age three months. He muses on reliving youth, the ethics of self reinvention, and whether psychology could train a child to any talent. He imagines roles from preacher to thief before deciding to hesitate.
A reflective prose piece recalls iconic sports moments and personal milestones. The narrator frames choices as a slate to wipe clean, mentioning Dempsey Firpo, Man o War, Hale Lake pickerel, a Bordeaux submarine sinking, and Ponce de Leon choosing his life.
Dr. Morris Fishbein urges strict sanitary practices from dishwashing to personal hygiene. Dishes in cities often require boiling water or steam. hospitals and New Jersey laws demand thorough cleaning and heat. Emphasizes soap use, laundry hygiene, dust removal, vacuuming, and teaching children lifelong cleanliness for future health.
A discussion on how play shapes learning and character shows mothers using play to teach generosity. The piece argues children, especially pre schoolers, learn through varied toys and imagined scenarios, building memory and moral habits as play becomes a social tool.
A 1934 Plains reminiscence recounts rustic lessons on temper and punishment, then shifts to Thomas Hutchins and early Ohio exploration. It traces how Ohio Company land claims along the Muskingum and Miami valleys shaped settlement, with Ebenezer Zane and early New England interests influencing location choices.
Washington Township in Hocking County sits along streams feeding the Ohio River with routes to Logan McArthur Mount Pleasant and Ew ing. Early settlers Engle Higley Iles Lashley Kimball Johnson Garrett Poland Buzzard Watts appear on 1820s voter rosters. Ewing and Ilesboro grew into communities with churches and post offices established by 1850.
Miss Dorothy Minister, student at Obi versity, spent the weekend at home with parents Mr and Mrs Edward Minister. Gibbs Chair Thomson warned price fixing may trigger a collapse threatening business while a county teachers association meeting eyed a walkout over TM sit explanations. Ty Cobb, veteran baseball star, remained lively though his legs troubled him, with pundits predicting two more years of play.
Fragments reference orders to evacuate to Mexico, Villa, state takeovers of banks, and a suffrage petition. Mentions include Len McCune, a Sundey well, and a Senate investigation into stock and contracts. Details are garbled and partial.
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