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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1934
Page
4
A garbled notice from the Athens Post Office lists subscription terms and classified services for readers. It mentions advertising rates on application at foreign offices and obituary cards, with second-class matter under act.
The article argues for differentiating between service connected disabilities and non disabled veterans seeking a bonus. It cites Charles M. Iv ing and American Veteran Association, condemns politicians for pushing broad pension increases, and questions fiscal and political motives behind the House vote and administration plans.
A Chicago 1932 platform preamble denounces broken pledges after the party promised to cut expenditures balance the budget curb deficits defend the gold standard and curb commissions. The piece argues memory is short and administrations deviate from their stated reforms.
Washington dispatch describes General Johnson pressing for a ten percent hour cut while business leaders resist an executive order. Insiders expect no major outcome soon as capital and consumer goods committees may meet cooperatively to avoid costs.
The piece notes a tentative win for the business team but warns the Administration cannot force firms to hire millions unemployed. It predicts two months of industrial improvement and suggests longer term ideas such as shorter hours and possible national industrial planning, likely after the November election.
NRA insiders dispute General Johnson and Roosevelt on the 10 percent curtailment plan. They imply Secretary Perkins devised the project unseen. Johnson chose George Houston of Baldwin Locomotive as head of the Heavy Industries Committee, a move tied to opposition to the Securities Act.
World experts view current naval moves by Britain France Japan as strategic poker during disarmament talks. Britain plans four new cruisers and twenty smaller ships after the conference, Japan signals 1936 race without funding details, and France eyes a 26000 ton cruiser.
The document lists 14 platform items with several kept and ignored commitments. Notable items include keeping prohibition to reduce crime, establishing an international fiscal plan, lowering tariffs, and abolishing paid lobbies. The text emphasizes discrepancies and offers them for readers’ consumption.
Heywood Broun recalls a Bob Ritchie story about Jeffries Johnson era gambling. He describes a Reno gambling den Chinese laundryman Ah Fong betting his year’s savings on the wheel, winning 36 to start a fresh year, illustrating gambling's lure and mixed rewards.
The narrator contemplates the Broun and Ah Fong systems and finds both ideas flawed yet insightful. He befriends a mechanical rabbit named Rusty at the Miami Beach Kennel Club and contrasts gambling gains with sleep and nervous strain while noting racing tracks near New York and his evolving view of greyhounds. He mocks bourgeois pursuits and reflects on philosophical wisdom from a rabbit.
A vivid scene at the Roxy track shows a mechanical rabbit lure racing around the oval as eight red coat ushers and a blue uniformed official oversee the event. The greyhounds surge after the mechanical prey, unable to catch it, driven by a mix of instinct and electricity.
Charles Stewart Roach of Athens was awarded a degree from the College of Civil Engineering at Ohio State University convocation exercises. Teapot Dome oil leases are restrained by the government from further extraction. J L Murphy of Hocking Valley Brick Company spoke to the Athens Chamber of Commerce on Clay Products of Southern Ohio. Glouster Fire Department raised 474.40 dollars for new fire fighting equipment.
Most measles cases recover but complications can be severe especially in under threes. Keep the child in bed after onset, provide fresh air and gentle light, monitor nose and throat for infection, and seek medical advice to prevent serious outcomes.
This piece argues spoiled behavior in children results from overindulgence and constant demands. It notes parents create the habit by giving in to late bedtimes, rewards, or excessive stimulation from movies and noise. It warns that repeated excitements disrupt routine and lead to ill temper, defiance, and dependence on special treatment.
A notice reports President and Mrs. Wilson revealing their daughter Eleanor Wilson became engaged to William G McAdoo, secretary of the treasury. Also noted are social events at Ohio State University with dances criticized for lacking exercise and campus visitors from several fraternities.
The cartoon explains brush bristles wear from gritty paint versus varnish, noting varnish brushes last far longer. It comments that U S postal carriers rarely wear heavy overcoats, braving zero winter in uniforms and sweaters under capses, and previews tomorrow's feature "The Woman Who Younger."
The Public Forum Editor questions liberty versus government control and critiques Bolshevik style governance. It cites Alexander Hamilton, Grant era policies, the Federal Reserve Act, and a Liberty magazine article urging monetary reform. It notes a Crusaders for Economic Liberty march to Washington to seek an equitable monetary system to preserve democracy and capitalism.
Prom Cameron of Dalhousie University proposes a new classification of mankind linked to nasal widths and climate history. The idea links human diversity to evolutionary factors and regional adaptations in a provocative scientific discussion.
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