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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1935
Page
4
The author argues comic strips like Freckles and His Friends Alley Oop Wash Tables and Easy educate children beyond entertainment. Comics teach about dirigibles radios prehistoric animals and progress while slang seeing as a positive language development.
The piece argues that true security cannot be guaranteed by law and that most people prefer progress, earning, saving, and slight growth over a state of total safety. It notes that combining security with progress is impossible, like winning every game.
The McSwain bill would authorize the President to freeze prices at pre war levels to prevent profiteering. Congressman Frank L. Kloeb argues the measure would ease the transition from war to peace and avert postwar price crashes and economic disruption.
A Missouri woman asked a county sheriff to permit her to witness and participate in the hanging of a condemned murderer. Observers see her bid as a bid for notoriety rather than a thrill, a proposal that offends decent instincts and raises questions about motive.
The editorial argues politicians overstate the scarcity of new land and push social services funded by government. It counters that obtaining land required immense courage, endurance, and hardship, and criticizes social service schemes for not producing the same type of citizen as those who crossed deserts and mountains.
Washington analysis shows Johnson Coughlin and Long backing off after Johnson’s speech. Coughlin and Huey Long maintain peak support while tracking business and Roosevelt’s re election prospects. Baruch warned against Johnson attack and Roosevelt signals on holding companies stir speculation and timing.
The withdrawal tip stirred the President as liberals in Congress privately discussed altering the bill, a move he sought to prevent to avoid any moderation of the measure.
The New Dealers may drop the pending Supreme Court test on the NRA as the first major NRA case heard this spring. Confidence wanes after oil court action and Senate indecision. Some hints suggest the suit could be dismissed while the permanent NRA form remains unsettled.
The Washington scene centers on Senate galleries where crowds hope to hear Huey Long. Vice President Garner notes unanimous consent can do anything but violate the constitution. A New Deal source analyzes public works costs. labor and materials differ.
Professor Homer W. Cherrington began duties in economics at Ohio University. L G Addicott and sister Mrs Emma White hosted the Tuesday Club while Athens High football team members were entertained by Coach Harold Wise. Covers were set for several locals including Boyd Pritchard and Arthur Bennett. Mrs Robert Soule and baby Jean Louise visited with her parents the Overmyers. The PTA met in the new high school auditorium.
Mrs M R Crooks and Miss Lois Carpenter travel to Columbus as weekend guests of sister Mrs M J Duffy. Miss Mable Parsons of Middleport and Mr Bert Miller of Athens wed at the bride’s home. Zella Wilson on Smith Street hosts a party for her son Carl’s sixteenth birthday. At the Tuesday Club Miss Stahl of Ohio University spoke on American Art.
The first storekeeper at Millersburg was James Miller who built a shop at the cross roads above the Sloan Garage. Liquor stores followed from Murray Henry Hartley and William Sanborn to Jonathan Quinby, with Devenny selling groceries nearby. The first Bedford election occurred in 1821 at Enos Quinby Sr.’s home with officers chosen such as John Harris, John Barton, Enos Quinby, and Junia Castle. A Millersburg post office opened in 1804 with postmaster James Carleton, later renamed Darwin after the scientist Darwin. both offices closed as rural routes took over.
Olive Roberts Barton argues children do not understand parental labor. Parents mislead by hiding daily work and struggles, creating dependence and unpreparedness. She notes upper class children work too little while very poor children endure excessive labor, and calls for revealing behind the scenes effort.
Floyd M. Hatch of Nelsonville writes that a one mile stretch between Young Settlement and the York Township line along Spice Lick Hill remains a mud hole. He describes using his horse to pull out mail vehicles and complains of relief work and state and federal debt handling while fearing rising rural votes. He notes road conditions, taxes, and delays from farm recovery officials.
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines scarlet fever spread in schools and cities. The incubation and eruption timing, contagious period, and protection from reinfection are noted. Severe cases require bed rest for four weeks, careful skin care, and a light diet that builds blood as recovery begins.
President Ernest Hopkins of Dartmouth says he will not accept restrictions on what graduates should hear or discuss. The quote is set against broader concerns about free inquiry and speech in higher education.
A reader laments that school lessons ignore family duties and fail to teach appreciation for parents. They warn that today’s trend pulls people away from home and away from home responsibilities, questioning the direction it leads.
Yesterday's cartoon notes Asia Minor's Philadelphia once called Brotherly Love built by King Philadelphus of Egypt. The city, famed for invincibility, resisted Sultan Bajazet I until his forces overran it, slaughtering inhabitants as Tartars of Tamerlane were said to have killed his son. The bones of the victims were ground.
Radio listings for New York stations NBC CBS and NBC show Thursday and Friday schedules. Programs include Ben Bernie Phil Baker Jack Benny Beatrice Lillie Rudy Vallee Showboat Paul Whiteman and Lou Holtz Walter O Keefe Pennsylvanians Ruth Etting Red Trails Music and an Economics Discussion. Headlined acts and time slots vary by station and day.
The program lists 6:30 Frank Datley Oreh 6:45 Beauty Program 7:00 Myrtle 7:15 Just Plain 7:30 Nick Lucas 7:46 Boake Carter 8:00 Hour of Charm 6:23 Forum of Liberty 9:00 O Keefe and Gray 9:30 Fred Waring 10:30 Captain Dobbsie 10:45 Voice of Crusaders 11:00 Little Jack Little 11:30 Arthur Warren's Orch 11:45 Jerry Preeman's Orch 12:00 Herbie Kay's Orch 2:30 Leon Navera's Orch 1:00 Claude Hopkins's Orch
A dense listing of FRIDAY'S PROGRAM offerings across time slots. Performers include Vic and Sade Ma Perkins the Marine Band Ticker Notes Charlie Kent Dorothea Ponce Tom Mix Singing Lady Jack Armstrong Norsemen Lowell Thomas Lum and Abner Red Davis Dangerous Paradise and more with various orchestras and news segments in prime slots.
A Oxford professor leads four undergraduates on a perilous Siberian search for a missing German theologian. The journey yields a gripping tale as the scholar confronts personal turmoil and a failed romance. The reviewer notes initial confusion but praises the novel's moving, focused resolution.
The Ohio University Symphony Orchestra performed four numbers at Wednesday convocation before the student body. Highlights included the Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor, Brooks Franks soloing on piccolo and flute with My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, and Rimsky Korsakovs Flight of the Bumble Bee as encore. The program closed with Cripple Creek, a Southern Negro melody by LaMar Stringfield, and convocation is set to continue weekly.
A March seven university event sponsored by the A Club lists winners Chi Omega Alpha XI Gamma Jeta Phi Mi Pi and Zeta Ti for top awards. Each group claimed a win in their category while noting competition among eight participants.
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