Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co Publication Note
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes the Athens Messenger with weekday editions and a large Sunday issue. Gordon K. Bush is publisher and general manager, Charlies H. Harris managing editor, with affiliations to major press associations and national bureaus. Subscription rates and post office classifications are listed.
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Frederick W. Bush
ZRE
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Mgr
Charlies H. Harris
Striving to measure up to the upper classes
An observer hired by a publisher studied public attitudes toward two Ohio newspapers and found the educated elite shape the masses. The less educated seek approval from the better educated, influencing newspaper reception and public opinion, a pattern likened to Britain’s historical leadership by the upper class.
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Ohio
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Food for German Thought on Corn as Substitute
A Berlin dispatch notes a wheat shortage pushing corn meal as a human food in Germany, sparking public resistance to corn. The writer suggests American farm wives visit Germany to share corn dishes like corn on the cob hot corn bread spoon bread and corn meal mush with sausages and maple syrup as a cultural exchange.
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Germany
Berlin
Reich
Favorable Spring Weather Boosts Ohio Crop Prospects
Moist soil moisture from spring rains and snow supports abundant wells and storage. Subsoil in Southeastern Ohio replenished. crops not dependent on later rains. February rainfall light, last week’s cold spared Ohio Valley from extreme winter losses. Overall, era of weather extremes easing with returning high and low pressure patterns.
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Ohio
Ohio Valley
Relief Chief Hopkins Warns Four Million Could Be Unemployed
Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins cautions that even in normal times future unemployment may reach about four million. He says government must provide a share of national income as many will not be absorbed by shorter hours or new work. The unemployed include those unable or unwilling to work without aid.
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Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Political intrigue hints at Democratic nomination scramble
Washington observers describe a developing rush for the Democratic nomination with multiple state favorites emerging. Names floated include Senator Moore of New Jersey and Senator Guffey, while Indiana’s McNutt and Iowa’s Henry Wallace join the chorus. Roosevelt looms as potential draft leader or acceptable successor.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Moore
New Jersey
Earle
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Keystone
McNutt
Indiana
Philippines
Iowa
Henry Wallace
Michigan
Murphy
Disarmament conference idea sparks House floor debate
The push for a presidential disarmament conference began in a debate on the Navy Appropriation Bill. The State Department refused support and urged its defeat. Chairman McReynolds later hinted it might not be a bad idea while a London weekly claimed the United States would call a conference.
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State Department
Rayburn
House Foreign Affairs
McReynolds
London
United States
Powers-That-Be
Rivalry for Roosevelt diplomatic posts grows heated
The scramble for preferred positions in Roosevelt's promised diplomatic appointments intensifies inside the service. Some believe they deserve promotion, causing feverish activity that may leave vacancies open or trigger at least one resignation from the service.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Mutual insults between Hitler press and LaGuardia stir Hull
The exchange between Mr. Hitler's press and New York Mayor LaGuardia causes mental strain on State Secretary Hull who hints such protests arise from political motives. Hull, a traditional Tennessean, notes the conflict relates to re election campaigns while officials privately assess the situation. A toy train wheel found in a Los Angeles boy’s stomach is cited as an odd alternate to spinach for iron.
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LaGuardia
Hitler
Los Angeles
Government as permanent boss in a square deal debate
The piece critiques a push for centralized government controlling hours wages and relief rolls. It cites Vermont farmers, a sitdown strike, a film misnaming, and concerns that such policies would centralize power and regulate the economy, warning against losing individual choice.
Can it happen here the curse of Communism and Fascism
Johnson discusses the rise of force over reason in governments, noting how democracy failed in Germany and Russia after World War I. He argues Anglo-Saxon democracies, including the United States, have withstood such shifts, and warns it may yet occur but has not begun in the U.S.
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Washington, D. C
Human Relations
Prussia
Germany
Napoleon
United States
Europe
Russia
Italy
Kerensky
Santo Domingo
New Deal
Open Letter to Congressman Warns Against Supreme Court Packing
A. E. Fame from New Straitsville writes March 13, 1937, urging Thomas Jenkins to oppose the President's plan to pack the Supreme Court. He asserts the measure concentrates power in the executive, threatens democratic rights, and could render citizens puppets of a centralized state. He warns of broader harms to industry, finance, and governance if approved.
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Supreme Court
Congress of the United States
Congress
Local Social and Sports Notes From Two Eras
A decade ago Mr and Mrs O D Dailey returned from California and various local families announced births and visits including Doris Elizabeth born March 9 to Mr and Mrs George Nagle and other arrivals. Twenty years back the Mohican basketball team beat Chillicothe 18 to 17 with Professor F M McKay on the squad and Athens High School players returned from the state tourney at Ohio Wesleyan University with Geoffrey F Morgan.
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Mrs. O. D. Dailey
California
George Nagle
Athens
Doris Elizabeth
Mohican
Wise, Basom
Pidcock
Conner
Gist Oldfield
Chillicothe
F. M. McKay
Geoffrey F. Morgan
Ohio Wesleyan University
District Tales of Long Ago by Mary Herron
A reminiscence of Athens Knights of Ivanhoe, a club formed to revive jousting. They funded armor, adopted knightly names, and planned a grand tournament at the Ohio State Fair. A trainee named Cabheen suffered a fall, but the tournament continued in Columbus. The piece previews a continuation.
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Athens
Knights of
Ivanhoe
Launcelot
Knight
A. ©. Sloane
Sir Peveril
Fairgrounds
Mr. Sloane
Columbus
Cabheen
John Campbell
Knight de la Macha
R. E. Hamblin
Silver Cross
Daphne Brett's Theater Dreams Stir Family Rivalry
Daphne Brett pursues a theater career in New York while sister Jennifer defies her and plans elopement with wealthy playboy Tucker Ainsley. Their conflict deepens as Daphne seeks control, visits Gordon Herzberg, and navigates workplace ambition with Johnstone Advertising Agency backing her Georgian line campaign.
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Daphne Brett
Jennifer
New York
Daphne
Tucker Ainsley
Larry. Smith
Tuck
Gordon Herzberg
Behind the Curtain at Apple Blossoms Production
Jennifer rehearses a dramatic reveal in the Herzberg play at Apple Blossoms. Daphne coaches precision with cues about lines and stage movement while noting a director’s curiosity about a tea-cup prop?fog no.
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Jennifer
Daphne
Hoadley
Tribute to American Legion Disaster Relief Post
Poem praising the American Legion for flood relief in January. Describes families hungry and scattered, need for warm clothing bedding and medical care, Legion posts delivering supplies and services promptly, honoring their patriotism and heroism. Signed by Mrs. Frank Sullivan, Pomeroy, O.
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American Legion
Hydrophobia prevention through Pasteur treatment urged
Dr Morris Fishbein summarizes rabies prevention emphasizing immediate wound treatment, Pasteur therapy after dog bites, and avoidance of factors weakening resistance. He notes observation of dogs, risks when animals are unavailable, and the high annual death toll in the United States along with the cost of preventive care.
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Pasteur
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