Two Phases of the New Deal and Its Lasting Effects
Historians review the Roosevelt era to split the New Deal into two phases. The first aimed at recovery with the NRA and public works, while the second laid social welfare and banking protections. Unemployment peaked at 16 million in the depth of the depression, then declined as defense and policy evolved.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Bank de
Congress
Washington
Hoover Warns of Ongoing Communist Threat in U S
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover argues in Masters of Deceit that the Communist Party in America remains a vast reservoir of spy material posing a present danger. He condemns a “Communist Man” aim while urging calm civic vigilance without hysteria or witch hunts.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
America
Moscow
A Look At UC Jobless Pay and Its Limits
An explainer on unemployment compensation UC, its funding, and how states set benefits. The fund, fed by employer payroll taxes, totals about 8. billion dollars with 5.2 million unemployed. benefits vary by state from 3 to 41 weekly, averaging 30, and 31 states cap at 26 weeks. Some workers exhaust benefits, raising questions about federal support and potential dole proposals.
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Congress
Mississippi
Wyoming
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Florida
Organized
Eisenhower
Case History of a Psychiatrist Case X-362
A 43 year old wife Martha G admits tranquilizer addiction tied to fears about menopause and marital desire. Dr. Crane urges facing dilemmas, rejects false myths about the womb, and recommends seeking truth, God’s guidance, and a logical plan to sleep and cope. He offers a booklet on impotence with mail requests to The Athens Messenger.
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Martha G
America
Martha
God
Variety chain stores grow, trading up amid retail shift
The article notes variety chain stores shift from cheap sundries to higher priced wares, expanding into suburbs and shopping centers. Sales total nearly four billion yearly with Easter periods expected to boost March and April. toys account for about 346 million. Woolworth’s James T. Leftwich cites gains from new shopping center outlets.
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J. J. Newberry
Manhaset
Long Island
McCrory
Brooklyn
Grant
Minneapolis
Woolworth
Kresge
Kress
Variety
James T. Leftwich
Garter Mishap and Witty Observations Lite
A comic column recalls a New York restaurant scene where a young woman loses her garter and a polite movie agent teases about it. Jokes about publicity labs and lab delays recount humorous one liners, with a Worcester sign about waiting room etiquette and a lens grinder making a spectacle of himself in 1958.
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New York
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Booster Night Planned by Grange for March 21
The Grange announced a Booster Night for Friday evening March 21 inviting all. A program contest and film show were planned. Revival starts Monday evening March 24 led by Evangelist Rev. Evan Edwards of Athens with singers and musicians from other churches invited. Linda Sue Henderson visited Wilma Jean Atherton recently.
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Alfred
The
Grange
Evan Edwards
Athens
Linda Sue Henderson
Wilma Jean Atherton
Birthday dinner at Cordray home in Athens
A birthday dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cordray of Athens was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Reed Jeffers and son Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Jeffers and daughter Margie, and Mr. and Mrs. John Dunham and daughter. Bert Cox visited relatives in Columbus recently.
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Lester Cordray
Athens
Reed Jeffers
Richard
Gene Jeffers
Margie
John Dunham
Bert Cox
Columbus
Dubinsky Faces a Dilemma in Liberal Party Endorsements
The Liberal Party led by David Dubinsky weighs its endorsements in a New York gubernatorial race. Harriman, Rockefeller, Wagner and Bunche are floated, with party unity and future influence at stake as Dubinsky weighs backing the incumbent or a rival.
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David Dubinsky
New York State
Liberal Party
American Labor Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Mayor la Guardia
Tammany Hall
Vito Marcantonio
Communist Party
A. A. Berle, Jr
Alex Rose
Milliner
Rockefeller
Dubinsky
Nelson Rockefeller
Anna Rosenberg
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Bar Association
United States
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Ed Murrow
Bunche
Murrow
Robert Wagner
Wagner
Parking space woes for officials in Athens prompt opinion
Public Forum Editor of The Messenger quotes a reader decrying limited parking for sheriff deputies and Red Cross and police reserved spots in Athens. The letter calls for parking on courthouse grounds for officials and for others to find spaces like all workers do.
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the Messenger
Athens
Red Cross
Horoscope predicts strong year ahead and October gains
The forecast urges trying new routines to beat monotony and promises renewed confidence and progress on slow projects with notable improvement by October. It cites shifts in finances, social life, travel, and a fresh 1959 start, noting a gifted but impetuous child and birthday implications.
The Pretty Fountain Drained To A Dirt Pot
A square fountain once sprayed cooling mist above a basin with flowers. Overnight it was moved into a large dirt pot, leaving only brown soil and marigolds. Annie M. Bartor of Nelsonville notes the change.
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Annie M. Bartor
The Athens Messenger Classifieds and Rates Notice
An old classified header lists daily and Sunday editions of The Athens Messenger, pricing for single copies, carrier delivery, and mail subscriptions for Virginia and local areas. The notice covers monthly, six month, and yearly rates and identifies the paper as a second class post in Athens Ohio.
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Athens Messenger
Sunday Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Post Ag
Ifmb&r
Assoc Rite
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God Almightty
Sam Dawson
Worcester
Mass
Texas
Kansas
Dorr
Puels
Epoyy
Yasoures
Sayer Oro
Teyssey
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Dave Dubinsky
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Truman
Nelson
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Tuppers Plains
M. A. Yates
Cleveland
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Nelsonville
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