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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1935
Page
4
The governor of the Federal Reserve Board urged income redistribution through higher wages rather than dividing capital. He warned that splitting wealth would ruin the capital structure and reduce living standards. A steady job with good wages, he said, is the best remedy for the country.
State and county bridges in southeastern Ohio face aging stretches and unsafe clearances. Engineers push for wider spans and better sight lines on roads like State Highway 56 in the Vinton and Hocking County area to handle icy weather and rising traffic.
The piece argues that tax burden rose from 10 percent of national income in 1923 to 20.7 percent in 1932 and potentially over 25 percent thereafter. It contends government spending outpaced income, causing industrial stagnation and unemployment, and urges trimming non essential expenditures while preserving core functions.
A Cleveland six year old eager to reach school is killed crossing an empty intersection before traffic officers arrive. The author argues such accidents prompt stricter laws, regulations, and supervision to prevent repeat tragedies.
Washington insiders report that Roosevelt may pursue punitive taxes on Big Business. A White House visitor notes the idea being toyed with by the president while advisers clash over the prospect. Some favor the move, others doubt any new disruption.
The piece notes discussion of a Wheeler bill proposing a graduated tax to reduce corporate size and wealth concentration. It cites Brandeisian influence, the aim to curb big business by 1950, and the political risk to Huey Long while warning the economic disruption of uprooting most business life.
The piece notes a confidential treasury report on a three fold corporation tax scheme targeting undistributed profits unexpended assets and large assets. It highlights Jesse Jones and the RFC as a massive, pandemicly influential force, detailing his banking and railroad actions and urging reading Cyril Upham and Edwin A Lamke’s Brookings Institute study.
A speaker laments an intolerable traffic situation describing it as a tragic product of the era and questions why society tolerates it and fails to curb the juggernaut despite costs and difficulties.
Mrs F M Hutchinson and Mrs Robert Wood saw Rose Marie at the Hartman in Columbus. Mrs W E Fields hosted a Tuesday evening at home honoring her son and his bride Mr and Mrs George Beveridge. Nabby Lee Ames Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs H Schyler Foster's home. Charles O Bleness and Mr and Mrs Fred Kiltn visited Columbus for Huntington National Bank opening.
Twenty years ago a German plane over Deal near Dover dropped several bombs. Mrs Betty Harris and her sister Mrs Lucille Whipple of Duluth Minn returned from a visit with their sister Mrs Augustus Norton and niece Mrs James Rittenour at the latter's home near Chillicothe. Mr Harry Wilson, manager of Ohio University Dramatic Club, went to Middleport to arrange for the college play The Passing of the Third Floor Back.
The text explains two main disease types structural and functional. Structural disease involves tissue changes like broken bones liver inflammation or poor digestion with potential recovery or permanent damage. Functional disorders affect mind and nerves where belief and psychology can cause lasting physical limits, such as hysteria, potentially leading to life interference.
A London based novel follows the Rakonitz family as 88 year old matriarch dominates life with bustle and wit. The story contrasts her spirited capers with a daughter’s long battle for respect, delivering lively portraiture and ample humor.
In spring 1820 Meigs County commissioners certified Stephen Strong as county auditor from Feb 26 1819 with a 2000 bond. June sessions set salaries for clerk, sheriff, and clerk of courts. Daniel Rathburn Jr. named treasurer, Benjamin Stout tax collector. August saw Andrew Donnally replace Rathburn. November entries record travel allowances and advertising payments for Samuel Vinson and Cushing.
In a reflective column Olive Barton laments rising youth drinking, contrasts past behavior with present, and urges stronger school and parental action. She argues for coordinated reforms, stricter laws, and accountability to curb underage alcohol use and protect students.
Yesterday's cartoon features Dranna Hendricks of Port Elizabeth South Africa and her great great great grandmother Kat rina Dullers. The six generation line includes a three year old child mother age twenty two grandmother forty three and a great great grandmother over one hundred. The discovery of such a long living line was made in 1933 during a visit to South Africa.
Millicent Graves is drugged after a murder scare and altered by a plastic surgeon to look like a brunet stranger. She regains a buried memory of a confession, identifies a killer as Jarvis Happ, and awakens in a altered appearance under Miss Hanson’s care.
A fragmented dialogue from a 1935 Carleton era piece hints at hidden identities and a tense transformation. Millicent struggles with a day’s events as a son answers with cryptic calm amid uncertainty and a sense of unsettling revelation.
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