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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1939

Page

4

The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. Ad Rates

Athens Messenger page describes publisher, management, and association memberships. It lists subscription prices by county, with rates shown for one year four fifty, six months two fifty, ten weeks one dollar, and weekly pricing, plus extra postage rates to other zones.

Prederick W. Bush Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO Gordon K. Bush Mgr Charles 4. Barris American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Audit Bureau of Circulation Ohio Newspaper Association Inland Daily Press Association United Press National Representatives John W. Cullen Company Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland Athens Isc Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan, Vinton Washington

Breathing Spell Talks on Payroll Tax Cuts and Social Security

The piece argues for keeping payroll taxes near current levels while broadly revising social security. It claims Congress and the public will favor relief, allowing reserves to fund business expansion. It contends lower payroll burdens boost national income and assist workers and investors during recovery.

Roosevelt Congress

Helping America on German Trade and Czech Shoe Industry

The piece argues a high tariff on German goods reduces Czech low cost shoes flooding the U.S. market. It notes Germany controls Czech factories, idle Czech workers, and potential munition production. It warns of broader economic consequences from Hitler’s seizures and calls for improved German conditions to avert world tragedy.

Czechoslovakia Germany Hitler United States America Washington

Government payrolls rise as public employment grows

A Census Bureau analysis shows one in nine workers are on government payrolls and they receive about one eighth of all salaries. About a third work in the federal system, a third in education, with the rest split among state county and municipal jobs. The piece argues for government services to pay their own way to avert financial strain.

Census Bureau Army of Public

Shenandoah Lotteries Run by Veterans and Firemen Draw Scrutiny

Westbrook Pegler reports Shenandoah Pa holds three public lotteries run by veterans groups and a firemen group with draws on Saturdays for 10 cent bets. Prizes reach 2500 dollars, profits aid widows and veterans or buy equipment, while illegal under state law though not federal law. The practice draws from poverty and coal bootlegging, with rival lotteries emerging in nearby towns.

Philadelphia Shenandoah Schuylkill County Mahanoy City Pottsville

Bruce Catton Surveys Washington Scene

Bruce Catton analyzes how public opinion shapes American foreign policy. He traces Washington's moves from January and notes rising support for aiding allies by non warlike means, calls for stronger measures to restrain dictators, and steps toward aiding England and France while opposing isolationism. He suggests broad public backing for administration policy despite ongoing events in Europe.

Washington Woodrow Wilson Plaster of Paris U. S Ruth Bryan Owen William Jennings Bryan Denmark Roosevelt Golden Gate Park San Francisco United States Fairmount Park Philadelphia Rock Creek Park Washington, D. C Pelham Bay Park New York City Balboa Park San Diego Forest Park St. Louis Kansas City Park Kansas City God

Questions and Answers: 1929 Depression Unemployment Peak

A reader asks about the peak unemployment of the 1929 low mood and learns March 1933 saw about 14,706,000 out of work. The item also outlines differences between plaster of Paris and cement plaster and other Q and A topics.

Messenger Bureau Notice to Readers

A newspaper notice directs readers to address factual questions to The Messenger's Service Bureau in Washington D C and notes that legal and medical advice cannot be provided and extended research is not undertaken.

Messenger’s Service Bureau Washington Washington, D. C

California deer overpopulation strains grazing resources

California faces a deer abundance with an estimated 450,000 deer and only 130,000 hunters allowed to harvest two deer per year. The imbalance leaves insufficient fodder and grazing ground to sustain the remaining deer.

San Francisco California

Pharaohic legal code found in Upper Egypt tomb

An underground Tun el Gebel cemetery in Upper Egypt yields the first known copy of a Pharaohic code of law unearthed by Prof. Sami Gabr of Fuad I University. Egyptologists hail the discovery as highly important in recent years.

Cairo Tun el Gebel Upper Egypt Sami Gabr Fuad I University

Health Hints and Diet Health Hints and Diet

A survey on tobacco smoking effects shows limited scientific certainty on digestion. Northwestern researchers studied 15 smokers and 5 nonsmokers, finding increased saliva flow from irritation, hunger pains often vanish after first puffs, and little change in gastric acid or bile. Some duodenal ulcer patients faint after two or more cigarettes. Casket of habits links smoking to bowel regulation. sensitivity to tobacco changes effects on circulation.

Morris Fishbein Schnedorf Ivy Northwestern University Medical School Chicago Ivestigators

Osric Attends Chi Omega Tea at Michigan State

In Lansing Michigan the MSU sororities faced a pledge event mix up after Osric a junior and a columnist for the college paper received and attended a Chi Omega tea. The incident centers on a mistaken invitation to a male student miscast as a pledging guest.

Lansing Mich Michigan State College Chi Omega Osric

Leghorn Pullets Lay Double Yolks and Wales Longest Place Name

In Valparaiso Indiana a farm owner reports Leghorn pullets briefly laying huge double yolk eggs with measurements up to 8 1 4 by 9 1 2 inches. A Welsh town Anglesey is said to have the longest geographic name at 55 letters.

Valparaiso Ind Here

Mrs Doc cliffhanger on river dam rescue chapter

Doctor Alan Warren and colleagues race to a dam break scene. Emily confronts heartbreak as the midnight river test begins. The crew struggles through rain toward Price's Point hoping for survivors and the next turn in the perilous mission.

Alan Farrell Emily St. Louis Eric Baker Harry Brown Harry Price Doc Bud Price

Old Glory Patriot Verse From Glouster Reader

Poet's Cornel Verses column invites readers to submit pieces bearing name and address. The excerpt urges Americans to take a bold stand for the flag and the right to vote, praising Old Glory and warning against Bundism and manipulation. CHARLES E. SELLARS Glouster Ohio.

Landlady Apologizes to Police Over Theft Incident

Butte Montana landlady tells police she has endured minor thefts before and did not report them until a chandelier vanished from the hallway ceiling triggering a police response.

Butte Mont Dorothy Block

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