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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
4
President James of Ohio University urges mutual-advantage trade with Latin American nations to build real understanding. He warns against cultural superiority and calls for swapping culture and goods to strengthen hemispheric bonds through equal relations and shared prosperity.
The Athens Messenger announces staff roles and association memberships with the MESENGER & HERALD PRINTING CO. It lists publishers editors and national representatives while detailing subscription rates and mailing areas across several counties. The notice includes mascots of the paper including prices and second class filing.
Raymond Clapper notes a surge in anti-trust enforcement led by Thurman Arnold targeting both business groups and labor unions. He cites the Ethyl Gasoline ruling on price controls and a court ruling treating unions as subject to anti-trust laws, signaling a federal crackdown on racketeering in labor and industry.
Athens will entertain over 500 members of the Ohio Typographical Conference for several days next spring. The International Typographical Union chose Athens for its spring conference and plans promise a pleasant stay with tours of Southeastern Ohio hills and access to excellent roads and scenic countryside.
A proposal urges growing and storing food near schools to supply noon meals for Gallia County pupils. The plan aims to reduce lunch costs, ease funding for next winter, and address underfed children as a community issue. It emphasizes economy and efficiency for future school years.
Four companies have applied to the U S Department of Labor for fixed annual wages and a yearly hour maximum for all workers, under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The move aims at employment stability, giving workers security and allowing employers to adjust staffing for seasonal demand without overtime costs. The trend reflects growing interest in this wage protection approach.
The piece traces the French Revolution and Napoleon’s rise as a reaction to unrest in a people led by demagogues, then contrasts it with the American birth of democracy. It credits Jefferson and Hamilton as shaping US governance, aided by frontier expansion and widespread land ownership that fostered a government of the people by the people for the people.
The Messenger Information Bureau provides Q and A on alcohol and gas thermometers, Franco Prussian War indemnity, radio versus recording, Mrs Cordell Hull’s birthplace and faith, male birth rates in Europe, the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Bridge details, and 1938 39 national income estimates.
Easter Sunday attendance at Sunday School was 74. Rev J F Brown led evening services with Rev Waid Radford of Pleasantville assisting. Pleasantville families visited relatives here. Numerous locals hosted guests from Columbus, Athens, Racine, and Toledo over Easter. The Better Health Club met with Mrs Leonard hosting and prize draws awarded. next meeting at Homer Raders home.
Side Glances explores whether men or women lie more with Dr J Larson noting men tell direct falsehoods while women use evasive misdirection. The piece suggests women may be bigger liars but better at it, and notes lie detectors catch oblique deceptions from women as readily as direct lies from men.
George W Williams of Gloucester criticizes petitions for clemency before sentencing in the Whitmore and Maccombs case. He alleges officials stole county funds, threatens voters, and urges taxpayers to unite against malfeasance.
Mrs. P. W. Hankison of Logan learned she qualifies as a Gold Star Mother for the Gold Star Mothers Trip to France. Athens High School lists committee members for the upcoming A dance including Ann Evans George Merchant Raymond Carmichael Paul Dalton Arabelle Chute Margaret Porter Leland Hull and Mildred Wilson. Glouster High School presented a operetta Carrie Comes to College.
Mrs. Fred Edington hosts the Tatting Club in Nelsonville while the Nelsonville Gun Club on Jackson farm records scores by Frank Rauch Art Wolfe Harvey Porter John Swanson Dr W H Cond Dr Joe Inderieden Julius Fisch Don Poston Ralph Waller The Sunnyside PTA features piano pupils of Miss Mae Lines in a recital with Maude Murray Miller Columbus journalist present
MORAL SUPPORT Faith, is the Judas of Mannerheim: Men beg for lead, 'The fool Shall rest- on his own Mannerheim. GENE DUNLOP Carbondale, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs Arch Arbaugh hosted a Sunday dinner with relatives from Athens and Cleveland. Cincinnati visitor Manny Davis and daughter stayed with his mother Mrs. David Davis. Several families from Groveport Lath am Columbus Mt Pleasant and Glouster visited local hosts. A Hebbardsville resident A L Evans is seriously ill. Birthday gatherings occurred for Arthur West Eloise West and Pearley West.
Captain Steve Hansen greets Valerie Douglas, once a shipyard girl now a renowned sports writer, aboard the Northern Belle in San Francisco Bay. He assigns her a port cabin and hints she may join the crew’s mischief while Valerie recalls feuds with boxer Eddie Cavalier and presses toward a planned showdown.
McArthur social notes record a joint birthday dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert King for family including Jake King Cramer Columbus and Patricia Wiseman plus a five tier cake with names by birth month. Kitchen shower honors Miss Florence Zarhurst at Mrs A Will Jr home with multiple young guests from nearby towns. Also reported are weekend visits and hospital updates involving local residents and guests at various homes and events.
Concord Sunday School presented an Easter program with Rev. William M. George speaking on The Risen Christ and preaching March 31. Ferndale Church held an all day Easter program with Rev. Max Martin, a noon basket dinner, and an afternoon sermon. Social exchanges include visits, travels, weddings, anniversaries, and family gatherings around Concord and nearby towns. The New York zoo owns a metal cylinder used to scoop porcupines.
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