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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1940
Page
4
A fiscal column argues most Americans pay little income tax yet fund government through many indirect taxes. It notes 132 million people but only 3.5 million paying income taxes, totaling about two billion dollars from income and inheritance taxes, while government expenses reach nine billion. It highlights WPA funding and the hidden burden of taxes collected indirectly.
Ken Crossen of New York argues in an Albany Ohio piece that cheap sensational magazines fuel crime and harm youths. He calls for voluntary censorship and a publishers housecleaning to remove sexually explicit and gory content while benefiting operators readers and the public.
The Des Moines Chamber proposes a public factory open week to bridge gaps between manufacturers and consumers. The idea, under consideration by the U S Chamber of Commerce in Washington, aims to show the production steps, challenges, and quality controls behind 800ds to reassure buyers and emphasize value.
A noted specialist once said one session of poker shortens a man’s life and in the Old West they did even more by introducing the fifth ace to shorten life at one sitting.
A light note describes the summer calendar with brief pauses for air and lemonade between political conventions. It hints at a busy season and moments to recharge.
In St Louis Thom as E. Dewey claims Roosevelt policies lack integrity while Debating the cabinet, he questions figures like Hull Morgen thau and Ickes. The reply praises the New Deal team as highly incorruptible and devoted to broad ideals despite economic hardships and political criticism.
Hendrik Van Loon argues democracy rose and fell across Europe from ancient Athens to post Versailles, noting reforms, dictators, and war. He warns democracy survives only with constant citizen vigilance and careful leadership choices, concluding that without selfless commitment it becomes dictatorship.
The Messenger Information Bureau answers reader questions on topics including CIO and United Mine Workers presidencies term lengths, 1940 census details and costs, Warm Springs status, child age calculation, Moslem daily prayer, harelip incidence and surgery timing, and a 1927 submarine capable of carrying an airplane.
Dr and Mrs E B Bryan hosted a tea for mothers of Ohio University students at the president's home. Meigs County Woman's Republican Club met Elmhurst Tavern Pomeroy with speakers Cady Whaley L J Heiner and others. Phi Mu Alpha staged a musical program at Ohio University with Bennett Shimp Edwin Hellebrandt D Forest Ingerham and original numbers by C C Robinson and fraternity members.
H H Henry of Amesville returned from a two weeks campaign for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. Don Whiting a Marietta College athlete visited Athens. Ohio University basketball beat O A alumni 33 to 9. Forest Leighty was guest of honor at a Richland Avenue birthday party with a large list of guests.
Public forum in The Athens Messenger invites signed brief letters on current events. Readers are encouraged to contribute with signatures showing on each piece, enabling multiple daily entries.
Mrs Shirley Plummer of Rutland writes to The Messenger criticizing teachers for harsh discipline and questioning rising student trouble. She asks if teachers ever played hockey or fished and urges voters to address alleged bullying and loss of respect for authority.
A 1920s column notes Americans eat about 100 pounds less food per person yearly than in 1900, due to electricity and gasoline, an aging population, and trends in women's figures. It explains lower hunger but says growing boys still can devour large portions.
In Holbrook Arizona travelers who lose direction on the Navajo Reservation can use a Navajo hogan for orientation. The crude log dwellings are always built with the door to the east, offering a traditional guide for travelers.
Val Douglas a girl sports writer sails aboard the Northern Belle to gain atmosphere for a novel. Captain Steve Hansen recalls her as a child and learns of her feud with Eddie Cavalier. A crew mutiny forces a tense night as they plan a pirateish workaround.
Rosalie West reflects on springtime signs as bulbs sprout in a flower bed and Easter lilies rise. The poem highlights warming sun, flowering trees, singing birds, frogs and crickets, and the urge to work in the garden as days grow longer.
Junior Heinlein of Logan visited his grandmother Mrs S M Heinlein. Ohio University students and other locals joined Easter services at the Methodist Church and McArthur union. Spelling contests in McArthur and Vinton County saw Marion Dwyer Frantz win first, Elizabeth Heinlein leads kindergarten rhythm concert preparations in Logan.
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