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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1934
Page
4
The piece cites the American Newspaper Publishers Association along with Obie selections and mentions the Bureau of Circulation and Inland Daily Press Association. It references telegraph wire reports from the United Press Associations.
The op-ed argues Congress overrode the President to fund veterans benefits and restore federal pay cuts, boosting lawmakers salaries while ignoring budget financing. It warns the move undermines public confidence, fuels partisan gain, and could shift the political balance ahead of April primaries. It notes Democratic support was limited and stresses a silent majority may still back Roosevelt's economy plan.
The author argues that public spending must back self liquidating projects and urges federal support for middle class home construction and remodeling. Home building creates wealth, jobs, and demand across trades, with loaned federal money repaid and used without graft.
The article argues that despite safer faster cars and stricter regulations, fatal road accidents outpace increases in car registrations. It calls for stronger safeguards and better driver training, suggesting time will reveal improved driving ability.
Paul Mallon reports Washington dispatch arguing the Roosevelt economic upheaval is near collapse as business and finance rebound. With recovery, political opposition strengthens and a European style economic upheaval becomes unlikely, making a new major collapse the only unlikely economic catalyst.
A studious European analyst argues that American democracy and ambition foster reform and revolution, noting generations of aspiration and home ownership as drivers. He contrasts that to Europe where peons accept modest comforts and poetry in life, suggesting reforms cannot erase innate European behavior. He doubts a strong US revolution, calling it mild.
A speaker argues that in your country the A F of L and the American Legion are conservative. He says radicalism could improve living conditions for the poor but the people, described as fortune gamblers, will avoid it. He predicts stock market regulations will be bypassed and a boom will occur within six months.
The article recalls Roosevelt inviting college professors to shape reform plans, noting their theoretical rigidity and occasional practical concessions. It contrasts their ideals with politicians like Johnson, Hull, and Farley, suggesting mixed reactions and the emergence of a Roosevelt who is both liberal and conservative.
The article notes high accident rates due to drivers not yielding, driving on the wrong side, or leaving the road. It argues both old and new cars speed more and urges ways to protect people from residents' own foolishness on the roads.
A seasoned observer argues Bobby Jones lost luster after returning to ordinary life. He notes Jones ruled golf with Olympian mastery and questions the value of a hero rejoining the common world. The piece blends reflections on fame, greatness, and historical memory.
A Washington Dispatches style reflection muses on bringing historical figures like Jefferson and Lillian Russell into today’s political scene. The piece jokes about how immortals might judge current lawmakers and contemplates retail versus wholesale returns for a fresh look at 1934 era politics.
A terse note suggests Wik Wall Unat Jong could be located, with no further details or corroborating information available in the fragment.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how blood pressure is measured from Hales to modern cuff and mercury methods. The cuff inflates to occlude, then air escapes under a mercury column to read pressure. Average young adults show about 120 millimeters of mercury, with gradual increases after age 40 about one millimeter per year.
The article argues that many children suffer chronic weakness unseen by others and that illness changes school and home life. It notes parents and teachers misjudge recovery, leading to hurried makeups, loss of interest, and eventual relapse as weakened health invites further illness.
C H H George recounts young George Washington warning the French to leave the Ohio Valley. The narrative notes Washington's visits to Athens and Meigs Counties, marking camps, stopping places along the Hocking River and Kanawha, and his 1770 canoe voyage down the Ohio with a diary that guided later land claims.
Believe It or Not features William Holsman of Portland Oregon who lost an arm yet became a skilled typist. Using a deft right hand he types with the touch system averaging 62 words per minute and has logged 3 172 500 strokes since starting two years ago. He works as an accountant bookkeeper and stenographer. Tomorrow a Strange Divorce.
The Messenger notes a poem by Leslie Coulson, killed in action in France on October 7, 1916. The verses express longing for home and peace after war, ending with a dedication from E. C. Kenney dated Athens Ohio March 26, 1934. The poem reflects patriotic sentiment and memorial value for readers and collectors.
In Athens on March 29 Cc. W. Super recalls Civil War era graft and pension abuses in Keystone State and Washington. He frames vetoes and partisan rhetoric, cites bummers and a case of a deranged pension recipient, and relays anecdotes about Baldy the iron-master and questionable witness tales.
The text notes Washington after returning began planning to settle the Ohio country and build canals linking eastern rivers to the Ohio River. The Revolutionary War halted the project, but he stated that losing the war would lead to colonists establishing homes in the Ohio Valley.
Ten years ago Mrs. J. D. Haskins hosted a birthday celebration for her daughter Margaret. Chaperons at the Lambda Chi Alpha formal included Professor and Mrs. Earl South Professor af Mrs. J. R. Morton and Professor and Mrs. Nob Shilt. Joshua Peters from Orbiston was taken to Mt. Carmel Hospital after injuring his leg at the New York Coal Company shale pit.
Charter members of the local Council of the Daughters of America elected officers including Mrs. W W Robinson councilor and Mrs. Fred Fensel associate counselor. Lillian Fuller visited her brother George Allen at Hebbardsville. Miss Lelia Sherman marked her sixteenth birthday with 2% friends on North Congress Street. C A Woodworth, former Ohio University student and Athens Herald editor, visited with brothers BE Woodworth J E Woodworth and mother Mrs L B Woodworth.
Dying winter lingers with memories of past cold periods while orchardists expect no pest problems in Ohio this year due to extreme cold. Meigs County reports hint at later early vegetables as the season unfolds. The Letart Falls area along the Ohio River showcases vast acreages of early potatoes corn cabbages and tomatoes with growers shipping produce to markets from Pittsburgh to Columbus.
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