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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
4
John W. Cullen Company lists advertising rates on application at its Home and Foreign offices in Chicago New York Detroit and Cleveland. Obituary notices and cards of thanks available for a nominal charge. Entered at Athens Post Office as second class matter under the 1918 act.
The piece argues against a bill by Attorney General Cummings and J Edgar Hoover to register and tax revolvers and pistols. It warns such measures enable dictatorship, deny liberty, and ignores that other weapons remain dangerous. It cites Raymond Clapper on dictatorial control and civil rights concerns.
A Washington correspondent recalls a two column take on the TVA controversy as a Congressional probe looms. He predicts laughs at waste and star gazing while acknowledging some good work, inviting readers to await the curtain-raiser on the federal power empire.
Dispatches show China harassing Japan as guerrilla raids intensify with Japanese forces occupying large areas. War costs mount for both nations amid fears Soviet intervention could reshape the Far East.
The National Grange warns the Senate reorganization bill would force Congress into a spectator role and abandon representative government. The piece recalls Hoover era battles over reorganizing bureaus and how Congress vetoed his orders, arguing that real reform requires greater executive independence.
The bill grants Congress power to block executive bureau shifts by both houses with veto and two thirds overrides. Roosevelt could save executive orders if a third of either house votes to resist. Yet the plan lasts only until July 1, 1940 and excludes abolishing cabinet departments and several commissions. The core issue is confidence in Roosevelt more than the bill's specifics.
Washington reports the Finance Committee may push an 18 percent flat corporate tax replacing the House 20 percent with dividend deductions. Under the plan firms earning under 6500 would save, while those above 25000 distributing profits would pay more. Overall Treasury receipts rise to 948 million vs 873 million current law and 851 million under the House plan. SEC drops charges against a New York accountant accused of misrepresenting himself as an officer after a barroom Biltmore conference. The trial included braggadocio remarks and humorous exchanges with Commissioner Frank.
A teen couple in New York ends in suicide after a doomed romance. The piece urges parents to address sex and emotional problems openly with their children to prevent similar tragedies.
The forecast for Saturday April 2 notes potential changes in residence interests or travel due to planetary operations. Caution against secrecy collusion and deceit from doubtful associates. Elders guidance advised and birthday individuals may face unplanned changes and new associations. A child born that day may rely on easy methods rather than open ethics.
An elderly miner recalls decades of strikes from 1884 onward, noting shifts from mine to district to state actions, the rise of unions, and later moves west. He argues wages and experience vary, calls for fair governance, and laments government spending over 40 years. Signed Pete Dupler Sugar Grove March 27.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains Meniere’s disease as sudden dizziness with spinning sensation and nausea, plus tinnitus and unilateral hearing loss. Attacks are irregular and may worsen. some cases improve with surgery or diet changes, others fluctuate. Vestibular nerve operations can relieve balance symptoms but risk hearing loss.
Pittsburgh housewives join a new program as fencing is added to health education classes at the Central Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association.
Constance Wy nne tends a sick boy in a grand house where Miss Thorvald and Ernest Thorvald debate loyalties. Dr Rogers mo ots between Los Angeles and the manor, while Mark Rogers watches with quiet amusement. Constance humorously aids him at night, and Hilda Thorvald privacy and care blur lines of trust as tension builds.
Weather dampens plans for Athens Country Club golfers as rain and threatening skies stretch into a later start. A new Kappa Delta P education honorary group welcomed members at Dean Irma E. Voigt's apartment during a Friday meeting. Jeanette Brown gave the first senior graduation piano recital in Ewing Auditorium.
Twenty years ago Poultry, food, and sewing clubs organized at The Plains with Pearley Gaskill assisting County Farm Agent Floyd De Lashmutt. The Ath ens area reports 73 home telephones installed between January 10 and March 30, 1918, listing several residents and numbers.
Athens residents were urged by The Messenger to advance clocks one hour Sunday night in line with an official order. Those using sun time were instructed to move their clocks ahead 32 minutes.
The guidance advises cleaning grained woodwork using a cloth dipped in turpentine rather than soap and water. The recommendation emphasizes avoiding moisture to protect wood finish.
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