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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1937
Page
4
The conservative Senate curbs tax spending and delays many measures while boosting patrols and ensuring funds to run government. Critics note some needs like university and infrastructure may suffer, but overall relief for taxpayers is urged as sessions consider future cuts.
The article argues that federal limits on acreage and livestock are unlikely, farmers in Southeastern Ohio prepare for diverse outputs. Wheat and fruit look good while weather and sunspot effects remain unpredictable, and planners hope for better long term weather forecasts to stabilize prices and store surpluses for lean years.
Officials say it is not smart for women to drink without escorts and criticize women drinking in public. The piece recalls a New York City case where a man fined for not removing his hat when a female customer entered a bar. It questions the court’s logic and hints at shared male attitudes on propriety.
Paul Mallon reports that Vice President Garner leads a push to reduce government expenses beyond the President's revised plan. Garner coordinates with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, favors the Byrnes 10 percent cut, and promotes budget discipline over Bankhead's 15 percent proposal.
Garner and other elder statesmen warn that budget trends are alarming. Mr R s plan for government reorganization circulates without big headlines but faces a tight fight like the Supreme Court issue. Four bills would split the reforms to avoid total defeat. Leaders aim to salvage some of the program by dividing proposals.
The piece outlines four bills favored or opposed in Congress regarding civil service expansion and cabinet reshuffling. It notes Farley’s influence, keeping key commissions under Congress, and the intent to limit Ickes and Roosevelt control. It also mentions court packing politics and a Massachusetts academy cue about Coolidge.
The passage argues for barring unescorted women from drinking places while noting women now have rights to enter such venues with or without escorts, urging owners to restrict access to protect public order.
In this Washington commentary Hugh S. Johnson questions federal policy across business, fiscal, price, housing, public works, and defense. The piece argues no clear direction exists, noting shifts from anti trust to regulation, budget slashing debates, wage and price policy swings, and uncertain moves on housing and merchant marine rebuilding. It ends with a view of governmental paralysis as court battles unfold.
This column invites signed reader comments on current events. Writers should include a signature that appears with the contribution and keep letters brief so multiple readers may be published daily.
The Messenger letter from Dexter Ohio criticizes Roosevelt and the New Deal, arguing it harms the Supreme Court and Constitution. It defends 1776 patriotism, portrays critics as revolutionists, and likens current policy to ancient Rome’s fall while urging defense of liberty and law.
A collection of quotations on constitutional reform and war, Nazi propaganda, pacific solutions, expanding government, and public attitudes. The Berkeley commuter note contrasts university access with distance, while moon phases are explained by celestial positions.
A mixed page presents two poems by Annie McIntyre Bartoé of Nelsonville Ohio and Laura B Foster of Columbus Ohio plus a travel notice: Hungary invites U S passport holders to visit without a visa until Sept 30 1937. The final fragment hints at generational change as old fathers are replaced by new Jones.
In Chapter XII Dorothy Starke hosts a stylish Green Hills tea inviting the town's smart set and married women. Sybil Hendry fears Joan Barrett's rising status and plots to uncover Joan's Seattle past, while Dorothy's presence promises a sharper challenge to Sybil.
Athens residents supported the Columbus Charleston highway project in a local vote. Pau line Shearer and Carl Buck announced their April 30 wedding. Mr and Mrs Wade Burk joined the Atlantic Coast trip. Mrs Darst and son Bob returned from New Lexington after Carnation Chapter Eastern Star inspection. Junior Queen Esther Circle met at Ellen Biddles with Violet Hunter Mary Louise Walker and Wilhelmina Arbogast. Ten high schools entered the Southeastern Ohio meet at Logan including Leadbetter and Campbell.
Athens women made comfort bags for National Guard men led by Mrs. H. G. Stalder. Major S. M. Johnson announced pay checks for Company L Guardsmen had arrived. Names listed include Walter Rogers Don T. Nelson William R. Underwood Kenneth P. Klinger Everett M. Starr and Harry K. Seidenfield for training at Fort Benjamin Harrison with others accepted for regular army.
A compilation of items from The Athens Messenger dated Feb 13 1868 tracing early Ames Township families linked to the Cutlers a saw mill explosion on Isaac Beasley farm in Ames Township wounded engineer John Crawford and other 19th century notes including a Beta Theta Phi memoriam for Greenleaf Dearborn Norris a beard accident in Logan Ohio county treasurer appointment in Hocking County and early weather satire with letters from Eu dora Kansas and Nelsonville sportsmen profiles through brief excerpts
The article outlines heart disease as the leading death cause in the U.S. with 1933 rates and links to rheumatic fever, arterial hardening, and syphilis. It explains heart structure, growth from birth to adulthood, and the heart’s daily blood movement and lifetime beat count.
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