The Athens Messenger Page Four Notices
Athens Messenger rate card lists subscription prices for local counties with one year at 4.50 two quarters at 2.50 and ten weeks at 1.00. The paper notes additional zones and extra postage, imprinting publisher details Gordon K. Bush and Charles H. Harris as editor.
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W. Bush
Athens Messenger & LD Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
She & Week
Vance Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan, Vinton
Washington
Hocking Valley Coal Fights For Better Fuel Standards
In Southeastern Ohio the note of hope from Hocking oper ators and miners centers on a insistence that coal sold as Hocking Valley Coal meet consumer standards. They urge sustained production, education of Ohioans, and elimination of inferior fuels to restore a strong home industry across the region.
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Hocking
New York
Ohio
Hocking Valley
German American citizens resist Nazi propaganda at home
The article notes German Americans receive Nazi pamphlets but largely doubt their claims. Many retain memories of the old homeland yet fear information shared with Germany could be used against them. They see censorship and internment camps as evidence of harsh conditions under Hitler.
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United States
Germany
Hitler
Time to Start Ohio State Highway Projects
An editorial urges immediate initiation of state highway work in Ohio. It laments slow planning and patchwork repairs, warns that preparations take months and weather delays push dirt moving into late fall, and proposes using motor fuel taxes for roads promptly before other government needs divert funds.
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Ohio
Youth Age Struggle for Jobs Highlights Unemployment
The piece notes a clash between youth seeking work and older experienced workers. In aviation it cites 16 000 trainees planned by the War Department, while the Machinists Union advocates for 13 000 unemployed mechanics to get first chance. Auto industry shows similar seniority patterns amid limited youth hiring. The text argues industrial expansion as the sole solution.
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War Department
Air Service
Democracy’s fate and Rome in The New Deal debate
Raymond Clapper reviews H. J. Haskell’s The New Deal in Old Rome noting how ancient Rome used programs like the Resettlement Administration and public works, drawing parallels to Roosevelt era policies while cautioning historians about attributing Rome’s collapse to these measures. He questions whether experiments caused Rome’s fall or merely failed to halt deeper decay.
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Roosevelt
H. J. Haskell
Rome
Public Works Administration
Haskell
Haskell's Rome study compares modern social flaws to America
Haskell argues Rome failed to create work opportunities and a unified free society with minimum living standards. He warns against a submerged class and calls for open leadership to rise through competent managers while criticizing Chamber of Commerce and political behavior.
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Rome
Haskell
Mr. Haskell
America
Chamber of Commerce
Fixed price farm plan gains momentum in Washington scene
Bruce Catton surveys Senate action and House bills on fixed-price farm policies. Proposals include cost of production and domestic allotment plans backed by Farm unions and Grange. Goal is to guarantee farmer income via domestic minimums and world-market sales of excess.
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Washington
England
Europe
United States
Senate
Treasury
House
Sam Massingale
Oklahoma
Agriculture Committee
Wheeler
Montana
Lee
Farmers’ Union
National Grange
Milwaukee Hosts Dental Convention This Summer
Milwaukee prepares to host a statewide dental convention amid war worries. The piece notes civic morale with a musical refrain The Yanks are coming and mentions concerns about public health and urban pests including house mice spreading lymphocytic choriomeningitis.
Whiteman Cancels Europe Trip Over Jittery Europe
Paul Whiteman declines plans to travel to Europe citing insecurity abroad. He notes jittery conditions mirror in musical affairs at home. A. F. of L. and N. L. R. E. members hold a surprise meeting amid cautious mood.
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Paul Whiteman
Europe
Question and Answer Trivia From An archival page
A fragmentary Q and A page lists various facts and questions covering topics from seeing dogs for the blind to definitions of natural sciences and terms like finagle. It cites dates on the Bureau of Pensions and notes about organizations such as the Photographic Society of America and the United Press Associations.
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Seeing Bye, Inc
Canada
Mercury
Saturn
Bureau of Pensions
Veterans Administration
Association of
Still Photographers
The
Photographic Society of America
Frank Liuni
111Th St
Richmond Hill
New York
United Press Associations
Hugh Baillie
Eeronio William Jennings
Dominican Republic
Dominican Customs Service
Flori A
Just by Chance by Nellie Casey
A short verse by Nellie Casey from Athens Ohio describes a robin by a lake and nature sounds mingling with a personal ache. The speaker finds a moment of joy in seeing a vision of Jake and heaven while contrasting it with crowds seeking lesser moments.
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Jake
Heaven
Public Forum criticizes coal policy and politics in Ohio
A New York City dated dispatch says Edison and others switch to oil burners due to coal shortages. The letter argues against partisan faultfinding, urges fair mediation like railroads, and condemns Governor Bricker and political manipulation affecting unemployment benefits during strikes. George S. Thompson, Glouster, May 15.
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the Messenger
New York City
Edison Consolidated Company
Metropolis
Edison
TVA
America
Edison Company
Old King Coal
Ohio
New York
Bricker
Atchison
Motorcycle Officer Counts 21 From Car Near OSU
Columbus police officer Lloyd W. West stopped a sedan near the Ohio State University campus and counted 21 university students in and around the five passenger car.
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Columbus
Lloyd W. West
Ohio State University
Death by own action or murder in morgue discovery
Detectives Fenelon Ladd and reporter Mary Franklin visit the morgue after a body found in the East River, identify the dead girl as Janice French, and push for a coroner's autopsy to probe possible foul play. Doctor Morris notes suicide, while Ladd urges inquiry into hidden causes.
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East River
Mary
Wes
Janice French
Ladd
Fenelon
Ryan
Rimnasse
Albert Morris
Tom
Miss Franklin
the Gazette
Gold therapy for tuberculosis questioned and weighed
Dr Morris Fishbein reviews 1924 experiments by Mollgaard on injecting gold to treat tuberculosis. He notes mixed results, no germ-specific effect, and stresses the primary role of sanatorium care, rest, nutrition, and nursing. He cites U S death rate decline from 97 per 100 000 in 1920 to 4 per 100 in 1937, indicating progress.
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Mollgaard
United States
Two State House Mountainary Sketches From Eyo
A fragment mentions a state house about four miles away near a border area between Virginia and North Carolina. The note notes timing and location but lacks full details.
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Mountairy
Eyo
State House
Virginia
North Caro
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the Athens Messenger
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio News
United Press
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Raymond Clapper
Bruce Catton
A. F
Strons and
Messenger's Service Bureau
Eann
Messenger’s Service Bureau
BD. C
Poet's Corner
Messenger
Nellie Casey
Athens, Ohio
the Public Forum
By Galbraith
Reilly
Pat Reilly
Bellevue
Helen Worden
NEA Service
Morris Fishbein
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