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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1934
Page
4
The Athens Messenger announces publishing details with editors and managers, stating weekday editions and a large Sunday morning issue. It lists affiliations, bureaus, and advertising contacts, along with subscription rates and office information for readers.
The Week discusses how New Deal policies shift against small operators and show in Englewood where First National Bank of Chicago suburb withdraws 100 per cent liquid status. President J M Nichols cites government impositions raising costs of servicing accounts under $100, urging small depositors to withdraw. The piece portrays broader critique of planned economy and regulatory overhead hurting small business and banks alike.
An 1871 Chicago blaze started when a cow kicked a lantern, and another fire near a big industrial district shows discarded cigarets ignite serious damage. The article warns fires from lit cigarets cause woodwork clothing and rugs to burn and cites forest and city losses. It urges a simple safe disposal method for lighted cigarets.
A New Yorker charged with manslaughter after an drunken fight struck a guilty plea. The judge spared prison, ordering five years abstinence from alcohol, funeral costs, and weekly support of $15 to the widow, with five years to run and a prison term if he fails.
May 21 report details internal White House plots as liberals and conservatives clash over policy. Some officials seek new jobs or to protect theirs while professors face pressure over service vs teaching. An exodus of scholars from government before September is anticipated.
Administration plans fit a mild personnel reorganization in the NRA and AAA. Roosevelt has scouts examining political prospects in the country and his aides say he wants a higher quality of men for some lower level positions.
The President orchestrated Thorp’s forced exit while naming Dickinson to the post to prevent a resignation. Political maneuvers by Democrats blocked Thorp, with Dickinson’s appointment averting a crisis and stalling Thorp’s bureau backlash. Nearby, Hurja bet on Reed’s Pennsylvania win, while NRA plans counterpublicity ahead of textile code anniversary events and mill openings in Alabama to showcase reforms.
A case seeks to deliver justice for innocent persons harmed by a killing while society punishes the law-breaker. Authorities pursue remedies to support the victims and ensure accountability through legal avenues.
Lloyds of London reports a surge in life policies aimed at President Roosevelt as a sign of global belief in his continued health and leadership. The move reflects a broad view that world economic recovery hinges on the White House leader's vitality, even if Roosevelt policies meet mixed opinions.
In Princeton on May 19 the writer contrasts Princeton with Yale noting a six man unbalanced line and delayed tackle charges. He sees strong prospects for a winning season and questions the undergraduates' focus amid current athletic prowess. A Whig Clio dinner featured Mol ey Moses and Swope on non athletic topics.
A narrator recalls shifts in college views from quiet electoral indifference to engagement with economics and politics since 1910. He notes Harvard undergraduates, mentions Walter Lippmann and John Reed, recalls early socialist clubs, and reflects on later fates of Reed and Marx while praising The Tribune.
The piece argues Princeton leans left of Harvard with growing economic and political awareness. It notes a shift away from blind faith in employment post graduation and a search for peaceful yet non radical positions amid antiwar sentiment. The writer senses restiveness among students toward orthodox parties and a quiet radicalism emerging.
A college towers above the New Jersey meadows on a bright spring day inspiring a 19 year old man to ponder enlisting for combat. The text portrays the pull of beauty and the looming question of body and duty amid war’s shadow.
The doctor should inoculate the sick with antitoxin immediately after diphtheria diagnosis. Delays of a few days may cause lasting organ damage, while a large initial dose often brings rapid improvement within 24 hours. Rare severe reactions occur in about one in a thousand, with death from reaction around one in 70,000.
Olive Roberts Barton argues children should learn work skills at home and in the yard to build habit and strength. She rejects constant nursing or overprotective luxury, urging a balance of work and play to shape capable adults and a nation with sturdy character.
A cartoon explains how three generations of the Wyllys family held Connecticut’s Secretary of State post from 1712 to 1796 and Samuel Wyllys continued from 1796 to 1809 making 97 years of uninterrupted service. In Port Gibson Mississippi a historic church features a tall wooden steeple hand with a finger pointing heavenward built in 1459.
A reader describes a Sunday afternoon collision near Blackburn Hill between a sedan full of men toward Athens and another car heading to Albany. The driver, A R Woodgerd, filed patrol and sheriff reports from Richland Avenue, noting no trace of the offending vehicle and requesting information.
A Messenger letter argues against firearm registration and fingerprinting proposals as ineffective to stop crime. The writer contends such laws disarm honest citizens, cites New York examples, urges amendments to allow law abiding people to bear weapons, and criticizes “gangster” protection.
A May 15 dispatch from Nelsonville laments stealthy minor bills that divert attention from national issues. It argues organized banditry thrives and calls on intelligent voters to rise, protect the nation, and arm themselves to meet the challenge.
In Other Year Directors were nominated for Wt Bend Chamber of Commerce in a meeting at the Courthouse. Named were Har Sanoen B4 H. Roush A. D. Russell F Jividen R. H. Rawlings John B. Downing P. L. Cutts as director. Nash, a long distance operator, entertained with a farewell dinner. Party guests included Mrs. Wilson Carr Kay W Wellston and others.
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