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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1935
Page
4
Editorial argues Senate preserved the President's veto on the Patman inflationary bonus bill but warns it spurs new bonus schemes and greater currency inflation. It contends pensions are politicized, warns of tax revolt, and urges stopping inflation while noting White House opposition to extra currency.
The piece critiques current policies and social behavior, arguing Americans act as rugged individualists harming workers and farmers. It cites inconsistencies from the New Deal, jobside lines, and self reliant suburbs, plus anecdotes about looting cops and FERA starlings, ending with a call to simple changes.
Washington reporters reveal relief wage schedules misrepresented by White House aides led by Frank Walker. The minimal $19 monthly rate covers only about 15,000 of 20,000,000 on relief, mainly in a rural zone, where some families still depend on gardens and huts. Critics fear the plan shifts blame and may keep domestic help incentives intact.
The plan exempts about 1.3 million from the relief scale, with wages around 55 dollars monthly on average. Direct relief averages 25 to 30 dollars, tapering off slowly. Roosevelt’s radio broadcast appears aimed at Coughlin and Long supporters, signaling a new publicity approach to the New Deal.
Market whispers expect a small European nation to abandon gold within weeks and a larger gold bloc nation to follow soon after. Analysts say the timing may be off, but financial authorities broadly agree the outcome will be a destabilizing shift away from gold backing.
The development of Senator Thomas as an inflation leader has been a largely unpublicized event of this session. He combines balance and technical skill lacking in many colleagues. By staying connected with the administration and his Coughlin Long following, he has become the brains of the organization, even if others do the shouting for his outfit.
London and Washington agreed to upgrade their China legations to embassies along with Japan. The 1924 pact with Tokyo allows joint alert if Tokio acts. The salary difference for the change costs $5,500 yearly, keeping all three nations on equal footing in China.
Police in New York pursue a man described as lacking self-control after a theater disruption where a patron climbed over lap and triggered a wreck. Authorities urge any witnesses to come forward with information.
Experts study cows that accompanied Byrd and suggest they might substitute reindeer in Arctic conditions. The claim seems unlikely as cows struggle with the cold and mobility for arctic logistics.
District history recalls Nyenville at Kerra Run with Nye family mercantile, sawmill, post office and boat landings for Levi Stedman. It notes Meigs County growth from 1510 to 1830, Horton coal ventures on the river, Hortons boat Condor to New Orleans, Pomeroy development, rolling mill, Haven and Stackpole flouring mill, and Midland town shifts to Racine and Pomeroy with new mills and a cotton mill by Philip Jones.
Readers invited to send signed letters on current events. Writers should keep contributions brief and only one letter per day may be published.
In Meigs County Ohio residents complain of unequal treatment by relief workers. A reader describes minimal aid despite work gaps and health needs, citing lacking clothing, bed covers, and dental care, and notes a widow neighbor receiving little help while others take eggs and calico.
Captain Rapld Amundsen and Lieutenant Elsworth completed a North Pole dash in an aviation effort. Winners of the Silver Mirror Beauty contest are Leta Jean Parker Helen Peoples Alice Edwards Ruth Conn and Jean Gist. Sugar Creek’s last mine closed leaving 400 to 500 miners out of work. Frank S. Roach family returned from Winter Haven Florida. Thelma G Warner to Alva Herman Dailey wed. Week end guests of Miss Helen Allom included several Columbus Pittsburgh and local residents. Italy began war with Austria. Mexican intervention talks stirred in Washington. Mrs. Rossi and her mother visited before traveling to Zanesville. Birth announced for Ray Bobo and Mary Angell. Mrs. Mooney visited by daughter in Columbus. Carpenter visitors in Athens.
Katharine Strykhurst worries as Zoe Parker plans to elope with Gibbs Larkin while Katharine seeks Dr. John Kaye’s help to prevent the match. Katharine grapples with guilt over aiding Zoe and conscripts Kaye’s cautious aid to keep the couple under watch.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes seasonal disease trends tied to climate. Winter brings freezing injuries and accidents while pneumonia peaks January to March and meningitis in late winter or spring. Summer raises heat illness, drownings, and motor vehicle crashes with infantile paralysis and encephalitis as recurring cripplings.
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