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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1935
Page
4
Business leaders who completed a survey of Ohio government expect a forthcoming report. It is expected to show excessive payrolls, a state office building housing only 600 of 2,600 Columbus employees, and potential savings of four to five million dollars. Politicians and officeholders resist economy efforts, risking higher taxes.
The New York Times argues that distrust of a planned economy grows as critics call for rolling back New Deal codes. It contends the renewal of individual talent, enterprise, and cultural creativity requires freedom from heavy government and centralized planning, lest society become only “wood and plaster.”
The piece notes Arthur Barker, head of the Karpis Barker gang, will serve life for the Edward G. Bremer kidnapping. Barker’s partners are scattered or imprisoned and several relatives have fallen to federal actions. Dillinger and others are also noted as being captured or punished.
Cities push work programs for veterans to alleviate unemployment among returning soldiers and cope with budget strains that shrink police forces. Local officials seek employment and public safety solutions amid economic pressures.
Washington report says the administration quietly pressed Congress to sustain the veto on the bonus. Charles Michaelson guided Democratic publicity, countering American Legion and VFW efforts, while Postmaster General Farley lingered in the Senate cloakroom.
Michaelson pressured a major industrial lobby to back the President. In reply the group issued a late statement urging manufacturers to wire Congressmen in the Coughlin style to sustain the veto. Michaelson is credited with keeping labor lobbies out of the fray while one leader defends the bonus cause due to 90,000 miners who served in the war.
A long analysis of the Patman Bill defeat, noting the blame game between the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. It cites 376 votes for and 138 against across chambers, describes Legion’s stance, and recounts a Michigan veteran's convincing talk with Senator Vandenberg about the bill's flaws.
The administration quietly argues that monetary stabilization should come through private negotiation rather than an international conference. They view large conferences as unworkable due to many small nations gaining parity with major powers, which shifts alignments and defeats conference aims. France might initiate instead.
Two treasury representatives, Harry D. White and Henry Shepherd, are in Europe as part of unnamed stabilization discussions. White’s presence had been publicly noted while officially denied any active role beyond observation. Shepherd departed suddenly on 24 hours notice, with officials pressing the line that he also went to observe.
The piece argues war veterans could handle school zone traffic duty freeing police for crime prevention. It notes guarding children from traffic risks requires no special training and that veterans in need could fill these posts as sensible staffing.
District Tales recount Wilkesville history with early physicians and churches. Dr George W Althur arrived 1828 as the towns lone doctor while Presbyterian and Methodist foundations formed by 1821 1814. Schools and academies emerged post Civil War with the Wilkesville Normal Academy in 1866 and a local Spiritualist society in the Wilkesville Salem area.
Statements from Charles R. Gay of the New York Stock Exchange and Burdette Lewis advocate curbing belief in easy stock riches and stressing legal compliance. They urge stricter enforcement, referencing a large crime bill and relief package to frame policy concerns.
A letter to The Messenger argues that Big Business bullies the nation and cedes power to politicians through lobbies. The writer criticizes judicial sniping and utility bonds while linking anti New Deal sentiment to corporate influence and Huey Long’s potential run for president. The piece cites remarks by Judge John C. Knox and quotes from Charles F. Kettering.
Dr Morris Fishbein warns lead causes serious poisoning in children from nursing shields paints pipes and contaminated foods. He notes pica common in kids and cites cases in Virginia where children ate paint dirt and toys. Calcium and parathyroid extracts may aid recovery, but stopping lead ingestion is crucial.
Yesterday's cartoon explains a TEEL BAR FLOAT illusion where a steel bar is suspended by aligning magnets. A base magnet and uprights create a gap for the bar to move. when magnetized and placed above the base, like poles resist, producing a feather light float.
Katharine Strykhurst, heiress to Victor Strykhurst, chafes under her stepmother. She befriends Violet Merser after a fall, while Dr. John Kaye returns from Europe. Zoe, Gibbs Larkin, and Zorn Parker complicate love entanglements as Michael Heath, a riding club operator, fights to save his failing venture. The scene shifts to a hot day in a village with a railway station and a looming mortgage on the riding club.
Zoe confesses a brutal longing after learning Cissy Malotte is young and beautiful, threatening suicide if wronged. Katharine resists and consoles as tension rises, while Michael Heathcrpe saddles Prince Charlie and prepares to ride away from the farm, leaving Fury and Tips behind in twilight.
Readers are invited to submit verses to the Esch center as Saint Middleport hosts a poetry afternoon. Participants may share original work and receive feedback from peers while the event celebrates community writing.
Estimates suggested monthly earnings around 75000 from oil and gas wells in the Fisher and Carthage fields. Ohio and West Virginia celebrated the Coolville Parkersburg road opening with speakers including C H Bryson EB Wilson Major S M Johnson and T W Craig.
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