National Representatives and advertising rates notice
National representatives for United Press listed as John W. Cullen Company with offices in Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland. Advertising rates available on request at home or foreign offices. Obituary cards and other notices incur nominal charges. Entered at Athens Post Office as second class matter under the 1918 act.
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John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Cleveland
Athens
Building High Water Roads for Athens
Enthusiasm for high water roads to keep Athens open during floods fades after January. The piece urges including emergency links on Richland Avenue Beaumont route Peach Ridge and a hospital grounds road in annual county and state road programs. It argues raising flood prone segments is cheap and feasible, with steady progress toward safer, flood‑resistant routes.
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Athens
Richland Avenue
Beaumont
Peach Ridge Road
Canaanville
Guysville
Union Street
State Hospital
Hospital
Highland Road
U. S. 50
Peach Ridge
The Problem of Poverty bystander and a power shovel
A bystander watches a power shovel dig a sewer while about a hundred idle workers wait for jobs. John Rustgard explains that city funds limited to a set amount were used to employ labor, with machines boosting overall productivity and future tax revenue rather than increasing wages directly.
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John Rustgard
Farm income rising signals 1937 recovery progress
The Alexander Hamilton Institute reports first quarter 1937 U.S. farm cash income at 1.945 billion dollars, up 28 percent from 1936 and including 206 million in government benefits. If sustained, 1937 income could exceed 10.5 billion, surpassing 1929 levels and marking a hopeful agricultural rebound for national welfare.
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Alexander Hamilton Institute
United States
Railroad Prosperity Brisk Orders Signal Boom
Railroads show strong optimism with May 1 freight car orders at 47 290, well above two years ago, and locomotive orders up to 345 from 52 a year ago. The Association of American Railroads notes the surge indicates a broad upturn in trade and industry and a sustained momentum.
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America
Association of American Railroads
Understanding Congress The Roosevelts Spending Clash
Washington observers say House votes on Roosevelt relief reflect self interest ahead of 1930s elections. Lawmakers seek federal funds for dams roads flood control and PWA projects to win in their districts while opposing top officials' pay and court packing talk. Henry Wallace defends agriculture controls and contrasts with dictatorships, noting differences in mechanisms.
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Congress
Mr. R
House
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
CCC
Fechner
Mr. Hopkins
Henry Wallace
Italy
Germany
Russia
Egypt
China
House Committee
Farleyism and the Boss in the public eye
Hugh Johnson critiques James Farley as the administration’s whipping boy and compares his role to past party bosses. He argues Farley operates openly as the second man and Postmaster General, shaping policy and public reaction with frankness and risk. The piece denounces politics as largely the same across eras.
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Washington
James Aloysius Farley
Prince Edward
Jim
Arnold von Winkelried
Will Hays
Doe Work
Claudius Huston
Brown
Nominee for a Prophet Succeeds Farley in Songwriter Rank
A candidate to succeed Farley as a noted songwriter emerges as the author of Chained in My Rockin' Chair before the sitdown strike gained popularity. The figure is identified as a prominent creator linked to the period and its labor action.
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Farley
District Tales of Long Ago in Gallia County
Gallia County’s first whipping post stood beside the initial courthouse in Gallipolis, built in the City Park from Gen. Edward Tupper plans. Records note a 1808 payment to J Bodet for the post and recount how early law used the lash for theft and drunkenness amid limited jail facilities.
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Harry R. Hurn
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Edward Tupper
County Commissioners’ Journal
J. Bodet
M. Bodet
John Robinson
Nicholas Thevenin
Joseph Fletcher
Robinson
David Ridgeway
Joel Smith
Whitaker Named to West Point from Cleveland University
Ernest J. Whitaker a Cleveland Ohio University senior and ROTC rifle team honoree has been named to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He will begin his studies next fall and returns home to Cleveland.
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Ernest J. Whitaker
Cleveland
Ohio University
United States Military Academy
West Point
Whitaker
Balloon Race Shows Unaccounted Balloons After Landings
National Balloon Race reports three balloons unaccounted for with twelve landings. The Goodyears landed at Bar Harbor Maine as social notes record bridge dinner hosting by Ned J Wolfe and W H Logan. Out-of-town guests include Tom Morgan and Mrs George Troyer Koch.
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Goodyears
Bar Harbor
Maine
Ned J. Wolfe
W. H. Logan
Tom Morgan
George Troyer Koch
el Dorado
Ark
Roger Jones
Robert Wood
F. D. Forsyth
Russell W. Finsterwald
Army Major Inspects The Plains for Camp Site
Major W. P. Stokey of the U S Army inspected The Plains for a camp site. Local committee was led by James Ginnan with Chief Porter Major Johnson Sheriff Lowry Henry Zenner Frank Roach Capt J B Allen and others. Several local residents left for visits and relatives in Akron Columbus and Fremont.
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W. P. Stokey
U. S. Army
Plains
James Ginnan
Chief Porter
Major Johnson
Sheriff Lowry
Henry Zenner
Frank Roach
J. B. Allen
Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Early Detection Methods
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how tuberculosis enters the body and forms lesions that may be secondary infected. He describes symptoms such as persistent cough and weight loss, the role of chest exams, X rays, and sputum tests, and stresses early diagnosis for successful treatment.
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Morris Fishbein
Pats Warren Falls For Her Employer Amid Public Life Clash
Patricia Warren, a secretary and actor-playwright, navigates romance with Don Monteray while shielding him from the world. Her cousin Trissy Warren, rival Rosamond Akers, and the New York setting frame a tense personal and professional web.
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Patricia Warren
Don Monteray
Trissy Warren
Pats
New York
Patricia
Rosamond Akers
Don Monteray and Rosie Strain Pats at Night
Pats, Don Monteray’s secretary, clashes with Rosie Akers as Don pursues a romantic entanglement. Pats feels jealousy and loneliness while Rosie pressures for a film break, and Don weighs loyalty against opportunity in Hollywood.
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Rosie
Pats
Don
Hollywood
Heaven
Don Monteray
Family Reunited After 40 Years in Cleveland
Herman Weingarten arrives from France to Cleveland and reunites with six brothers and two sisters, long separated since Hungary. All siblings except Herman stayed in Europe, while the others settled near Cleveland in the United States.
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Cleveland
Herman Weingarten
France
Hungary
Herman
United States
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