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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1935
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Merald Co publish weekday afternoons with a Sunday morning edition. It lists Gordon K Bush as Publisher and General Manager and Charlies H Harris as Managing Editor.
The article argues Ohio shifted from agriculture to manufacturing, counting over a million workers in the sector and wages surpassing a billion dollars. It notes increased horsepower use, rising per-earner pay, and a state policy that promoted manufacturing, sustaining tax revenue.
Ohio coal can be mined and delivered cheaper than out of state fuels. By buying Ohio coal, Ohioans would save millions yearly and boost local wages as wage conferences raise miner pay. Increased local spending follows, aiding Ohio businesses and households.
The dispatches report Japan pushing to detach large areas of north China, aiming to form an independent state aligned with Tokyo. The move mirrors Mussolini's African ambitions, signaling a growing Japanese empire in the Orient and widespread concern as China’s fate tilts toward Japanese influence.
Washington dispatches describe Secretary Hull’s note as a mixed signal to the League of Nations. The Italian press calls it a rebuff while Geneva reports hint at U S attention only after sanctions become active.
The note to the league on peace aims is seen as noncommittal and prompted by higher authorities. Hull seeks nonpartisan policy ahead of the London naval disarmament conference, with Stimson advising and Britain framing the talks amid rearmament plans.
A government survey shows payrolls up about 12.5 percent since January while industrial production remains flat. Analysts note small factories and seasonal factors drive payroll gains, with little wage impact from NRA changes. Washington reportedly touched by many states in this trend.
W P Read of Chicago begins sinking the first shaft to the No 6 seam at Rendville in the Columbus and Sunday Creek venture. Read's No 5 mine attracts migrants while D S Williams and Paul Frebault shape Ohio operations and payrolls, Frebault famed for precise penmanship and a framed “model payroll.”
Poetic reflection on a Sunday dawn and gratitude to God contrasts with a statistical note: last year railroads recorded one fatality per 400 million passenger miles, air transport one per 24 million, and automobiles one per 11 million miles.
The column invites signed comments on current events, urging brevity for daily use. It includes satirical lines about administration leadership, fiscal policy, and a joke about saints and angels, ending with a jocular remark on telltale tales.
A compilation of notices includes an official protest to France over Da mascus bombardment endangering Americans, Halloween parties at several homes, club events, and births. Notables include Carl Higley elected Schoolmasters Club president and Prof. F B Dilley named registrar. A Southeastern Ohio Education Association election also listed.
The piece claims O'Brien's Ledger House in Elmsford New York as the birthplace of the cocktail. Betsy Flanagan a Halls Corners barmaid served Betsy's Bracers to American and French officers during the Revolution. On festive nights she offered roast fowl and saved feathers in glasses as decorations.
A crime gang plans a Maplehurst bank robbery led by Wingy Lewis and Sandy, with Bobby and Jean entangled in a bond sale and suspected armored car ties. Federal agent Larry Glenn pursues the gang as the plan unfolds at the National Bank of Maplehurst.
A compilation of remarks from George H. Dern Roosevelt Walker Johnson and Thomas J. Watson. The statements address military intentions marriage work life opera rebirth and the role of machines in society. The speakers defend limited military aims celebrate opera revival and stress human agency in a machine led era.
A garbled health fragment discusses headaches and swollen eyelids, urging attention to sight. It mentions morning formatio intervals and a relationship to healthful eyes and attention, with unclear references to danger and entry of something above 08.
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