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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1934
Page
4
Rates listed for subscriptions and advertising paid at the Athens Post Office. Carriers charge 15 cents weekly, while mail rates in Ohio are one year 450, six months 250, ten weeks 100, four weeks 25, and one week 5. Also mentions obituary cards and office charges under 1918 act.
Athens County Red Cross urges 1,500 members by Thanksgiving to sustain disaster aid and health programs. The chapter has helped provide 17,000 dollars in veterans claims this year and trained life saving for 92 men with 57 certificates issued.
Nebraska voters adopt a one chamber legislature, the first major step toward simplifying state government. The change aims to curb costly delays and lobbyist influence, bringing state representation closer to citizens and their everyday concerns. Ohio also shows movement toward more efficient government in larger counties, but Nebraska stands as the year’s most significant reform.
The ruling holds the fourteenth amendment does not shield a business from competition hazards. Legislatures may use efficient producers’ costs as a standard to set fair prices, potentially freezing out less efficient firms as competition trims margins.
A survey shows an annual income of 2080 dollars yields about 480 dollars in taxes. One hundred twenty dollars are in rent, ninety six dollars in food, twenty four dollars in clothing and similar items, and another 240 dollars in indirect taxes. Overall, about twenty percent of earnings go to government, affecting the average small income family.
Washington observers note an inside inflation of confidence among New Deal bureaucrats after the election. Reports cite personnel shifts, cautious outlooks at the White House, and debates over Federal Reserve leadership and public works delays.
Governor Donahey and top officials met with the Trumbull County prosecutor to decide indictments for disorder at Ku Klux Klan demonstrations in Niles. The meeting reviewed actions against those responsible and potential charges.
The Bell System shows a rise in telephones on its lines for the nineteenth consecutive month. The year to date increase reaches 260000 with October adding 33200 and October last year adding 13400. The trend signals improving finances for a broad citizenry as more installs indicate an up-grade in economic status.
A discussion argues Americans value choosing their own doctors and warns state control may erode this link. It cites low U S sickness rates, questions foreign systems, and notes insurance tied to unemployment can inflate minor illnesses and reduce focus on serious disease. It ends with quotes from Mrs. Boole and Adolf Hitler on peace and necessity.
The writer, in The Messenger, pens a satirical plea about Hoover era woes and looming poverty. He predicts widespread decline to plain skim milk and jokes about becoming Rosy collars or Brain Trust scholars as he signs from Middleport on November 12.
Olive Roberts Barton surveys children’s reading lists across hobbies including birds, gardening, music, railways, radio, cooking, science, camping, crafts, building, engineering, and drawing. It compiles numerous titles across subjects to guide young readers and parents in selecting educational, entertaining books for varied interests.
The article surveys John Winkler’s portrait of James Stillman and the Stillman family in The First Billion The Stillmans and the National City Bank It highlights Stillman Sr Morgan Vanderlip and Mitchell as central figures and credits Winkler with a breezy brisk style and witty observations.
Rabbi James G. Heller of Center Synagogue Cincinnati was appointed a director of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County M C A. The General Secretary called the appointment unprecedented in eight years of M C A history.
In December 1933 near Howe Indiana a light snowstorm followed by strong winds formed thousands of cylindrical snowballs up to two feet long and wide. residents reported the accumulation over miles of Indiana with observers noting the eerie wind driven snow formation. Tomorrow: X Marks the
In a tense confrontation a lawyer probes a hotel guest revealing an alias and a manipulative American man. The witness admits a coerced encounter with Frank B. Cathay, river view resident, and explains the fake names Stella Mockley Edith Nevers Mary Briggs. The exchange hints at crime tied to a service station stickup investigation and a questionable financial arrangement.
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