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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1933
Page
4
The Athens Messenger outlines its wide Southeastern Ohio circulation across five counties and multiple communities. It lists associations and offices, notes advertising rates, subscription pricing, and publication details including post office classification.
The article urges giving to the Community Chest with a focus on future needs beyond hunger relief. It notes private charity bears heavy loads and government aid grows, while stressing ongoing local support for medical, mental, spiritual, and leisure needs to prevent long term social scars and preserve good citizenship.
A U S Department of Labor analysis notes a sharp rise in strikes since new codes began. While the September figure reached 212,000, analysts say peaks in prior prosperity years often coincided with high strikes. The report questions codes as sole cause and calls current conditions deplorable.
A 1935 report urges safer rural highways in Athens County and southeastern Ohio citing frequent pedestrian deaths on unsidewalked roads. It notes darkness, slick pavements, and blind drivers as causes and calls for rural sidewalk systems to protect walkers. The section also lists injury outcomes from firing accidents in early 1935.
Dorothy Dix argues that women overestimate masculine stoicism and wealth, underestimate pain and tenderness, and confuse family loyalty with neglect. She notes brides often fear men will ignore affection while husbands seek support and companionship, revealing common misperceptions about men.
The article advises using thermometers in the nursery and in rooms where the baby spends time. It recommends about 70 degrees for a new baby day and night, lowering gradually to around 68 during the day as the child grows, with careful changes to avoid chills or sweats. Night temperatures may be reduced by 15 to 25 degrees from daytime, with warm nightwear, drafts avoided, and drying and dressing the baby thoroughly after baths.
The cartoon explains how the Eaton Hall from London registry was lifted by a tidal wave in Galveston Bay and left high and dry on the prairie after others were washed back. Refloating was abandoned due to channel costs exceeding ship value. It also notes penguin incubation and teases tomorrow’s feature on privacy language.
Washington DC. Secret clashes pit liberals led by Rex Tugwell and Mordecai Ezekiel against middleman allies in the AAA over marketing agreements and codes for the 9 billion dollar food industry. Proposed consumer standards would include compulsory labeling across cans and packages. Industry leaders like James Dole push to limit consumer protections amid internal resignations and stalled compromises.
Elks club announces its annual Charity Ball at the Armory with arrangements underway. The item highlights community fundraising plans and social events for the lodge.
Dr Morris Fishbein reports that fatigue from hot crowded rooms is not caused by carbon dioxide but by poor ventilation. He notes that natural ventilation usually suffices, altitude affects oxygen needs, and modern science links disease to germs, not marsh gases, with tuberculosis control improving animal care through ventilation and light.
Mrs J E Cross of 8 West Union Street was injured when struck by a car at the intersection of Congress and West Union Streets. Hospital treatment followed as authorities investigated the accident.
John Troby of Chauncey lost an arm in an accident at the local railroad yards. The report notes a serious injury affecting a resident and mentions surrounding civic and commercial activities.
A filled crossword style clue list includes 60 plus items spanning names, titles, reveals about an actress and various word solutions. The entries request first name, last name, and numerous related terms covering sound, ice cream drink, escape, hearing organ, and other common crossword targets.
Twenty five agents and employes gathered at the Warner Hotel in Chillicothe for a district meeting and dinner of the Southern Ohio division of the Railway Express Agency. Attendees came from Wilmington Washington Do H Hillsboro Greenfield Circleville Athens Wellston Jackson Waverly Gallipolis and Chillicothe.
Berlin reports a new German policy offering a 15 percent income tax cut for each child in a household, rising to 30 percent from the fifth child. The measure aims to boost manpower and follows a spike in marriages. Newlyweds may receive a government loan of 1,000 marks to start housekeeping.
Chicago figures at the American Library Association meeting report a shift in boy readers toward modern themes such as television, the Antarctic, aviation, and real life heroics. Julia F. Carter notes boys favor achievement through hard work, with Otis Toby Tyler and Treasure Island among top picks, while accounts like On the Bottom outpace fictional tales of submarine rescues.
Marietta reports Meisha Goldish aged 14 died Wednesday night from a cerebral hemorrhage after a severe head ache on the way home from school. Doctors call the case unusual due to the boy age.
Study writing class in Glouster lists participants Miss Grace Batterson Miss Esta Cunningham Miss Merle Danford L G De Long and Kermit Blosser with weekly Wednesday meetings led by Prof. C N Mackinnon as of Nov 17.
The Ohio commission, backing Wallace’s marketing plan, seeks to raise livestock sales and stabilize prices. Farmers, cooperatives, and markets discuss direct sales and tax shifts to sustain higher cattle prices, with potential multi million dollar impacts over the next year.
Marietta dispatch reports that a new livery freight service will start December 1 under a contract with the railroad company. Freight shipments of carload size will be hauled by trucks and delivered directly to patrons’ premises, moving from rail to road for the final leg.
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