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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1937

Page

4

The Athens Messenger and Herald Publishing Details

The Athens Messenger established 1828 published weekdays with a big Sunday edition by Athens Messenger & Herald Printing Co. Gordon K. Bush publisher and GM Charlies and Harris editor. Rates list with local and out of town subscriptions. second class matter. Obituary charges nominal. Od mass mailing rates and advertising terms.

Athens Sessenger Frederick W. Bush Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO Gordon K. Bush Mgr. Charlies & Harris American Newspaper Publishers Association Ohio Audit Bureau of Circulation Ohio Newspaper Association Inland Daily Press Association United Press John W. Cullen Company Chicago New York Detroit Cleveland Athens

Screwy Age Prompts Price Fixing Debate Across Industries

The piece notes U S government actions against meat packing firms for price fixing while the Miller Tydings Act allows manufacturers to set minimum retail prices for interstate trade mark products. It observes rising prices and calls the situation a curious chapter for future historians.

Department of Agriculture

Banish Fear and Face the Future in Business Talk

A reader asks for elaboration on a fear banishing mindset. A resourceful speaker urges workers to stay confident, focus on today, meet customers head on, and reassure that jobs and profits endure if effort and quality remain strong. He cites New Deal fears and corporate resolve as proof.

Great Corporation

Not Wanted Here and Other Briefs From The Nation

Immigrants bans have previously targeted foreign women for moral turpitude but Magda de Fontanges, ex mistress of Benito Mussolini, is kept out for dancing ambitions and notoriety. A Portland church forbids Here Comes the Bride. Six man football grows in the Midwest as a talent balance curve for some schools.

Magda de Fontanges Benito Mussolini Italy France Portland Ore Mid-West

Lehman May Challenge Wagner For Senate Seat

Washington reports suggest New York Governor Herbert Lehman may run against Senator Robert Wagner next year. The idea shocks given Lehman’s past reluctance and rift with Roosevelt, yet high‑level sources lend credence amid a volatile political climate.

Washington Herbert H. Lehman New York Robert F. Wagner Roosevelt Lehman

Roosevelt Ally Promises Help to Small Firms Faces Big Fights

The President signals support to small and average sized businesses against the corporation surplus profits tax, inviting a clash with big business and speculators who seek tax repeal. He pledges to ease burdens, drawing conservative cheer, but faces Senate pushback on appointees and agency leadership including Nathan Straus and Bonneville Dam administrator J. D. Ross.

Roosevelt Congress Senate Nathan Straus Wagner Copeland J. D. Ross Bonneville Dam PWA

Titanic as the New Big in New York Hollywood Talk

In Manhattan a visitor notes a shift in adjectives from Gigantic to Titanic as the slang for large items. He describes lively chatter among Hollywood visitors and the Royal Family fixation. An Ethel Barrymore taxi encounter ends with playful driver pride about Lionel Barrymore.

New York Manhattan Ethel Barrymore Hackman Lionel

Hydeman Honored for Fifteen Years of Brooklyn Youth Aid

Public columns salute Edward Hydeman for humanitarian work aiding New York City’s growing generation. He outfits Brook- lyn children with free theater passes and reserved circus seats, funding via impresarios and Dexter Fellows. The piece notes his frugal life and long dedication.

Edward Hydeman Mr. Hydeman New York Gotham Dexter Fellowes Children of Brooklyn Amusement World Hydeman

Public forum laments economic greed and envisions reform

John Ponn of Gloucester declares in a signed letter that editors bankers lawmakers and so called economists distort truth and inflame cycles of boom and bust. He condemns special privilege mouthpieces and calls for real restraint on financial interests to achieve lasting prosperity.

the Messenger Curtis Publishing Co McFadden Post and Liberty United States Perous John Ponn Glouster R. D

We the Women Ask If Marriage Beat The Budget

A Broadway satire questions why American youths delay marriage amid wage gaps and budget strain. It compares U S couples with Spain China Soviet Russia and Germany, asking if other nations face easier paths to home life and love. It ponders whether young people must accept hard work and sacrifice to wed.

Roosevelt George M. Cohan America Spain Soviet Russia Balkans

Millfield Lodge Plans Friday Evening Benefit Party

Millfield Millfield lodge announces a benefit party to be held Friday night at 7 30 at the lodge hall. The piece also notes local residents traveling and visiting in nearby towns including Columbus Nelsonville and Florida during the winter season.

Millfield Pocahontas of Lodge Hall Carson Sanders, Jr Columbus Floyd Wemmer James Wallace Emmanuel Crabtree, Jr Ruth O’shea Nelsonville Robert Ralph Channell Elizabeth Phillip Powell Richard Powell Patty Aldine Wemmer Alice Carr James Love Florida Mae Lines

Lost Kingdom opens as Robert Barry meets M M Lane in Blanco Canyon

Archaeologist Robert Barry encounters Mary Melissa Lane when seeking a hotel at Blanco Canyon. Misunderstandings and sparks fly as they plan an expedition aided by a colorful cast. They hire Hades Jones as chaperon and recruit two rugged helpers, setting the stage for an adventurous mountain trek.

Robert Barry Melissa Lane Barry Honey Bee Girl Hades Jones Bob Barry M. M. Lane Robert Wilson Barry Harvard Blanco Canyon Mary Melissa Lane Miss Lane Bob Ma Pelphry Zachary Jones Hades Jones Holliman Nogales Madelphry Madelphry's Mary Melissa Lane

Worthwhile Fortunes In Faith Hope And Charity Verse

Poet's Corner presents verses by Messenger Readers. A. L. Snedden from Athens R D No 1 writes on true riches being friendship and virtue over wealth. The poem urges faith hope and charity as the only fortune that makes life easy and death easier.

Messenger A. L. Snedden Athens R. D. No

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