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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1938
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co lists staff and memberships, notes publication schedule, and provides advertising and obituary charges. Subscription rates are detailed for carrier and mail in multiple counties with additional zone postage info.
The nation reflects on a grateful Thanksgiving amid harrowing global years. Americans note improved business, fading fear, and resolve to tackle future problems. Despite world persecution and war losses, the United States looks to peaceful years, growth, and increased happiness.
The piece argues Roosevelt era policy distracts from unemployment and debt with foreign trade defense and coordination as red herrings. It warns against pump priming, predicts limited trade, and calls for industrial revival through private investment ahead of 1940 elections.
A dystopian tirade envisions a world purged of Jews and later engulfed in a global war. The prophecy follows survivors in a desolate postapocalyptic landscape where two factions of “pure” bloodlines threaten annihilation, ending with a lone old man and woman in a ruined hut.
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines motor accident dangers and first aid steps. He notes Red Cross stations offer trained treatment along major roads and stresses keeping injured limbs immobile with boards blankets or even rolled magazines until a doctor arrives.
Report notes developing unrest in Ruthenia with Hungary monitoring events. Authorities and observers track movements, signaling potential regional tension and evolving political responses amid wartime strain.
A report notes the rising coverage of a figure identified as Defi and contrasts it with a traditional weapon, the rolling pin, as a metaphor for evolving threats in public discourse.
A satirical column ponders democracy under strain with limited House seats and post office closures. It riffs on power shifts and speculates on extreme actions by authoritarian figures, emphasizing fragility in civic institutions.
Katharine F. Lenroot, chief of the Children's Bureau, argues women must push for stronger child welfare, urging higher federal and state support, better wages, and broader child labor protections through the Fair Labor Standards Act and state laws. She notes gaps in coverage and calls for coordinated public and private action.
A collection of Q and A on topics from cockfighting origins to cactus care. Includes Wallace and Noah Beery brothers, anti aircraft gun range, U S school enrollment, FDIC insured banks, Hackmanite color changes, and savings account lifespans with details from the 1930s.
A notice directs readers to send questions to the Messenger's Service Bureau in Washington D C for factual inquiries while stating legal and medical advice cannot be provided or extended research undertaken. It specifies the mailing address at 1013 13th Street and mentions the editor.
In Glouster the annual Fathers and Sons Banquet at the Methodist Church featured singing led by M. M. LeFavor and talks by C. B. Dillon R. G. Webber C. A. Bingman and Ralph Gatchel.
Twenty years ago Thomas M. Wolfe, stationed at a navy camp in New Rochelle, New York, was commissioned ensign. Henry Phillips of Rock Riffle raised 65 bushels of potatoes on one fourth acre, with potatoes up to 11 inches around. In By-The-Way Henry Reynolds, veteran blacksmith of Little Hocking, born in New Jersey 85 years ago, traveled with his family to Jerseyville, Indiana, but a misrouted boat captain left him at the Hocking mouth for Jerseyville, Ohio. Headlines cite a Great Hun Fleet in sulky silence guarded by a powerful ally sea fighters. Orland Willard of Buysville appears in casualty lists as wounded with degree undetermined. England reportedly has 23,000 schools.
Judy Alcott hosts Marvel Hastings’s stylish gathering as Cary Tennant and guests mock naval life and snobbery. Dwight Campbell defends friends while Judy schemes to secure Admiral Alcott’s attendance, risking family tension and social friction at the party.
The Carpenter Baptist Church will hold morning services at 10 30 after Sunday School and an evening service at 7 30. The Dyesville Institute sessions Friday and Saturday drew a large audience with officers elected for the coming year.
Oklahoma City Traffic Engineer Jack Hale notes urban residents more likely to ignore signal lights while rural visitors tend to follow them. Hale cites figures showing city dwellers habitually disregard crossing signals, contrasting with country visitors.
Deputy Cliff Sullens to serve a warrant on a farmer near a large cane patch but the farmer hides in the cane field each time. The deputy awaits harvest time while the chase continues amid the unusual obstacle.
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