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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1931
Page
4
A local appeal promotes Christmas Seals as a vehicle to fund public health. The piece emphasizes tuberculosis as a leading foe of youth and notes that a dollar purchase supports home district health efforts, with funds staying in the community to aid prevention and happiness during the holidays.
The piece argues that while individuals work to settle old accounts and live within income, government and municipal spending persist. It warns that budget cuts prompt tax revenue shifts, often via bond issuance, and critiques new levies on chain stores gasoline and cigarettes as harmful to industries. investors must weigh industry positions against unpredictable legislative changes.
A sportsman magazine advocates a national game refuge law to save migratory waterfowl. Proposes a yearly federal tax of one dollar on migratory bird hunters to fund refuges and breeding areas. Action requires Congress, spurred by sportsmen petitions to curb habitat loss and support hunting.
In New York a Santa Claus in a Park Avenue shop now showcases antique and period toys aimed at the rich set. Collectible items from Nuremberg, miniature furniture, and high priced museum worthy pieces fill the display with themes of luxury and nostalgia. A tiny super-pigmy radio set illustrates the era’s gadgetry. Sally Belle Cox of Boston, known for crying baby stories on radio, has been recruited to improve baby talk for programs after trial and experimentation by Peter Dixon and Raising Junior associates.
Q and A style briefing covers Galapagos Islands as part of Ecuador with Archipelago details, the Quartermaster Corps insignia meaning, Chicago fire casualties and losses, red letter day meaning, Walter Winchell age, origins of working girls clubs, coin sizes comparison, and mythological Scylla description with location.
A poem contrasts radio listening woes with mixed tastes and distractions at a shared set. The speaker longs for quiet obsession with music, plans to own a personal radio, and notes that diverse tastes collide as the world tunes in.
A brief devotional note cites I Peter 4 9 urging readers to practice hospitality without grudging and reflect on Christian kindness in daily life.
A cartoon yesterday portrays a flood risk in the Eelly Wyoming area caused by unstable mountain formations. It notes that spring thaws will test the earth’s ability to support itself as snow and ice infiltrate the loose strata.
Frederic J. Haskin describes the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge as marvels of wire engineering. The piece highlights John Roebling’s early wire-based idea, the project’s challenges, and the suspended spans linking New York and New Jersey.
The Athens Messenger presents the New Game Laws 1931 32 highlighting a one month open season limit on migratory birds and detailing U S and state Canadian laws. Hunters are urged to obtain a copy via the coupon and four cents for handling and postage.
The piece argues that gold money is now monopolized by France and the United States. It questions global commerce when only two nations control real money and cites England abandoning gold as improving trade and employment, noting Rockefeller and Ford as hypothetical infinite holders of U.S. wealth and the resulting impact on auto and gasoline markets.
A writer urges Europe to fund debt cancelation with real money. The piece argues against gold, endorses silver and cash purchases, and cautions investors to buy outright stock for safety amid rising prices.
Washington reports note how John Jacob Raskob funds and directs Democratic efforts shaping a referendum on Prohibition. The piece contrasts party finances with Republicans and mocks Raskob’s bold questionnaire to 90,000 past contributors urging a national vote on the Eighteenth Amendment.
The article explains how every emotion in a child affects nerves and body, with crying, laughter, fear, and happiness producing physical reactions. It notes endurance varies with temperament, warns against constant extremes, and suggests calm, balanced living promotes health and long term contentment.
A writer promotes Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company common stock at 85 dollars a share with a 3.50 dividend yielding ten percent and potential 100 percent value appreciation. The writer says they bought additional thousand and hundred share blocks through brokers Jessup and Lamont at 26 Stonaway and plans more purchases.
The writer urges buyers to cap bids at thirty dollars a share for a ten percent yield, noting a weak market and the likelihood of acquiring shares. Suggests not overbuying and keeping what can be afforded, as other stocks may be better though the writer cannot know them all.
The bout matched Victorio Campolo of Argentina against Primo Carnera of Italy with Carnera securing victory for Italy. Carnera had earlier been defeated by Sharkey, noted as a Nordic-type fighter, while Sharkey's light blue eyes are described as dangerous. In prize fighting, light eye color is often associated with victory.
The passage notes light gray eyes in Napo Leon Caesar and Alexander the Great, claiming many Greeks shared light eyes. It asserts Greece has not achieved similar global prominence since becoming a predominantly dark eyed race.
A columnist asserts most eminent figures across eras possess light eyes. Citing Edison Ford Fulton Mellon Roosevelt Lincoln Washington Jefferson Rockefeller and Baker, plus fighters Sullivan Tunney Dempsey Fitzsimmons and McGovern, the piece claims ninety eight of a hundred are light eyed with two possibly doubtful.
The piece criticizes U S Secretary of State Stimson over Japan's advance on Chin Chow and questions Washington's involvement in far eastern affairs. It likens U S interference to a spectator asking if a private fight is open to all and asks if Congress mandated such intervention.
Letter to the editor condemns State Department meddling with Japan and China. It argues Hoover should avoid sending troops or funds to Asia, cites domestic deficits and unemployment, and urges senators to focus on U.S. problems and stop foreign intervention.
The writer laments the country's financial distress and contrasts it with 18th century reformers like Turgot and Necker. The piece condemns borrowing abroad and warns against further drawing on foreign resources to salvage the economy.
At Milwaukee on November 30 two professors from the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin Experimental College offered sharp, satirical judgments on Amos and Andy, movies, football, university clubs, college graduates, democracy, voters, national taste, legislatures, and more during the National Council of English Teachers convention.
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