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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1934
Page
4
Roosevelt NRA directorate seen as mixed prospects
Washington observers split on the Roosevelt chosen NRA board with labor and industry factions wary. Key players Clay Williams Arthur Whiteside Sidney Hillman Walter Hamilton Leon Marshall shape a liberal to middle view, while Richberg Ickes Hopkins Davis and Perkins push reform led by Roosevelt. An internal FERA dispute over defense-fee funding and a California case against Pierce Williams also surfaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
American Federation of Labor Boys
American Federation of Labor
William Greenskind
Johnson
Clay Williams
Arthur Whiteside
Wall
Sidney Hillman
John Lewis
Walter Hamilton
Yale
Leon Marshall
Johns Hopkins
Marshall
Mr. Roosevelt
Messrs. Richberg
Ickes
Hopkins
Davis
Miss Perkins
First Committee
Richberg
New Deal
Walker and Richberg
FERA
Justice Department
Pierce Williams
California
United States District Attorney
Los Angeles
Williams
Ohio Poll Shows Coolidge Leading Davis in Secret Favorability
In a concealed Ohio poll Coolidge led Democratic candidate John W. Davis. Athens County ranks third in Ohio coal production with total yearly output of 4 285 328 net tons. Social notes mention Louise Ray Thelma Haas Nel sonville hosting events and visits to Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Coolidge
John W. Davis
Athens County
Radio as salvation in crowded slums, a reader’s view
A Messenger reader reflects on a squalid neighborhood scene where children play amid dirt and broken porches. Yet radio music from within lifts spirits, linking sanitation to happiness and arguing radio brings access to refined culture for all. John P. Scott notes this in Pomeroy on Sept 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Mystery Square and Monjolo Among Historical Inventions
The puzzle details a word square from Pieve Targigni Tremona Italy with proposed keys and possible anagrams. It notes duplicates in Europe and suggests theories about deciphering Pater Noster A. O. and Oro Te Pater. It also explains Monjolo as an early hydraulic power device from Portugal with an early flaw and subsequent improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremona
Italy
England
France
Can't Bulldoze Farmers We Won't Be Told What To Do
The author argues farmers resist government coercion amid drought and crop rulings. They seek freedom to run land, accept needed guidance and subsidies, desire fair prices and good market access, and value personal judgment over top‑down controls. Farmers want balanced costs and returns and steady roads to markets.
Picture of hardship as 1000 railway workers feel the mood
A Labor Department study of 1000 representative railway workers shows a 10 percent wage cut in 1932 with four years of reduced income. Savings vanished, insurance policies were sacrificed, milk and food purchases fell, health care and dental care were often unaffordable, and many dropped newspapers memberships and leisure activities. The report calls this a slow retreat toward destitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Labor
Labor Department
Von's Supply And The Scrapbook Of Hope
A narrator in a current novel chronicles a village atheist who compiles a grand scrapbook from newspapers. He gathers images and stories of Marconi, a firefront phone operator, a drowned-saver youth, a kind traffic cop, and a compassionate country doctor to prove humanity holds noble seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
Mayo Brothers
Archie Binns
Wall Street elite discuss Roosevelt at Hyde Park and yacht races
The piece notes rumors that Roosevelt met with prominent financial figures including Owen Young Winthrop Aldrich Newton Baker Junius Morgan and others at Hyde Park and aboard yachts to discuss bond and financial sales. It mocks sensational claims and urges readers to focus on genuine heroism and sacrifice in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Owen Young
Winthrop Aldrich
Newton Baker
Junius Morgan
Bernard Baruch
About Your Children About Your Children
Olive Roberts Barton reflects on a mother's quiet strength as she cares for her injured son. The piece lauds her courage, purpose, and insistence on keeping her son hopeful without self-pity, challenging the idea of martyrdom and urging honest self-knowledge and acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberts Barton
Rob
Quotes on politics and gender from mid century figures
A compilation of quotations from Arthur R. Robinson Darry Zanuck Mrs Upton Sinclair Paul Popenoe and Raymond Moley criticizing brain trust politics gender roles and leadership. The remarks touch on bureaucracy youthful trends feminine behavior family prominence and authenticity of genius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Brain Trust
Arthur R. Robinson
Indiana
Health Hints And Diet By Dr Morris Fishbein
Diet guidance covers caloric needs by activity, protein types, fats, carbohydrates, and key minerals. It notes daily calories for men and women, explains protein quality, fat regulation to prevent acidosis, and iron calcium phosphorus roles, with references to sea water gold, world population gain, and early highway law.
Packing Up at Larchneck as Boots Preparations Begin
In April at the Larchneck house preparations accelerate for Boots Van Sciver's wedding to Edward. Boots clings to a dress tied to memories of Denis Fenway while others adjust to changing life at the big residence. Edward discovers a Denis letter as the tale nears its next chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larchneck
Miss Florida
Blair
Pottstown
China
Salvation Army
Raeburn
Boots
Bay Tree
Edward
Upper Fifth Avenue
Larchneck Square
Denis Fenway
Denis
Lord's
Daddy
Edward van Sciver
Fenway
Mre. van Sciver
Veronica Kerrigan
Miss Kerrigan
Dr. la Farge
Westbury
New Martin
Anthony Adverse
Mercus Aurelius
Epictetus
History of this District and Nelsonville’s Early Development
The fragmented history outlines York Township’s shifts from A to Dover and its 1818 organization, Nelsonville’s 1844 town governance, and Daniel Nelson’s landholdings. Notable figures include Charles Cable as first mayor, James Knight’s 1827 bridge work, and early coal and railroad influences shaping the Hocking Valley. The text notes a small post office and a finer Chinatown post office, plus a commented view of whiskey lore among Native Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Township
Dover Township
Hom Ebenezer Blackstone
Nelsonville
Daniel Nelson
Eltu
Ohio
Charles Cable
Joe Coe
S. M
John Hull
W. W. Poston
James Rusk
Luther Bi
Joshua Afield
T. M. Boyles
James
James Knight
York
Neville
Hocking Ri
Bird
Hocking Valley
Samuel Robbins
Steenrod
Wheeling
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Thelma Haas
Raymer McQuiston
Pallas Club
W. F. Clements
Jane Dew
Philadelphia
F. L. Preston
South College Street
Louise Carpenter
Dessie Fleming
Amesville
Amanda Wells
Albany
Nelle Roach
Chicago
R. Wayne Roach
W. E. Moser
Chillicothe
J. F. Wood
Baker Settlement
Faye Hewitt
Ohio University
Jeffersonville
Fayette County
Ruth Davis
Val Davis
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Messenger Public Forum
John P. Scott
Pomeroy
By Riple
Dubuque
J.H. Forehand
San Antonio, Texas
Kingdom OF Bohemia
Von
Darry Zanuck
Upton Sinclair
Paul Popenoe
Institute of Family Relations
Hugh Johnson
Raymond Moley
Morris Fishbein
New Jersey
America
Clov, Ne
Mexico
Seach Club Girl
Hock
New York
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