The Athens Messenger Publication Details and Rates
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekday editions with a large Sunday issue. Frederick W. Bush is publisher, Gordon K. Bush general manager, Charles H. Harris editor. Memberships include AP, Ohio press groups, and UPI ticker. Subscription rates list weekly carrier and annual mail options across multiple counties.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. 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
Find One Way Out: Izaak Walton League Wins Private Lake
The Athens Chapter of the Izaak Walton League wins approval for a private lake on an Athens County farm after years of effort. Members labored a decade to secure clean water and cottages on wooded hillsides, creating a private paradise for fishing while signaling broader public benefit for Southeastern Ohio sportsmen.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League
Athens County
Ohio
Walton League
Realizing Road Deaths Prompt Call for Safer Driving
The Athens tragedy prompts a brief public outcry as drivers resume speeds. A safety lecturer notes motorists feel insulated from harm and urges greater road education and publicity despite large highway funding.
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Athens
State Highway Department
Ohio University
Forest Service plans sustained yield for Michigan timber
Forestry News Digest outlines a plan for a 130000 acre hardwood stand in upper Michigan. The program cuts 56 percent of merchantable timber per acre to keep a perpetual crop, with reforestation ensuring ongoing yield while reducing annual output.
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America
Forestry News Digest
U. S. Forest Service
Upper
Michigan
Forest Service
Iowa
Georgia Governor Details Modern Penal Reforms
Governor E D Rivers of Georgia proposes abolishing the chain gang and replacing it with a centralized prison system. Convicts would be drafted to road camps as a reward for good behavior, with no shackles, preserving labor use while ending abuses.
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E. D. Rivers
Georgia
Governor Rivers
Cruel Theory Claims Cinderella Slippers Lack Glass
The piece notes a provocative theory arguing that Cinderella's slippers were not made of glass, challenging the sacred image of the Constitution as well as popular fairy tale details. It treats the claim as a cynical provocation rather than a factual dispute.
Referendum War Powers Question Gains Momentum in Congress
In Washington, Rep. Louis Ludlow pushes a constitutional amendment requiring a popular vote to declare war, with support growing toward a House vote by February or March. A national coalition backs the plan, while WPA rolls dip as funding tightens and winter hiring uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
Louis Ludlow
Indiana
House Judiciary Committee
Ludlow
House
Senate
Church
Farmer
Labor
America
United States
WPA
Capitol Hill
Wartime Frightfulness and Economic War Doctrine Critique
Hugh Johnson argues that modern war relies on terrorizing home fronts through bombing and economic strangulation. He cites Sherman and Genghis Khan as precursors and warns that civilian suffering becomes a weapon of victory. He condemns both German and American systemic violence as inherent to war.
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Hugh
Johnson
New York City
Ludendorff
Shenandoah
South
Georgia
Gone With the Wind.” General Sherman
Germany
General Sherman
Hell
England
Italy
France
Genghis Khan
China Sea
Danube
Napoleon
Alexander
Julius Caesar
Genghis Genghis
Hindenburg
Attila
Household hints and sharp words slice eggs and foes
A quirky household tip favors a silver knife for hard boiled eggs while a sharp word can deter. The G-man code prescribes a stomach shot as the fastest path to a foe's heart. Maryland eyes a Big Apple yield described as oversized bumions.
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Maryland
Keough's Call Sparks Nightly Capers at Lake George Hotel
Charlie returns to his bridal suite at the Prince James Hotel as Irene's covert actions and an operatives call transform a simple escapade into a high spirited lark. The scene shifts to a restless residence where Keough's mysterious telephone summons ignite further intrigue and emotions.
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Charlie
Irene
Keough
Prince James
Lake George
Margit Hurries After Irene and Waldo to Lake George
Margit Agnew and Mrs Bly fly to the Prince James Hotel on Lake George to confront Irene and Waldo after Irene runs off with Waldo and Felice. Margit vows to take charge, pursue the couple, and restore order amid a tangled domestic crisis.
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Charlie
Margit
Eddie
Prince James
Waldo
Margit Agnew
Irene
Rene
The Story Thus Far of Margit Agnew Love Triangle
Margit Agnew remains aloof as her sister Irene, engaged to Waldo, falls for artist Charlie Jones. Irene and Charlie flee to Lake George after Waldo renounces her, while Keough Margit's detective is exposed when Charlie recognizes him disguised as a bellboy and arranges a London money wire to complicate the plot.
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George
Mr. Jones
Margit
Irene
Waldo
Felice
Mrs. Bly
Charlie Jones
Margit Agnew
Charlie
Lake George
Keough
London
Baffie
Alabama CCC Enrollment to Hit Record High in State
Montgomery Ala Civilian Conservation Corps enrollments across Alabama are expected to be the largest in state history and to triple the July total of 499 enlisted, according to A H Collins director of the state public welfare department.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Civilian Conservation Corps
A. H. Collins
State Public Welfare Department
Missouri Senate Pro Tem Serves as Governor Again
Jefferson City Missouri. For the third time in 50 years the president pro tem of the state senate acted as governor when both Gov. Lloyd C. Stark and Lt. Gov. Frank G. Harris were away from the state. Sen Albert M Clark Richmond occupied the executive chair.
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Jefferson City
State Senate
Missouri
Albert M. Clark
Richmond
Lloyd C. Stark
Frank G. Harris
Public Forum letters oppose city bond issues in Athens Ohio
The writer argues against voting for three city bond issues and two county bonds, citing higher taxes and questions about street paving and interest. He urges Athens residents to vote no, naming streets Shannon Hudson Lincoln and Elmwood and addressing Mr Sherrard and renter concerns.
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Shannon
Hudson
Lincoln
Elmwood
Sherrard
Council
Athens
Ohio
R. R. Smith
Altumnal Worship Poem Letter by Mabel Danford
Poetical verse contributed by Messenger Readers asks for name and address and notes memorials are not suited. The piece depicts sunlit nature, skies, clouds, and stars as a celebration of divine artistry and time, signed by Mabel Danford of Trimble, Ohio.
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Messenger
Fach
Mabel Danford
District Tales of Long Ago By Dr. Morris Fishbein
The article outlines cancer mortality by site in the United States with intestines rectum kidney bladder prostate and sarcomas. It stresses early diagnosis warning signs blood in excretions pain and the role of X rays and modern methods including electric surgery in extending life.
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Morris Fishbein
United States
Glouster’s Rise Tied to Sunday Creek’s Turbulent Flow
The article traces Glouster in Trimble Township from the Forks of the Creek to its coal era setting within sixty years. It notes hills surrounding the narrow valley, virgin forests, and early pioneers clearing land around 1810. Sunday Creek, fed by Perry Athens and Morgan counties, created fierce floods at Glouster, shaping the town’s battles with the river. Continued Tuesday.
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Athens County
Trimble Township
Glouster
Sunday Creek
Perry
Athens
Morgan
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