The Athens Messenger Promotional Notice
Publication details for The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. list established 1825, publisher Frederick W Bush, Gordon K Bush as publisher and GM, Charles H Harris as managing editor, plus associations and bureaus. Subscription rates shown include 12 month $4.50 and 6 month $2.50 with weekly and ten week options.
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Frederick W. Bush
Athens Messenger & Herald Printing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Fire Prevention Week Urges Public on Fire Hazards
The piece notes Fire Prevention Week runs October 9 through 15 and stresses the nationwide need to curb fires. It cites annual property losses near 300 million dollars direct and a billion including indirect costs, with about 10,000 deaths yearly.
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Wilson
Let the Grandchildren Worry About The National Debt
An op ed notes rising New Deal spending and its impact on the national debt and tax revenue. It argues relief outlays balloon monthly while deficits persist, warning private capital may hesitate to invest until budgets balance. The column ends by asking who will win the World Series.
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Europe
Artificial hormone touted to raise the level of living
Yale researchers introduce an injectable hormone claiming to curb anger, calm nerves, reduce fidgeting, end sulks, and make the meek bold. They urge wider use and suggest trials on Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, pilots of democracies, the League of Nations, business, labor, politics, and ordinary citizens.
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Gosh
Yale University
American Psychological Association
Adolf
Benito
League of Nations
John Q
Knowles Mansion in Kent Features Day Year Rooms
Description of Knowles a famed Kent mansion with a room for each day of the year a staircase for each week and a court for each day. The piece notes mistletoe on telegraph wires in Ceylon and birds wiping seeds from their bills on the same wires where plants briefly grow.
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Knowles
Kent
England
Ceylon
Eskimo Pipe Hair Practice and Honey Bee Growth Fact
The text notes a practice among Eskimos placing dog hair in pipe bowls and a dog skin attached to pipe stems. It also states a honey bee's weight after six days from emergence reaches 1,500 times its initial weight from the egg.
Ickes Hospital Stay Probed as Taxpayers’ Bill
Westbrook Pegler reports Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior, entered the Naval Hospital on June 1 1937 for a stomach ailment and rest. Critics say the $3 75 daily rate and secrecy around the stay amount to improper use of public funds for a cabinet member.
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New York
Harold Ickes
United States Naval Hospital
Washington
Ickes
Archibald Oden
Oden
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Hospital
United States Navy
Congress
Medical Department of the Navy
Naval Service
Navy
Secretary of Navy
Behind the Scenes in Washington and New York 1938 race
New York Republicans back Thomas E. Dewey for governor while Governor Herbert Lehman runs for a third term. The piece notes Dewey as a potential 1940 presidential candidate and describes tensions with Roosevelt Farley over party control, Tammany links, and the American Labor Party. It also covers Lehman’s ticket choices and Poletti as lieutenant governor as Washington eyes New York’s delegation.
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Washington
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
New Deal
Robert F. Wagner
Lehman
Senate
Royal S. Copeland
Jim Farley
Wagner
Empire State
American Labor Party
A. F. of
Tammany
Jimmy Hines
New York Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Farley
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Hillman
Supreme Court
Charles Poletti
Poletta
Albany
Murder in the Golden Bowl A Swing Band Tragedy
Photographer-detective Bob Tait guards Myrna Dombey after Lud Dombey is fatally shot during a dramatic band moment. Myrna, Anne Lester, and officer Dannie Feeley become entwined in the investigation as Tait suspects the revolver found on Myrna’s bag may be planted. The story continues with a tense search for Myrna’s whereabouts.
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Myrna Dombey
Robert Tait
Anne Lester
Myrna
Dannie Feeley
Ludden Dombey
Stephens
Dombey
Tait
Golden Bowl
Lud Dombey
Death
Pacific-Plaza
Bill Joiner
Joiner
Bob Tait
Riggs
Sudden Dombey
Anne
Young Tait
New Food Drug and Cosmetics Act Provisions Strengthen Public Safety
Officials say the act offers greater protection than prior laws by restricting poison in foods and requiring labeling of artificial coloring flavoring and preservatives. It bans unsafe containers and unsanitary handling while limiting certain additions and prohibitions becoming fully effective after a year. Public tips to federal officials aid enforcement.
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Food and Drug Administration
PTA Branch Organizing Meeting Reported
Ten years ago the Falls Township area was organizing a PTA branch as parents and teachers met. Albert Campbell, a Falls Township farmer, recovering from a hip fracture, broke his hip while playing with his grandchild. Twenty people were injured when paper decorations on a Mardi Gras parade float caught fire and the driver lost control. Students named to Ohio University Girls Glee Club included Martha Whipple Margaret LeMasters Christine Porter Josephine Kircher and Jean Rauch.
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Albert Campbell
Falls Township
Wale
Lancaster
Girls Glee Club
Ohio University
Martha Whipple
Margaret LeMasters
Christine Porter
Josephine Kircher
Jean Rauch
Local soldiers and relatives reach home or depart for service
Gus Campbell of Wellston and brother of Mrs. LeFavor Glouster arrived safely overseas after starting at Camp Sherman. Dr. Robert J. Studer leaves for Lee Hall Va to join Camp Abraham Eustis as a dental reserve. Raleigh M. Edgar of 28 President St. returns on a 17 day furlough as a Royal Flying Corps pilot awaiting commissioning in England. Florence Clayton Yocum Jeromeville and Earl S. Clayton St. Cloud Minn notify home of their father J B Clayton’s death.
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Gus Campbell
Wellston
M. M. LeFavor
Glouster
Camp Sherman
Robert J. Studer
Lee Hall
Abraham Eustis
Dental Reserve Lorps
Paul Rutherford, McArthur
Albany
Raleigh M. Edgar
W. B. Edgar
President St
Royal Flying Corps
England
James H. Yocum
Florence Clayton
Jeromeville
Earl S. Clayton
St. Cloud
Minn
J. B. Clayton
Letters respond to Public Forum in Nelsonville
The letter from R. H. McCray of Nelsonville Ohio rebuts a Sept 25 Public Forum by Jacob Johnson alleging a fictitious name. McCray defends himself as a fourth grade reader and defends old maids, children, and Townsend residents while noting groundhog day confusion and urging goodwill.
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the Messenger
Jacob Johnson
Nelsonville
Jake Johnson
Jake
R. H. McCray
A Word for Negroes Sparks Letter on Race Pride and Remembrance
A New Marshfield reader writes in The Forum praising Mrs. Alva L. Mayle for identifying as 100 percent Negro and expresses pride in abolitionists who freed enslaved people. He recalls friendly Black neighbors in multiple towns and condemns white politicians seeking aid for the aged as unworthy, ending with praise for Black Americans and a signature H. T. Deweis dated October 2.
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Alva L. Mayle
Zanesville
Athens
Albany
Mayle
Marshfield
Ohio
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local Marriages Births and Visits
Announcements include the marriage of Marion Grimes to Vrina Davis in Ashland Kentucky and Fred Lawrence Dickey to Vesta Gordon in Gallipolis. Birth notices report daughters for Regis Meade and Earl Wallace families. several residents travel or visit relatives in Columbus Cincinnati and Huntington.
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Gallipolis
Marion Grimes
Rio Grande College
Vrina Davis
T. C. Davis
Oak Hill
Ashland
Grimes
R. L. Grimes
Judge Grimes
Jackson
Columbus
Columbus Baseball Club
Harry C. Dickey
Fred Lawrence Dickey
Vesta Leora Gordon
Baker Gordon
Cheshire
George Sagen
First Baptist Parsonage
Brown and Tipton Couple Wed in Pomeroy Ceremony
Verne Erwin Brown son of Mr and Mrs Hear Brown and Electa Tipton daughter of Mr and Mrs Ross Tipton of Lecta were married in Pomeroy on Wednesday September 28.
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Verne Erwin Brown
Hear! Brown
Electa Tipton
Ross Tipton
Lecta
Pomeroy
Miss Elsie Juanita Gothard Engaged to Stuart Harris
Eureka social announces the engagement of Elsie Juanita Gothard to Stuart Harris of Flint Michigan. The couple plans a wedding on October 7.
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Lesta Gothard
Eureka
Elsie Juanita
Stuart Harris
Flint, Mich
Robinsons celebrate 56 years with family dinner
Mr and Mrs W L Robinson mark their 56th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their Vine Street home. They are parents of four: Dr Harry Robinson of New York, Mrs Ralph Dillon of Coraopolis PA, and Mrs Stanley Lanier and Sarah Robinson of this city.
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W. L. Robinson
Vine St
Harry Robinson
New York
Ralph Dillon
Coraopolis
Stanley Lanier
Sarah Robinson
City
Mothers Meet Heads Gatherings and Social Week
Nineteen Pre School Mothers Club members plus friends gathered at Mrs. Edith Bane’s Lower River Road home for an evening of talk on Hazards at Home and Play led by Mrs. Charles Swanson. Refreshments followed a social hour as guests mingled with local residents and visitors from nearby towns.
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Edith Bane
Lower River Road
Charles Swanson
R.J. Mauck
John Galbreath
Columbus
Gordon Walker
Chillicothe
John McNealey
Madge Wilson
Ohio Hospital
C. H. Wilson
Theo Cook
Darlington
Ind
L. B. Shaw
Nelle
Huntington
W. R. White
Arthur Carl
Lexington
Mellora Thornton
Jackson
Lillie Walker
Fred Lanthorn
Ernest
Grove City
Gallia County
James Hughes
Sardis
C. E. Saunders
Elsie McCall
Loyal Folden
Jacob Roller
Pomeroy
Rollers
Folden
J. E. Pritchard
G. E
Alexandria Club Hosts Chicken Supper Weekday
The Alexandria Social Club will host a chicken supper Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Waddell in Green Township.
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Alexandria
B. L. Waddell
Green Township
Mary Jeanne Howell
Columbus
Ernest H. Davis
Patsy Broyles
Gallipolis
Elmer Wickham
Pomeroy
Hubert Fair
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Washington
New York
Lawrence North
Lancaster
Mollie North
North
Albert Deckard
Otto Carter
Marcella Peck
Henderson
W. Va
Helen North
Harold Fife
C. EF. Fife
Thelma White
Arnold Cromlish
New Philadelphia
Emmett Elliott
Welfare conference notes and Alaska beef prices
Mrs Helen Fretz of Athens County Child Welfare Services attends the State Welfare Conference in Columbus this week. She will join study courses on vocational guidance and placement of dependent youth from Oct 3 to 4, with the general conference Oct 5 to 7. Beefsteak reportedly sells for 48 dollars per pound during the Alaska gold rush at Circle City.
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Helen Fretz
Athens County Child Welfare Services
Columbus
Fretz
General State Welfare
Alaska
Circle City
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