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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1939
Page
4
Raymond Clapper argues for separating arms embargo repeal from a cash and carry policy to protect American shipping. He warns opposition could derail the bill and risks to ships and sailors from neutral port exposure. He urges swift enactment of the protection while deferring the embargo question.
The article argues that Britain’s new war tax schedule will touch every income level from wage earners to the wealthy. It details specific taxes for $480, $1,000 and $2,000 annual incomes, notes higher surtaxes and estate duties, and warns that living standards will fall as wartime finance shifts from loans to taxes across nations.
Federal estimates show about two and a half million people will receive WPA relief at peak winter unemployment, down from a year ago by about a million. Despite signs of improved mining and rail traffic, seasonal work will end with winter and public debt growth poses a threat to democratic government. The piece links economic strain to the rise of Hitler via German debt.
Six months after a US loan to Brazil a new deal closes for 5.5 million dollars of American rails ships and 6.5 million dollars of locomotives freight cars. Bolivia and Colombia loans are proposed as American workers benefit from domestic engine car rail and ship construction.
Bruce Catton examines isolationists who suspect prewar talks between Washington and London. He links Roosevelt remarks in April to potential pledges seen by Britain and argues such fears fuel the anti embargo lobby. He notes public war talk and hints of a shift to war news as France and Germany focus on trivial pursuits.
A compiled Q and A from The Messenger Information Bureau addresses questions on topics from hospitals for alcoholics to natural canals and Jefferson nickels. It clarifies WPA roll removals, clerk gender forms, and Hamilton Fish lineage, with concise factual answers.
Phil Gillette, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gillette, left for Columbus to pursue a doctor’s degree at Ohio State University. Two skeletons were found in a Wright Farm gravel pit west of Logan, examined by Health Commissioner Dr. Morton W. Bland. Ira Ralph, 67, was Pomeroy’s first rural mail carrier, starting in 1899, who has not taken medicine in 30 years. County Sheriff William Williams said no arrests had been made for several weeks.
Athens County is apportioned ten thousand dollars to raise for the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial. W M Lawson of the Walsh farm in Alexander Township and his wife were injured when their automobile was struck by a train at Fisher Crossing. Lawson is the son of G C Lawson. Russell and Gordon Herrold left Athens for Boston to pursue education at Harvard and Boston University. A Girl Scout fundraising committee includes Maria Grover Mrs Wayne Hutchinson Bertha Bridgman Mrs J Maurice Hyde and Mrs E W Chubb. Beatrice Osborn is principal of the night school at Athens High School.
Langsville notices announce the marriage of Clarice Miller to Chester Erwin of Middleport on June 24 and their planned home in Columbus. Numerous relatives and friends from Ohio and West Virginia attend funerals and visit kin, with gatherings in Aurora Huntingdon Parkersburg Nelsonville Athens Wellston and New Lexington messages noting visits, travels and a new home addition.
Football injuries commonly affect knees ankles shoulders and thighs with brain trauma being the most serious. Proper strapping of weak ankles and knee supports plus helmets reduce risk while trainers balance padding to avoid slowing players. Immediate rest and medical evaluation follow head injuries with memory checks and hospital care if needed.
Syracuse WCTU elected officers at a Monday meeting at Mrs. F. A. Shumway's home with Miss Marcia Karr presiding. Officers include President Miss Marcia Karr, Vice President Mrs. Ira Fleming, Recording Secretary Mrs. Clarence Naylor, Corresponding Secretary Mrs. N. J. Karr, Treasurer Mrs. A. M. Roberts, and others addressing devotional work, music, flower mission, and publicity.
Marian Harkness recalls debt and deception that split her marriage as she seeks redemption through work. She vows to become a better wife and mother, accepts a leave, and clings to a chance with Dan’s support while planning a future for their unborn child.
Murray City football battled McArthur to a scoreless tie on Friday afternoon. The team plans to meet Logan Reserves Thursday at Logan while local parish matters and social notices fill the rest of the page with community events and family gatherings across Murray City and surrounding areas.
The fragment presents devotional lines about life, fear, and Jesus guiding every step. It mentions a figure Mrs Rosalie Wes, and places Kananga Ohio and Orleans MA in a bewildering scribble. The text hints at a WPA era Universalist Church janitor offering free pews in exchange for church exemptions.
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