The Athens Messenger profile and publishing details
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes the Athens Messenger as a weekday paper with a Sunday morning edition. Gordon K. Bush is publisher and general manager, Charles H. Harris managing editor, and the paper is a United Press member with multiple associations. Subscription rates list varied regional pricing with yearly, half year, ten weeks, and weekly options.
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Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ohio
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ohio Newspaper Association
Iniana Daily Press Association
Pressure not intervention behind war smoke in China
The piece argues Japan is a treaty violator in China, condemning its six year undeclared war, Manchukuo puppet state, and aggression. It urges world opinion and pressure to force Japan to observe international law, deny war scales, and avoid armed conflict despite calls by some for force.
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China
Japan
Manchuria
Manchukuo
United States
Nations League
Circle of Nations
Nippon
Far East
United Voice of Business
Business Speech Calls for Unity Against Demagoguery
The author argues that business faces hostility from demagogues and government overreach, urging leaders to unite. He laments barriers between management and labor and warns that taxes fund expanding budgets as profits are strained by social experiments.
Alcohol and autos show traffic death toll in Cleveland area
Cleveland coroner Dr Samuel Gerber reports up to August 217 people were killed in Cuyahoga County traffic deaths. Post mortems in over 90 percent of cases reveal more than half were intoxicated. 74 percent of fatalities were pedestrians and six in ten pedestrians were intoxicated. Drivers and passengers also show high intoxication rates.
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Samuel R. Gerber
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Gerber
Secretary Hull May Send Decatur Biography to Europe
England and France may receive a U. S. Navy biography of Stephen Decatur if no peaceful solution to Mediterranean piracy is found. Peace league tallies ignore the toll on hunters moving through barbed wire entanglements.
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England
France
Hull
U. S. Navy
Stephen Decatur
Peace League
Hunt
Ers
Dietrich Phoned From Austria For Eyelash Pairs
Marlene Dietrich reportedly called Hollywood from Austria seeking only age paired false eyelashes, a quirky request that sparked attention as she teased a playful brow joke.
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Marlene Dietrich
Hollywood
Austria
Raymond Clapper In Europe
In Moscow a reporter toured a Soviet apartment to witness daily life beyond official portrayals. He joined an ambassador and a Russian-speaking aide visiting a factory district building. A grandmother welcomed them. a granddaughter pursued piano, schooling, and aviation interest. The family earns about 1300 rubles monthly, roughly $260, reflecting similarities to a moderately well paid American family.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Davies
America
Primitive outskirts dwellings described amid wartime hardships
The narrator finds a cluster of primitive houses on the city outskirts. Conditions are dire with earthen floors, leaky roofs, and minimal furnishings. A two family cottage houses several people and cats. two boys and a husband belong to the Red Army. An Ikon hangs on the wall, though the wife doubts its faith.
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Red Army
Behind the Scenes In Washington by Rodney Dutcher
A report notes shifts in federal appointments as Catholics Jews and a Black aide enter prominent roles around Justice Black and the New Deal. It mentions Cooper Butt Smallwood Hastie and others gaining positions, amid calls for restraint in race and religion debates within the administration.
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Washington
New Deal
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Ku Klux Klan
Jerome A. Cooper
Anne Butt
Leon Smallwood
Black
Alabama
Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Virgin Islands
William Hastie
Albert Levitt
First Supreme Court Argument With Jerome Frank To Lead
The debut case before Justice Black will feature Jerome Frank arguing with Solicitor General Stanley Reed. They will present the government's stance in the Duke Power matter about PWA funding for municipal power plants. Reed, Roosevelt’s late pick for the vacancy, looms as a potential alternative to Black in the court’s makeup.
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Justice Black
Jerome Frank
Frank
Black
Senate
Stanley Reed
Duke Power
PWA
Reed
Supreme Court
Justice van Devanter
Roosevelt
Supreme Court split over Duke Power case reshaped New Deal showdown
The piece notes Roosevelt might have avoided his court expansion proposal if the Duke Power dispute with Greenwood County had not prompted a federal showdown. It cites a December 14, 1936 remand on a one word technicality, delaying 56 power projects and impacting New Deal energy policy.
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Supreme Court
Duke Power
Roosevelt
Black
PWA
Greenwood County
S. C
Duke Power Co. Power Company
Duke
Margit In Fashion World Faces Hidden Threats
Margit, owner of Margit Inc, juggles models and fittings while Waldo frets over Irene and a missing Charlie. Evelyn, Charlie’s wife, arrives with divorce talk and a sharp, critical take on Charlie. A call from Spike’s trailer interrupts, hinting at a turning point in tomorrow’s episode.
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Margit
Charlie
Evelyn
Paris
Spike
Agnews Family in Turmoil Over Lake George Rescue Tale
Margit Agnew travels to Lake George to rescue sister Irene from Char lie Jones, an alluring artist and drifter. Irene’s fiancé Waldo distances himself, while Keough the detective butler receives a Scotland Yard cable labeling Jones a notorious confidence man. Charlie vows to teach Margit a lesson and acts on his vow.
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Agnews
Margit
Lake George
Irene
Charlie Jones
Waldo
Keough
Charlie
Scotland Yard
Jones
Civil War veteran Crater still active at Oxford Bank
Theodore F. Crater at 91 remains a director and cashier of the Oxford Bank in Newcomerstown O where he helped found the institution. He continues to handle daily bank affairs despite his age. Two thousand of the 40 000 doctors in England are women.
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Newcomerstown
Theodore F. Crater
Oxford Bank
England
Baptists Grow in Fort Worth Area Despite Trends
Reports from the Tarrant County Baptist Association show Texas Baptists gain members with 4,615 new converts in Tarrant County last year. The piece notes religious vitality amid broader trends.
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Tenas Baptists
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Tarrant County
Vitamin A and Eye Health Warns of Night Blindness Dangers
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how visual purple in the retina bleaches under bright light and how vitamin A deficiency from poor diets like those of Newfoundland fishermen can cause night blindness and xerophthalmia. He advises increasing vitamin A through milk butter eggs and yellow carotene rich vegetables to strengthen eye health and fight infections.
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Morris Fishbein
Newfoundland
Mother Nature Paints an Autumn Picture in Ohio Hills
The poem compares nature’s colors to a grand painting, praising Ohio hills as the fairest view. It notes Phyllis Sheldon of Athens Ohio and mentions Kentucky warehouses holding 5,000,000 gallons of prewar whiskey.
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Mother Nature
Hills
Ohio
Phyllis Sheldon
First St
Athens, O
Kentucky
Hoover urges a Republican national convention
Letter from Ballard Dunn of Los Angeles urges Republicans to hold a national convention to confront the New Deal smear and renew party energy. He argues the party must debate and define principles, challenging the New Deal and rallying 17 million voters who opposed it in 1936.
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the Messenger
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
America
Farley
Republican Party
Ballard Dunn
Los Angeles
Calif
Ten Years Ago Potatoes Stolen From Frank Phillips Barn
Ten years earlier twelve bushels of potatoes were stolen from the Frank Phillips barn in Chauncey. Izaak Walton members held a camp fire and wiener roast with Clyde Mansfield as president. Three Athens district singers Don Dowd Helen Cook and Mildred Fowler won Eisteddfod prizes in Jackson.
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Frank Phillips
Chauncey
Izaak Walton
Clyde Mansfield
Athens
Jackson
Don Dowd
Helen Cook
Mildred Fowler
Birthday guest Carl Mansfield hosted at 81 Hudson Avenue
Students canvassed streets for a Tag Day to benefit Athens Playgrounds while Doris Nye Frances Cooksey Marie Jewett Mildred Roley Mary Junod Lillian Horn Elizabeth Evans Burdella Kern Elsie Mariner Frances Devlin Catherine Overmeyer Irene Overmeyer Abigail Putnam Frances Hatch Stella Sanders Winifred Stephenson Harold Hale Holmes Stewart Charles Gibson Joe Edleman assisted or participated in the effort.
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Athens
Doris Nye
Frances Cooksey
Marie Jewett
Mildred Roley
Mary Junod
Lillian Horn
Elizabeth Evans
Burdella Kern
Elsie Mariner
Frances Devlin
Catherine Overmeyer
Irene Overmeyer
Abigail Putnam
Frances Hatch
Stella Sanders
Winifred Stephenson
Harold Hale
Holmes Stewart
Charles Gibson
Joe Edleman
Athens High School Faculty Staff List
The Ath ens High School faculty for the year includes superintendent Geoffrey F. Morgan and principal R. D. Bennett along with teachers Miss Mary Evans Miss Maria Grover Miss Chloe Henry Miss Helen Leech Miss Beatrice Osborne Mr Harold Paul Miss Nelle Pickering Miss Belle Schloss Miss Marie Swaim Miss Miriam Tilock Mr Russell Rupp Mr J E McNaughton and Miss Clara Weihr.
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Athens High School
Geoffrey F. Morgan
R. D. Bennett
Mary Evans
Maria Grover
Chloe Henry
Helen Leech
Beatrice Osborne
Harold Paul
Nelle Pickering
Belle Schloss
Marie Swaim
Miriam Tilock
Russell Rupp
J. E. McNaughton
Clara Weihr
District Tales of Long Ago Reflect Rural Changes
The reminiscence recalls life in the 1850s to 60s with scythe harvests, hand threshing, and early horse powered machines. It contrasts past hardships with modern farming, roads, and cars, noting Maston James first brought a separator and a severe hand injury during threshing.
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Maston James
Millfield
Wolfe Farm
Mr. James
Irvin
Bell
Amesville
Old Dobbin
Bulldog guardian of Ashtabula County deputy sheriff
At night deputy sheriff W E Soden guards Ashtabula County with 12 bulldogs as daytime sleepers. He raises bulldogs as a hobby and has won more than 125 dog show awards in the past decade.
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Jefferson
Ashtabula County
W. E. Soden
Soden
Automobile cooling uses nearly half fuel energy
About 40 percent of the energy from fuel in an automobile is consumed by cooling water alone, suggesting significant efficiency improvements could come from reducing cooling losses.
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