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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1937
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekday editions with a large Sunday issue. Gordon K Bush is publisher and general manager. Charles A Harris is managing editor. Regional circulation includes Athens and several Ohio counties with annual and short-term rates.
City officials debate traffic and parking as congestion worsens. Authors argue narrow streets and hills complicate solutions, urging new town planning and widespread parking to reduce wasted time, gasoline use, and business losses. They warn against relying on drivers to be courteous and call for downtown parking growth.
A discussion on shifting daily routines shows that modern habits like lighter breakfasts reduce fuel use for gas producers and that similar changes hurt textiles. The piece argues that broad lifestyle shifts can ruin established industries, even as others profit quickly from new trends.
Roosevelt urged Poles to guard liberty they helped bestow but warned that freedom is not inherited. In a republic individuals must insist on rights and protect them, as liberty evolves with each era and is lost without ongoing struggle.
Research notes that table knives cut and eat in the 17th century while a pea balancer remains unskilled. The piece mocks the Department of Conservation for needing undercover presence at golf events where players record two eagles and a birdie.
The text reflects anxiety about global mood shifts likened to war with students facing uncertain paths. It mentions international law students possibly joining hardship and Chaplin shedding old images as Hollywood wrestles with suitable successors.
A partisan portrait of President Roosevelt amid foreign and domestic pressures. It notes the unsettled international situation with Japan and Italy, a stalled recovery, and potential clashes over foreign policy, the Klan, and isolationism. Critics may realign as Congress nears a new session.
Hugh S. Johnson argues Fiorello LaGuardia stands for decency in government and has run New York City with reform, contrasting him with Tammany rivals and criticising opponent Jerry Mahoney. Johnson praises LaGuardia’s fiscal discipline and nonpartisan governance.
Markets react as conflict in China impacts global stocks with declines. Observers note investor unease while firms assess supply chain risks and potential disruption to trade.
Margit, Irene, and Mar get entangled with Charlie Jones the artist as Irene’s fiancé Waldo renounces her. Felice schemes for Charlie while Margit fears loss of control. A secret meeting spurs a tense exchange with Charlie’s wife Evelyn amid a sudden call from Spike.
Margit and Charlie Jones share a sunlit Long Island beach scene as she plots a dramatic revenge against Irene and Waldo. She feigns charm and vulnerability to lure him, hoping to force a change in her tangled love triangle before sunset.
Ted Martin, 16, works after hours at the Banff Spring golf course guarding the entrance to prevent wild animals from entering and damaging the greens. He sits near the main entrance and keeps the course secure.
Local police court clerks curb penny payments of fines with a 25 penny limit. Traffic violators attempt to “get even” with the law, and the policy targets such payments. Also, 53 percent of all accidents involve arm and hand injuries.
Prof C N Mackinnon conducts drill practice with the Ohio University Band numbering fifty. Community news notes social events and student activities from Athens highlighting a charity carnival, church events, and a school play cast.
A columnist features a widow mother and her children, Juanita and Robert Rine, struck by tragedy with a hospital stay far from home. The piece notes Rev. Robert Rine’s loss and the ruined car and books, urging Athens readers to donate for a new vehicle and support. It includes reader quotes on style and tipping from Parisian and Spokane figures.
Civil War era scene recounts how a Meigs County soldier was saved from capture by Confederate Colonel John S Mosby. Entertaining girls Priscilla and Estella host Mosby while Grandmother knits as the raider plans action against Gen Custer and Yankee forces in the Virginia Valley.
Health note outlines that cancer origin remains unknown despite studying infections, diet, inheritance, chemistry, and physics. It cites varied research, notes primitive populations still face cancer, and mentions meat-heavy diets as blamed by some, with Filipino diets mainly vegetables and rice.
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