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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1939
Page
4
An obituary style notice notes John W. Cullen Company with offices in Chicago Detroit and Cleveland. The text mentions advertising and an application at home, with a nominal charge and a card of banka, entered by Athens Post Office as second class matter under an act of 1618.
Mail subscription rates in advance. Gallia Hocking Meigs Morgan Vinton and Washington Counties. One Week 45 cents, Six Months 2.50, Ten Weeks 1.00. One Week with extra postage rates in other regions on application.
A Western Reserve professor laments that people lack facts and the educated too rarely verify claims. Henshaw Ward, in Builders of Delusion, attacks philosophers and social scientists for quackery unless checked against facts. He coins thob to describe confident reasoning without verification.
Justice Stanley F. Reed advocates unifying state, county, and municipal civil service into a single statewide system in all 48 states. The plan aims to improve efficiency, attract young people to public work, reduce political influence, and advance the delivery of services, pending strong laws and enforcement to ensure merit and security. Citizens are urged to support efforts to make democracy work.
An Ohio college bans overuse of the term best as campuses and youth groups crown many queens and bests. The piece argues against singling out young people for special distinction at tender ages, noting sidelined peers with equal promise and a free society's preference for equal development.
Once at the center of Britain's royal row over titles, Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor now work alongside Britons and French in wartime relief efforts. The couple, once in exile over HRH recognition, serve the country in the current conflict with little public关注.
Women's hands and noses are nearly as large as men's and they cope with handkerchiefs and towels a fourth the size of men's. We can't explain it.
Raymond Clapper argues that Germany could strike the Netherlands to flank France and threaten Britain. He notes Holland's neutrality, historical ties with the U.S. and Dutch resilience, and warns that invading would provoke strong neutral and global backlash, risking moral isolation for Germany.
Bruce Catton outlines dual legal bases for President Roosevelt's move to bar submarines and armed ships from U S waters. He cites Section 8 of the neutrality law and the espionage act of 1917, detailing presidential and Treasury powers to regulate, inspect, and even seize vessels to protect U S security and commerce amid wartime tensions.
A reader questions Frankie Burke life and career as Cagney youth in Angels With Dirty Faces. A fur type Persian lamb is lambskin from Karakul sheep aged 3 to 10 days. A patent may be valid yet infringing due to dependence on other inventions. Presidential vacation cruises incur no extra government cost. the President and party pay their own meals and civilians share sailing costs.
The first cleaning after half a century saw a fresh two coat finish on all casings and outer framework. Charles McNamee of Pomeroy City Council noted 700 cars passed Schwegman's corner in 35 minutes as crowds gathered for the steamboat parade tied to the Ohio River channel celebration. Kappa Beta pledges listed include Rowena Sprout Dolores Phelps Athens Elizabeth Shepherd Marell Wallace Nelsonville Dorothy Jones Glouster. A new water softener and filtration plant was in use for Glouster.
Coach Mackie led Athens High School football efforts while T N Hoover and Sam Johnson ran the Roosevelt Memorial Fund solicitation in Athens. Dr C A Pride directed a Glouster membership drive for the Athens County Automobile Club. Miss Bertha Wilson hosted a birthday Halloween party at her W Union Street home. D Zenner Music Shop advertised Columbia records including I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Oh What a Pal Was Mary and Tulip Time.
The Public Forum invites current event commentary with signatures required. Writers should keep letters brief so multiple contributions can appear daily.
Floyd G. Hutchins of Athens letters The Messenger lament chain stores absentee owned firms dominating local commerce. He asks editor H N Burgett to explain why chains prosper and how independents can counter their buying power. Letter cites public taxes and community impact as central concerns.
A Dover Township reader urges residents to vote against the current school board on election day to replace two members and the superintendent. The letter claims mismanagement at Millfield schools, criticizes teacher assignments, and warns of deteriorating education for children unless new leaders are elected.
Joan Johnson a mysterious coed and glamor girl on Tech campus, teams with Keith Rhodes and Dan Webber as Tech beats Cornell 20 to 0. Amid homecoming queen politics Joan weighs romance, ambition, and a growing crush on Dan while campus life buzzes with elections and social plans.
A medical note urges thorough exams before selecting hearing devices and notes vanity keeps some from wearing aids. It traces from ear trumpets to modern devices that amplify sound and cites notable hard of hearing figures. Five practical rules urge frankness, gratitude, early specialist consultation, avoiding quacks, and joining support leagues to ease deafness.
A brief verse praises a school janitor for tireless work over three years. The poem lists sweeping boards and halls, cleaning windows, tending furnaces, and many unseen tasks. The author signs D A Mohney from Buchtel Ohio and humorously calls the janitor a janitor plus.
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