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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1932
Page
4
The nation faces a vital winter job to sustain unemployment relief at high levels. Federal loans support city programs, and some revival is noted, yet thousands will depend on charity as public funds fall short. Hoover and Baker urge unprecedented aid this season.
Health officials from local and state to federal levels assert American health is at its best. They cite reduced illness and deaths over two to three years due to more rest, less overeating and drinking, and fewer hazards. However youth traffic fatalities rise due to speeding and misjudged distances.
An Education Association finding notes it costs $100 a year to educate a child versus $300 to house a prisoner. The nation spends about $2.5 billion on 26 million students and $1.5 billion on 500,000 inmates. The piece argues strong school funding is a crime prevention and cost saver, urging officials to shield budgets.
A highway design feature called the medial strip or center parkway reduces night glare by creating two one way roads and separating opposing streams. It claims to cut accidents from misadjusted headlights while addressing the balance between too powerful and insufficient lighting at high speeds.
Charlie B. Steward secretary of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation says highway use has grown so much that roads are a public utility and those who use the highways should bear the cost. He argues funding should reflect user contributions and state support for road maintenance and expansion.
Dorothy Dix argues the clash between generations over personal liberty. The young seek freedom to shape their lives while the old worry about danger and consequences. She asserts the old order is fading and that allowing youths to forge their own paths leads to hardship but eventual growth.
Olive Roberts Barton discusses teaching basics and the need to return to foundational concepts when a child struggles. She links confusion to missed early lessons and urges parents and teachers to review core skills like arithmetic fundamentals to restore understanding and progress.
A magazine article argues highway spending rose from under 100 million in 1923 to nearly 12 billion over eight years, with users paying only about 3.6 percent in fuel and license taxes. The farmer bears much of the cost, and proper policy would charge users directly. Passengers flying west see three sunsets over Nevada. Ammonia stains woodwork brown.
John F. McClelland and Elizabeth Keister McClelland both lived to age 85. Their fourteen Pennsylvania children born in Butler and West Moreland Counties totaled 1,241 years 8 months, averaging nearly 89 years each. Death came after 77 years of life for the family. Tomorrow: Higher Speed Against the Wind.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes eye health starts at birth with lighting and protection. He advises proper light direction for right and left handed readers, northern daylight when possible, diffused modern lighting, and avoiding reading in bed to reduce strain.
In Washington the District has no presidential ballot but about 50 000 eligible voters can cast ballots in their home states. Republicans and Democrats stage pep meetings and speeches to mobilize absentee votes for Hoover or Roosevelt, with local organizers and clubs active in turning out these voters.
Ten years ago today city solicitor Russell Finster resigned and M. D. Hughes was appointed to fill the vacancy. Athens had seventeen voting places after six new ones were created by the Board of Elections. The Child Conservation League met at Mrs. C. M. Smith’s home with a program read by Mrs. Fred H. McCoy. Mrs. J. E. Haning and Miss Georgia Hickman attended as guests. Mrs. Alice Francis hosted the Tuesday Needle Club Halloween masquerade with H. S. Burson winning the costume prize.
The Union of South Africa uses Capetown for legislature and Pretoria for government. Also notes the first electrically driven merchant vessel sailed from a Florida port and health facts about chestnut blight olive oil avocado and dew worm names.
Josephine Bay of Washington, D. C., recounts an Athens meeting at Calvary Baptist Church where Homer Rhodahaver shared a Russian Jewish immigrant story. The letter argues Hoover kept Americans from worse, urges readers to vote Hoover, and reflects on national hardship and attitude.
In Gallipolis on Oct 26 Margaret Megore is named administratrix of the Frank Bashore estate with sureties Jake and Earl Moore. Wills of Fannie R King and George W Glenn admitted for probate with Judge J S Clark. Homer H Glenn and Augusta Gross named executors of the estates.
Puzzle clues cover anatomy geography and language with many mixed terms. Answer key includes brain and spinal cord pl terms and various cross references with notes on abbreviations and thematic entries. The list shows multiple numbered hints from 1A to 67 with scattered punctuation and misprints.
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