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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1931
Page
4
Advertising rates on application at Home or Foreign offices. Nominal charge for obituary and cards. Subscriptions: Carrier 15 cents a week, mail in Ohio one year four fifty, months two fifty. Ten weeks one dollar, four weeks sixty cents, one week fifteen cents. Entered at Athens Post Office as Second Class Matter under act of 1918.
New Haven Connecticut boasts a four month stretch with no auto fatalities and a drop in overall crashes. State officials credit safety education spanning driver testing, school courses, newspaper safety columns, and public awareness campaigns.
A discussion on touring culture notes that mental nomads seek freedom from daily toil and moneyed travelers chase wealth, while travel stories spark curiosity. Readers who have explored distant regions inspire others to plan road trips, signaling a shift from fairy tale travel to practical exploration.
M Schwab argues that most global troubles stem from World War and that universal peace offers the only path to recovery. He notes ordinary people want leadership that guides toward altruistic ideals and urges leaders to align with humanity's desire for peace.
New York story profiles a group of Broadway producers and writers who gamble on big productions. Names include Al Woods Maurice Gest Jed Harris Belasco Con Conrad and Russ Columbo. They endure debts, bankruptcies, and recoveries while seeking the next hit.
Frederic J. Haskin presents the Athens Messenger Information Bureau offering free Washington information services. Q and A cover postal savings deposits safety and repayment rules, plus a quick guide to planetary orbital periods including Mercury through Neptune.
A humorous verse recalls attempts to boost egg production by shocking hens after reading advice in a paper. The narrator describes using red hot shocks on pedigreed flocks, only to see hens droop and the effort end in wiser restraint and return to natural methods.
A devotional line from Isaiah 42 8 states that a bruised reed shall not break and the smoking flax shall not quench, and that he will bring forth judgment unto truth. The verse emphasizes mercy, steadfastness, and eventual truth in judgment.
A brief linguistic note explains that both loosen and unloosen describe reducing tightness or freeing. The distinction between prefixes is subtle and often interchangeable in everyday use.
An Asheville contest crowned a third prize winner amid questions over the event title Beievent or Not. Local officials say the competition proceeded with prize allocations and public participation.
Willie Hoppe reportedly made a record 898 straight 18.2 Balkline billiards points at Strand Billiard Academy in New York City over October 2 to 4. He began with Walker Cochran, tallying 200 from a spot, then 200 more, and continued with two more 200 runs across Friday and Saturday, ending Sunday with 98.
The Messenger invites signed letters from readers on controversial topics and general interest events. Writers may omit name if desired, but letters must be personally signed and may be withheld if not in the public interest.
A Athens letter argues that over-supply and uneven regulation of transport systems burden railroads and roads. Rail lines should cover their costs, highway funding relies on taxes, and better coordination will let each mode serve the public best, with trucks and motor buses emerging as rail competition grows.
Judge T A Jones of the Ohio Supreme Court and an Ohio University alumnus planned to attend the inauguration of Dr Elmer Burritt Bryan as president. B O Skinner led a Kiwanis discussion on intelligence testing for improving education. Major J M Goodspeed, from Athens County, died at Vicksburg. West Virginia planned a $7500 monument. Mrs E D Sayre elected VP of Southeast Ohio Women’s Federated Clubs, district counts 2000 club women.
An Austrian wedding procession wended its way through Court Street with Miss Mary Duckman and Joseph Kanun married at St. Pauls Catholic Church. They wore holiday attire in Old World custom and the event was noted in local society circles.
Earl E. Baker of near Athens recounted his return from the Philippines via the Trans-Siberian Route and Europe. He noted the route reduced ocean travel, English widely spoken in European cities, and greater difficulty encountered in Russia than elsewhere.
Passage argues that liberty for children in thought and action is essential yet risky, acknowledging the danger of liberty misused. The author echoes Patrick Henry, asserting a defense of liberty while warning of potential harm from unbridled autonomy in upbringing.
A Treasury summary shows 1931 fiscal year federal outlays for the Post Office at 802 million with a 145 million deficiency. War Department total spending reached 478 million. Navy expenditures are noted but not completed in the fragment.
A correspondent notes corrections to a prior report about Lewis and Sylvester Wilson. Fred Gunther found nothing belonging to him during a search. materials on the Wilson farm were theirs for years and not claimed. The letter also expands into parenting and work ethic, arguing consistent duty fosters happiness and that schools should balance freedom with accepted duties.
A report notes Department expenditures in 1931 reached 354 071 004 10 dollars while enforcing the 1930 National Prohibition Act cost 30 016 517 05. The figures illustrate only a portion of total federal financial activity, as taxes and spending continued through the last fiscal year. Charles E Miller Athens Ohio October 27 1931.
The speaker argues that lasting peace hinges on Muslim and Hindu cooperation to end deadly conflict, and on China and Japan achieving North South unity. Neither side is willing to compromise, making peace unlikely.
At sunset Premier Laval laid a wreath of autumn leaves on President Wilsons tomb in the Washington Cathedral. The account notes Wilson sent ten billion dollars and three million American soldiers to Europe to wage a war we did not start, a feat never to be repeated by any president.
The Athens Messenger advertises an authoritative Department of Agriculture booklet showing how to remove eight different kinds of stains from clothing. The Washington Information Bureau will send a copy to anyone who mails four cents for postage and handling, with name and address clearly printed.
A brief notice requests four cents for a copy of an item titled REMOV STAINS. It provides space for a name street city and state to be filled in.
A radio transmission from Rome to Paris broadcasts a picture of Pope Pius and a reverent crowd witnesses his living image and the voice. The report notes the long history of miraculous images and claims science now carries the final word in miracles.
The League of Nations orders Japan to withdraw from Manchuria by November 16, but Japan refuses and advances deeper into the region. It deploys more aircraft, troops, and ships citing attacks by Chinese bandits and claims the action is a regrettable necessity, while pursuing expansion.
Idaho senator Borah, described as the Senate's most influential figure, advocates complete revision of the Versailles Treaty. The same demand is echoed by Mussolini in Italy, and both leaders understand the treaty's stakes beyond national borders.
Washington noted the 1931 farming year delivered large overall yields but sinking prices. Potatoes rose counterintuitively despite higher planted area, hog production fell while demand kept consumption steady, and feed costs pushed farmers toward on-farm feeding. Wheat harvests dropped, with world trends hinting at possible price shifts if global acreage tightens.
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