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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1934
Page
4
The Athens Messenger established 1896 by Frederick W Bush publisher through 1929 with weekday editions and a morning companion. Publisher and general manager O Gordon K Bush and Charles H Harris as managing editor note affiliations and circulation practices and rate card in the issue.
The New York Herald Tribune accuses the Roosevelt administration of broken promises and expanding federal power. It cites debt growth, spending, tax changes, farming policy, currency issues, and centralization in Washington as evidence of unkept pledges and policy shifts since 1932.
A Sharpsburg correspondent challenges the modern push in education, praising personal teacher attention over standardized mass schooling and stressing the value of reading, spelling, grammar, and arithmetic. The letter laments poorly chosen teachers and school boards, praising veterans who defend rudimentary schooling and the need to expose and learn from mistakes through careful observation.
The piece notes President Roosevelt did not promise stabilization in public. bankers pushing for budget balance but soft on de jure stabilization. It describes de facto stabilization through a gold standard, potential political risks with inflationists, and mentions Bingham in London and Marriner Eccles, plus a LaGuardia veto of a lottery bill and a Texas lawmaker proposing a mark for drunks.
George E. Whipple, president of the Athens City Board of Education, urged passing the three-mill school levy authorized in 1920 to fund district expenses for 54 teachers, janitorial work, and repairs totaling $139,000 annually. Other items note a masquerade party for Billy Sayre, Moler family travel, a Little Theater Movement talk at the Presbyterian Church, and 20 years ago fashion trends. Also cites Prohibition League and Home Rule Association ads, plus Governor Cox backing Hogan for U.S. Senate.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes herring and related fish vary by season but generally provide about 18 percent protein, 80 percent water and fat, and 2 percent other constituents. It offers high phosphorus, 15 percent nitrogen, and essential minerals like calcium and iodine, with fat content influencing nutritional value.
The first settler Captain James Merrill came to Salem Township after 1801 and built the first frame house. Wealthy Boston merchant helped settle him on land bought from the Ohio Land Company. Merrill traveled via Marietta to New Orleans then New York before returning overland to Salem.
A wartime note explains the so called Roman salute used by Fascists and Nazis is not Roman in origin. Mussolini reportedly adopted it after seeing a film, while Major Rossi, jailed for betraying the Duce, provides the historical correction.
A Messenger reader recounts overheard remarks after Senator Simeon D. Fess's Athens High School speech. The writer, a Republican, questions Democratic planning and criticizes Congress for what she calls a failed economy, noting concerns about government jobs and economic control.
Charles Morden is found dead. publisher Dan Bleeker hires Sidney Griff to track down Cathay and a missing roommate. Griff learns from a hotel bell captain that a man fitting Cathay’s profile stayed in Room 064 at Hillcrest Hotel and connects with Harry Fancher, an inventor in Millvale, whose letters reveal a planned meeting about Cathay’s investments.
A mother and writer reflects on how children remember small disappointments more than abundant gifts. She argues parents should study what a child finds vital and occasionally concede to the child’s own ideas of real satisfaction to avoid lifelong bitterness.
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