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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1952
Page
4
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday delivery by carrier at 35c weekly, 21.55 monthly, and mail rates for Ohio and West Virginia, with monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual terms. Rates vary by carrier availability and location, with post office classification noted.
Editorial urges voters to choose a course for government and casts William ONeill as a strong reformer. It credits him with clearing a backlog of cases in the attorney general’s office and progressing on Burr Oak Lake and Athens Lake projects. It highlights liquor law enforcement, the Ohio Turnpike Act, anti-slot measures, pollution enforcement, and $2 million in bad state debts collected.
HAL BOYLE notes Spanish children, especially the poor, dream of becoming matadors as take-home pay for top fights climbs from about $1,000 a dozen years ago to six thousand or more today. Many youths enroll in cheap schools, face brutal ranks, and a short career ends by 25 to 30.
The piece analyzes how a new Congress elected in 1952 will decide funding and lawmaking for the next president. It notes likely Democratic Senate control, possible party majorities in the House, and how margins affect Truman Stevenson and Eisenhower’s ability to push campaigns’ programs.
John L. Lewis returns to the White House with Truman for a last minute settlement over the coal wage dispute. The plan, masterminded by David B. Charnay, centers on revising the Wage Stabilization Board order and avoiding a strike, with Putnam’s review pending. Lewis had previously blasted Truman four years earlier as cowardly and dangerous.
The Washington News Letter argues federal hiring and firing reforms inflate costs. It cites agencies spending 10 000 to lay off 32 workers and case after case of overstaffing, with total direct and indirect costs rising to 158 500 for job cuts and payrolls swelling to four million plus by next June. It urges government reforms to ease taxpayer burden and cites Gladstone on government duties.
Emory University medical professor Dr. Herbert E. Alden argues for more bath time in the October issue of the Emory University Quarterly. He says current bath methods deprive people of physical and spiritual comforts found in soaking in warm water.
The passage urges citizens to value the right to vote and recognize that daily life, safety, and freedoms depend on elected officials. It emphasizes personal responsibility in participation, noting how governance shapes lives and the protection of loved ones.
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