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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
4
The Athens Messenger publishes every Tuesday afternoon and Sunday morning by the Bald Printing Co. Gordon K. Buth serves as Publisher and General Manager with Charles H. Harris as Managing Editor.
President Roosevelt approves a warning against radical propaganda in the United States as foreign agitators, led by the Moscow Communist party, push strikes and push for radical legislation. The piece argues America’s system has delivered more material progress and education, contrasting it with radical rhetoric and calls Americans to resist. It notes the Moscow Congress boasting of its agents stirring class conflict and mentions the government’s stance on foreign meddling.
The text argues the New Deal farm policy ignores farmers brains and abilities. It emphasizes the farmer as an individualist who cannot be altered by crop reports or legislation. It notes farmers finding market paths despite bribes to curb production and the need for self-reliant sales strategies.
A former Athens school leader in Illinois drew headlines by saying only pretty teachers would be hired for his schools. The piece urges focus on teaching ability and character over looks, noting chorines and entertainers are unsuitable for instruction and stressing that beauty alone does not ensure effectiveness.
The article casts John Hamilton’s death in a gravel pit as a stark, brutal end to the Dillinger gang era. It argues the outlaw lifestyle is not glamorous and condemns any romantic view of crime, noting how Dillinger and associates were ruthlessly pursued and killed.
The attorney general sails for Europe to assess potential acquisitions and negotiations. He hints at a matter of several billions possibly up for consideration or extraction.
The piece notes whispers of possible dollar devaluation or a silver-buying surge as Congress sits, with boosters and officials unsettled. It cites Treasury silver purchases by price, Senate inquiry led by Senator Pittman, and warnings that stabilization remains unlikely amid European tensions.
Friends say he feels betrayed on the Glass banking bill and hoped for more Roosevelt backing for the Frazier Lemke Bill, yet most expect him to side with Roosevelt eventually. Roosevelt veto record noted, with 113 bills rejected, more than Coolidge or Hoover, though few drew public fuss.
A police sting catches several women gambling on horse races at a beauty parlor in Philadelphia. The item mocks grooming trends and cites unrelated notes about liquor bills, pop deals, and bright stars. It mentions Shirley Wynne as a movement leader and notes a baby with a long vocabulary.
James A Harris, Ohioan born 1880 in Athens County near Plantsville, received the Weldon Medal and Weldon Memorial Prize at Oxford in 1921 for biometry. A mathematical biologist, he studied vegetation from Dismal Swamp to Jamaica and Hawaii. his 300 plus journal papers spanned multiple fields. He died April 30, 1930.
Poem from Messenger Readers cherishes a lost infant and prays for courage and reunion in heaven. The author, Mrs Opal Lones Pancake, writes of grief since the baby’s death on September 4 1034 and hopes for a golden shore reunion.
A compilation of quotations on governance war protests and free speech from public figures including Senator Long Denmark’s Dr P R Munch and pianist Jose Iturbi. The piece questions authority public opinion and the role of protest in policy formation. It ends with a quip about taverns and naming.
The letter page laments automobile fatalities totaling 2,670 in one month, notes a drop from 3,110 in the prior year, and cites 21 states showing fewer deaths. It calls for sustained, multi-year declines across all states while inviting signed contributions from readers.
Raiding of private homes by state dty officials defended by B F MacDonald state prohibition commissioner. Miss Dorothy Slutz earned a Master’s degree at Ohio State University. Miss Charlotte Junod left for Gibsonburg to teach languages. Eli Roush returned from Spencer West Virginia for Blue and Gray reunion Mrs Orinda Peoples and daughter planned vacation from Parkersburg to Pittsburgh by boat. Italian warship participated in a memorial for submarine senior’s 55 crew. Birth announced for Hattie Lou Grones at Shelterng Armas Hospital. Rafael Johnson became County Treasurer.
Ethiopian women volunteers in Addis Ababa step beyond nursing roles to active combat, arming themselves with spears daggers and rifles to serve as warriors in times of war.
In Jackson the Globe Furnace, among southern Ohio’s oldest blast furnaces, blew in yesterday for the first time since August 1934. One hundred fifty men went to work as production resumed at the facility.
Cartoon caption notes a pool spanning 300 feet across with unknown diameter. Geologists report soundings to 700 feet but cannot confirm depth. The spring water is saline and contributes to the pool's mystery.
Ruth Woodson a 19 year old Brooklyn heiress seeks shelter after a rainstorm flees Letty Lawrence and boards a bus to join The Girls Industrial League. Mistakenly told to go to Pittsburgh she ends up at a blue painted door and a mysterious house where she awakens in a strange room beside a tall athletic young man.
Ruth Woodson leaves the bus at a depot amid a looming storm and wonderingly imagines a lunch from a motherly stranger. The driver warns of fare, Ruth pleads for one more seat, then is forced off as weather worsens and she faces an unfamiliar town in heavy rain and lightning.
Health notes discuss milk as a near perfect food and estimate per person yearly intake in the United States around 191 quarts. A 1934 Philadelphia study shows Jewish families highest in weekly milk use, with white and Irish groups next, while Negro and South European families show lower consumption and related dietary items.
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