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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1938
Page
4
The Athens Messenger announces advertising rates and subscription terms. It lists carrier and mail prices, regions served including multiple Ohio counties, and notes obituary notices and cards of thanks as nominally charged.
A Fortune Magazine inspired portrait of Sweden in 1938 shows broad economic success with 50 percent higher output than 1929, low unemployment, and a balanced mix of business and government action. Key features include stable wages, consumer cooperatives, regulated farm prices, a government bank, and a countercyclical pump priming strategy that taxes less in good times and repays deficits in bad. The piece argues this model demonstrates realism and willingness to compromise across labor, capital, and politics, offering a potential, though not exact, blueprint for the United States.
The idea to pause invention until we learn to use current tools is revived by C E M Joad. He urges a board to grant or deny permits for life affecting inventions, arguing science grants godlike power but humanity acts like schoolboys. He cites airplanes as perilous yet insists progress requires responsible use.
German soldiers barred from applauding and women ordered to give a modified salute. A Paris man bitten by a dog is sent to a mental institution, suggesting madness follows canine bites. A moving picture producer plans a colossal epic tracing the history of cinema with music. Newly married couples stay lofty, denying gravity of the situation.
Westbrook Pegler argues a sharp reversal of U S foreign policy aimed at avoiding flattery of other nations He claims Americans should demand mutual respect and accept that friends are scarce He ridicules allied nations and proposes a special flag for the foreign service with the motto Now You Chase Me.
In Washington observers weigh a clash over Harold L. Ickes and Carter Glass as they spar over PWA relief grants and political rhetoric. The fight leaves Glass with earned insults and Ickes denying calling him a political hypocrite while official figures compare state allotments. Meanwhile, global tensions and a tannery strike close the day.
Linda Gordon leaves Manhattan to care for her old uncle in Kentucky racing country. Bruce Radford, a newspaperman, arrives with news and money for Uncle Sandy, revealing tensions over the colt Golden Toy and Linda’s future. Uncle Sandy guards a mysterious envelope as Linda contemplates staying, unsure if she should accept a national writing job or remain in racing circles.
Linda discovers eight promissory notes totaling nine thousand dollars from Alexander Gordon to William Radford hidden under Uncle Sandy’s pillow. The notes reveal Radford repaid a six thousand dollar loan and gave money for breeding ventures, while Bruce Radford kept silent and may be involved. Linda prepares to confront Bruce, then plans to tell him she knows the truth. To Be Continued.
Messenger readers column prints verses criticizing world illness and greed. Poet Charles E. Sellars from Glouster Ohio signs a memorial tone piece noting strained relations, waning Christian spirit, and a desire for peace before decline. Also a science line about the sun's color hints at astronomy readings.
The letter from SARAH COE of Seattle recounts August 28 family gathering at the Coe homestead once owned by Samuel Coe, names relatives, and reflects on 1903 autos, river crossings, Jer seyville, and changes since childhood. She recalls Downington mail, Pioneer Edwin Cooper, and a state fair visit, ending with gratitude for two centuries of life.
Ten years ago this week North Lancaster Street was repaved and Labor Day was home coming for Murray City residents. Miners who had taken jobs in Barberton Akron and Columbus returned for the celebration. John W. Bolin was named city solicitor succeeding M. D. Hughes who resigned. Salvation Army home purchase funding sought for Grimm home on West Union Street.
Route changes with season as a bird nests in Rudolph Meiers mailbox. Mail carrier Ian Witcher carries Meiers letters to the house rather than disturb the nesting bird.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains how housing quality drives health outcomes. Poor plumbing sanitation overcrowding and lack of light raise infant mortality and spread of illnesses like measles diphtheria and whooping cough. Fire hazards and mental strain also rise with crowding.
Ottawa reports supporters urge Parliament to declare the first Monday of August a national bank holiday modeled on Britain's holiday. A private member plans to sponsor the bill.
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