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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1933
Page
4
The piece argues the NRA is an emergency first step and if successful will prompt a second, more productive phase. It cautions against halting reforms, urges ramping up production beyond curbs, and calls for long term planning to lift unemployment and poverty while balancing prosperity and growth.
The piece argues the recovery program is a new unmapped road with signs failing and experts offering varied, conflicting views. It notes two years hence will reveal the road’s outcome, urging confidence for believers and caution for doubters.
Sales tax advocates at the Ohio State Capitol report growing public openness to a broad levy. Business leaders warn against piecemeal selective taxes and note consumer pressure from new luxury taxes, urging repeal of discriminatory Bulzanoce taxes and support for a universal tax on purchases.
The administration plans a de centralizing program funded by a $25,000,000 NRA loan pool to move farmers to productive land and workers to garden communities. Interior Secretary Ickes weighs an agency structure as he promotes dispersing industry from cities to open air plots while coal mining poses challenges.
Ten years ago a Ku Klux Klan ox roast drew crowds at New Marsh field while donations supported the Red Cross for Japan after a devastating earthquake. Other notes note travels, gas wells, a Panama Canal project, and Roosevelt era subsistence farming ideas under study.
Dorothy Dix discusses a gifted young singer who funds her family with evenings’ performances while working as a stenographer. Her fiancé objects to public singing, risking love and career as he clings to masculine vanity. She may choose self sacrifice or career, with societal biases against famous women.
Cartoon depicts Libby Prison inside Chicago Coliseum like a medieval fortress. It recalls the Civil War era confinement of over 40 000 prisoners, with the structure moved from Richmond to Chicago in 1888. Tomorrow: The Leg Mystery.
Dr. Morris Fishbein notes famine's severe health impact from 1817 France to World War Germany. Low energy intake around 1300 calories daily with inadequate protein slowed work, reduced heat production, caused emaciation and infections, and led to apathy and fatigue. The piece stresses need for adequate, balanced diets for growth and repair.
Washington observers note the National Labor Board elections spark renewed strikes after settlements. Reading Pennsylvania textile workers vote 75 percent for unions, while industrial leaders including Swope and Kerstein hesitate on fast elections. Roosevelt may pardon Muncie mayor George Dale amid graft case. Trade talks with Latin America proceed tentatively as price and currency levels remain unsettled.
The piece warns of fall illness risks as children return to school. It urges safe water, use of individual cups or proper sanitation, thorough fountain hygiene, frequent hand washing, and avoiding sharing handkerchiefs. Influenza signs include headaches and coughs. protect feet with rubbers on wet days.
Advice urges avoiding damp clothing and shared pillows, seek medical care if illness appears, and remove coughers or sneezers from class. Teachers should spot illness early, send feverish kids home, and ensure proper meals and rest. Emphasizes year round safety and safety-minded monitors.
Riddle seeks the man in a famous pair. clues span Piccolo Branches and a world famous duo from a hometown. other entries hint at a city, dates, species, and objects linked to the same theme. Answer involves a renowned brother pair tied to a birthplace and assorted wordplay.
Fragmentary verse recalls a sunset in California with rugged hills and mesquite, as the speaker notes a fleeting vision and the call of nature. The piece references California Hot Springs and names L. D. CCC. F105.
James Edward Hendricks and his wife Alma were the individuals arrested in Zanesville on kidnapping charges rather than Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hendricks. Middleport resident requests the record reflect the correct names as of September 7, 1933.
Reader Crumley reports four children at the rear of the Bank of Athens acting as bank robbers with toy guns and handkerchiefs over their noses. He asks if this mocks real crime and signs his message Athens, September 5, 1933.
States shape liquor control schemes with mayor run commissions and package sale rules as repeal nears. Some states keep enforcement acts, others repeal them but delay liquor control laws creating potential wide open conditions. Frank Sims of the Veterans Administration transfers to the central office in Washington today.
Fragmentary prose hints at employment in places of power, promotions and honors, plus an optimistic financial outlook and calls for conserving funds. A child born with ambitious traits may attract attention from authorities and high-level employments, though some signs suggest ferment and fiscal caution.
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