Athens Messenger and Herald Press Statement
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co. publishes weekday afternoons with a Sunday edition. Gordon K Bush is Publisher and General Manager, Charles H Harris is Managing Editor, and the paper is a member of several press associations and circulations bureaus. It is entered at the Athens Post Office as Second-Class Matter under the 1918 act.
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Athens Messenger & Herald Inting CO
Gordon K Bush
Charles H Harris
Athens
Planning for Miners and the Roosevelt Power Program
The piece argues that hydroelectric projects from TVA to St. Lawrence will displace coal miners, reducing coal demand and jobs. It cites Norris and Wheeler Dams, TVA power, and future river developments as eroding mining towns while noting railroad employment declines and broader economic shift toward water power under a federal plan.
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Tennessee Valley
Loup River
Sutherland
Passamaquoddy
St. Lawrence
Grand Coulee
Peck
Bonneville
Boulder Dam
Chicago
California
Norris
Wheeler
TVA
Wheler and
St. Lawrence River
Senate
Fort Peck
Roosevelt
Disaster Brings Out Human Nobility in Florida Hurricane
The Florida hurricane reveals acts of heroism from sailors, relief crews, doctors, Coast Guards, nurses, train crews, and ordinary people. Under pressure, humanity’s self sacrifice shines, contrasting everyday pettiness with a deep reserve of nobility.
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Florida
Balloon Crew Plans Spare for Next Stratosphere Flight
After the previous blowout officials consider carrying a spare balloon for the upcoming stratosphere attempt to avoid a repeat disruption.
Haile Selassie Weather Comment in Ethiopa Rumor Note
A concise quip links Ethiopia's weather to Haile Selassie with a political wink. It then pivots to social opinion about third party involvement, suggesting two is a crowd but three is a catastrophe.
Return of Peter Grimm to New York Rumor Hits D C
Washington dispatch reports a New Deal housing row over a new coordinator Peter Grimm of New York and his assistant. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau supports the coordinator plan to bring order to housing units, with insiders betting Grimm may return to New York.
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New Deal
Peter Grimm
New York
Messrs. Richberg
Walker
Treasury
Morgenthau
Grimm
Washington politics and a real estate man in the mix
The piece notes Mr. Grimm, a real estate expert, faces broad political resistance in Washington over coordination plans. It cites Morgen thau's authority, GOP rumors about Fletcher, and possible shifts ahead of the June convention.
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Grimm
Washington
Inside Gossip Warns of Subtle Candidacy Moves
The article notes a split executive committee with Hoover loyalists and anti Hooverites and predicts no candidacy promotions at the meeting. It mentions rumors of aging Supreme Court justices being dead, then clarifies most are healthy, with illness noted for Brandeis Cardoza Van Devanter and Sutherland. It ends with a Sioux Falls pig swallowing radium, hinting at possible profiteering.
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Republican National Executive Committee
Fletcher
Hoover
National Committee
Supreme Court
Brandeis
Cardoza
van Devanter
Sutherland
Roosevelt
Ohio panel says colleges trivialize education as painless
A committee on education in Ohio criticizes colleges for making the learning process seem painless. The quip compares this to a scrimmage where being spiked is said to be painless.
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Ohio Education Survey Committee
Italy on the march today then the tramp tomorrow
Tr Duce cautions that Italy will be a nation on the tramp after paying for the war. The piece notes drivers were careless in the past with fewer accidents, while horses showed more sense.
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Tr Duce
Italy
Buffaloes in Ohio? Tales from the old frontier
George G Thompson of Glouster Ohio argues in a Columbus newspaper that buffalo once roamed Ohio but offers no authoritative evidence. He recalls landmarks named Buffalo Stomp deer lick and bear wallow once used by early settlers as they cleared the wilderness and drove away wildlife.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens
Perry County
Santay
Corning
Morgan County
George
Thompson
Glouster
Notable Athens Area People and Events From The Plains to Parkersburg
This item recalls Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs Will Runyan to The Plains hosts include Mr and Mrs W C Nichols. It notes Mrs Lucile Hunter's trip to New York for Salvation Army Bible College and Mrs L C Baker hosting the Child Conservation League. It lists Athens election candidates and mentions a family reunion in Columbus, Ohio, plus historical notes on water shortages and past local officials.
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Lucile Hunter
New York City
The
Salvation Army Bible College
Police Supervise Picketing After Hotel Attack in Cleveland
Police supervised a hotel picket at the Statler Hotel Saturday after Earl Coleman, a hotel employee, was attacked. No further details were provided on the incident or motives.
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Cleveland
Statler Hotel
Earl Coleman
Long Marked for Doom By League as Nations Lesson
The column argues that Italian departure from the League of Nations shows a failure of the League to enforce peace, while blaming not only Italy but all great powers and human nature for the flawed founding. It notes postwar hope gave way to despair and urges restraint and courage among nations.
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Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations Council
League
Parise
Memories and Glory in a Messenger Verse by M D Thompson
Poets' Corner invites readers to submit verses with name and address. This piece reflects on memories and salvation, speaking of rounding up in Glory, riding life's plain, gathering on the Golden Shore, praise for the Lord, and hope of eternal harvest.
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Messenger
M. D. Thompson
Notable quotes on public service and ethics across nations
A collage of remarks from Teela Hawariath Ethiopian minister to Paris, Senator K D McKellar from Tennessee, City Magistrate David Hirshfield of New York, and A R O'Brien California prison board director. They cover imperialism, independence, retirement, and the ethics of lying to spare grief, reflecting diverse views on duty and governance.
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Heaven
David Hirshfield
New York
A. R. O'Brien
California Prison Board
Tax receipts rise boosts 1935 internal revenue totals
A sharp rise in corporation income tax receipts in the last six months helped produce a 23 percent increase in the 1935 internal revenue collection.
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Washington
Blue Door Mystery Sparks Ruth in a Midwest House
Ruth Woodson, 19, an orphan living with the Lawrences, flees by bus to find work and ends up at a stone house with a blue door. Mistaken for Elaine Chalmers, she navigates deception, romance with John McNeill, and clues about the house’s past, including a library with an ex Libris plate bearing Silas Hunter.
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Ruth Woodson
Lawrences
Mid-West
Ruth
Jonn Menema
Elaine Chalmers
Graycastle College
John McNeill
Penny
Elaine
John
Chalmers
Silas
Hunter
Duncan
Hunter House
Join McNeill
Typhoid Fever Course and Symptoms Detailed by Doctor
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines typhoid fever as a lengthy illness from incubation of three to 21 days with an average around ten days. Initial signs include headache general body pains exhaustion and loss of appetite often with chills and nasal bleeding. As it worsens there is severe illness high fever blood vessel involvement clot formation rose spots on the skin and progressive weakness with digestive and breathing difficulties.
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Morris Fishbein
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