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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1933
Page
4
Entered at Athens Post Office as Second Class matter under the 1918 act. Rates show carrier and mail options in Ohio: one year four dollars fifty cents, six months two dollars fifty, ten weeks one dollar, four weeks sixty cents, and one week fifteen cents.
Southeastern Ohio should show more interest in Ohio University and its yearly activities. A recent Legion spectacle showcased campus growth and facilities. The university offers music and drama, with a strong Middle West leadership role and a vibrant campus life that will bustle from now until next June.
The death of Captain Paul Koenig, commander of the German submarine Deutschland, stirs memories of 1916. The commercial sub crossed the Atlantic with rubber and nickel, signaling wartime innovation and drawing global attention to undersea craft from Baltimore to the world.
Opinion outlines a rising national spirit since last spring as a force demanding reform. It questions whether America will fall to Fascism or Communism and argues for a unique American solution that avoids despotism and revolution.
An Ohio board of education president proposed teacher rules including detective fiction, personal media gear, and a controversial juvenile discipline method. The piece questions why such a leader should set standards for teachers and calls the platform surprising and problematic.
Dorothy Dix argues modern women lack concrete life goals and plans. She contrasts men who pursue defined paths with women who drift between marriage, careers, or leisure, blaming aimlessness for limited accomplishments and urging purposeful direction and self discipline.
News from Athens area notes several residents traveling to Washington Columbus and Pittsburgh. Clarence Roach and family and Miss Frances Lee visited. Ruth Porter enters Nurses Training in Columbus. Edwin Welch leaves for Kenyon College. Homer Higgins goes to Ohio State. Maria Naylor enters Ohio University. Co E Staley leads Athens city schools. Chester Fulton named Athens County agent for Metropolitan Life. The Church of Christ hosts an all day meeting and homecoming at Chauncey inviting nearby residents.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains city versus country health differences. Topics include eyesight, dental decay, tonsil infections, contagious disease linked to population growth, race and occupation effects, cancer distribution, and historical death rate changes in New York City. An 1922 law note states American women retain citizenship after marrying a foreigner.
The last Children's Bureau bulletin, quoted from the new Children’s Progress, notes that children had little status in national life before the last century. It cites early Juvenile cases in 1833, child labor in 1800s mills, foster care beginnings in 1858, and early institutions for the blind and crippled, with progressive state actions to protect child welfare.
Washington reports that a promised cotton goods profiteering hearing may be shelved after Secretary Wallace called a hearing to review prices and profits. AAA seeks access to mill books to counter NRA cost figures, while officials anticipate market corrections without a formal inquiry. The piece also notes barber price shifts and staff movements around Postmaster General Farley’s team.
A historical pamphlet traces pre and post Civil War state efforts to regulate child labor and promote health checks for public school children. It notes early play spaces in Boston 1885 and the 1907 Playground Association convention, while urging stronger action to spare infants, aid handicapped children, and prevent dependency and delinquency.
Ohio will pay skilled laborers on national recovery highway projects a minimum of 60 cents an hour with higher rates in several counties including 70 to 90 cents in specific counties. Unskilled workers start at 40 cents, with added rules on hours, overtime, and exemptions for executives.
A rustic wedding procession marked by horsemen and a cartridge horn accompaniment followed by Mr and Mrs Raymond Chael as a local unit from Ohio National Guard marks a ceremony described as a memorable but imperfect event. The couple wed at their Walker home with heavy turnout and a rural parade.
Private First Class waits for calm as Marine orders and Roosevelt era measures limit livestock. Animals nearing shipment sizes face rationing and 100 pound caps, while hogs weighing 110 or 120 pounds are questioned for disposal. Mississippi catfish and buffalo fish industries seek fair competition under a 25 hour week for 40-hour work.
A crossword style puzzle results list with clues and numbered items covering horizontal and vertical entries. The list asks for the wife of a famous American, first name of a pictured lady, and various definitions for words such as threat carriage window and many others across categories including geography and mythology.
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