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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1935
Page
4
A college professor asks students to reconcile spending for prosperity with saving to prosper and to critique Roosevelt era achievements. The piece argues that understanding small community issues is essential to solving national and world problems and that progress starts locally rather than in abstract theory.
Two hundred million trees have been planted in about fifty western counties as a beginning of a Shelter Belt to curb drought and wind erosion. The effort outpaced previous decade output in months, and while impact is still uncertain, it marks meaningful forest growth for a region long troubled by wind and dust. An elder West figure in Florida cited past warnings to settlers about dust storms, noting that western farmers now seek protective belts and land-saving measures.
Gilroy California received a 30000 dollar PWA advance for waterworks, awarded contracts, and completed the job for about five percent under estimate. The savings were sent back to Federal authorities, a claim praised as unique among PWA projects.
Detroit reports over 1,000,000 paid admissions to the Tigers at Navin Field this year marking a record attendance. The piece argues baseball remains popular if played vigorously, despite new competition from golf, movies, and other entertainment.
The Hocking Valley hosts a forthcoming flower show to showcase new white dahlia and rare sunflowers in Hocking County with more varieties drawing amateur gardeners. Visits to Athens Meigs Gallia Vinton and Hocking counties’ gardens can be arranged before frost, as interest in flower gardening grows this year. The article emphasizes community sharing and neighborly spirit through collective horticulture.
Washington policy makers fear the Supreme Court as thousands of federal workers brace for impact. Agencies like the AAA TVA NLRB and NRA face transfers, funds fights, and possible staff cuts as court rulings threaten longstanding powers and wage hour codes.
Oscar Johnston head of the AAA cotton pool and owner of a large plantation introduced AAA Administrator Chester Davis at Delta Day in Mississippi. He praised Davis noting the pleasure of introducing him since it carries no drawbacks, contrasting with his view of other pleasures.
Amid a politically charged scene critics label administration lobbyists while utilities prepare court challenges to the holding company act. Key figures Cohen and Corcoran guide Senate conferees, with J. D. Ross chosen to advise on power sector regulation. Observers spy on lobbyist headquarters as debates continue.
A historical note describes the 1800 laying out of Athens in the Northwest Territory. It details the act of December 18 1990 signed by Edward Tiffin and others, the university town plan within Washington County townships, and the survey by Rufus Putnam Benjamin Ives Gilman and Jonathan Stone with lots reserved for public buildings and university facilities.
Gen J B M Hertzog, premier of South Africa, criticizes suggestions about boxing star Max Baer and names Italo Ethiopian crisis as a brutal period the world has known. Baer replies by urging Baer to read about Marc Antony Aristotle Archimedes Attila.
Ten years ago Albany faced a water shortage prompting widespread conservation. The era notes show citizens urged to save water as drought concerns persisted across communities.
Mrs. Clyde Littler and son Robert visited Mrs. Littler’s mother in Nelsonville. Mr. Pearl Gaskill left Athens for Huntington W Va where he became principal of Holderby School. Mrs. Oscar Chinaman and Oscie were guests in Columbus. Frances Hatch and her mother returned from a boat trip on the Ohio River. F M Turner led the men’s devotional at the First M E Church. Miss Christine Law of Chauncey departed for a teaching post at Pomeroy High School.
Laura B. Foster of Columbus Ohio writes about blocked paths and burning bushes guiding faith. She resolves to seek hope and answers from within despite dream setbacks.
Reader asks about body odor and bromidiosis. Advice covers daily bathing with good soap, deodorants, and antiperspirants, caution on formalin for feet, and mention that individual odor varies by person and race. In some cases mild X-ray treatment by skin specialists has controlled the condition.
Ruth, a 19 year old orphan from Brooklyn, seeks work in the midwest and ends up sheltered with Penny in a storm battered town. She and John McNeill grow closer as Ruth contemplates her double life as Elaine Chalmers and faces Penny, Bertha Gibbs, and a guarded future.
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