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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1931
Page
4
Athens Messenger details its 1896 to 1929 lineage with Gordon E. Bush as publisher and Charlies H. Harris as editor. It serves five southeastern Ohio counties with a weekday edition and a Sunday morning issue, lists associations, telegraph service, and subscription rates.
A 23-truck trains per hour on a chief transcontinental route heights tensions between railways and highway firms as night traffic and bus lines grow. Some propose a toll road along Grand Trunk tracks Detroit to Pontiac to divert trucks from highways and free states from further highway costs.
The article notes recurring September heat despite intermittent milder days. It explains August coolness is rare, July rivals the hottest, and school starts bring weight loss during early football practice as the region expects steady, steamy conditions each year.
Traffic on highways in this district reached record levels this fall as travelers stay in tourist camps and on highways rather than hotels. Warm evenings and back-to-school schedules boosted late-day movement with August trips expanding road usage beyond primary routes into secondary roads throughout the region.
Oklahoma Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray orders troops to seal oil wells in a dramatic move amid a tense oil field dispute. The action signals a hard line in the governor’s persistent battle over oil production and state control.
In New York on September 15 a vast No Man s Land in midtown Manhattan is transformed into the Radio City build site costing about 300 million dollars. Broadway nearby worries about competition as machinery and workers reshape blocks while observers anticipate a future entertainment hub rising between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
Squirrel hunting runs Sept 15 to Oct 20 under a daily limit of five per hunter. The issue notes abundant squirrels and includes local items such as club meetings, students at the University of New York, and Boy Scout activity in Athens. It also mentions civil service exam passes from ten years earlier and mine labor disputes at Sugar Creek with wage talks continuing.
An illustrated feature notes Roang, the active volcano worshiped by about 300000 people on the Island of Great Sanguir in the Malay Archipelago. Worshipers offer prayers and obeisance as the mountain looms over cocoanut groves near its crater.
A reader Q A column by Frederic J Haskin offers free information services from a Washington bureau and answers on topics like golf club lofts English interest laws labor unions US dependencies and submarine command grades. It notes no standard loft for irons and outlines labor union history and naval officer ranks.
Frederic J. Haskin reviews the looming tariff debate and the banking system as the 1930s Congress prepares to convene. He traces Hawley Smoot's legacy, the Federal Reserve, and the Aldrich-Vreeland and Federal Reserve actions, arguing the country seeks growth through fiscal policy and credit mechanisms.
Poem imagines a genie to handle daily tasks and desires wealth without payment. The speaker prefers a loyal invisible helper over magic journeys or professed prophecies, concluding with a wish for a bright obedient genie who serves all day for free.
The passage notes a Texas conservation law and governors Sterling and Murray supporting it. An Oklahoma refinery has offered to pay a dollar a barrel for crude oil from closed wells, signaling a shift in the oil policy debate and suggesting Murray’s critics may have erred in judgment.
A devotional line quotes Ecclesiastes 10 12 about wise speech and folly. The verse notes that gracious words come from a wise man while a fool harms himself with careless lips. The message urges restraint and thoughtful expression.
The Athens Messenger offers a 24 page road map with state motor laws, U S numbered routes, Canada Mexico and Cuba visiting directions, first aid and courtesy tips. Available through the Washington Bureau for fifteen cents with coupon.
A terse notice from Information Bureau Frederic J. Haskin in Washington asks for fifteen cents in coin or stamps in exchange for a copy of the new Official Road Map. Include name address street city state.
The piece mocks Mahatma Gandhi as misguided by modern industry while highlighting England's failure to heed his remedy for India. It notes Gandhi arrives with a centuries old hand spinning machine and a modest loincloth, prompting commentary on imperial misjudgment and India’s vast population.
The proposal by Senator Borah would amount to nearly twenty one billion dollars over five years. The editorial argues a nation could afford to adopt his advice to curb spending and set a model for others.
N. J. Baker of the Baker Brothers, owners of the Athenian Nestea, made plans for a pawn-broke venture in Athens.
Washington observers note the 1930 wets who rode anti prohibition to victory are mum on the issue now. Senators Morrow Bulkley Lewis and Coolidge are seen as avoiding wet or dry speeches while roosevelt remains vocal on other issues. Hoover aims to balance a ticket with a not too dry and not too wet running mate as roosevelt could attract diverse voters.
The article argues children ask questions beyond words and parents too often answer briefly. It urges patient, thorough explanations about birds and many natural and man made phenomena to satisfy a child’s wide curiosity. It emphasizes learning outside school and sharing knowledge on science and everyday objects.
Nations urge faster integration of new technologies into air and submarine defense to stay aligned with scientific progress and international rivals.
The article recalls Betsy the first circus elephant in the United States, once marked by a cedar and granite monument by Hackaliah Bailey. Only fragments remain as woodpeckers gnaw away the rest. It compares Betsy to extinct giants and notes theories on dinosaur extinction. It also muses on risks of overreach in animals and enterprises. The piece ends with speculative remarks about Gandhi and India.
The hurricane in Belize, capital of British Honduras, destroys the great Catholic College of Saint John and claims many priest lives. Fear that Jesuit fathers may have died in distant missions is voiced by Reverend Joseph Geschwend, editor of Jesuit Missions.
In days of greater ignorance the Lisbon earthquake, which killed thousands, led crowds in churches to fear God’s wrath and even turn toward atheism. It was once believed that every natural disaster was an angry divine punishment aimed at offended nations. Bells tolled and prayers were thought to avert tempests and plagues.
The excerpt contrasts modern views of a distant unmoved universe with ancient imagery of gods like Jupiter and a savage king. It questions the cruelty of deities and how people project themselves onto gods, noting some imagine a god worse than humans and capable of destroying innocent lives on whims.
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