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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1932
Page
4
A near catastrophe off the Greenland coast casts doubt on trans Atlantic air travel. The Hutchinsons with two young children pressed a risky stunt showing that ocean flights remain profoundly dangerous and should be undertaken only by bold, prepared pilots.
Mrs. Eddie Conne of Chicago turned a nightclub criticism into a music career. She wrote a song on a menu card, sold it to a publisher, and it became a hit. Now using a pen name, she has several successes and urges others to act on their convictions.
The article notes Joseph V. McKee, New York's new mayor, trimming city salaries by 2 million and signaling a move toward economy and efficiency. It contrasts his reform agenda with Jimmy Walker's costly tenure, suggesting renewed voter enthusiasm for honest, businesslike government and a possible revival of prudent city governance.
The Cleveland Trust Company’s Colonel Ayers notes recovery from the financial panic is under way, but business mood remains weak. He cites stock and bond rebounds, large price gains in rails and cotton, yet overall industrial output slides, with construction and autos down and only selective sector gains.
Dorothey Dix argues that parents often focus on repaying gratitude and support in old age, neglecting obligations to their children. She asserts each child has a right to well born healthy parents, clean blood, consideration of heredity, and a fighting chance in life untainted by disease or weak physiology.
The speaker protests that a child has a right to a stable family environment with both parents, love from a mother and guidance from a father. The text argues parents must stay united, provide discipline, and shape the child's future to avoid becoming a failure, criminal, or delinquent.
Washington reports a campaign strategy to limit audience size and messages to friendly groups, reducing public heckling. Roosevelt, Hoover, Hurley, and Davison navigated carefully staged events in halls, rallies, and beach venues while avoiding confrontational crowds and dampening controversial topics.
Welterweight champion Jack Reynolds completed a ten bout defensive tour across ten cities in twelve days. He defended his title in Waco Dallas Tyler Wert Worth San Antonio Paris Muskogee Tulsa Amarillo and Wichita Falls. Reynolds holds both the National Wrestling Association and National Boxing Association welterweight belts. Monday: A Great Baseball Mystery.
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses limits of intelligence tests for children and adults noting environment and experience affect results. He cites a girl whose IQ rose from 75 to 140 after changing schools, and argues tests measure school attainment more than pure reasoning. The piece suggests retagging them as mental tests and highlights factors like motivation and judgment.
A shy girl endures taunts from the Biggs children until she pushes their baby, then retreats to her home watching from her window. The incident draws neighborhood chatter and hints of potential punishment, revealing her pride in being noticed.
At Ohio University the Methodists lead among registered students this year with nearly one third favoring that church. The number with no church preference is down from last year. Billy Morrison’s visit noted. Also mentions Samuel Untermyer's plan to impeach Attorney General Daugherty and Smyrna massacre context. Pope Pius XI praises America. International Council for Exceptional Children names Athens as new center.
About thirty five veterans and visiting comrades from other regiments gathered in Athens for an annual reunion at the Courthouse with camp fire exercises at night. President D. M. Burchfield presided as Athens hosts included speakers and tours, while other notes mention transfers and social events around town.
An Athens column reflects on local fruit growing tracing family orchards to the Wolfe and Wilkie farms near Concord Church and Rome Township. It recalls grafting from the Johnny Appleseed Orchard and notes 19th century fruit culture linked with Howe's Ohio history. It warns about rising motor speeds on East State Street and urges speedy enforcement.
The Messenger urges immediate motorist education as Richland Avenue and the new South Bridge finish construction to curb speeding. It cites fatalities and serious crashes on Richland Avenue since paving and notes drivers race from President Street toward the bridge and Super Hall curve, risking more accidents without oversight.
Smithsonian researchers describe Zuni beliefs from New Mexico noting that the sky is solid and the earth is surrounded by water not air. They view man as equal to corn, deer, or rabbit and see houses and pots as living beings with clouds and rain possessing personality and soul.
A head on collision on the Akron Canton Road left two dead and Fred L. Killian president of the Killian Manufacturing Company dying at City Hospital.
Sixteen year old Edward Cleveland is jailed in Menlo Park as authorities probe his claim that he shot and killed his stepfather William Lauderback in self defense after alleged abuse of the youth’s mother.
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