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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1938
Page
4
The Athens Messenger and Herald Printing Co publishes weekdays except Saturday with a large Sunday edition. Frederick W. Bush is publisher, Gordon K. Bush general manager, Charles H. Harris managing editor. offices in Athens with national and regional news via United Press. Subscription rates posted for various counties. advertising rates on request.
The article argues that manpower alone decides battles and that soldier psychology, racial background, and adaptability shape outcomes. It cites Major John H Burns who warns against overvaluing generals and highlights morale and training as decisive factors, even against modern air power.
Business Week analyzes how neutrality policy and potential European settlement could shape American business. A real settlement would boost recovery, while continued crisis would dampen industries tied to world trade except armaments. Signs point to a conservative Congress and a persistent Democratic independence, suggesting a bullish 1939 outlook despite uncertainties.
Roadside weed growth this year is the heaviest in a generation, raising state county and township expenses while budgeting remains tight. Secondary and county roads have been cleared several times, but many country berms remain overgrown, hiding holes and ditches and increasing danger for rural travelers as traffic volume rises.
Westbrook Pegler notes two New Jersey incidents where a Nazi meeting in Elizabeth was disrupted by antiNazis and a Hoboken rally for a radical figure was mobbed. He contrasts police response and argues civil liberties are endangered on both left and right, urging centrists to defend rights.
A profile of Dr. Hazel K. Stiebling, senior economist at the Bureau of Home Economics, examining her work on adequate diets and consumer data. It also sketches life for congressional wives in Washington, noting housing costs, wardrobes, and the persistence of campaign spending in a bustling political capital.
A reader in Athens, Ohio lauds the Glouster Board of Education for barring a WPA teacher over communist literature. The letter criticizes adult education classes, calls for taxpayer scrutiny, and urges voting Republican while noting rising tax and bond costs. It ends with a brief note on July revenue passengers rising 10 percent from 1937 and 2 percent above early 1938 average.
A decade ago A B Wells urged Athens officials to address a slipping Church Street with a retaining wall. The Athens County School News Volume II debuted with greetings from J L Clifton and a Washington trip report by Miss Mabel Ballentine and students. Mr and Mrs Duanne Laughlin of Coshocton visited Mrs Lummis.
Athens High School football players obtain sweaters helmets and equipment from a $200 fund raised by local business men at Coach Grover's request. College ROTC members return to Ohio University for study while local servicemen listed include Warren Clemens Byron Danford Joe Morrison Joe Basom Wheatley Link John O Zeigler Charles L Woodworth and more. A mothers unit for a wartime parade is organized by a committee including Mrs W E Moler Mrs B D Evans and Mrs John Finsterwald. Nurses from Athens State Hospital will march in uniform. Plans to conserve gasoline are made but no gas cards will be issued per a Washington DC report.
Dr Morris Fishbein urges vaccination and comprehensive health checks for school children. Emphasizes inoculations against smallpox and diphtheria, vision and hearing tests, dental care, and overall physical fitness to bolster resistance as students return indoors for the new school year.
Patricia McGraw faces a moral clash between law and love as she frets over rumors of car accidents and a hit-and-run. She navigates tension with Larry Kent, the prosecutor Tom Sweeney, and the social circle at the country club, while a looming tragedy lingers in the background.
Poet's Corner invites Messenger Readers to submit verses with name and address. The September piece titled Daughters of the Year portrays a lyric tribute to a woman of age, mixing themes of warmth, aloofness, and seasonal imagery, signed by Bessie M. Gorslene of Athens, Qo.
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