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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1933

Page

6

Plain Talk on Athens City Government Candidates

The Sunday Messenger opinion argues that Democrat candidates offer insufficient detail on how they would cut costs and what reforms would save taxpayers. It stresses that higher salaries can reflect necessary efficiency and questions how a $5,480 proposed saving would lower Athens taxes, urging clearer plans and specifics.

Athens City Sunday Messenger Athens

Ohio Voters to decide on prohibition, pensions, taxes in off year

Ohio faces four Yes or No statewide questions in the November off year vote. Delegates will decide prohibition wet or dry at a December Columbus convention, while the public will vote on tax limits, Old Age pensions, and county home rule. The state Supreme Court blocked a referendum on prohibition repeal petitions.

Ohio Columbus General Assembly

Gym Work vs Athletes Affects Growth Says Study

Teachers in public schools report experiments comparing groups of 13 and 16 year olds showing no gym work limits growth in athletic nonparticipants, swimmers gain height and lung capacity, while all round gymnasts show broad gains. Future trials will test if general gymnastics outpaces specialized training.

Dear Miss Dix on family abuse and financial help

Dorothy Dix counsels a section of a reader facing a tyrannical husband to protect her nerves and consider leaving for a peaceful home. She urges the mother to act, notes the harm of bullying husbands, and condemns domestic cruelty while stressing independence and the value of divorce.

Miss DIX

Paris fashions show low waist skirts in ten years ago note

A past era item recalls Paris fashion with low waists and tierved skirts. Local social notes mention Belford Nelson visiting family in Sharron Pennsylvania and Mrs. Alex Nelson hosting. U C D Club held by Mrs Bart Davidson. Mrs James Ginnan hosted bridge for three tables. Philadorian Lodge No 187 F A M Nelsonville marked its seventy fifth anniversary.

Paris Philadorian Lodge No Nelsonville

Higley Bible Class Travels by Car and Ice Truck

Twenty years ago forty people from Higley Bible Class traveled to Air line Church by car and ice truck on Sunday. The men’s class was taught by B A Headley and the women’s by Rev E D Murch. Visitors included Mrs George Earhart and daughter Elizabeth from Toledo and Mr and Mrs J D Brown with guests Mr and Mrs T J Davis and children from Cincinnati. O B Murphey left for Hot Springs Virginia for an insurance convention. Mrs A E Price and son Sumner returned from Logan. Deputy Sheriff and L T Rossetter hosted guests from Indianapolis. A radio and motion picture administration is joked about, while the brain trust offers to write for newspapers. Sweet Adeline was copyrighted in 1903.

Higley B. A. Headley E. D. Murch

Chorea in Children Tied to Rheumatic Disorders

Dr Morris Fishbein notes chorea often appears in children from rheumatic families and more commonly in girls near adolescence. Half have prior rheumatic issues, with heart involvement in about 41.5 percent. Stress and mental shock have been linked. left-handedness may correlate. Emphasizes thorough heart-focused evaluation and improved nutrition, rest, and diet.

Edinburgh H. L. Wallace

About Your Children by Olive Roberts Barton

A family conversation centers on politics and a job offer. John weighs views on Senator Black and a viaduct while his wife and Margery defend a rival suitor. The Boy remains courteous. the Other Fellow argues with John about the race and the project as the World Series looms.

John Margery Mr. Black Joh Giants Mother Senator Black

Gore May Not Stay Long in Island

Governor Robert H. Gore has returned to Puerto Rico and is unlikely to remain in office long. He faces heavy opposition from Puerto Ricans, with the administration seeking a suitable replacement while Gore cites unhappiness and frustration from governing a challenging assignment amid unfilled appointments. The piece notes Puerto Rico's hunger, high tuberculosis rate, crowded conditions, and economic hardship, including subsistence livelihoods and seasonal jobs. Hull gains a happier outlook as his ally R Walton Moore becomes assistant secretary of state, with Moore and others tasked for debt questions and other duties.

Washington, D. C Robert H. Gore Puerto Rico Gore Home Loan Reconstruction Finance Corporation NRA Maryland Japan Hull R. Walton Moore Virginia Ray Moley William Phillips Moore Stimson Joe Cotton Kellogg Robert E. Olds

Margery, the Two Strings, and a Yes Man Problem

A mix of notes and anecdotes: Lincoln’s estate value shared by widow and two sons. Harvard’s apparatus changing water forms and squeezing air into a dense substance. a taste flavor breakdown. a defined geographic mile. Margery’s puzzle with two strings and a decisive Other Fellow. The piece critiques polite indecision and urges tougher thinking in parenting and character.

Lincoln Harvard University

Publishers Debate ACT Code Changes in Washington Meeting

Newspaper publishers and officeq officials in Washington discussed changes to the Recovery Act code. Delegates included Elisha Hanson of the American Newspaper Association counsel Dr Lindsay Rogers NRA administrator and Howard Davis, president of the association panel.

Officeq Washington Elisha Hanson Py Association Lindsay Rogers NRA Howard Davis Ciation

Will Senators Win World Series Led by Youngest Manager

Mary Cronin and her son Joey Cronin are highlighted as a family linked to the Washington Senators with the noted youngest manager in the major leagues. The article questions whether the Senators can win the World Series as the scene centers on their broad hopeful sentiment. A Moscow dispatch reports German correspondents being ordered to leave Soviet Russia within three days amid arrests connected to the Leipzig Reichstag trial.

Mary Cronin San Francisco Joey America Washington Senators Moscow Soviet Russia Leipzig

Crossword Puzzle Clues Snapshot

A mixed list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues with numbers and partial phrases, referencing baseball figures, word meanings, and general terms across sports, objects, and common concepts. The readable items resemble a puzzle key or clue set.

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