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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1942

Page

10

Potatoes and seeds advertise across local markets

Irish cobblers Russets white masons Katahdin 100 lb bags priced 1.75 to 2.90. Morin Motor Gales Nelsonville. Seed potatoes Cobbiers Triumphs Ohios Kathadin Alvo eating potatoes. Fred Cabeen 7 Wolfe seed zing potatoes cabbage plants grapefruit oranges new cabbage. Tri angle Pruit Mkt Carpenter and Mound.

Morin Motor Gales Nelsonville Triumphs Alvo Fred Cabeen Wolfe Triangle Pruit Mkt Carpenter and Mound

Grain and produce prices in Toledo and major markets

Toledo grain quotes show Wheat No 2 red at 1.19 to 1.20 a bushel, Corn No 2 yellow around 84 to 85, Soybeans No 2 yellow about 1.84 to 1.85. Pittsburgh egg and poultry markets list steady eggs with varied grades and chicken prices. Cincinnati Butterfat and eggs noted with price observations. Chicago reports firm butter and unsettled eggs with current receipts and graded sales data.

Toledo Rock Broilers Stags Old Roosters Chicago Cleveland Butler and Egg Board

Sawyer Steps Out of Race for Governor

Cincinnati report says Charles Sawyer withdraws from the Democratic governor race and pledges support for the party candidate, whoever he may be. The national committeeman’s expected refusal to run may influence remaining aspirants.

Sawyer Cincinnati Charles Sawyer

Buckeye Boys State Moves to Ohio Wesleyan University

The American Legion announced its seventh Buckeye Boys State will be held at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware this June. The 10 day government program moves from the Fairgrounds where the army has now taken over the site.

Columbus The American Legion Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware Army T. McBride 247Th Avenue St. Petersburg Florida Florence McBride Common Pleas Court Athens County Ohio Athens Meigs Counties United States Olive Township Meigs County Meir Troy Township Athens Unty Y Wookley Rowland

First Quarter Relief Costs Drop in 1942

The Welfare Department reports March poor relief expenditures at 1.242 million, totaling 3.819 million for the first quarter, down 1.769 million from 1941. The March case load fell from 73,995 last year to about 43,670 this year. Meanwhile Ohio State professor James H. Weaver, 55, was killed when a mail train struck his car near Hilliards. In Houston, Texas, the Texas Company closed its Houston refinery due to tanker losses and reduced Atlantic demand.

Columbus Welfare Department James H. Weaver Ohio State University Hilliards SUBS Houston Tex J. S. Leach Atlantic Seaboard Texas Company

Rear Admiral Fiske Dies at 87 Navy Inventor and Leader

Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske, 87, U.S. Navy retired and inventor, former commander of the First Third and Fifth Divisions of the Atlantic Fleet, died last night.

Addies NEW York Bradley Allen Fiske U.S.N

COKING COAL PRODUCERS SUPPLY STEEL INDUSTRY AS AIR FACTS LISTED

Alabama Colorado Illinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Utah Virginia and West Virginia supply most coking coal used by the American steel industry. A windowless aircraft plant uses an air cooling and cleaning system moving 1,400,000 cubic feet or 56 tons of air each minute. Some hoarfrost and foliage deposits sometimes protect rather than damage.

Alabama Colorado Ilinois Indiana Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania Tennnessee Utah Virginia West Virginia

Livestock market reports from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh

Hog and cattle prices across Cincinnati and Pittsburgh markets show tops and averages for various weight classes. Readers see bid ranges for hogs 140 to 300 pounds with top around 14.45, cattle at 12.50 to 13 plus beef cows and vealers, and sheep values steady, amid a mix of individual high bids and broader market activity.

Cincinnati Pittsburgh

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