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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1934

Page

9

Who's Going And Coming

Local society notes list visits and travel among Lawrence and surrounding residents. Thomas Hoover Jr and family host and visit Ann Arbor law students, while guests include John Leidy and Jackson. Birth announced for Hall Kennedy Swaim son of Harold and Marie Mardis, Lincoln. relatives from New Martinsville and East State Street. Domestics include Alpha Xi Delta Alumnae gathering and United Daughters of 1912 business meeting.

Thomas Hoover, Jr T. N. Hoover Elmwood Place University of Michigan Hoover Ann Arbor Paul Leidy John Charles Pickney Chapman Jackson Harold Mardis Lincoln Nebraska Hall Kennedy Swaim C. H. Swaim New Martinaville K. Mardis East State Street Mardis Marie Swaim Lincoln Senior High School Mardises Marilyn Gloria

Two Fires Sunday Cause Slight Damage at Two Sites

Two fires Sunday caused only slight damage in Athens. A basement blaze at the Atlantic and Pacific Store on State and Court Streets sent smoke through apartments above and damaged electric wiring. A second flame in Lindley Hall, Ohio University girls dormitory, began in a waste basket in a phone booth and was put out with buckets of water. The incidents were quickly controlled. no injuries reported.

Atlantic and Pacific State and Court Streets Lindley Hall Ohio University E. RR. Laughlin Joseph Abraham Lindley Halls

Dun & Bradstreet index for 30 commodities rises

New York April 9 Dun and Bradstreet reports the daily weighted price index for 30 basic commodities stands at 107.78 with 930.1982 base. The figure compares to 107.77 on Saturday 106.69 month ago and 74.74 year ago, with 1934 highs and lows noted.

New York U.P Dun & Bradstreet United Press

Live poultry and eggs pricing in old city market

Readable text lists live poultry prices with weights and breeds. Old chickens colored five pounds and over priced at 16 1/2 cents per pound, under four pounds at 14 1/2 cents, leghorns 13 to 14 cents. Hens near market receipts 15 1/2 to 16 1/2 cents. Hennery whites large to medium priced around 16 1/2 to 16 2/3 cents.

Beet Butter Prices and Poultry Shipments Note

Fragmentary market notes show butter prices at 17 cents per pound fat and 14 1 4 cents for ungraded seconds nearby. Poultry values listed include goose at 25 cents and ducks at 14 cents. Shipping orders referenced.

Market Report Lists Mixed Prices on Poultry and Produce

The report shows weak Buster Market with 24¢ extras and 24¢ standards, steady Fegs Market with whiteside and 14¢ receipts, barely steady poultry with colored fowl at 14–16¢, leghorn heavy 13–14¢, springer prices 16¢ with broilers at 27¢, ducks and turkeys noted. Potatoes around $2.25 in Maine, higher in Idaho and New York, butter prices with various score ranges, and unsettled markets for butter and eggs with numerous receiver figures and per unit cents.

Maine Idaho Ohio New York West Virginia Kentucky

Veterans Need Not File for Compensation

A summary explains new veterans compensation legislation passed in Congress. It states automatic adjustments, no claims by veterans or dependents needed, restoration of wartime benefits for eye loss, presumptive service connections, hospitalization or domiciliary care, and pension restoration for older wars. It notes widows’ payments cease on remarriage and Civil War pension increases. Includes local official contact context.

Congress Rose Rutherford Athens County Red Cross Veterans’ Administration

Former Senator Jones Dies in Columbus at 79

George D. Jones 79 former state senator died in Columbus Sunday after an illness of two months.

Columbus George D. Jones

Market drifts in dull New York trading on April 9

In dull trading the stock market showed an irregu lar drift awaiting a Washington incentive with narrow price moves. Bonds advanced to their highest level in three years or more. Rail, industrial and utility shares remained in demand at rising levels while major commodities edged easier. Major names by group with some fractional changes included General Motors, Chrysler, Auburn, Central, American Telephone and Public Service, with copper stocks firm in mining and gold shares easing slightly.

New York U.P Washington Auburn General Motors Chrysler Central National Mistillers Schenley Kennecott Anaconda American Telephone Consolidated Gas and Public Service

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