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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1933
Page
9
A field guide style note by Jimmy Donohue outlines bass fishing at dawn or dusk. It covers surface plugs, semi surface wrigglers, spoons, and lure colors to attract bass near lily pad pockets, weeds, and logs. The text emphasizes bait choice, timing, and presentation to provoke strikes.
In a tight game at Washington the Nationals prevail 4 to 5 over the New York Yankees. Gomez drives in key runs while Whitehill and Sewell contribute, with Richards scoring on timely hits.
Chet Gardner of Long Beach wins the Oakland speedway 150 mile race before 15 000 spectators posting a time of 1 59 41 for an average speed of 91 2009 miles per hour breaking the previous mark of 90 455 held by Wild Bill Cummings Stubby Stubblefield finishes second with Rex Mays third.
John Clifford, age 71, former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad worker, died at 197 West Union Street Athens after a two week illness. He leaves two sons, four sisters, and three brothers. Funeral services set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at St Pauls Church Athens with burial in St Margarets Cemetery Chillicothe. he lived in Athens 25 years. Mrs Clifford died six weeks earlier. He was born in Hope Vin County.
News of Chase E Wyatt of Lawton Oklahoma widowed with two sons four grandchildren and four sisters noted his birth near Amesville February 19 1865. He built Albany Milling Co later farmed near Lawton and Dodge City Kansas and engaged in church and civic work before his death leaving a large local and regional footprint.
Funeral services for Mrs. John Lones 53 daughter of the Guysville area will be held Tuesday at 1 pm at the Federal Church Amesville Rev LB Pugh officiating Burial in Bean Cemetery near Guysville follows a long illness She leaves a husband two daughters Mrs Vaughn Brown Athens and Mrs Everett Jones Albany and four grandchildren.
W. WN. Ellis, supervisor of farmers seed loan applications in this district, is in Athens today receiving applications at the office of T. H. Johnson, county extension agent. About 40 farmers have filed loans, the same as last year, with May 1 as the reporting deadline.
The Macon completed climbing and diving tests on her second trial flight. Lieutenant Commander Herbert W Wiley, sole Akron survivor, joined the data review as the dirigible rested in her hangar. The ship cruised Lake Erie from Sandusky to Conneaut for thirteen hours and Wiley praised its handling.
In Cleveland on April 4 John Hunyak attempted to swing from a chandelier. The fixture broke and an old gas line cap torn from the chandelier caused a gas explosion. Hunyak and his wife were hospitalized after the blast.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain and his party joined President Roosevelt for Sunday supper as Mrs. Roosevelt personally prepared scrambled eggs. The informal White House tradition continued with chafing dishes at the table, featuring Prime Minister MacDonald, his daughter, and notable guests.
American Telephone & Telegraph rose toward the 100 level with a 3 percent gain and an 11 point rise from last week’s low, while Steel Common slipped after a high. Norfolk & Western hit a new high for the year as rails and autos showed activity and several low priced issues reached new highs for the year.
Gasoline prices will be raised by one cent per gallon Tuesday as Ohio oil firms end the cash discount. The statewide structure remains 14, 11, and 9 cents per gallon for common brands plus four cents state tax and one cent federal tax.
In Hastings on Hudson April 24 Mrs John Vasko resists consent for a left eye operation on her two year old daughter Helen despite doctors stating a malignant tumor grows toward the brain and may threaten the child s life.
The Senate confirmed Breckenridge Long as ambassador to Italy and Sumner Welles as ambassador to Cuba in a final vote. The actions mark continued U S diplomatic appointments amid postwar assignments and policy shaping.
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh arrived in Kansas City to inspect the Transcontinental Western Air system facilities and offices where he serves as a technical adviser.
Three sea planes returned from a search over the Bay of Policastro reporting no trace of the missing hydroplane with eight persons on board including one American.
Daniel Kane a Montgomery County representative in the Ohio Legislature died Saturday night at his home in Dayton of a heart attack. Kane who was blind had served his second term in the General Assembly.
Market reports list butter and eggs prices in Baltimore and nearby areas with scores and dates. Cleveland values show steady poultry demand with varied weights and prices. potatoes from Ohio New York and Pennsylvania quoted by sack with grading and per cent changes.
Fegs Market reports 49 129 cases with 139 percent extra firsts and 12 percent firsts as current receipts stand at 12 cents. Butter Market records 6 474 receipts with specials 224 134 cents and extras Bic with 21 cents extra firsts at 214 percent and standards 22 cents.
Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky current receipts list butter nearby taps and extras with percentages and scores. Poultry prices include colored hens leghorns colored springers broilers and turkeys with old toms young toms and hens, plus hog dressed meat prices.
Hog receipts 6900 direct and through 1248 heldover. Steady with Friday and Saturday. Top be good and choice 180 to 250 lbs $3.90. 260 to 200 Jobs $3.70 to $3.80. Better 160 to 180 lbs $3.60 to $3.70. 130 to 150 lbs $3.25. Underweights and sows $2.50 to $3.35. Cattle receipts 1200 calves $0.00 shown, steers fairly active steady. Medium to good steers and heifers $4.45 to $5.35. top car lots $5.50. Around 700 lbs yearlings paid. Bulls and fat cows $2.50 to $3.25. Low cutters $1.50 to $2.26. Good to choice dealers $2.75 to $3.50. Sheep receipts 600. Early demand good, market steady to strong. Lightweight spring lambs quotable from $8 down. Old crop lambs $1.50 down. aged ewes mostly $1 to $2.
Hogs receipts 3000 market strong to 100 higher with 170 to 240 lb at 4.25. 240 to 250 lb 4.04 to 4.20, 100 to 120 lb 3.25 to 3.75. Packing sows 3.25. Cattle receipts 400 market steers 60 cents higher bulk 4.85 to 5.25, good heifers 4.50 to 5.10, cows 2.50 to 3.25, bulls 2.90 to 3.30. Calves receipts 700 market steady good to choice vealers 4.50 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 1500 market lambs 25 cents higher, others steady. Good to choice shorn lambs 5.05 to 5.50, wool lambs up to 6, springs lambs 7.50 downward.
The report lists cattle, veal, and sheep prices with per head and weight figures, including fat cows, bulls, milk cows, and veal tops. It notes a brisk, broad wool buying in Boston toward week end with 5-10 percent price advances and many offerings withdrawn. Bond and treasury quotes follow, with various Liberty and Treasury issues cited.
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