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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1938
Page
10
The Abade Board of Education will receive bids for lump coal until Aug. 27 at 1 pm. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Mrs. Ruth Pierce, Clerk, A & D. A BCOUT KIT In brown can oas bag on Vore Ridge. Reward. Re ture Albens Messenger.
New York stocks opened higher with steel shares advancing more than a point. Bethlehem Steel opened at 59 and U S Steel rose fractionally. Montgomery Ward moved to 48 with 2000 shares traded as aircraft and oils also firmed. Utilities and rails posted small gains.
A jumble of ticker lines shows several rail and industrial stocks posting varied moves including Am. Tobacco Am. Home Products and Allied Stores. Firmer names include Westinghouse Elec. and U S Industrial. Mixed results with Steel and Motors groups showing gains and losses across listings.
Toledo and Pittsburgh markets show wheat, corn, oats, eggs, butter, and live poultry quotes with varying grades and receipts. Cincinnati livestock reports include hogs, cattle, and sheep prices, while government bond listings appear alongside.
Republic Steel chairman Tom Girdler said he will testify next Thursday before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee to present his side of the 1937 little steel strike. The inquiry, not a subpoena, aims to finish four weeks of hearings into Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube activities. Girdler defends labor policies as mischaracterized by CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee chief Phil Murray, calling them reprehensible. The panel also plans to question Ohio National Guard officials about militia roles in steel towns during the dispute.
Three men held up a Shell Petroleum pay roll messenger in Woodriver Illinois getting away with 35000 dollars. Two suspects carried sub machine guns as the crime unfolded near the Shell facility. Police launched a search for the trio who fled the scene after the heist.
The National Mediation Board scheduled August 11 to open conferences on the railway labor dispute over a proposed 15 percent wage cut. Dr. William M. Leiserson, chair, said sessions will be held in Chicago to pursue mediation efforts.
Newton Iowa reports roughly 1,300 workers, about 90 percent of normal, back at Maytag Washing Machine Co. plants after a three month strike. The return follows state troops overseeing reopening and indicates civil order may be restored within ten days.
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