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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1933
Page
9
About 200 jobless demonstrators in Oklahoma City were dispersed when police released tear gas bombs. Ten leaders were detained as 100 officers were deployed to crowd concentrations. In other items, President Roosevelt postponed a monetary conference and a raid in Gallia County resulted in liquor violations with a Mrs. Smith to be arraigned.
In Pomeroy on August 7 a deep gas well drilled on the Meigs County Infirmary property by the P and G Oil and Gas Co. reached the second borea sand, promising years of supply. Earlier shallow sand showed no gas, and the crew lost tools near completion but recovered them and continued. Gas will replace coal heating, saving county fuel costs. Nearby, a double birthday celebration for Mrs Henry Rasp and Joe Meier drew relatives from Pomeroy and Columbus.
Additional NRA emblem guidance outlines three routes for employers not under the NRA to obtain the Blue Eagle. Steps include signing the President's Reemployment Agreement and submitting to district Commerce offices, plus Certificates of Compliance with code endorsements, or petitioning for a stay of certain provisions through trade associations or chambers of commerce. Postmaster authorization may follow, with potential reversals after NRA review.
A Granville Avenue auto owned by James Cassels was riddled with bullets while parked before Thomas Dalton's home on Richland Avenue. Nine bullet holes in the car body and multiple punctures in both tires were found after shots were heard around 12:30 AM. Cassels' son Eugene had driven the car to the Dalton residence. no suspects were identified by Sheriff Stratton or Deputy Gardner.
Eugene Johnson aged 67 of Richland Avenue died Sunday after three years of ill health. He leaves wife Minnie and son John of Troy, formerly of Amesville, and had lived on the old home farm near Amesville. Funeral services by Rev. Wade Radford will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. with burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
Kroger Grocery & Baking Company in Athens will align with the NRA city code, opening at 7 p.m. and closing at 5 p.m. on weekdays, except Thursdays when they close at 1 p.m., and Saturdays when they close at 7 p.m., announced by store manager Charles H. Marquis.
Secretary Hull urged price raising and re employment programs to spur international cooperation and lift global mood. In New York the bond market opened irregularly lower with quiet trading as some film stocks and utilities slipped and railroad shares mostly fell.
The Glouster news section lists numerous merchants and businesses signing the NRA agreement. Entries include White Ash Coal Co Wallace Service Station Stacy C Sharp Advertising Bateman Beauty Shoppe Clifford G Hartman Dowler Auto Supply Frank Sprague Sweazy s Grocery L Stout Isaac Simon George Hughes Cuckler s Garage H E Lent Eddie s Place N R Canaday Grocery Toler bivapied Hughes Wilkes Bennett Co Warren Cartage Cline Ice Cream Co Co Ed Beauty Shoppe and many others such as Gallipolis Theater Chenney s Cigar Factory Modern Markets and Gallia Hotel among signers.
New York stock market opened leisurely with no standout movers. Steel common recovered early losses, General Motors held steady, Chrysler gained over a point, Du Pont rose, mail order shares firmed, rails were dull, grains slipped slightly, and cotton edged higher in quiet trading.
The page shows a broad stock tally with many named companies and percentages, including Am. Home Products, Union Pacific, GE, Gillette, Goodyear, General Motors, United Aircraft, and Woolworth. It also lists bond quotes, treasury notes, and crude oil prices from Pittsburgh and regional lines, followed by livestock prices for cattle hogs sheep and calves and a crude oil price update for Bradford and Allegheny regions.
Live poultry prices include young chickens 16 22 cents, old heavy 13 14 cents, medium 10 12 cents, leghorns 8 to 11 cents, white leghorns 13 cents, ducks white pekins 10 12 cents, muscovy 10 14 cents, puddle 9 to 11 cents.
Butter packing stock No 2 quoted at 18 cents per pound, No 3 at 0 cents, butter fat delivered 16 cents. Keys steady with cases included, extra firsts 14 1/2 cents, seconds 10 cents, nearby ungraded 12 1/2 cents.
A shopping list of poultry and meats with prices for butter nearby tubs 92 score extras ZiNc 20 percent, 89 score 20c, B88 1Pkic, fresh firsts 12 13c, extra firsts 14 15c, hennery white extras 16 17c, colored hens 12 13 8c, leghorns 9 10c, springers 10 12c, ducks 10c, geese 7 7c, fresh killed hens 22c, hog dressed 18c, turkeys young toms 107 120, old tom 7i c, young hens 13 15c.
The text lists various produce items with unclear origins and prices such as beans, cabbage, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, and mango, referencing Ohio markets and home grown baskets. It presents inconsistent measurements and figures like 60 pound bags and 105 baket with prices ranging from 45 to 65 cents, lacking clear dates or entities.
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