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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1932
Page
11
A dense listing of classified notices including automotive, employment and help wanted, livestock, goods for sale, building materials, fuel and fertilizer, household goods, tools, seeds and plants, specials, apparel, rooms and apartments for rent, business spaces and farms for rent. It outlines categories and page numbers but no specific ads. The page denotes a traditional classified structure and animal and vendor sections.
New York August 11 Soviet Russia plans an international bond issue to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. The Central Bank of Moscow and its correspondents would distribute bonds with Chase National Bank and International Acceptance Bank handling transfers. If used to buy American goods, the bonds could revive U S trade that slumped since 1931.
Aug 11 report from Camp Perry notes Governor George White to arrive for the final official review of the Ohio National Guard. Troops from Columbus and Cincinnati units wore gas masks for chemical warfare training as smoke screens were deployed across areas of the camp.
A compact notice promotes affordable thrift minded services and bargains. It highlights a Messenger Want Ad reaching over 11,000 readers daily and emphasizes value for money in buying or renting.
Raymond Heth a 17 year old student at Witowick High School will get a juvenile court hearing after confessing to shooting his father a week ago. The boy said he killed the plumber after his mother was beaten by the father with a hammer, injuries leading to her death.
Robert Ribbe aged 30 drowned in the Ohio River at Cincinnati when he fell from the top of a speeding launch. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful and the investigation awaited. Local authorities described the accident as a fatal fall from a moving vessel.
Evana Woolen an Indianapolis banker was appointed chairman of the Democratic Finance Committee in New York on August 11 triggering notes of party fundraising and fiscal strategy.
Three inmates escaped from the Roseville prison brick plant during a guard change in Zanesville on a day in August.
Ulric von Hassel a German minister and son in law of Tirpitz is named as a possible foreign minister candidate if Constantine von Neurath resigns. This change is among several cabinet shifts likely before the new Reichstag is presented late this month.
Ohio Farm Bureau research finds farmers may double equipment purchases over two years for replacement and trend higher. Estimates show per acre spending rising from 46 cents in 1981 to projected 33 cents near year end, then 60 to 70 cents by mid 1950s and 81 cents by 1984, with 18 year life assumed for implements and 7 percent replacement pace.
Traders expect President Hoover to outline policy tomorrow guiding the market. Early gains faded as railroad shares weakened while carriers held firm and several industrials advanced on steady demand. Delaware & Hudson rose to 4 and back, New York Central gained, and International Harvester touched a new yearly high.
Nearby receipts list eggs at 15 lei per dozen, live poultry prices for chickens, young leghorns and ducks, roosters, and old heavy birds. Butter prices show creamery extra, standards, firsts and seconds with varying scores and packing stock.
In Beattle on Aug 11 40 21 President Hoover faced uncertain support from Women’s Christian Temperance Union delegates for their 28th national convention. Mrs Ella Alexander Boole led Eastern leaders awaiting his acceptance speech on the prohibition plank.
Market unsettled as receipts show 7 001 cases with Betya firata at 174 1TMe and fleets 36 percent. Current receipt items, later figures indicate 14 398 tube vitae and entra frets with noting of standards.
Fragment reads as product listing with prices and terms. Mentions Putter Packing stock No 9 at 16 cents and Me 8. Notes steady leases included five 19 60 and seconds nearby Gti graded item.
Market notes show extras 20 Ge and various poultry prices including leghorn fowls heavy colored and duck listings. Potatoes and heavies describe price shifts with minor increases and many items noted in the receipt crops section.
In a fragmented cattle and poultry listing, Southern Girls, West Virginia, and Kentucky appear in pricing for poultry categories. Leghorn and colored broilers are priced with roteners and ducks also listed. Fresh killed hens are noted with quantities in a 1940s style catalog format.
Market notes show hogs with varied weights selling around 86.20 to 94.00 per cwt, sows strong to 24 cents, bulk hog values around 4.96 to 9.40. Calves, cattle, and veal weaker or steady with grades described as plain to medium, yearlings sprinkled with better finish, veal mostly 4.00 to 4.50, sheep and lambs down with lower averages, fat cattle steady near 10.50 to 11.50.
Hog receipts 1200 with slow to steady demand down 10 cents. Cattle readings show mixed quotes: medium to good green yearlings at about 6 8, calves steady near 6 50, cows around 3 75 to 4. Lambs and sheep receipts 1600 with steady to 2 percent declines and lambs near 6 29 to 6 40 per hundredweight. Suckling weights under 60 pounds at 4 50 percent. Good weather noted.
New York sums show closing Liberty Bonds with mixed results amid a flat market. Prices list Treasury and high grade issues with small shifts, including 4s 4% and 3%s across several maturities.
Wheat grades listed with prices and quality. Oats and barley quotes included. Butter and hay values noted with unit prices. The fragment presents a dated commodity snapshot with several grade descriptions and corresponding prices.
Wool trading shows a cautious upturn with selling prices nearing the upper end of recent ranges. Buyers remain hesitant and the consensus suggests price ranges have not fully extended beyond prior levels. French combing wools and finer western grown types moved from low range to approaching the high figures in scoured terms.
Market commentary notes sustained market strength driven by revived European demand for securities and currency stability. Steel shows limited near term improvement with August output unlikely to rise from July lows. Commodity prices rise on securities strength and consumer demand, while earnings for 1933 Q2 show declines across industrials utilities and railroads with deep contraction from 1931 levels.
Daily trains from Athens include No 3 dep 11 38 am southbound and No 9 dep 4 44 pm. Northbound No 33 7 45 am. No 2 and No 30 southbound 11 02 am and 8 38 pm respectively. Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio lines show multiple westbound and eastbound listings with arrivals and departures around morning and evening periods.
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