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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1940
Page
8
A dense scanned index of classified sections and public notices listing categories from Announcements to Public Sales. The page outlines sections for services, employment, education, real estate, livestock, and miscellaneous items with subcategories and numbers for navigation.
New York traders bought sparingly of steels and a few favorites while many leaders were ignored. U S Steel Bethlehem Kennecott Phelps Dodge N Y Central Chesapeake and Ohio Chrysler Woolworth and General Electric attracted mild support amid a steel industry survey noting near capacity production and growing armament demand. Labor Department reports July building permits rose 20 percent from June.
Produce and livestock prices show steady to firm markets for butter eggs poultry and hogs with various weight classes and graded grades. Additionally a public annexation petition in Athens County Ohio seeks city inclusion with a hearing set for October 21 1940 and agents named for the petitioners.
The text reports a Saturday night raid with a bomb near U S Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy's residence and incendiaries around the area. It cites German claims of damage to Rolls Royce engine factory and multiple aircraft plants and troop concentrations at Dover, while Britain says it hit German targets in Stuttgart Ludwigshafen and airfields in France Belgium and Holland. State of Balkans remains troubled with Hungary recalling troops amid talks with Romania over Transylvania.
The 37th Ohio National Guard division moved north to protect flank and rear as Blue forces clash with Red in the final Second Army maneuvers. The 149th Kentucky Infantry and 139th Kentucky Artillery launched a mass attack to push Red defenders back four miles between the La Crosse River and Squaw Creek. The 33rd Red Illinois Division began a drive toward Purdy Valley Ridge while the 32nd Michigan and Wisconsin divisions rushed in from near Dubuque to stem the advance.
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