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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1939
Page
10
A dense catalog of classified categories and numbers listing automotive, real estate, services, livestock, bargains, rentals, and public sales sections with category codes and page references. No narrative events or individuals are described.
New York stocks advanced with gains led by United States Steel, Bethlehem Steel and GM while other major issues climbed. Bonds remained steady as optimism followed European market gains and a firmer pound. several large blocks traded and railroad and utility shares moved.
Grain and livestock prices from Toledo and Pittsburgh show No 1 red wheat at 71 42 per bushel, corn No 2 yellow at 45 24, oats No 2 white at 32. Poultry and eggs move steady with hens and turkeys firm. Pittsburgh quotes hens 17 18, turkeys 18 20, eggs steady with extra grade 21 percent. Butter and egg receipts noted with grade prices in Cincinnati.
CHICAGO U P The government moved swiftly to prosecute Joseph Paul Cretzer 27 public enemy No 4 and most wanted bank robber seized with his wife Edna Mae in a North Side apartment Monday He is wanted for eight west coast bank robberies and had been sought for shooting a Michigan City Indiana policeman last June Also noted final measures for Swiss frontier defense with about 100000 called to border posts in Bern U P
One room house on Clinton Street available for rent. Inquiries at 178 Fort Street or call 176-1 for details.
Hogs 3200 head with steady to higher weights and sows up to 25c. top 7 for 200-250 lb hogs, 6.90-7.25 for 180-250, heavier 250-300 at 6.50-6.60. Cattle 400 on Cincinnati, 50 on Parkersburg. steers steady, cows strong, baby beef values up to 10.25, bulls 6.50-7.25, calves mixed. hogs 500 up 15c, several weight brackets listed with 6.25-7.25 ranges. Parkersburg receipts include hogs 85, cattle 360, veal 240, lambs 1090 with varied prices.
Tokyo dispatch reports General Nobuyuki Abe may take temporary leadership of Japan’s foreign office as Emperor Hirohito guides cabinet selection. Asahi forecast Abe would push friendly ties with the United States and Britain in China, while dismissing any sudden shift toward Russia.
The Ecuadoran president cabled President Roosevelt to express full approval of his Europe peace initiative. This cable marks the first formal Latin American reaction to Washington's plans for avoiding war in Europe. Also, 85 Women of the Moose will be received at the college of regents during the Loyal Order of Moose national convention in Philadelphia.
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