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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1933

Page

9

Holiday Gift Picks From Local Shops

Classified ads highlight easy holiday shopping with varied items. Kaywoodie pipes, Yello-Bole pipes, and humidors meet smoker needs while furniture showrooms and hardware houses offer gift ideas. Beauty salons promote permanent waves, specialty shampoos, and finger waves as seasonal treats for women. Candies and Pyrex ware provide inexpensive options, with local drugstores carrying wrapped gift boxes.

Whitman Kenneth Steward McKees Drug Store Elizabeth Byvans

Stocks edge higher on limited gains as dollar steadies

New York markets show irregular prices with R. F. P. retention and a $34.01 gold price. Wet stocks gain in U S Industrial Alcohol and affiliates while General Motors climbs in active turnover. Utilities hold small gains. mining slips modestly. oils and rails steady within narrow ranges.

New York U.P U. S National Distillers American Commercial Alcohol Ecenley General Motors Auburn American Telephone and Consolidated Gas American Smelting International Nickel Kennecott

States May Share in Federal Liquor Taxes

Washington December 4 Part of the legal liquor taxes to be collected by the federal government after prohibition is repealed may be re allocated to the states, Chairman Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee said today.

Washington U.P Doughton House Ways and Means Committee

Man named Pete Dinoff fatally shot during hold up attempt

In Springfield a man claiming the name Pete Dinoff from Columbus was shot three times and killed while trying to rob China Nick a confectionery store keeper. Police reported the incident occurred today with the assailant fatally wounded at the scene.

Springfield Pete Dinoff Columbus China Nick

Rail Time Cards and Train Departures for Athens

Train schedules show No 3 departing Athens at 11 38 am No 9 at 7 44 pm southbound No 2 at 11 20 am and 6 24 pm daily except Sunday Northbound No 37 leaves Athens at 5 30 pm daily except Sunday No 30 arrives at 11 02 am daily except Sunday Baltimore and Ohio Southbound Westbound No 1 National Limitee 45 am and No 43 daily except Sunday No 44 daily except Sunday and other trips listed with partial times.

Athens Chesapeake and 610 Hocking Valley Baltimore

Regional Hardware and Appliance Advertisements Highlight Local Stores

A collage of small ads lists Summers and Son Music Store, Wheaton's Hardware, Union Grocery, Zenner's New Radio and Electric Dept, and Cline Bidg Electric. It promotes Maytag washers, select meat cuts, and radios from RCA Victor and Crosley with mentions of diverse price points and a May 1950s shopping vibe.

Maytag Mother Cacsantentilien Co Union Grocery Ohio RCA, Victor and Crosley Zenner's New Radio and Electric

War Department creates Rivers and Harbors Division in Cincinnati

The War Department establishes a new Rivers and Harbors Division with headquarters in Cincinnati to oversee five districts on the Ohio River and its tributaries. Lieut. Col. Roger Powell named head. about 15 more Army engineers to be stationed in Cincinnati. The division covers Pittsburgh Huntington Cincinnati Louisville and Nashville districts.

Washington U.P Ohio River War Department Cincinnati Upper Mississippi Valley St. Louis E. M. Markham Army Engineers Roger Powell Army Engineers Corps Pittsburgh Huntington Louisville Nashville Upper Mississippi Loulaville

Charleston man kills wife and mother in law then commits suicide

Arthur Quesenberry, 26, shot and killed his estranged wife and her mother, 64 year old Mrs Isabell Smith, at the Smith home in Snow Hill near Charleston. He then took his own life after failing to force his wife to return.

Charleston W. Va U.P Arthur Quesenberry Isabell Smith Lfe

Denial Is Ace Of Scottsboro Defense Case

Decatur Alabama December 4 U R rest its case against Clarence Norris in the Scottsboro assault trial after clashes and judge rebuke. The defense began presenting deposition testimony by Ruby Bates who recanted her charge. Misa Bates recanted her prior accusation that Norris and others attacked her and Victoria Price on a train March 25 1931. Norris one of seven Negro defendants granted new trials by the U S Supreme Court after death sentences. Attorneys expect jury decision late today.

Decatur Ala U.R Clarence Norris Scottsboro Ruby Bates Misa Bates Norris United States Supreme Court Miss Bates Victoria Price Heywood Patterson New York

Bluffton College to Offer Course in Marriage

Bluffton College will offer a course in marriage with a program outlined by representatives of the YMCA and YWCA. The unit emphasizes essentials for a happy married life and will use lectures and discussions led by noted specialists in married life topics.

Bluffton U.R Bluffton College

Supreme Court Reverses Kentucky Gas Rate Ruling

The Supreme Court reversed a Kentucky Federal Court decision denying the Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company an injunction against the state railroad commission enforcing its 45 cents per unit gas rate.

Washington Supreme Court Theentucky Federal Court Central Kentucky Natural Gas Company State Railroad Commission

Poultry Prices Unchanged as Egg Totals Hold Steady

Butter and eggs remain steady with no change in price. Live poultry including guineas and gobblers show small weights or no variation, reflecting a stable market for farm goods.

Guineas

Butter Prices and Fresh Eggs Reported Across Regions

Prices for butter and eggs vary by region with noted receipts from Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky. The report lists near dairy products with price points such as 23 25e for fresh extra firsts and 28c for refrigerator firsts.

Ohio West Virginia Kentucky

Butter and Eggs Price List for Local Markets

Butter Packing stock No 2 12e Ib 3 fe butter fat Ic Eggs firm bases included extra firsts Sle dos firste 2c seconds 30c nearby ungraded 28e Typical market quotes for dairy and eggs with varying quality grades and prices.

Market Recap Shows Mixed Butter and Market Receipts

Kuge Market remains steady with receipts of 652 cases and various grades and prices listed. Butter market unsettled with large receipts and mixed specials, extras, and storage standards noted along with several percentage scores and odd lot figures for different grades.

Buttier Market Prices Steady on Extras and Whites

Fragmentary market note shows extras 25 cents and 34 cents per 100 pounds in tubs. Bae mare ket steady. Extra whites 2 bits and extra browns 2 cents. Extra firsts five cents, current recipe Jie, fresh pullets ite.

Bae Mare

Poultry and meat prices in Southern Ohio and surrounding states

Current receipts list nearby hennery whites and refrigerator extras with prices. Poultry includes colored hens, leghorn hens, springers, old roosters, ducks, geese, and turkeys with varied weights and prices. fresh killed full dressed hens and turkeys offered along with hog dressed meats. Prices shown per pound or per head, reflecting regional market rates.

Hennery Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Up LLC

Hog and cattle market brief shows steady hogs with gains

Hog receipts 6500 with 1680 direct and through. holdover 70 steady to 10 cents higher than last Saturday. better hogs 5 cents higher. Top and bulk 1460 to 225 lbs at 3.75. bulk 925 to 250 lbs 3.50 to 3.65. 250 to 300 lbs 3.25 to 3.50. 130 to 150 lbs 6.36 to 6.40. pigs 2.75 down. Decking sows 2.50. Cattle receipts 1400 calves 450. Barely active on most classes. steers/heifers steady to 25 cents higher. better weights up. Better cows steady to strong. bulls steady. Bulk steers/heifers 2.50 to 4.75. Better feed kinds 5.95 to 6.05. Sheep receipts 250 not enough to set a market. lambs 6.00 to 7.50. Throwouts 4.06. Cull cows down to 3. Fatewell 1 to 2.

Grain and Livestock Market Report Amid Mixed Receipts

Hog receipts steady with declines in price and higher bids for some classes. Cattle on bulk sale steady to higher with grass steers and dry-fed loads showing gains. calves and calves-receipts steady. Sheep receipts strong at 2000 with fat lambs firm while old ewes soften.

Wool market steady with rising prices in week's end

Boston reports a fair week for wool as demand remains solid for topmakers and manufacturers. Prices edge higher with no longer available good fine combing wool at lower rates and Liberty and Treasury bond quotes noted in the period.

Boston

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