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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1939
Page
11
A classified page lists educational livestock for sale including dogs cats and pets, horses cattle sheep poultry and supplies. It also advertises bargain counter items such as feed fertilizer implements farm produce fuel coal wood building material equipment drugs sundries and household goods.
Sir Shenton Thomas, governor of the Straits Settlement, told Malay listeners Singapore is a calm yet crowded hub of aircraft and troops. He said life continues normally and visitors would only sense war at vulnerable points, noting Indian units and Malay regiment duties and welcoming added British troops. The garrison now includes soldiers from three nations.
New York stocks opened steady in light trading with bonds mixed. U S Steel rose 0.5 percent while General Electric and Curtiss Wright held flat. Socony Vacuum fell 1.2 percent, Douglass Aircraft jumped 1.5 percent to 75.5, and several majors like GM Sears Radio Anaconda Loews Boeing and Phillips Petroleum held close to previous closes. Other names including Kennecott Allied Chemical Santa Fe New York Central Standard of New Jersey and Du Pont showed modest gains.
A scattered list of industrials, oils, steels, motors, and misc stocks shows varied gains and losses with several notable names including Alaska Jun, Mead Corp, Allied Chem, Procter and Gamble, General Motors, Anaconda Copper, Kennecott, and Bethlehem Steel among others. Trading ranges reflect mixed investor sentiment across sectors.
Wheat prices show No 1 red 94 95 and No 2 red 83 9 4. Corn values No 2 yellow 83 4 and No 3 yellow 61 53. White varieties Onats No 2 40 9 41 and No 3 38 40. Barley and oats steady with hens and roosters priced. poultry steady with heavy hens 17 9 18, leghorn and rock springers mid 10s to 18.
Market notes show eggs lower with extra firsts 24 and sec seconds 21. Nearby ungraded 23. Live poultry categories list fowls over 14, four and over 10 percent, three and over 9, leghorn fowls three and over 9, roosters colored 9, leghorn roosters seven, capons eight and over 20, under eight, roasting chickens four and over 14.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Matheny were conducted by Rev. L C Butler at the local Carbon Hill church. The former Carbon Hill resident lived with her granddaughter Alberta Martin and is survived by two sisters, a brother, and other relatives in Sandusky Crooksville and Columbus.
Cattle and hog price listings from Pittsburgh and Parkersburg show steady to higher trade for cattle and calves with specific weight classes and price ranges. Oil price quotes from multiple regional agencies and Cleveland and Chicago produce markets are included alongside two probate notices from Athens County Ohio for Samuel Kelley and A M Liggett.
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