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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1932
Page
29
The page lists rooms for rent at 490 W 202 Adams Street and 11 Payette Street with contact details. It also includes an attachment notice in Athens Township Ohio where dervs Channell sues Clifford Cogswell, a Justice of the Peace issued an attachment order for 32.00 dollars dated January 20, 1982, Athens Ohio, February 38, 1932.
A comparison shows a steam shovel quickly digging clay and sand, like Messenger classified ads quickly finding tenants or buyers. The piece highlights Mrs. Fishbaugh of 5 Palmer Street renting her two room house after placing an ad in The Messenger. Call Athens 0248, Nelsonville 412-W or Logan 72 for ad-taker service.
Commissioner Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Commission testified before a congressional committee that public ownership of the railroads could be forced if economic conditions deteriorate. He urged a new method to set rail freight rates and backed repealing many Besch-Cummings provisions.
Creditors of Oral Canter of Lathrop Ohio are notified that he filed for discharge in the U S District Court Southern District of Ohio. The hearing is set for April 8, 1982 at 10:00 a m before the court. Harry F Rabe Clerk.
Radio Friday February 12 on CBS WABC lists hourly programs from 6:00 PM to 11:45 PM. Acts include John Kelvin Irish tenor. Charles Boulanger and his Orchestra. Two Piano Team. Ross Gorman and his Orchestra. Myrt and Marge. Bing Crosby. Boswell Sisters. Morton Downey. Barbara Maurel. Singin Sam. Modern Male Chorus. Toscha Seidel violin with Sam Lanin Orchestra. Emery Deutsch Orchestra with Charles de Thome. Adventures in Health. Colonel Moore and Budd. Howard Barlow with Columbia Symphony. George Olsen.
Radio lineup features Geneva hosts and bands from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. Acts include Stebbins Boys, Hill Billy Music, Robert Simmons tenor, Alice Joy contralto, The Goldbergs, Ruth Etting, Andy Sannell Orchestra, President Hoover address, Marion Harris recital, Crime by Charles Francis Coe, Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, Ralph Kirbery, Coon-Sanders Orchestra, and a Dance Orchestra.
Friday schedule lists multiple performances from 6:16 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. including Peter van Steeden and his Orchestra, John Beeneey, The near Vegabonds, Amos n Andy, Elsie Janis, Edward Marshall, Sisters of the Skillet, Irvin B. Cobb, Victor Arden's Orchestra, Ludwig Scoeters String Ensemble, Jack Benny and his Orchestra, and William Stoess and his Orchestra along with dance music and guest speakers.
Markets show scattered receipts of Western grown wools in moderate quantities. Prices for strictly combing 58s to 60s territory wools range from 35 to 55 cents per pound on a scoured basis, with finer 64s and above offered around 55 to 67 cents. Limited quotations for original bag supply at 53 to 55 cents.
February signals brighter hardware market as firms report tentative gains. American International reports no action on acquiring Reliance International due to Reliance stockholder shortfall. Illinois Central suspends dividend on Series A preferred to conserve cash amid uncertainty. Bendix Aviation keeps South Bend wheel and brake plant running full time to finish equipment installs and meet mid April capacity, following March shutdowns. American Can contracts with United States Steel for tin plate with potential 8 million boxes annual output valued around 35 million dollars, while other tin plate makers await orders for remaining business.
Senate Majority Leader Watson announced a White House conference outcome to speed emergency legislation easing paper discount restrictions with Federal Reserve banks. The bill would supplement the administration’s $2 billion Reconstruction Finance Corporation and may aid depositors of closed banks. Senator Bulkley attended, and Senator Glas will sponsor.
Clarence Thompson 18 son of Orville Thompson of Barlow Township remained in a critical state Tuesday afternoon more than six hours after reportedly taking carbolic acid in a personal crisis. A Vincent High School student, he drank most of a three ounce bottle at his home early Sunday. Physicians gave cautious hope for recovery, though the motive for the act remained unclear.
Seven young musicians from the Plies Brothers Orchestra were lured to a Lyndhurst Village point last night and beaten by a gang of men. Police say the assault may stem from a labor dispute. A woman violinist stayed in a car. Anton Ellis led the group as gunmen demanded union cards then attacked after the denial.
Grain prices and cash bids listed for Toledo markets show No. 2 red wheat premium and various No. 1 grades with minor cent differentials. Corn yellow values around 32 to 33 cents per bushel, oats mixed, clover at 68.75, Pebble at 8.75, March butter at 8.90, cash butter 8.74, February at 64.75, hay timothy at 80 cents per cwt.
The two man bolsidged pilots Hugo Weinstengel and Count Johann Gudenus tumble down the course on the Olympic runway in Lake Placid New York after their flying wed mishap. The dramatic action photo captures their helicopter-like fall as a truck wall stands nearby awaiting the next run.
New York stocks show tentative support after a dip to fresh lows with railroad shares notably stronger. Union Pacific climbs to 60% and other rails post fractional gains while utilities remain uneven. Meat, grain, and livestock quotes move with dairy and farm prices showing scattered shifts.
A garbled list of stocks shows activity across industries including U S Steel, Kennecott Copper, Cities Service, American Gas, and Ford. The text notes allocations and percent indicators amid chaotic OCR fragments, reflecting a varied trading mood with energy in some names and uncertainty elsewhere.
Nearby fresh receipts list poultry with leghorns and roosters priced per dozen and per unit. Butter Creamery extras show scores and packing stock, with many items given in cents and weights.
The listing shows butter prices at 02 score with 224¢ extras and 89 score 21 percent. Eggs are given as nearby current receipts with firsts 15 18 percent and fresh extras 16 percent 16c. Poultry includes colored hens 18 21c and leghorns 14 17c with various items and a note of presh killed hens 27432.
Chicago markets show eggs and market receipts at 7,000 cases with extra firsts 15 percent and 15 3/4 percent. firate 14 1/4 percent. current receipts 13 4 14 cents. seconds 11 12 cents. Butter market receipts 5,771 pounds with extras 21 1/2 percent. firsts 20 cents. seconds 18 4 percent. standards 21 cents.
Butter prices show steady to slightly varied quotes with creamery grade tablets listed at 20c and 18c occasionally. Extra firsts trend around 15c, firsts 14c, seconds 12 c, and ungraded near 4c reflecting regional price shifts.
Cleveland market report lists butter extras at 26 cents, standard 25 cents steady. Poultry prices show heavy fowls 17 to 18 cents, leghorn 14 to 15 cents, springers 16 to 18 cents, ducks 20 cents, turkeys 26 cents, geese 1 cent. potatoes Ohio 45 to 50 cents per bushel, Idaho russet large 2.10 to 2.25 per 100 lb sack.
Pittsburgh livestock market reports hogs Receipts 1000 market steady to 10 cents higher 160 to 310 pounds prices 4.25 to 4.40 pigs 3.50 to 3.90 sows downwards cattle Receipts 10 market medium to good steers grass heifers 4.50 to 5.50 beef cows 3 plus calves Receipts 75 market steady vealers 8.50 to 9.50 stock sheep Receipts 26 cents higher lambs better grade Utrecht area note Cincinnati eve stock
The Bank for International Settlements board instructed plan to extend services to South America. Humble Refining reports about 3 million dollars additional after dividends for 1931. General Motors shows January sales of 74,710 vehicles with increases from December and prior January.
UNITED PRESS reports mixed business news with Combined sales of 4 Motors cars and tracks to large fleet users exceeding prior figures by 109k. New York Central operations resume Monday, while Winn Lovett Grocery Co in New York reports January sales of 467,105, up 0.4 percent from 465,220. Trendix Aviation expands Work in Notre Dame area to keep wing and brake plant open full time.
Mildred Figgins of Glouster pleaded guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor before Magistrate C. H. Porter on a Wednesday. She was fined $100 and costs after arrest by Constable Frank White. W. T. Davis, resident between New England and Stewart, pleaded not guilty to malicious destruction of property and is bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court under $200 bond. detained by Constable Leslie B. Held.
Captain Robert H. Kellogg veteran of the Civil War died at his Delaware home at 87 after a two week illness. He authored Life Death in Rebel Prisons, a Civil War book drawn from his war journal and a bestseller in 1860.
Shang hai front reports Japanese air force attacking from Shanghai to Woosung in a desperate effort to drive back Chinese defenders. Bombers dropped high explosive and anti aircraft fire scattered the assault as warships kept up broadsides against shore fortifications. The outcome and casualties remain unclear.
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