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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1932
Page
9
Classified ads for the Sunday edition are accepted until 3. The Messenger notes policy on errors and adjustments and limits. It lists coal heaters and various items with prices and locations including Nelsonville and Athens area references. The readable fragment includes names like James A Caldwell and mentions multiple towns and products.
The First National Bank of Stockport sues Fannie E Wells and others. Pursuant to an execution from January 7 1932 a public auction will expose for sale March 4 1932 at 1 PM in Ames Township Athens County Ohio the chattels of Fannie E Wells including cattle mules horses corn and 193 ewes. Cash on day of sale. Wayne Wingett Sheriff.
In Cleveland on February 22, 1932, a committee of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Lodge 132 announced it will urge former Congressman Martin L. Davey of Kent, Ohio, to enter the gubernatorial race. If he declines, the resolution says he will be drafted. Lodge official Grover Cleveland Bell stated Davey is drafted right now.
One hundred seven candidates were initiated into the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Delphos. John A. Abeli of Marion spoke along with State Rep C. J. Gunsett of Van Wert. A parade featured Eagles from Wapakoneta Lima Van Wert Spencerville Rockford Findlay St Marys and other cities with bands from Lima and Delphos.
An airplane piloted by Charles Leclerc Jr. nose dived to earth near Lansdowne Field in Youngstown. Passenger Lee Rachel, 13, of Mansfield, was aboard the craft when it faltered and plunged about 300 feet during a turning maneuver.
Pearl Griffith 22 of Lima and her 20 year old brother Clyde Whittredge face jail on four bank robbery charges across Ohio Indiana and Michigan. She named two other brothers in a signed confession and detailed the heists from 1981 to 1982 including Farmers Bank Lewistown Malinta Deshler and Osgood State Bank robberies. The group wore overalls and used lamp black on a light roadster and Indiana license plates then divided the loot at a Lima area barn.
Four men disarmed a policeman and held up the cashier and theater staff at Keiths Palace Theater in Columbus on Sunday night, escaping with four thousand dollars. They trapped Geneva Neil Patrolman Howard Hinton Manager Edward Masters and Assistant Manager Edward Stevens in the theater office while taking money from the cash box and the safe.
General Hanson Ely reports that Japanese forces reach Kiangwan and push two miles toward Tarang while mopping Kiangwan. He notes Chinese defenses may delay but Japan holds air and ground superiority, with 25,000 troops poised to seize Woos, Chapel, and Tazang as reinforcements arrive.
Mrs. Lindbergh described in a radio broadcast how hungry flood victims in China tried to mob Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's airplane during his relief flight to Hinghwa. She spoke on behalf of Chinese flood relief after the Orient trip interrupted by Senator Dow Morrows death.
Columbus C February 22. George Washington was first to import English ring neck pheasants and European partridges to America to improve wing shooting at Mt. Vernon. Conservation Commissioner Reinhart notes Washington hunted foxes deer ducks and buffalo and kept a fine pack of hounds. He pursued pheasant shooting and was conservation minded with shipments in 1786 from Lafayette. Washington hunted extensively and kept diaries noting fox and pheasant hunts and colonial travels along the Ohio River and Kanawha regions.
New York reports a weak week as stocks rise for the period with wheat and corn advancing, while overall market activity shows artificiality and varied corporate moves. Dividends are declared, with National Harvester cutting rates and other firms like Radio Corporation and American Telephone reporting earnings and payments. Major rail and steel stocks show modest gains amid blended business news.
Federal activity to expend the country’s credit lifted the bond market to new highs for the year. U.S. Government issues and convertibles led gains with railroad bonds such as Baltimore & Ohio 4% Missouri Pacific 5?2 and Chicago North Western 4%4 among features. Utilities stocks with privileges like American Telephone 4.46 and Internal Telephone advanced, while industrial and utility debentures rose irregularly and foreign bonds showed erratic price moves.
Butter unchanged while egg and turkey prices shift slightly in the Baltimore market. Firsts drop 4 cents, choice chicks and hens see varied gains and losses, turkeys for young hens 8 pounds and up range 28 to 30 cents per pound as other poultry holds steady.
Nearby butter tubs and dairy items priced in old currency appear alongside poultry quotes. Entries include hens, leghorns, colored springers, roosters, and pullets with varied weights and percentages. Prices and units reflect historical market notation and regional receipts.
In the Rage Market report receipts reach 7.207 cases with 14 second extra items and 13'ee current receipts. Market overall steady with 12.087 tubes and 290 extras. fireta Ilse, firsts 2le, seconds 10% 26a, standards 21%c.
Readable items show butter eggs poultry and potatoes with regional prices. Ohio and New York potato rates around 4 dollars per 80 cents per 99 pounds. Maine ripples at 81.05 1.15 per 99 pounds. Idaho Russet at 1,6502.25 per 100 pounds.
Hog receipts 1000. prices 94.50 for 65, 220 notches at 4.45, heavier hogs $4.44. Cattle receipts 25. steers around 6.75, medium grade 50.50, heifers 4.5. Calves 15. lambs, sheep receipts 100. market nominally steady with choice wool lambs quoted.
Ringing 2 000 head with 390 direct calves, prices mostly steady to slow. Slower demand, spots weak to 10 cents lower. cattle and calves varied by weight. Quoted bids show ranges from about 3.75 to 4.40 per hundredweight for light to midweights, with sow and lamb figures listed as nominal.
New York reports curb stocks remained comparatively firm after plan to bolster credit. Public utility and industrial shares led activity with gains in Gae and Electric, American Light and Traction, Niagara Hudson Power, United Light and Power A, Brazilian Traction and Aegis Paper hitting new highs. Cities Service and Hamblet posted 1942 highs before selling pressure returned. Notable weakness in Auburn Auto and Cord Corporation amid liquidation while other motor stocks held steady.
UNITED PRESS reports American Telegraph Co plans $930,000 in improvements in 1932, slightly up from 1931. Other items note dividend actions by Illette Gafety, Republic Corp activity at Blast furnace, Chenu Manta Manufacturing quotients, and the Brooklyn-Manhattan Trust 7 month net income figures.
KNAPP and Co. reports mixed market notes including Magnolia Petroleum shut down and purchases planned, Gillette resuming dividends, Chrysler and International Harvester dividend actions, and a guidance quote from President Legge about maintaining a rate under contingencies. The summary reflects dividend activity, stock implications, and expected shipments in a period of unsettled production.
The executive branch announces William H. Owens becomes president of the motive subsidiary of American Car and Foundry, succeeding CO. The change follows the restructuring within the corporate group as part of ongoing leadership realignment.
Cloth mills report they will curtail operations to avoid gy and improve market stability. Agents relay that reductions aim to ease supply pressures and stabilize textile pricing.
The fragment lists financial instruments and dates including Treasury mentions such as 4%5 102.2, Treasury 3a 80, and Treasury notes with dates like 03.30, 04.16 and references to 1939 style notation. It reads as an OCR snippet of bond or security quotes with limited readable context.
Price list notes varied items with color codes and unit values. Entries show red 5705 ee and red rem details, yellow 81 and yellow 38 percent, oats US5 at 4, creamery 23 and 260 g8, plus hay timothy per cwt at 80 cents. Dates February and March quoted with several dollar amounts.
Reports from Tokyo and Washington mark Bicentennial observances as Japanese and American communities plant symbolic items to honor shared history. Japanese American School students held essay contests noting the ties between nations while officials discussed further commemorations and plans for sending updates to Shanghai.
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