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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1939
Page
10
New York stocks edged up in a quiet morning session. Bethlehem Steel rose to 73 percent, Chrysler advanced to 79, while Union Pacific and Philip Morris posted new year highs near 100 and 101 percent respectively as oils firmed.
Amid broad market activity, key groups led gains as Am. Motors and General Electric pushed higher. Industrials and steels posted solid advances while oils and chemicals showed mixed results. utilities and rails moved narrowly with small upticks.
Grain and livestock prices across Toledo and Pittsburgh markets show steady butter and eggs with firm poultry values. Wheat and corn hold near previous levels while live poultry and hogs see mixed, modest movements and steady cattle and calf quotes at regional exchanges.
Chauncey residents Mary Lee Savage and Mrs. Sadie Huston returned from a Niagara Falls vacation with friends. Clifford Banfield hosted dinner guests including Dick Williamson and Elmer Phillips in Mill Street Shawnee. Betty Lou Banfield, ill, is improving at home. George Williamson and family visited Columbus, while Ida Pendergrass shows improvement after illness.
The Bible Society of the Buchtel M. E. Church will meet Wednesday at 7 p m for business and social hour in the church basement. The Reds versus Whites class contest was closed with Whites ahead. Red members missing the last meeting are asked to bring sandwiches for the Wednesday gathering.
United States District Attorney Benjamin Harrison announces the prosecution of two Russians and a Russian born American for espionage. He claims Japan employed several teenage spies in the United States posing as exchange students studying naval and military affairs.
Social notes list Mrs. William Morgan in Columbus and Mrs. W L Walker visiting Corbin Kentucky relatives. William Jacobs and family in Logan to be with hospitalised Mrs. Jacobs. her condition serious. Pythian Sisters event postponed by Mrs. Belle Lancaster. Public Auction on Edwin McAfee farm near Stewart March 11 at 1 30 pm for machinery tools hay wheat sheep and household goods. Annual financial report for Erd Township Athens County Ohio for year ending 1938 shows salaries and tax valuation and township clerk certifies accuracy.
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