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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1944
Page
28
Repair service offers to buy or repair your washer. Wringer rolls and used parts available. Call 177M or visit 308 Main Street.
New York stocks opened slightly mixed as Consolidated Edison Chesapeake and Ohio Phelps Dodge and Commercial Solvents edged up while General Motors U S Steel Northern Pacific and Goodyear slipped.
Grain and produce prices list graded eggs and live poultry with base ceiling rates for farmers and wholesalers. It includes wholesale egg grades with prices, noon price citations for various companies, and a broad roster of industrial stocks and steelmakers referenced in a dense market brief.
Two American medical officers flew into Southern China and performed an emergency appendectomy by lantern light in a mud building near the front, likely saving the life of General Chao Yao-Ming, a top Chinese commander, at Stilwell's headquarters.
John Edward Wilson a 58 year old former draft board official under indictment with brewery heir Gert Hans von Gontard died by suicide last night after leaping from a 14 story Midtown building in New York.
The Most Rev. Francis W. Howard, 76, bishop of Covington in the Roman Catholic Church, died at his residence today.
Hog and cattle quotes show steady bidding with mixed demand. Hogs around 169 to 189 pounds and 200 to 350 pounds trade as bids listed from 12 to 14 dollars, while cattle prices edge steady for steers and heifers and cows and bulls mix. Calves and sheep quote varying by weight, with lambs near 14 to 15 dollars and wethers around 2.75 to 7.00, reflecting market softness and regional sales activity.
On Ponza island off Italy the wartime world felt distant until an Allied contingent landed. Islanders, many who emigrate to the United States, speak Brooklynese and recall Mussolini’s brief exile on Elba. The visit revealed a quiet island far from the mainland war’s roar.
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