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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1940
Page
7
Local section lists ad categories and contact points for various services. It details car, real estate, help wanted, auctions, memorials, and public notices, with office and phone references for multiple towns including Logan Pomeroy Middleport Gallipolis and Athens Messenger city hall Pomero.
Mt Union social page records church appointments and gatherings. Rev Higgenbotham to fill services, Golden Circle class postponed due to cold. Sunday School canceled. Neighbors and relatives visit in Harrisonville, Grass Run, Dexter and Chillicothe. illness noted, several attend a stock sale in Athens.
New York stocks held steady amid dull turnover while bonds were firmer. Notable moves included a 3,000 share block in Glenn Martin at 36 and Union Pacific up to 94. Steel, copper and rails showed little change as traders watched smaller tickers and utility issues.
Toledo lists No 1 red wheat at 104, No 2 red 103, No 2 yellow corn 59, No 3 58, No 2 white oats 42, No 3 40, eggs steady with hennery whites 25 and standards 24, current receipts 22. Poultry steady with various hen and rooster prices. Cleveland and Cincinnati quotes for eggs and live poultry noted. butter receipts and grade breakdowns included. Government bonds quoted with several 3 and 2 percent issues and prices around 104 to 110.
Ohio State Conservation and Natural Resources Commission will seek new legislation to legalize road blockades for stopping vehicles carrying hunters to inspect their take. Commissioner Don Waters urged the measure at the League of Ohio Sportsmen winter convention after noting enforcement bogged down last season without such a scheme. In 1938 Ohio issued 530000 hunting licenses.
Union leaders denounce AFL CIO cooperation with manufacturers in Wagner Act amendments. They report a mine union treasury of 2,726,750 on Dec 1 1939 and push for $800,000 special assessment. They call for higher pensions, expanded public works and housing, and tax increases for top incomes. They urge continued CIC support.
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