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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1933
Page
7
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In Los Angeles on July 4, Hoot Gibson survived an air crash during the National Air Races. The report notes Col Roscoe Turner recently set a cross continent flight record of 11 hours 40 minutes and flew at about 280 miles per hour during the event.
About 600 people gathered in Pleasanton for a Sunday home coming with congregational singing led by the local male quartet and Ruth Dixon of Torrington providing special music. Addresses were given by Rev. Earl Cowen Dr C W Secoy Prof A H Dixon and others. Congressman Jenkins spoke at the planned 1934 event and attendees from several states were noted.
Harry C. Jaynes reports the Athens district men encamped at Asona California are well fed and gaining weight. They are building fire trails and roads, with the work described as not too hard. The captain and forest rangers treat civilians well and several Indians are aiding. A store camp provides supplies for the men.
Italy's air armada bound for Chicago is held at Lough Foyle by bad weather. General Italio Balbo postpones take off on the 7,100 mile flight from Orbetello to Chicago to Reykjavik as the third stop. The squadron arrived from Amsterdam after a 630 mile flight.
A film star escaped serious harm when his plane side-slipped and crashed to the ground at about 100 miles per hour. He was extricated from the wreckage and rushed to a hospital where doctors pronounced his injuries minor.
Bees and poultry prices hold steady with small increases for leghorns ducks and milk products show firmer butter values. Eggs remain steady with varied case receipts at 14 520 and 20 305 tubs. Standards and extras move within narrow ranges.
The list shows Ohio beans and Virginia mats in bushels and baskets, cabbage from Ohio crates and sacks, California lettuce in crates and quality grades, onions from green to white sacks, California peas in hampers, Virginia potatoes in cobblers and sacks, radishes, rhubarb, tomatoes in hot houses, and Tennessee Texas lugs with varied prices per unit or container.
Market notes show weak cattle demand amid heat and drought with mixed blood cattle finishing low. Receipts include cattle 121, hogs 260, sheep 94, horses slow. oils report lists crude oil prices paid by agencies and pipelines across Pennsylvania, Tidewater and Kentucky markets.
J. J. Crumley of Athens appointed supervisor of forestry for six Ohio reforestation camps. He will direct camp foremen, determine unit operations, and oversee state involvement while the Federal Government handles recruitment, feeding, and housing. Camps include Zaleski Conkle Hollow Stoney Creek Dean and two Shawnee sites.
Newcome radio and stage singer and former Florida track star entertained Athens Kiwanis Club Monday at the Berry Hotel. He performed songs including The Old Road Roses of Picardy and On the Road to Mandalay with Miss McCowan. Roy Hals and Philp Burgess visited. H B Jones joined as a new member. Next week the club meets at Athens Ice and Storage Company with A B Whaley and Frank Kayser hosting.
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