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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1943
Page
12
New York stocks opened modestly higher with Chrysler American Telephone Standard Oil and N Y Central among leaders while Johns Manville and Douglas Aircraft edged down. The commerce department reported first half cash dividend payments totaling 1.5766 billion dollars, just below last year, with June payments 5 percent higher than June 1942.
Trading showed varied advances and declines with Am. Can, Am. Car, and Am. Rolling Mills posting notable gains while Am. Smelt. and Ref., Tel. and Teleg., and Anaconda lagged. Prominent names such as Bethlehem Steel, Ford, General Motors, General Foods, and International Harvester appear among the active listings, with percentages indicating relative moves.
Grain and Produce Butter tablets show creamery scores from 44 to 46 with premium 46. Eggs cases list extra firsts 40 seconds 37 nearby ungraded 39. Fowls and broilers priced by weight with various percentages. Government graded eggs include AA extra large 48 large 46 and grade A extra large 46 to 49. Poultry firm and unchanged. CHICAGO PRODUCE Butter receipts 846455 steady with unchanged prices. Egg receipts 22614 firm with various local and car quotes.
Government listed consumer grade eggs in cases with AA large at 47 for a dozen and grade A large at 454 with other sizes. OPA price ceilings set live poultry baselines for farmers producers and wholesalers including broilers roasters and light capons at 288-10.
A public sale advertised for Saturday July 17 1943 at 1 PM EWT on Bearwallow Ridge Meigs County 22 miles east of Route 33 features 15 head cows 10 calves a brood sow and pigs plus various machinery. Terms cash. Auctioneers John West and R E Douglas.
Edward Hamilton of Logan has entered the Naval Aviation Technical Training School in Chicago. He recently earned a petty officer rating at graduation exercises on Navy Pier and ranked second in his class. After five months of study he will become an aviation machinist's mate second class.
Mrs Gertrude Smith returns from Arkansas where she visited son Bobbie at Camp Chaffee and will stay there. Mrs Clarence Lehman spent Sunday in Buchtel with sister Mrs Mary Castell. Mrs Mary Wagner of Lancaster, after hospital care, is home with sister Mrs Ora Smith to help. Oakley Smith and son of Bedford Pa visited here. Jack Hicks daughter of Dayton and Belle Lanning of New Pittsburgh visited Mr and Mrs Lester Briley. Atlee Davis and wife announce birth of daughter Karen Louise. Mrs Davis is Louisa Hughes formerly of Carbon Hill. Pvt Gomer Evans spent week with his children and sisters Sherry Sue Lena Wiseman Grace Johnson.
Local notes show Corporal Russell and family visiting relatives in Zaleski and nearby towns. Private Clyde Woods spends furlough with his parents in town. A wedding announcement for Bessie Dell McGlawlin to Kevin Huston Carpenter is noted, with details of schooling and California service. Damages of four hundred thousand dollars are tied to dogfish incidents off Massachusetts.
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