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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1941
Page
10
Leading stocks showed tentative gains in a late morning push with some declines earlier. Brokers cited bullish business prospects and Russian claims aiding sentiment, while a Magazine survey warned of further curtailment of steel allocations to non-defense buyers.
The Cleveland butter and egg board notes steady eggs with various grades and regional quotes. Cincinnati market lists live poultry and egg prices by weight, with extras and firsts for eggs and multiple fowl categories, plus current receipts and landed shippers prices.
Livestock market shows hogs 260 lb down and sows steady with heavier butcher weights down 20 to 60 cents. Top hogs 180 to 220 lb bring 11.65 to 12.00, 220 to 260 lb 11.65, 260 to 300 lb 11.15, 160 to 180 lb 11.80, 100 to 160 lb 10.15 to 11.40. Sows 9.50 to 10. Cattle and calves total 1 225 and 475 respectively, mostly steady to strong with steers and heifers up about 25 by week. Steers 11.50–12. Heifers 10–11. Cows 7.75–8.50, bulls 8.25–9.25, calves 425 weight 13 to 13.50. Sheep 600, slow but steady. choice lambs 11 to 11.50.
Ohio recorded 15 weekend highway deaths including two double fatalities. A car carrying picnickers collided with a truck near Troy killing both drivers and critically injuring four picnic members. Also report from Beverly Hills that Lew Fields of Weber and Fields is dead.
President Truman calls for restrictions on selectee inductions, keeps 900000 cap, and urges employers to keep jobs for men in the army. He seeks rapid transfers of guardsmen and reservists to reserve status and warns against weakening the armed forces amid Europe’s crisis. A budget hearing for Chauncey Dover Exempted Village School District is scheduled for August 4, 1941.
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