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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1938
Page
10
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New York stocks and bonds begin irregular in a narrow range with moderate volume. Steel and oils hold steady while rails and mercantile shares ease. Amusements steady. motors little changed. United States Steel at 61 unchanged. Westinghouse Electric at 103 up. Boeing at 30% up. Eastman 178 unchanged. Johns-Manville 93% off. Chrysler 71 off. American Smelting 150% off. American Tobacco up to a high of 81 on early sale.
Daily listing shows gains and drops across major sectors with prominent names like General Electric DuPont American Tobacco and U S Steel. Industrials and autos show solid activity while copper and mines slide with varied percentages across several firms.
Cincinnati market shows hogs 160 to 225 lb at 10.50 to 10.60 with top 10.70 for 201 lb load, calves steady. cattle activity fair with good grades steady to strong. Pittsburgh hogs 160–225 lb at 10.50–10.60, top 10.70, cattle and calves steady, sheep and lambs mixed. Toledo grain prices list Wheat No 1 red 67 to 68. Corn No 2 yellow 58 to 59. Oats No 2 white 27 to 28. Cincinnati produce echoes higher eggs and varied dairy fat, poultry prices steady to easy with weighted receipts.
About 50 attended a shower at the home of Mr and Mrs Lee Elliott Saturday night honoring Dr and Mrs Berton Elliott. The piece also notes visitors, family gatherings, and a Columbus voting clarification for local bond issues in the August primary.
Emmett Keenan challenged the nonpartisan ballot premise and urged recognition of party loyalty in the Athens County probate judge race. He opposed Tyroler’s renomination and questioned past voting patterns while Harry Mettler commented on his HOLC and prosecuting attorney history. Local candidates touted qualifications and county ties as music and dancing entertained Jacksonville attendees.
King George VI reaffirmed Anglo French friendship during a France visit ceremony at Villers-Bretonneux. He unveiled a monument to 10 885 Australian war dead missing in action. The event marked the end of his four day state visit and recalled the April 24 1918 battlefield turning point by Australian forces.
The market shows steady eggs with extra grade clean at 23 and extra firsts at 21. Current receipts 20 and ordinary firsts 18. Live poultry also steady with varied class prices for beasts, mediums, leghorn types, broilers, rocks, colored birds, roosters, ducks, and Muscovy.
The Agriculture Department reported strong interest in wools with graded combing bright fleece selling at 32 cents in the grease for three-eighths and quarter bloods. Prices extended to various scoured bases and ranges across wool grades as work continues in Ohio real estate court records.
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