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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1932
Page
9
Notice of an Athens County Ohio auction by the commissioners offering bidding for furnishing hauling and spreading limestone or gravel on New England Road Sandrock Road Pleasant Hill Road Reedaville Road with specified yardage and dates.
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Athens County Commissioners advertise a road project with 600 yard specification details on file. Each bid must include a five percent certified check payable to the Athens County Commissioners. checks returned if not awarded. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Helen Wills Moody won the French singles title at Autouil defeating Rene Mathieu 7 5 7 5 to claim her fourth crown. The United States also won the doubles through Moody and Elisabeth Ryan, giving the U S two titles in the tournament. France and Italy contenders prepare for the men s final Cochet and De Stefani in the singles final and Cochet Brugnon winning the doubles earlier.
Congressman Andrew J. Montague of Virginia chairs the House judiciary subcommittee and backs a bill to impose the death penalty on kidnappers and blackmailers who use the U S mafia.
New York June 4. Psychological boost from the large bond pool sent prices higher after early law touches. Railroads look to gain help for July maturities as major issues including New York Central Missouri Pacific Nickels Plate Santa Fe Chicago Northwestern Rock Island New Haven Southern Pacific IRE C&O and B&O rise 6 to 10 points from recent lows. Liberty Bonds and Treasury Certificates rally with the market. industrials show gains while utilities surge late in the week.
New York June 4 renewed buying lifted the Curb Market with prices rebounding after a week of lows. Utilities led gains in Electric Bond and Share Company and American Gas and Electric, with several common stocks showing fractional advances. Oil and steel issues posted modest increases while dividend suspensions weighed on Cities Service and Stand Oil of California amid a broad upturn across sectors.
In New York on June 4, stocks bonds and commodities jumped after news of a $100 million bond market support pool. Stocks gained 1 to 4 points while bonds rose 1 to 10 points as short covering and new investor demand lifted utilities rails and industrials including Consolidated Gas Peoples Gas North American American Telephone Union Pacific Atchison Steel Common and DuPont Woolworth and Westinghouse Electric.
A crowded New York market shows varied moves with notable percentages for rails, utilities, consumer goods, and industrials. Major names such as Allied Chemicals, American Home Products, DuPont, Colgate, and General Electric appear among broad swings as investors reassess earnings prospects and sector leadership.
WEAF presents Hymn Sing at 6:00 PM with harpist at 6:15 and Ray Perkins at 6:30. The Goldbergs air at 6:45 followed by Julia Sanderson and Frank Crumit at 7:00. Dramatic sketch at 7:30 and Artists Musicale at 8:00. Ed Wynn at 9:30 and Dance Hour at 9:00 leading to Russ Columbo at 10:00.
Nearby fresh receipts list live poultry with various age groups and prices. References to leghorns, Butter-Creamery product scores, and packing stock values appear among mixed market figures.
Chicago June 4 Bagge market steady with receipts 17 742 cases. Extra firsts 12 1ase and current receipts 106 104c. Butter Market steady with receipts 16 840 tabs and extras 164%c. Extra firsts ISA ibe and firsts 14N ise with seconds 12 140.
Pittsburgh produce lists butter near 92 score tubs extras 17 percent standards 80 score 16.5 percent eggs current receipts floats and fresh firsts 12 to 20 percent nearby hennery whites 19 1d, southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky receipts. Poultry colored hens 14 to 16 cents leghorn broilers 15 to 11 cents colored broilers 20 to 33 cents roosters 100 ducks 10 cents geese 4 to 10? fresh killed hens 26 cents.
Receipts show 1200 hogs and 800 sheep with market slow or steady. hog prices to 10 cents lower and 68 60 dollars per head for various weights, cattle receipts 76 with mixed values for steers heifers cows and calves, calves steady, sows and bulls noted. lambs and yearlings quoted between 2.26 and 7.26 for good and choice ends.
Market rundown shows hogs steady with bids around $3.60 and top calves reaching $1003.25. cattle at 460 head with varied weights. sheep sparse with steady tone. Grain prices list No 2 red wheat around 484, corn No 2 yellow 26 264c, oats No 2 white 21 22, hay and dairy prices noted along with various Treasury notes and maturities.
Market activity in wool remained very limited last week with only a few lines sold at modest, scattered values. Nominal quotations declined as offerings appeared at lower figures and some holders held off bids awaiting broader goods market developments.
Northbound No 3 leaves Athens at 11 38 am No 9 at 17 44 pm Southbound No 2 leaves 11 20 am No 4 at 6 24 pm Chesapeake and Ohio trains from Athens include Nos 83 30 34 and 43 Westbound No 43 Eastbound Nat Limited No 12 436 pm 10 21 pm 94 am 1 290 ppm 443 am and more daily departures and arrivals in Athens schedule.
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