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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1935
Page
11
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered finance related terms and a timing note. The readable items include mentions of cash, account information, and a Sunday deadline. No coherent event or identifiable entities are present to form a complete summary.
The article details a kidnapping case involving Waley and Mahan with police arrests in Tacoma and Salt Lake City. It notes ransom bills found at Walker Bank and Trust and the suspects’ aliases, including William Morel and William Morrel. Weyerhaeuser family connections are named along with statements from J. P. Weyerhaeuser Jr. and the victim’s father.
Prices were steady in early trading as advances by American Can American Tobacco B Santa Fe Philip Morris and Columbian Carbon offset declines in Du Pont General Motors and U S Steel. Analysts weigh near term trends while grain, eggs and butter prices show varied moves across Toledo exchanges.
Livestock sales show slight gains in some classes with top cattle and hog prices near Friday levels. Cattle and calves steady to mixed, steers strong to 10.50 with good weights. hogs steady with 10.33 for 170-246 lb and lighter weights around 9.00 to 9.50. sheep and lambs mostly lower, fat lambs 35 or more under prior bids.
Scattered sales of modest volume closed in the Boston Wool Market with most business on 645 and finer territory wools. Quotations remained largely nominal and steady on most grades, occasional limited supplies sold at low or just below last week’s ranges, while bids held firm at unchanged asking prices. Local notes include legal filings in Ohio and a Ravenna racing win, plus rail and train schedules.
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