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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1931
Page
11
A dense listing of advertisements and public notices including rates for classified ads, job bids for the Albany Consolidated School District, legal notices from Treasury Department and local boards, vehicle and merchandise ads, and announcements for upcoming bids and auctions. Readers see contact details and deadlines for submissions and filings.
Transamerica Corp informs NYSE of proposed capital stock change affecting par value and outstanding shares. Ohio Leather Co declares dividends on first and second preferred stocks. California price trends point to a broad gasoline and industry price rise into Q3, with regional commodity movements and farm market signals. Produce, poultry, and livestock prices show mixed movements across Cleveland and Pittsburgh regions with fluctuating weight grades and receipts.
Former Secretary of War Newton Baker endorsed President Hoover's plan for a year long suspension of war debts and a revised tariff on Carman reparations payments. Baker spoke during a Wickersham Commission meeting, urging full cooperation and noting long consideration of international financial conditions as a path to easing global tensions.
Chan cellor Heinrich Breeniang signaled no instant tax relief for German taxpayers amid Hoover plan debates on war debts and reparations. He noted no immediate reduction while stressing actions may ease burdens later, and German officialdom awaited practical relief tied to Hoover's proposed measures.
Salvage teams searched the blackened ruins along the harbor for victims after a blaze tore through the waterfront yesterday. One man, Norman Herring formerly of Hackensack New Jersey, was reported missing as flames spread through the United Fruit Company offices and nearby structures. Damage was estimated above 24 thousand dollars, making it the worst fire in the last decade.
Pilots Tah Wiley Post and Harold titty depart from Harbor Grace Newfoundland on the first leg toward Berlin for a round the world flight. If weather permits they plan to reach Berlin then continue to Moscow and on to Irkutsk Nome Edmonton and New York.
In Hammond Indiana on June 2 a 15 year old boy Elwood Freeland was frightened by a swimming snake while playing on a fox in a pond. He screamed and plunged into the water but did not resurface. His body was recovered two hours later. Physicians found no water in the lungs and said the shock may have caused heart failure in a youth with a weak heart.
Informal intimations from Washington indicate the Federal Reserve Board considers a credit advance to the German Reichsbank as part of the Hoover moratorium program. Eugena Meyer Jr., governor of the Fed, told United Press no action is taken yet and future steps are unpredictable.
Pleasanton Methodists announce the fifth annual homecoming at Pleasanton Church on July 5. The event begins at 10 AM with a noon dinner, featuring a program of songs talks and music. Last year drew over 1400 attendees and this year marks the church's 80th anniversary.
Wheat prices dip after a federal report signals possible market support. The Chicago board announces a decision affecting trading today as the market absorbs the shift.
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