Hooper Dies At California Home Former Athens resident
Mr. R. L. Hooper of Los Angeles died at his California home on June 23 after a period of illness. A former Athens resident, he leaves a wife and one son Damion of Los Angeles, plus two brothers Amsey Hooper of Athens and Ad Hooper of R. D. 1 and a sister Mrs. Wilbur Stansbury of Central City Nebraska.
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R. L. Hooper
Los Angeles
Messenger
Hooper
Athens
Damion
Amsey Hooper
Ad Hooper
R. D
Wilbur Stansbury
Central City
Nebraska
American search for missing flyer labeled almost useless
Officials in Khabarovek Siberia report the U S search for around the world flyer James J Mattern in the Aleutian Islands as almost useless, hampered by vast ocean and harsh conditions.
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Moscow
Khabarovek
Siberia
Aleutian Islands
James J. Mattern
Knights Templar Elect Officers At Pomeroy Meeting
Ohio Valley Commandery No 24 held its annual election after a chicken supper. Officers chosen include C R Schaefer eminent commander and George W Kreitle r generalissimo with other posts filled by C D Shumaker George Howell and Carl A Shields among others.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Valley Commandery
Knights Templar
C. R. Schaefer
George W. Kreitler
C. D. Shumaker
George Howell
Carl A. Shields
George H. Parker
Lawrence Heiner
Wm. F. Schoenlein
William H. Ewing
John M. Bowen
Curtis Gilmore
Ben H. Ewing
Ray E. Gibbs
John Seakus
Sentinel
Court News in Common Pleas Court Divorce Suit
Cora Runion sues for divorce from Harry L. Runion in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging abandonment since Dec 20 1932 and earlier abandonment in 1931 with a request to revert to her maiden name Cora Collins In probate court inheritance tax on the Lucinda J Copeland estate set at 40 92 with total value 983 04 and 554 56 taxable Marriage license issued to Clifford L Mason and Mildred M Sykes both of Chauncey.
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Harry L. Runion
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Cora Collins
Lucinda J. Copeland
Athens County
M. Johnson
Clifford L. Mason
Chauncey
Frank Mason
Mildred M. Sykes
Earl Sykes
Hijacked slot machines found after garage discovery
Akron police recovered 11 slot machines said to be stolen from Akron stores during the past week. Former policeman Harry Burne was bound over to the grand jury on a grand larceny charge connected to the hijacking.
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Akron
Harry Burne
Grand Jury
Justice minister halts attestation of free love contracts
In Istanbul on June 2 the minister of justice ordered notaries to stop attesting legalized free love contracts amid growing public debate and concerns over their spread and legal implications.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Petersburg youth injures shoulder after odd drinking axiom
Chicago report says Thomas J. Lloyd, 20, of Petersburg Illinois, was advised never to turn away from the bar and reach backward for a mug of beer yet he attempted the move and dislocated his left shoulder last night.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Lloyd
Petersburg
Ill
Lloyd
Hope and Sons Register Milk Bottle Labels in Athens Ohio
J. T. Hope and Sons of Athens Ohio have registered the label J. T. Hope and Sons for milk bottles and containers under Ohio law. Certificates were filed with the Secretary of State and the Athens County Clerk of Common Pleas, and notice appears in The Athens Messenger for successive weeks including June 26 and July 6 1940.
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Meigs County
Athens
Ohio
Millfield
Luhrng
J. T
Hope and Sons
J. T. Hope and Sona
Secretary of State
Columbus
Clerk of Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Athens Messenger
J. T. Hope & Sons
Mupe Sanb
Wheat swings and stock gains push market unevenly
New York June 29. Wheat breaks nearly 2 cents while the dollar fluctuates, fuelling irregularity in trading. Heavy volume sees Standard Brands rise to 29 from 24 1/4. Rail shares gain late with Delaware, Lackawanna & Western leading. Butter and eggs show firm prices with mixed receipts. potatoes in Michigan fetch around $1.90 per 100 pounds.
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New York
Commercial Investment Trust
McKesson & Robbins
National Dairy Products
Warner Brothers, Deere & Company
American Ice
Owens Wiineis Glass
National
Dun and Bradstreet Commodity Index Persists at 99.72
New York report shows Dun & Bradstreet daily weighted price index for 30 basic commodities with a current reading of 99.72. Comparison figures include 99.42 yesterday and 93.89 for the week, with 91.50 for the month and 73.60 for the year. 1933 high and low are cited as 99.72 and 67.86 respectively.
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New York
U.P
Dun & Bradstreet
United Press
New York Stocks Mixed Amid Thin Trading
Stocks in New York showed mixed results with several issue names listed under rail, oil, steel, and industrials. The report highlights gains for some companies such as Southern Pacific and Westinghouse while others like Phillips Petroleum and Union Pacific displayed varied moves in a quiet session.
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New York Central
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Ee Ae
Standard Brands
Utilities Power & Light
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Warner Brot
Mecesernone
Westinghouse Flec
Atlantic and Refining
Barnsdall A
Phillips Pet
TG Texas Corp
TG Texas Corp Awepehtwedsan Namative Oe
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Goopcsssses Esumpeuntine
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Cityleo & Puel
Meanness Son Commonwealth & 60
Curtiss Wright
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le DuPont
Gillette Gafety Rasor
Aee Loews Theesters
BOMDI
J-Leffid
Bisswls
Cas
Nat. Dairy Pro
J. C. Forry
Ecceeen
Baltimore Produce Eggs and Poultry Prices Listed
Nearby fresh eggs sell 11 to 14 cents per dozen. Live poultry includes chickens at 18 to 2 cents, old heavy 12 cents, medium 10 to 12 cents, leghorns 10 to 9 cents. Ducks white pekin 10 to 12 cents, muscovy 9 cents.
Chicago Produce Eggs Market Sees Prices Edge Up
Chicago market reports firm prices with a 4 percent rise as egg receipts total 14 272 cases. Early quotes show strong demand for firsts with notable gains in 14 percent and 14 1/4 cent ranges. Experts cite continued buying and limited supply as the driving force behind the uptick.
Poultry and dairy weights and prices report
Butter nearby tubs and other dairy items show prices like 92 score extras 25 cents and 89 score 24 cents with 86 score 23 cents. Poultry listings include colored hens and leghorns with 12 to 13 cents per pound and fresh killed full dressed hens at 24 to 25 cents. Hog dressed at 19 to 20 cents and ducks and geese priced nominally. Nearby current receipts cover Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Hennery
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Wholesale Produce Prices Despite Mixed Quality Notes
Ohio beans sell at basket price 292.50 with few selections at 2.75. Maryland flat and hampers offer stringless and stringless types at 2.25 to 2.50. Cabbage from Ohio listed in bushels with prices around 1.95 to 4.0, lettuce from California at 3.63 per crate with mixed quality levels, onions green white and 50 lb bags priced around 1.60, potatoes from North Carolina and Virginia advertise No. 1 and No. 2 barrel rates up to 4.78 and 93.25 per 100 pounds, radish 28 cents, rhubarb 0.28. Hothouse tomatoes from Texas and Tennessee cited at 85 to 0.60 per basket.
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Ohio
Maryland
California
North Carolina
Virginia
New
Hothouse
Texas
Tennessee
Live Stock Market Report Receipts and Prices Mixed Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs receipts 4400 with direct and through 286 and 340 heldover. Moderate activity and generally steady with various weight ranges and prices listed. Cattle receipts 300 calves 300 very slow and steady with steers and heifers around 445 25 and beef cows 250 3 25 to 75. Sheep receipts 2500 fat lambs steady to weak with bulk ewe and wether lambs near 67 and plainer grades around 4 50 to 5 50. Additional hogs 1200 market slow steady 180 260 lb at 04 99 5 and 150 180 at 84 50 465 with sows around 3 50. Cattle receipts 18 market unchanged medium to good steers 506 50 and common to medium heifers 3 10 4 75. Sheep receipts 1900 market slow steady to lower better crede lambs 67 77 50.
Grain and transit price listings for cereals and dairy
Prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye and seeds shown with grades and cash bids. Included are butter, hay and miscellaneous market figures with contract months and per hundredweight values.
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Eees Extens
Hay
Timothy
Boston Wool Market Holds Firm Amid Demand for Fine Grades
In Boston dealers bought more in foreign markets as old wools sold and new wools absorbed. Medium wools stayed scarce while fine wools traded at about 70 cents per pound clean. Territory choice grades reached 72 cents and hell blood territory wools hovered 70-72 cents on Delaine fine combing. Ohio and Michigan wools remained firm at unchanged prices.
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Michigan
Chesterhill Plans Big Celebration for Fourth
Chesterhill announces a Fourth of July celebration featuring a community parade, live music, barbecue, and family activities. Organizers expect residents from nearby towns to attend and enjoy a day of festivities. Sponsors include local businesses and the chamber of commerce.
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Chesterhill
Reflation Proposed as Cure for Economic Depression
Yale economist Professor Irving Fisher argued at a meeting in Chicago that Roosevelt's reflation program offers the scientific remedy for the current low mood. He blamed excessive debt for depressions, noting deflation followed by rapid liquidation of bank loans and distress selling.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Irving Fisher
Yale University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Fisher
Stock Inquiry Extends to Roosevelt Boom Market
Senate stock market hearings resumed amid probes into income tax avoidance by Otto H. Kahn and partners at Kuhn, Loeb. Committees studied a Roosevelt boom market as they weighed whether to exclude the stock exchange from future inquiries. Kahn said he sold securities to his daughter Maud F. Marriott, clarifying a mystery over a 1930 loss of $117,564.
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Senate
Otto H. Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb and Co
The
Stock Exchange
Maud FE. Marriot
Suffers Leg Injury During Harvesting
Chester Hill June 2 Vern Milliner of Todde was injured while helping Ches ter Newburn harvest wheat. A stone rolled as he stepped by the binder, the cutter bar struck his leg, severing the fibula and tendons. He was taken to Memorial Hospital Marietta and returned home Tuesday in satisfactory condition.
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Chester Hill
Fourth of July Baseball Games and Concert Plan
A Fourth of July program features Amenville vs Chesterhill and Chauncey vs Chesterhill at Bowman Park with a 1 PM first pitch. The Cheasterhill young people's concert band performs at the games and gives a free concert in the public square in the evening.
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Cheasterhill Young People
Public Square
Amenville
Chesterhill
Chauncey
Bowman Park
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