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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1932
Page
9
William W. Smith, superintendent of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification, urges licensing and regulation of tear gas and gear. He warns tear gas in criminals' hands poses a greater menace than firearms and machine guns.
Ellen and Steven reach a grand Long Island estate after a tense hospital farewell. Ellen feels both awe and fear as wealth surrounds them, while Mike's playful gesture and the couple’s closeness hint at a fragile new life together. The scene ends with a society note of a broken engagement.
The article lists past state champions for Ohio high school basketball. It covers winners from Ohio Wesleyan University and various classes and years, noting schools such as Stivers, Delaware, Dayton, and others across early 20th century tournaments.
Harry F. Powers, known as Bluebeard, is in the Moundsville penitentiary death house awaiting execution for the murder of Mrs. Dorothy Lemke of Noboro Massachusetts. An insanity exam will be conducted by Dr. W D McClung, superintendent of Huntington state hospital, prior to the March 18 gallows date.
London reports the government has definitively ruled out restricting rubber production after studying a report by Sir Eric Geddes of Dunlop Rubber Company. Geddes visited eastern plantations recently and advised no cap on output.
A week of broad bond gains followed by strong U S Government and railroad bond bids pushed total market value higher. Leading issues, including United States Government securities, Nickel Plate, St Paul, Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific, posted notable advances while industrials and utilities gained.
Livestock receipts total 600 head with cattle and sheep trading steady to weak. Cattle prices quoted for steers 65.25 to 108.80, heifers 45.0 to 45.0, cows 24.64 to 64.00. Calves receipts at 25 with market weak. sheep lambs show weak to fair demand with good and choice lambs 7.90 to 9.67 per hundredweight.
The report shows mixed cattle quotes with emphasized slow movement and declines of about ten cents in some grades. Entries include direct counts and totals around 4 404 and 14 0 in various lines, with calves and sheep noted as nominal values.
New York March 13 closing liberty bonds and treasury notes list prices for several issues including Liberty 24 8 47.99 Liberty 44a 47 160.10 Liberty 4th 48 34 100.14 Treas 440 582 103.1 Treas 4a 04 100.25 Treas Ye 65 00.14 Treas 3 5 46 07 20 Treas 48 95.20 Treas 6% 44 June 05.99 Treas 3 se 48 02.15.
The notice lists items such as butter creamery products and live poultry with prices per unit. It includes chicken varieties, ducks, turkeys, and percentages for stock conditioning, reflecting a market or store inventory.
Prices for butter nearby tubes, biscuits and scores, plus fresh poultry figures. Current receipts show firsts at 11 percent, nearby hennery whites at 14 cents, and colored hens at 14420 cents per unit, with leghorn and springer varieties priced per market conventions. Also listed are ducks geese and preah killed hens at specified cent values.
Raw pricing notes show eggs and poultry terms with no quotes. Potatoes from Ohio New York priced at 1 per sack, Main Green Mt. 61.4001.25, fow 1.05 per 100 sacks, Idaho Russet 1.68 1.80 per 100 sacks.
The notice lists butter packings and stock terms including No. 1 ic No. 2 tie No. 3 e and prices such as 26 cents for butter tat. It mentions Pege-Bready cases, extra firate lie, seconds priced at zero, and nearby ungraded goods like lde, with mentions of duck eggs and goose eggs.
The column argues that war widens wealth gaps and brutalizes society. Norris, lone World War vote but reelected, is cited. Attorney General Mitchell tests judiciary limits, urging honest, efficient government and stronger state duties in kidnapping prosecutions. He notes federal aid is heavy but necessary for cross state abductions.
The report lists commodity quotes including wheat No 2 red 644 95 and No 1 red 1 cent prem tum plus No 4 red discounts, corn No 2 yellow at 34434% and No 3 white 23q94, butter creamery 20 a7, eggs extras 10% 11, and hay timothy per owt 80 cents with March futures and cash terms.
Wheat prices held near prior close with small declines as July and September futures started on mixed signals from the board of trade validation. Corn traded mostly easier in a thin session while demand remained light and changes to grain prices were modest.
Market data shows four week ending February 27 sales of The Great Atlantica and a Tea Company at $82,441.90, down 16.26 percent from 1931. February tonnage reached 412 767 vs 439 646 in 1931, a 6.00 percent drop in merchandise goods.
Daily northbound and southbound trains depart Athens with multiple numbers and times. Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio lines serve Athens with various departures and arrivals listed, including morning, afternoon, and evening schedules.
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