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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1932
Page
13
The Ohio state department of education will hold statewide examinations Saturday for free scholarships in Ohio colleges. State winners will be announced May 21. Twenty four year agricultural scholarships are awarded by Ohio State University, with general scholarships offered by other colleges and universities.
Three federal investigators monitor the Denver residence of Mrs. 8S. EB, Land, aunt of Colonel Lindbergh, amid theories kidnap suspects may use her to contact the co Jonel.
Fraulein Irene Elsinger is described as the highest paid manicurist, earning about $15,000 annually. Her clientele includes royalty and Europe’s wealthiest women, highlighting her prominence in the profession.
County Agent Thomas H. Johnson told members and friends of R. K R Barker's extension class at New Marshfield High School Tuesday night how to raise and prepare vegetables and fruit for the local market. He stressed quality seed, proper fertilizing, spraying and trimming, and the importance of packing well. Johnson said honesty and confidence are essential for successful crop marketing and highlighted grading and heating tips for preservation.
Amey R Ely, 7, in the grocery business for the last 12 years at 108 West Union Street, died Tuesday at 2 PM after a long illness. Born May 2, 1856 in New Marlborough, he moved to Athens to run a grocery, remained there until death. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias. Funeral Friday at 1 30 PM at his residence conducted by Rev. C M Coulter. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Survived by widow, two daughters Mrs John Brewer and Mrs W S Poutch Jr, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and brothers Lane Bly-Wellaton and Michael Ely.
In New Orleans on March 1 Smoky Mary the 1832 English locomotive ran its final passenger trip over 4.06 miles from Milneburg to Pontchartrain Junction ending the Ponchartrain line. The line boasted being Americas oldest passenger line with a raised freight platform and unique operations without dispatchers or operators. For a century no passenger fatalities were recorded and the rail carried a jail car used by Milneburg residents, with nightly tows for trials in New Orleans.
Jack Dempsey scored two quick knockouts here last night defeating Ed Williams of Torrence Ohio and Freddy Taylor of Parkersburg West Virginia. He unaware a Chicago court had issued a $100000 opinion against him earlier in the day. His manager Leonard Sacks kept the ruling from him to keep him focused for the fights.
Five colleges and eleven high schools were removed from the North Central Association accredited list for reasons including undesirable athletic conditions bad finances and faculty standards. West Virginia Wesleyan Buchannon W Va was among the colleges dropped for faculty standards and athletics.
Elda R. Smith age 22 of Albany and Wanda Wood age 21 of Albany apply for a marriage license. The filing lists Peter Woorum as the residence party.
Dr. H. T. Houf of Ohio University Philosophy will address the Presbyterian Brotherhood at a church dinner Thursday at 6 o’clock. His topic is Whats Happening to Religion. Officers to be elected for the coming year.
David Johnson deputy registrar of motor vehicles for Athens sold seventy four licenses in the first two weeks of March. Sixty four were for passenger cars, twelve for trucks and one for a motorcycle. Total receipts from the tag sales were eight hundred ninety dollars and twenty cents.
Revival meetings at the Salvation Army this week will feature the Shin gier's Singers for one night, drawing attendees to hear the troupe perform and participate in evening services.
New York trading opens with Kreuger & Toll shares hitting new lows amid reports the issue may be suspended when the stock exchange reopens. Early weakness spreads to railroad and auto stocks with United Aircraft and Woolworth showing limited gains as traders assess the market shock and potential policy news.
The New York stock scene shows gains in several heavyweights led by industrials such as Allied, DuPont, and General Motors while price swings occur in utilities and consumer goods. Investors weigh coalitions, rail and steel names amid shifting market sentiment as analysts flag mixed earnings signals and potential rate impacts.
Adjt Bernard Stone notes not a rout but a well attended meeting with violinist offerings last night. Tonight Mrs Grace Golda Berry and Beulah Carpenter provide vocal selections prior to a sermon by Rev Fred Fields. Ensign Maltby from Cincinnati HQ will sing as Thursday's special feature.
Actress Betty Bronson and wealthy Beverly Hills resident Ludwig Lauerhaus planned to marry in Santa Barbara. They obtained a license and told the county clerk they would return for a 5 p.m. ceremony.
In Columbus on March 16 H Alton Mitchell a former chemical engineer left 4000 to his widow. Probate court officials say this is the shortest will ever filed in Franklin County.
Washington March 16 General debate on the tax bill will end at 10 30 p m tomorrow under floor agreement. The bill will be taken up Friday under a five minute limit debate rule for votes on each provision.
Washington March 16 the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the Pullman Company may not impose a separate charge for sleeping berths occupied by two persons.
A rough listing shows Butter-Creamery prices and various scores for dairy products. It lists live poultry categories including young chickens, old heavy birds, leghorns, roosters, guineas, ducks, and turkeys with corresponding price readings and quantities.
Market data shows steady readings with varied receipts and miscellaneous items. Notable figures include 4,204 tubs and several fractions noted as extras, along with firsts and seconds percentages. The text records aspects of steady activity and assorted yields across categories.
The listing records nearby tubs 82 score meat poultry prices and current receipts with figures for fresh extra firsts 12 to 19 cents. It notes hens whites colored leghorns springers and other poultry items with per unit costs.
The notice lists various produce and poultry prices with market conditions. Butter extras and eggs are steady, poultry items show varied pricing for fowls and broilers, while potatoes from Ohio New York and Idaho russet prices are given per hundredweight and sack rates. Tonal emphasis is on current market rates and stability across categories.
Cincinnati area produce prices show Hutter Packing stock and eggs with varied grades. Butter fat values listed as 16g per eoe, with Egge-Brendy and Cason names included. Nearby items include graded eggs and duck and goose eggs priced around 65 cents.
Receipts total 9 600 head with hogs at 4 75 to 4 95 per cwt and sows 3 45 to 3 75. Cattle receipts 16 000 head with steers 8 50 to 9 50, cows 3 26 to 3 80, calves 7 50 to 8 00. Sheep and lambs steady with lambs 7 50 to 8 00 and wooled lambs 6 50 to 6 74.
The report shows hogs steady to firm with mixed bids, cattle slow with calves and vealers easing, steers and heifers weak to lower, and sheep and lambs firm with better grade wooled lambs rising to 7.60 8.00 while common grades fall. Buyers show moderate activity and price adjustments across weight classes.
Wool quotations are nominal due to very limited demand confined mainly to odd lots for immediate needs. Prices on the odd lot market are irregular with occasional bids several cents below nominal market levels on larger lots.
Grain prices in Toledo show No 2 red wheat at discounts and futures for No 1 red and No 3 red with several cents off. Yellow corn and oats quotes appear mixed, clover and butter prices listed, eggs at extras and Timothy at 80 cents per hundredweight.
UNITED PRESS reports in Cleveland that Col. Leonard P. Ayres notes a fundamental improvement in business conditions this month. California gas and electric earnings rose for 1931. Atchison Topeka Santa Fe forecast February gains. Reo deliveries up in January. March indicators point to an upturn.
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