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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1937
Page
10
A historical classified list detailing business services and shop categories such as hemstitching sewing heating roofing insurance moving trucking painting papering upholstering and educational supplies. It also lists goods from drugs sundries to furniture jewelry making machinery tools musical instruments radios seeds plants and apparel with specials and wanted to buy notices.
New York stocks declined across divisions with losses of 1 to 4 points. Steel and rail shares weakened amid broader pressure from labor tensions. Notable moves included Chrysler down 4 percent to 122, General Motors off, US Steel down 3 percent to 114, Southern Pacific down 2 percent to 69, and Woolworth and Sears Roebuck also lower.
A partial stock roundup lists industrials and curb stocks with varied percentages. Notable entries include Allied Chemicals 236, Am. Can 106, Am. Rad. and &t 25, A T and T 100, Coca Cola 160, Gen. Foods 41, International Harvester 102, Westinghouse 139, U S Steel 115, Motors Rubber 41, Goodyear 42, Nash Kelvinator 21, Timken 8, Am. Smelters 0.2, Anaconda 1, Distillers Seagram 9, and various minor movers.
Toledo and Pittsburgh markets show mixed grain and livestock figures. Wheat No 1 red around 141 to 142, corn No 2 yellow 110 to 111, oats about 541s to 54, eggs around 22 to 25 cents, butter steady at 40 cents, various live poultry prices noted, plus a line about Australian eucalyptus trees exceeding 450 feet in height.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia points a finger and shouts that Hitler is not personally or diplomatically acceptable to the crowd of 20,000 anti Nazi demonstrators in New York. Berlin headlines claim the German people feel insulted by the speech.
Livestock market notes for Cincinnati and Parkerburg areas show hogs and cattle with mixed demand. Prices listed by weight and class include hogs around $10.10 to $10.75, sows stronger, cattle mainly $8 to $12. bull prices weak, calves $11 to $11.50, sheep and horses with varied activity and prices. Receipts reported include hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, and horses across multiple lots and markets.
Receipts show Gallipolis with 497 head including hogs cattle and calves. Top hogs at 10.20, cattle steers to 11.10, veal to 10.40, sheep lambs and sows listed with prices. Point Pleasant sale on March 28 reports hogs cattle veal and sheep prices. U S Treasury figures detail deficits cash balance public debt and gold reserves with current bond listings and rates.
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