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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
10
Hazel Finsterwald explores playful color pairing for spring fashion. Start with one strong color then branch into bold contrasts such as copper brown with white, navy ensembles with red white accents, and accent hats. The piece highlights current hat shapes, skirts, and pastel lingerie options.
Lawrence Reynolds of Ohio University presented the first specimen for Boy Scout Troop 55s natural history museum by skinning and mounting a white footed deer mouse. Warren Abbott will supervise taxidermy work. Robert Rypmer, botany. Roy Geisinger, geology. James Clark, insect mounts. scoutmaster Charles Messner said spring overnight hikes will start in about two weeks.
Officials of the Isaac Walton League testified in support of a bill by Sen. Bennett C. Clark to prevent stream pollution. They criticized the Public Health Service as uncooperative and lukewarm, saying Army engineers are better equipped and more in sympathy with enforcement.
Fashion evokes childhood memories with scalloped trims on shoes gloves and hats. Petticoats guimpes and baby bonnets reappear in a nostalgic Paris inspired trend. Navy outfits pair with white scalloped gloves and accessories for an Easter ready look.
New York reports tension easing on Wall Street as prices firm on the London exchange. Early deals show fractional to two point increases with steel shares leading the rebound. Bethlehem opens 3% higher on 3,000 shares while U S Steel climbs 2% on 2,508 shares and Jersey rises over one point in the rolls. Rubber shows a near 12 point gain in the rubbers sector.
A broad list of industrial, oil, steel, motors, rubber and mining stocks showed mixed moves. Notable mentions include American Tobacco, Westinghouse Electric, Proctor and Gamble, Bethlehem Steel, U S Steel, Anaconda and Kennecott with varied percentage changes amid sparse context.
Market rundown covering wheat corn oats eggs butter and live poultry plus hogs cattle calves and sheep from Toledo Pittsburgh Cincinnati Athens and Boston listings. Includes prices for hogs by weight, steers and cows, veal, lambs, wool, and bonds, plus local massillon fatality and two public auction notices.
The report notes Butter-Firm with nearby tules showing 92 score ex tras 25 percent and 90 score standards 25 percent, 89 score 2544, 88 score 24 percent. Eggs-Steady records current receipts in Kentucky and Southern Ohio at 15 percent and Northern Ohio at 16 percent with white standards 18 percent and hennery white extras 20 percent.
Butter receipts total 695 096 gross pounds with various grades and scores such as extras firsts 90 91 percent and standards around 23 percent. Eggs receipts 27 158 cases with market steady conditions, graded firsts, cars 16 percent, checks 14 percent, current receipts 1544, dirties 14 percent.
Egg prices steady with extra grade clean at 18 and extra firsts 16 percent. Live poultry market steadiness shown with heavy hens 18 19, pullets 20, leghorn figures 17 18, springers 15 to 20, broilers 21 22, stags 16 17, old leghorn roosters 11, capons 25 26, ducks 18 19, and Muscovy small at 12.
Delegation attends a House committee meeting discussing relief funds for Athens County families. Fred C. Shafer warns relief orders may be halved without more money and supports higher amusement and beer taxes. Ira Whitmore and Walter Maccombs, county commissioners, back relief funds and consider diverting auto tag tax. Herman Theisen for United Mine Workers comments.
Chairman Martin Dies of the House committee on un American activities introduced a resolution to compel the Justice Department to publish its secret report on Nazi and Fascist activities in the United States.
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