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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1934
Page
11
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The photograph shows Harry L. Hopkins, federal emergency relief director, pledging that no one will go hungry while supporting the Wagner unemployment insurance act as a heavy burden of U. S. relief weighs on Washington.
Pomeroy and Middleport area notice for an livestock sale scheduled Friday March 36 at 108 p m. Auctioneer B D Wright and Pred Laughlin listed. Local calendar reads as a farm sale event with details fragmented in OCR.
In a quiet session traders kept gains modest amid legislative uncertainty over the Fletcher-Rayburn Bill. Chrysler rose to 61 percent, General Motors to 37, and Hudson to 20 percent while United States Smelting eased to 1118 percent after an opening at 119. United Aircraft gained about a point to 23 percent as aviation shares rose.
Dun and Bradstreet daily weighted price index for 30 basic commodities shows 107.37 today, down from 107.08 yesterday, with 109.19 week, 108.18 month, and 71.70 year readings. The 1994 high was 110.24 on March 12 and the 1934 low 101.05 on January 3.
Cincinnati Produce lists butter packing stock at No 3 price 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 cents per pound and eggs steady with nearby receipts at 17 17 and hennery whites at 8 to 17 cents. Baltimore Produce notes live poultry prices for old chickens colored at 5 pounds and over 16 1/2 cents, eggs near receipts 17 to 17 1/2 cents, with other steady prices for goose at 1 cent and duck at 9 cents in shipping orders.
Butter market weak with extras 26 26 percent and standards 26. Euge market steady with extra whites 17 percent current receipts 16 percent. Poultry market firm with colored fowl medium 11 cents leghorn fowl 14 to 16 cents springers smooth 18 cents colored broilers 26 to 28 cents stags 12 cents. Potatoes Maine best 924 dollars Ohio New York best 1.75 to 1.00 Michigan 1.75 to 1.90.
The article lists current receipts and price ranges for hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep, with mixed changes. It notes unsettled hog market, sizable hog, poultry, and egg prices, plus grain and produce quotes from Toledo area markets.
In Boston, wool buyers show little enthusiasm with contracts scarce for new clip wool despite some westward deals at 90 cents for blood and fine lots. Ohio blood fetches about 40 cents with few takers as traders hold for higher, while other prices stay unchanged. Baltimore rail profits rise in February with net income of 1,423,583 dollars and revenues totaling 10,671,249 dollars.
French archaeologists report traces of a lost civilization in the Sahara dating back to the stone age, with inscriptions and evidence suggesting activity before ancient Egyptian times. The discovery highlights a vast prehistoric population when the desert was inhabited.
Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube announce a 10 percent wage increase for all employees, effective April 1. The move affects workers at their Youngstown plants in Ohio.
The Greek steamship Matetis chartered by Samuel Insull to seek refuge from American extradition charges passed Chanak in the Dardenelles at 8 a m today and was bound for Roumania or Romania as reported from Istanbul Turkey.
Federal agents credit William D. Fred of Zanesville Ohio with winning $20 000 in a five cent limit bridge game aboard a liner. The report notes the win was earned during a single session and identified him as a professional ocean liner gambler.
Alfred E. Smith resigns as editor of the New Outlook monthly magazine. Frank A. Tichener, owner and publisher, reportedly disagreed with Smith over Roosevelt administration editorials signaling a sharp political rift in the magazine’s leadership and policy stance.
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