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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
13
Cattle steady to higher with good steers around 12.80. Cows and bulls show varied bids from 6.80 to 12.25. Calves and hogs move with mixed totals, receipts light, demand narrow, lambs steady. hog salables near 12 to 14 dollars per hundred weight, sheep modest.
Local residents are listed visiting relatives and returning from trips. Florence Goett of Pomeroy spent Sunday with niece Mrs. Mark Grueser. Helen Croy and daughter visited Mrs. Flora Radford. Eugene Collins and son traveled to Columbus. Various others, including Reverend Lester Taylor, Mrs. Hattie Russell, and families the Collins, Greaser, Stahl, Leonard, Kunzelman, Whitlock, and Hartung households, are noted for weekend gatherings and furloughs from Camp Maxey Texas.
Major James Stewart awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for leading the February 20 raid on Nazi aircraft factories in Brunswick Germany. The former Hollywood star piloted the first bomber over the target during a ceremony held in an empty hangar at a U.S. Liberator base in England.
Grain and Produce in Cincinnati listing wholesale grades extras 1 and 2 7 28 standards 24 grade A large whites 31 browns 30 grade A mediums white 28 browns 27 grade B large whites 30 browns 29 grade B mediums white and brown 26 broilers rocks and colored under 3 lbs 20 32 fryers 3 to 4 lbs 30032 roasters 4 to 5% lbs 30 31 5% lbs and over 30 22 eggs grade AA and A extra large 38% grade AA large 40 42%2 medium 3442038 grade B large 37 grade C 35 dirties and checks 29 current receipts 30 government graded and sealed eggs in cartons grade A extra large 44 grade A large 40 government graded eggs in cases large AA 41% large A 39s medium AA 36 medium A 35 old potatoes 3 4.50 per ewt new potatoes 4 per ewt sweet potatoes 4 5.50 per bushel chicago produce butter firm receipts 651 104 market unchanged egg receipts 20 626 unsettled us specials 34% to 36 us extras 33% to 35 other market unchanged
Washington The Senate Military Committee began consideration of a work or be drafted proposal. Major General Lewis B. Hershey and top Army and Navy officers were called to gauge reaction. Sponsored by Senators Bailey and Brewster the bill would require registrants aged 18 to 45 to serve if they move from essential to non essential work without draft board approval.
In Columbus the Ohio State Tax Department reported cigarette stamp tax receipts for April totaling 903,138 dollars, a rise of 28,530 from April 1943. The increase reflects improving tax collections during the month.
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