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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1942
Page
7
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16 acres land offered for sale in Glouster. Price is attractive with prompt seller contact via R289 for details.
World war dispatches describe further Allied bombing of Japanese vessels amid updates on Burma battles and Russian front activity. Reports note Chinese counter‑actions around Maymyo Mandalay and Lashio, with gas warfare threats cited and air battles over Malta and the Mediterranean theater. Cargo and livestock prices are listed alongside war news, including merchant ship losses and Arctic operations, with May 9 marking two years since the blitzkrieg.
Philip J. Trounstine, retired Cincinnati businessman, accepts Morgenthau invitation to chair Ohio War Savings Committee. He and Roy D. Moore, Brush-Moore GM, will serve as dollar a year men, Ohio’s sales quota for May set at 31,768,700 dollars, up 8,652,121.
National league leaders list top hitters pitchers and fielders with Fernandez Boston leading in hits doubles and stolen bases. Camilli Brooklyn holds seven home runs while Spence Washington dominates in hits and triples. Bonham New York tops pitching. Roy Noble dies after a fatal fall at Washington Court House. Canada produced 1 506 000 gallons of apple juice in 1939. United States has fought 27 wars up to World War I as the present war is its 28th.
The page lists multiple railroad trains with numbers and times, including Chesapeake and Ohio No 30 arriving daily except Sunday, New York Central South No 3 and North No 3, and various Diplomat and National Limited schedules with morning to evening times.
A playful line notes someone saving paper by skipping homework last night. The remark suggests a humorous, self addressed strategy. No formal event or named entities are present to expand the summary.
New York AP reports fractional gains for major stocks led by US Rubber Bethlehem Montgomery Ward Anaconda Chrysler Consolidated Edison and General Electric. Analysts reference Steel survey noting scrap supply remains adequate yet winter reserves worry markets while steel rails for export under lend lease boost demand for plates bars and shapes. Retail forecasters expect higher purchases as ceiling rules press costs downward.
Grain and Produce reports from Cincinnati and Cleveland show mixed prices for eggs poultry and butter. Notable figures include eggs firsts and extras in the 2a to 28 range, colored fowls over 5 lb at 29, spring chickens and broilers around 24 to 28, and roasters around 44% for 6 lb. Butter unsettled with creamery extras around 42% and standards near 40% while live poultry holds steady with varied leghorn and rock broiler quotes. Receipts for butter eggs and eggs graded remain substantial and unsettled.
Hogs 3 675 bid 10 15¢ up asking 35c higher than Friday or 14.25 for 140 to 250 lb cattle 1 050 calves 450 fair activity lots 300 lb steers 12 steady bid ding weak to 25c off good steers and heifers most common and medium steers and heifers 10 50 12 several sales 650 to 800 lb heifers to 13 common and medium beef cows 8 50 9 50 bulls 9 50 10 50 dealers top 15 sheep 100 not test market good to choice spring lambs 15 Pittsburgh Livestock salable hogs 300 active 10c lower 160 to 180 lb 14 10 25 189 to 200 lb 14 25 30 200 220 lb 14 25 30 220 to 250 lb 14 00 30 250 to 290 lb 14 00 20 290 to 350 lb 13 75 14 cattle 25 steady calves 50 steady good to choice 149 15 sheep 100 steady good to choice lambs clipped 12 25 13 Public sale calendar Sat May 16 beginning 1 p m 3 miles from Athens Pomeroy Rd household goods carpenter tools Terms cash Prank Ferry V C Maxwell Auct
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