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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1942
Page
8
03 acre farm with good buildings all to grass, strong fences and ample water. Located on a mail route with a good road, includes oil and gas rights. Inquire Marion Mc Clure in Dexter Ohio.
Lole Johnson is at home on vacation aboard the Str Taric. Jack Mathews returns from camp for a 10 day leave. Mrs Hallie Daugherty and Mrs Margaret Faudree shopped in Huntington. Carol Long is home a few days. he is mate on the City of Pittsburgh. Edna Lee is ill but improved. Stanley Colley missed a week of school due to illness. Mr and Mrs Robert Mayes hosted the newlyweds Elmore Casto and wife of Point Pleasant at supper. Glayds Durst shopped in Point Pleasant. Lawrence Kelley, ill, can return to work at the Marietta Plant. Dewey Mayes hosted dinner for Mayes family. Mollie Birchfield was in Point Pleasant on business. PTA nominating committee meets Monday at Henderson School at 2. Oden Pearson’s 50th birthday party guests Children presented cake with 67 candies. Alford Pearson also shares 17th birthday.
New York stocks showed a generally steady tone with fractional advances for General Motors Chrysler Sperry Western Union Eastman Kodak Woolworth and Caterpillar. General Electric Anaconda and Consolidated Edison slipped, U S Steel stayed flat as rail and steel sector notes highlighted April gains and ample scrap supply.
Grain and produce reports from Cincinnati and Pittsburgh show egg and butter prices, live poultry rates, and various graded and ungraded lots. Prices list eggs by case, standards and extras, fowls by weight, and butter by grade, with receipts and market firmness noted.
Hogs 5,950 bid off at 14.15 to 14.20 for 180 275 lb. cattle 825 calves 500 cows bulls steers heifers mixed prices. Salable hogs 600 steady with grade ranges 14.30 14.50 for mid weights. Cattle receipts 526 with steers 13.50 14, heifers 12 13, cows 17.75 10, bulls 10.75 12. Sheep 400 steady lambs 13.25 13.75. Pleasant Livestock shows hog receipts 175 220 13.60 14.00 heavies 13.55, lights 12.30 13.85, sows 12.75 13.05, cattle 10.45 11.35, fat cows 10.0 10.75, veal calves tops 14.60, mids 13.55 13.90. No good cattle offered.
A writer details declining German civilian morale amid Hess’s flight, the Russian invasion, church persecution, food shortages, and propaganda. It notes public fear, empty shelves, ration abuse, and distrust of the high command as Germans question the war’s course and the regime’s claims.
Resentment grows as Mussolini's alliance with Germany deepens. Italians deride the Duce's stance and fear food shortages, wartime privations, and a black market thriving under Nazi influence. Hunger, discipline, and material scarcities threaten Italy's war effort while German ties tighten control.
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