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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
11
A compact list of New York Central and Chesapeake and Ohio schedule notes. Includes No 3 and No 4 daily trains with times such as 11 13 p.m and 36 29 p.m, plus No 30 and No 37 services with daily except Sunday details. Times appear garbled but indicate arrival and departure sequences across routes.
The fragmentary box score lists players like Warner Vaughan English and Grimm across Pittsburgh and Chicago lineups with multiple substitutions. Errors credited to English Padden and Smith appear in a game where scoring shifts and late-inning moves affected the final tally.
Gen. John J. Pershing attends a Washington circus with a young Marylyn Shaw, daughter of one of his secretaries, enjoying his role as chaperone to the child. The scene captures a boyish moment at the big top with the general beaming and engaged.
The Reo Transportation Company filed with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio an application to modify equipment under certificates No. 2712 and 2714. Proposed additions include a Mack tractor 3 ton, Freuhauf trailer 3 ton, Studebaker tractor 2 ton, Edwards trailer 3 ton, while removals include a Mack 3 ton, International truck 2 ton, and a Reo 3 ton. Public notice invites interested parties to obtain information from the Ohio PUCO in Columbus.
Clara Hartman seeks divorce from Elmer Hartman of Taylorsville Ohio county court. The petition cites extreme cruelty and neglect of duty under law with hearing set July 1984. attorney M D Hughes filed for plaintiff.
New York stocks drift downward amid strike threats with U S Steel and major groups showing declines. Industrial observers note steel operations at 59 percent capacity this week, while iron and steel sentiment remains unsettled and production expectations wary. Bank of France reports gold holdings rise 379 million francs. Butter eggs and tender market receipts listed.
Opera singer Mary McCormick arrived in New York from a concert tour abroad and praised Samuel Insull as "the grandest guy walking around today" despite a market setback she described as losing her shirt in his stocks.
The report shows current receipts for eggs at 14 with fresh extras 15 and hennery white extras 16 to 17, covering Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky at 19 to 13. Butter firmness noted with higher percentages and creamery exports in tubs at 28 and standards 27. Eggs steady while potatoes list old at 1.50 to 1.75 per cwt and new at 2.00 to 2.25 per cwt. Other items unchanged.
Potatoes in various stocks and bag sizes with prices for Idaho Russet Burbanks and Alabama Triumphs. Poultry and fowl weights listed with prices for broilers leg horns leghorns ducks turkeys and geese. Butter prices for creamery stock and butterfat values included with eye quality grades and packing stock notes.
Butter output totals 17 918 pounds with creamery specials rated 93 and extras 24 percent. Firsts 90 91 range 224 234, standard 23 percent. Eggs sales 24 776 cases, current receipts down 13 percent. fresh graded firsts 14 15 percent.
Mixed cattle hog and sheep trading notes from Cincinnati with price ranges for hogs from 120 to 300 pounds and cattle and calves selling at varied bids. Separate national figures from Treasury and wool market briefs record May receipts, expenditures and wool prices in Boston with several price points for fleece and blood wools.
John F Grubb age 68 of 12 Hudson Avenue died at his home at 7 this morning. He leaves Minnie Grubb his widow two daughters Mrs L W Mace and Mrs Edson Kelly both of Athens two sons Melvin C Grubb of Portsmouth and John W Grubb of New Marshfield and one sister Mrs Anna Richman of Columbus Funeral services set for Saturday at 10:30 AM at the McDougal Church with burial in the local cemetery.
Jimmy Walsh aged 5 drowned while wading in the Scioto River on a family picnic. An unidentified woman who tried to save him also sank and required rescue.
Pope Pius quietly celebrated his eighteenth birthday in Vatican City on May 21, marking a solemn observance by the pontiff.
Mrs Istvan Sagi aged 80 in Cogleed Hungary has reportedly not slept for 23 years due to a weak heart. She cannot use sleep medicines and relieves monotony by moving between beds and pacing around a table each night.
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