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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1939
Page
9
A scanned list outlines categories for help wanted situation wanted business opportunities mortgage loans housing rentals and real estate sections. It shows numbered headings from 32 to 88 with subcategories including help wanted sales education livestock real estate and public sales.
New York stocks and bonds moved only modestly overall with thin volume. Steel shares held steady near 69 1/2 while Bethlehem gained to about 83 1/4. utilities and rails were mixed with a notable 1,000-share block in New York Central. aviation and mercantile issues showed modest firmness in a subdued session.
Grain Wheat No 1 red 90 2 91 No 2 red 89 12490 Corn No 2 yellow 49 450 No 3 yellow 47 049 Oats No 2 white 38 39 N 3 white 36 38 Eggs Market steady extras 32 1 2 white standards 29 1 2 current receipts 21 Poultry hens and roosters prices and leghorn and rock varieties listed Butter receipts 586 024 lbs market steady Eggs receipts 3 397 cases and grade levels Pittsburgh Livestock cattle hogs calves and sheep prices with weights and ranges noted for various classes and recent market activity Broad demand and strength described for cattle and calves with noted receivals and quality factors
Rev. George G. Dilworth of Philadelphia and secretary of the American Bible Society reports the Scriptures published in more than 1,000 languages. He cites war in China and variances in Japan as hindrances, yet totals show over seven and a third million Bibles Testaments Gospels and portions distributed worldwide.
Two Loyola University dental students, Klyde and Dick Albritton of Birmingham, Alabama, live in a tiny two room shack under the Mississippi river levee in New Orleans. The structure includes a front room with furniture and a radio, a rear kitchen, a roadside power plant with auto batteries and a gasoline motor, and a board walk porch over the water. They built the shelter two years ago to live economically.
Windsor Ont mayor David A Croll 39 enlisted in the Essex Scottish regiment despite entitlement to exemption. He joined as Windsor's leader and Ontario legislator and received uniform and training directions. In New York Hunter College upperclassmen fear exams as hobgoblins while superstition survey shows many girls carry good luck tokens and prayers before tests.
Detroit story recalls Capt. Sam Carson the Lake Michigan pilot who made his first Detroit to Milwaukee flight a decade ago. His amphibian trip recently marked the anniversary with a 40 minute crossing time across the lake, reflecting progress since the original 70 minute voyage.
A fragmented timetable lists CHESAPEAKE & OHIO No 30 southbound arrivals daily except Sunday and No 87 northbound departures daily except Sunday. It also mentions NEW YORK CENTRAL SOUTH 2 and NORTH 3 services with daily except Sunday operation and various listed times.
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