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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1940

Page

8

Six Year Old Boy Killed in Suburban Auto Crash

In Columbus suburb of Bexley a collision involving Leonard Ziemer a Capital University student and Mrs. James Taylor a school teacher killed six year old John Kirsch on his birthday. Ziemer and the other children Judith 8 and John Middleton 7 were injured. Ziemer was driving the two other children to school.

Columbus John Kirsch Bexley Leonard Ziemer Capital University James Taylor Ziemer Kirsch Judith John Middleton

70 000 Birmingham Children Evacuated

The first of about 70 000 school children evacuated from Birmingham due to air raids left the city today for destinations across the country.

Birmingham England

Grain and Produce Price Signals Across Toledo Cincinnati and Pittsburgh

Toledo quotes show No 2 red wheat at 89.5 to 90, yellow corn up to 67.5, with varied yellow grades. Butter receipts at 418,409 firm with scores around 93 down to 88. egg receipts 2,893 with fresh and refrigerated entries listed. Cincinnati notes butter scores 35, 36, eggs 35 to 33, and varied poultry prices across grades. Pittsburgh reports steady demand, firm butter in tubs, egg prices for shippers, and lively live poultry and fowl price ranges across colors and weights.

Toledo Cincinnati Cramery Cleveland Butter and Egg Board

Red Cross Membership Roll Increases in Hocking County

In Logan and surrounding wards, Red Cross roll calls show rising memberships. Reports from Fourth Ward, Second Ward, Third Ward and Main Street business district indicate gains over last year, with county totals expected to exceed 1939 responses.

Red Cross Hocking County Logan E. B. White Dallas. Kinser Mike McBride Helen Clark George Hengst Walnut St Joe Brooker Pottery Maple Streets Third Ward J. A. Green Harry Nill George Lehman Fourth Ward James L. Young Joe Phillips Earl Elberfeld Main St South Bloomingville C. F. Melch United Brethren,Presbyterian Methodist Chuches White

New York Stocks Noon Prices

Noon prices for New York stocks listed with brief quotes from exchanges. The brief notes movements, top gainers and laggards, and market sentiment as traders react to ongoing economic developments.

New York

Cincinnati Livestock Hogs Steady to Top $6.15

Friday sale reports from Scioto Livestock Sales Co in Chillicothe and markets in Parkersburg show hogs steady with top prices around $6.15 for 160 to 200 pound and 200 to 250 pound ranges. Cattle, calves, sheep, and hogs varied with receipts totaling over two thousand heads across markets.

Cincinnati Chillicothe Scioto Live Stock Sales Co Parkersburg

Floods Sweep South Texas and Amarillo Hit by Ice

Flood waters wash away two homes in South Texas leaving seven people missing and feared dead as ice forms in the Panhandle. One fisherman drowned near West Galveston after his boat overturned while duck hunters were rescued. Coast guard and Red Cross workers saved hundreds in Galveston and Brookshire residents await word on the Mueller and Smith families. Temperatures rose above freezing as ice began to melt.

Dallas Texas Amarillo Panhandle Galveston Texas Panhandle Coast Guard Frank Mueller Smith Brazos Brookshire Houston Coast

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