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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1932
Page
11
A period advertising section encourages readers to begin now to form a reading habit of profitable classified ads. It highlights rooms for rent, places to eat, garages and apartments for rent, business and farm listings, and houses for rent.
The last word in buying and selling service delivers up-to-date news of opportunities. Read for the latest bargain information and opportunities of all kinds.
In Brookline Massachusetts the sixth Walker Cup match pits the confident British team led by Tony Torrence against American veterans and rising stars captained by Francis Ouimet. Four 36 hole Scotch foursomes opens with Hartley brothers meeting Jess Sweetser and George Voight, Torrence and De Forest facing Moreland and Seaver, Burke and Stout against Ouimet and Dunlap, and Fidian with McCravie versus Howell and Moe. Britain seeks its first Walker Cup win after earlier near-misses at St Andrews and Southampton.
Water Valley resident Lara Johnson, 17, known as Miracle Girl, drew broad attention after a reported near death experience. Family and friends recall her revival and claim she was sent back to do good on earth.
A year after Rudy Vallee and Fay Webb wed, rumors of a possible separation circulate. Mia Vallee is said to join her parents as Rudy tours New England. he remains noncommittal about the future.
The fragment lists players and RBIs including Foxx of the Athletics Gehrig of the Yankees Ruth of the Yankees and others with numbers tied to runs batted in and career marks. It references Klein with the Phillies O Doul with the Dodgers Waner with the Pirates and P. Waner.
Mrs. Charles Evans of 17 Home Street suffered severe cuts to the head and right arm in an automobile collision at Court and Washington Streets this afternoon. She was taken to a physician's office for treatment after her car, traveling on Court Street, collided with a car driven by James Thompson of State Street who was turning into East Washington Street. Evans was struck by flying debris.
Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau and three companions in a Gronland Wal seaplane reached Kanegata and Marbor in Alaska after a five hour two minute flight from Dutch Harbor. Kanaga lies midway between Dutch Harbor and Attu, the next objective on the western Aleutian chain.
The provincial government of Carlos Davila in Santiago decreed a general price fixing and supply controlling commissariat under the Ministry of Labor. It marks the first step toward a Bolshevik state structure with authority to operate any halted farm, industry, or utility if owners do not renew operations.
In Sydney Nova Scotia August 3 Captain Jimmy Mollison famed Atlantic westward flyer may abandon his planned non-stop return flight home after a cable from his wife Army Johnson urged him to stay. A physician reportedly warned her of his fragile physical state making the attempt extremely dangerous.
San Francisco August 31 United Press returns show William Gibbs McAdoo leading the Democratic senatorial nomination race over Justus F Wardell after returns from 257 precincts give McAdoo a 19 288 vote edge. Tallant Tubbs the avowed wet leads the Republican nomination with a strong position over Samuel M Shortridge based on state wide pri mary returns.
Charien F. Abbott, president of the American Institute of Steel Construction, told President Hoover that the steel industry has turned the corner and will boost production schedules by 100 percent by year end.
Delegates at the eighth conclave decided to hold the ninth annual Ohio State Demolay Conclave at Sandusky and Cedar Point in the latter part of August 1938.
The day saw a mixed stock market with declines in steel and telephone shares but gains in futures and agricultural items. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rose to a yearly high while several staple commodities like potatoes, butter, and poultry prices showed notable movement and strong receipts.
Fragmented text lists numerous companies and stocks with percentages and brief identifiers. Readable items include Allied, Paramount, Goodyear, United Aircraft, TVA style listings and various industry names, but no coherent event or narrative emerges.
A Baltimore listing markets Euge nearly fresh butter creamery extra at 92 score with packing stock notes and live poultry prices for chickens young leghorns roosters with 0% color grading and assorted weights and prices.
Eggs market remains steady with extras at 20 cents and large extra flats at 18 cents. Current receipts list 16 cents. Poultry market also steady with colored fowls noted in the report.
The Standard Oil Company of Ohio will lower regular and pre Talum gasoline by one cent a gallon effective Thursday. The reduction applies statewide. Third grade gasoline remains at 16 1/2 cents, regular at 17 cents, and premium at 20 1/2 cents. Taxes are included.
Cincinnati livestock prices show a steady to slightly firmer trend with heavy butchers improving and calves weak. Cattle and cows hold steady to higher with weights firm, veal and bulls mixed, sheep active with better grades and higher bids. Pittsburgh receipts mirror steady to firm tone across cattle, calves, and sheep trades.
Ledger style totals show livestock receipts across cattle sheep and lambs. Figures include cattle receipts 146 head with steers and cows and bulls. sheep receipts 117 with fat and cull categories. lamb receipts 92 with top and second grades and weights.
Grain prices listed for wheat and corn with various grades and percentages, including red wheat premium 64 94 percent and yellow corn 42 32 percent. Also shows barley butter eggs hay and feed terms with unclear weights.
Trading in wool shows a quieter tendency at higher prices. Advances in asking prices have been set in several cases with choice twelve month wools up to 45 cents scoured bases. some sales reported at this level. Basle goods around 42 cents scoured are readily obtainable for choice Texas fines, while average wools of about five years growth bring about 41 cents.
Prices paid for crude oil by various purchasers across pipelines and lines. Figures include Tidewater 2.09, Pennaoil 1 021.07, Southwest Penn 61.72, Buckeye 1.52, Corning 25¢ 1.05, Stoll Refining 82, Western Kentucky 61.08, Lima 61.15, Princeton 1.14, Wooster 1.26.
Closing Liberty bonds list shows mixed results with 31-95 at 100.26 and various Fourth and Treasury issues quoted. Prices include Fourth 4s at 101.15, Treasury 3s at 100.16, and other series around 87.20 to 107.12, reflecting broad bond activity.
Fragmentary timetable lists multiple trains from Athens with departures at 11 34 a m 7 44 a m and 11 20 a m plus 9 20 p m and 6 38 p m arrivals and departures for east west north and southbound services. The garbled notes reference Train Nos 2 3 30 33 34 37 and operations times.
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