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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1932
Page
9
The notice lists furnished rooms for rent at 130 N Congress Street for 35 dollars monthly, a wiring service, and various commodity prices. It notes cattle receipts, wool bids, and petroleum prices from several regional markets across Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Plaine school opened on schedule after a school board meeting considered a petition arguing shootings could occur with National Guardsmen present. The board voted unanimously to start classes, with about 20 signatures on the petition and 40 on a Lower Plaing protest. Enrollment and Chauncey-Dover district seats began as planned, after a postponement.
Supreme Court Judge Florence E Allen, a Democratic candidate for Congress, urged reducing Hawley Smoot tariff rates as the top move to revive American trade and relations. She cited nine Cleveland firms that opened Canadian factories since the tariff law and criticized Washington for dispersing bonus marchers and backing troops to guard foreign capital.
Marion report quotes Robert G Paterson executive secretary of the Ohio Public Health Association saying state health education and welfare departments would do much more effective work if directors were not political appointees and not subject to changes with each administration.
Heidelberg College began the new year with freshmen reporting as upperclassmen will register on Wednesday and Thursday. Officials expect enrollment to rise about 10 percent over last year in the region.
Track prices show Wheat No 2 red at 4 49 to 60 cents. No 1 red premium 54. No 2 yellow 29 099. No 3 yellow 38 964. Oats No 2 white 17 and No 1 white 17. Butter 25 eggs 19 4c. hay 00 per oat weight. Toledo produce noted.
About 1,300 Athens children return to classes as readings, writing, and arithmetic replace fishing and swimming. Enrollment tops 500 in grade schools with Central leading at 231 pupils. New staff include Miss Janet Barthiow, Miss Merna Mills, and Mr Kenneth Kay, plus new principal Henri Hess.
Athens police report four men detained for disturbances in the mining district. Malachy Byron, 23, Buchtel, held after an explosion at Curt Daugherty’s home in Buchtel. Canter, Circle Hill, held on facts from Jay Fink affidavit about the Fink home blast. George Green, Negro, Buchtel, charged with assault and concealed weapons after a pistol misfire with Oliver Savage. Ernest Champlin, Chauncey, pleads not guilty to two counts of assault at arraignment. held to grand jury on two $400 bonds.
James E. Carr of Spokane Washington died Saturday at his home. The body will be brought to Athens for burial with services at the Walburn Funeral Home and burial in Bassett Cemetery. He was the son of James and Maria Seal Carr of Alexander Township and is survived by a daughter Mrs. B F Cline of Columbus and sisters Mrs. L Lash and Mrs. D L Lash.
Prices fell across major indexes with railroads and utilities leading declines. Delaware & Hudson slipped to 7 percent, Southern Pacific down 23, New York Central near 4, and power stocks like American Telephone and Electric Bond weakened. Strong movers remained scarce as earnings and rates influenced trading.
Mrs. Catherine A. Quider died at her grandson B. T. Quider’s home after a fractured hip suffered three weeks earlier. Short funeral services are planned Tuesday at 6 p.m. at 73 Maplewood Drive with burial in Mt. Vernon after a 9 a.m. Wednesday procession. Born April 21 in Coshocton County she spent most of life in Mt. Vernon and was active in First Methodist Episcopal Church.
Democratic State Headquarters announced ten political meetings this week with U. S. Senator Robert J. Bulkley set to speak. Friday events include MacArthur at 1 p.m. Wells ton at 3 p.m. Jackson at 4 p.m. Ironton at 4 p.m. Saturday schedules list Gallipolis at 1 p.m. Pomeroy at 3 p.m. Athens at 8 p.m.
Fifty five aristocrats and former officers convicted for taking part in the revolt against the republic were en route to Cadiz today on a special prison train bound for Africa prison camps.
Johnny Fischer of Fort Thomas Kentucky broke par by one stroke to post the early pace in the first qualifying round at the National Amateur Golf Championship at Baltimore Country Club Maryland.
Marion Public Schools expect higher enrollment this year and Superintendent G. A. Bowman says the district will reduce the number of teachers to balance the budget.
Dr. Bankhead Banks of Charleston says he has ordered his furniture stored to save what is left after his home was robbed four times in the past month. The remark came as authorities investigate the break ins and seek suspects.
A Baltimore market listing odd entries including live poultry and assorted fowl. The text mentions chickens, roosters, and various terms like Retior-Greamery and 8 score, with packing and standards scores noted in unclear numbers.
Current receipts for poultry products are detailed for Southern Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky. Fresh prices include various poultry items such as hens ducks geese old roosters and colored chickens with percentages and cents listed.
The Cleveland market shows steady prices for produce and poultry. Poultry quotes include leghorn fowls 11 1/2 to 12 cents, medium broilers 9 to 11 cents, heavy rump broilers 10 to 11 cents, old cocks 11 to 12 cents, young geese 10 to 12 cents, with regional trade in Ohio and New York and typical per bushel/box pricing around 3.56.
The report lists stock and butterfat figures with codes such as Hutter and Kaye-Higher. It notes packer prices and nearby ungraded and extra lots with figures like 160 and 184, reflecting a brief market listing for Cincinnati produce.
Bege Market shows steady receipts with 11 943 operations and related extras. Current receipts rise to 14 16 percent, with Huster Market listing 8 728 units, extras 70 percent, firsts 19, seconds 164. Aged figures include Pidbise firsts and two dozen additional details.
Receipts show calves and sheep with mixed results. Cattle demand steady to strong with better veal and grade improvements. hogs and sows show varied gains. lambs rise about twenty to twenty eight cents. Local market data include prices for common to medium grades across cattle cows bulls veal calves and sheep.
The market shows steers and heifers mostly steady with occasional weakness in spots. Cattle values span lightweight to heavy weights with various grades from beef cows to veal, bulls and cutters showing declines or stability. Sheep trade remains about steady with cutter lambs and fat widens in price ranges.
Daily rail notices show southbound No 2 departing 11 90 a m and No 4 at 24 p m with exceptions for Sundays. Northbound trains 37 at 6 30 p m and 31 at 7 50 p m run daily. Eastbound No 44 and No 1 Nat Limited listed with conditional stops and Pullman services.
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