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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1933
Page
11
Mrs Carl Bell of 10 Lash Street entertained seven club members and a guest with two tables of bridge Thursday evening. First prize went to Mrs Earl Cooper and low prize to Mrs Herbert Reynolds, followed by light refreshments.
No. 3 departs Athens at 1 38 a m and No. 9 at 7 44 p m. Southbound No. 2 leaves Athens 11 20 p m and No. 4 at 6 24 p m daily except Sunday. Northbound No. 37 leaves Athens at 5 30 p m daily on Chesapeake and Ohio Hocking Valley line.
Four of five Sunday Creek Traction Co trolleys are rescued by Elmer Tom of Richland Avenue for $50 each. One car becomes a filling station near Jacksonville, another a storeroom in Codlville, the remaining two join Mr. Tom’s Mechanicsburg tourist camp as a garage and a two room tourist cabin with electric lights and beds for three.
New York stock market opened with a mild advance as wet issues and mining shares led gains. Industrials rails and utilities joined the rise with chemicals and Air Reduction up. United States Smelting rose three points, Chrysler advanced, and General Motors edged higher. American Telephone recovered losses. Steel common climbed to 48, grains and other commodities firm, dollar steady.
New York September 29 Dun and Bradstreet daily weighted price index for 30 basic commodities shows 101.67 up from 101.74 yesterday and 102.76 a week ago. The report lists numerous industrials including Allied Chemical DuPont General Electric and United States Steel among others with varied percentage changes and price levels.
Market notes show varied poultry values for chickens ducks and leghorns with cold storage and butter rates. Hog cattle and sheep receipts move market with mixed steady to weak prices. Boston wool market reports firm pulls and high levels with strong domestic supply concerns.
Pomeroy reports the Panther grid squad will hold a final workout tonight before the Saturday afternoon game at Chesapeake. Expected starters include Moore at quarterback, Blackwell and Jouchua at halfback, Seidenable and Casci ends, Kindle and Andrews tackles, Thornton and Keiser guards, Baer center, Klees fullback.
Marinus Van Der Lubbe, a Dutch stonemason, confessed that he started the Reichstag fire in Berlin. His act helped trigger mass anger that brought Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party to power in Germany.
Ex convict Thomas Leahy was dropped across the state line from Illinois into Indiana where officers arrested him for a bank robbery charge in Culver. He refused extradition and was carried across by Indiana officers after a line crossing prompted by Municipal Judge Green.
Akron report says Francis X. Contreal, who voted for McKinley in 1896, was granted citizenship after discovering he never legally had it. Born in Germany, he came to America with his parents in 1889 believing his father’s papers conferred citizenship on him.
The noon quotes list Liberty 4th 44s in the 101.28 area and Treasury issues including 4s at 110.8 and 54s at 106.8. Additional notes show various Treas 3s and 34s with prices around 98 to 1014, including March and June maturities and specific coupon series.
Rumors swirled in Stockholm that Greta Garbo may marry soon after reports she bought 125 wooded acres on Dyvik Island. Close friend Max Gumpel is named as a possible husband as plans to build a mansion on the island unfold.
Arthur Tabler and another co colored man from Athens County were found guilty in Common Pleas Court for chicken stealing. They were convicted after a brief deliberation and face state prison terms. Jewell of Decatur Township testified against them with neighbors’ evidence. Sept. 29 Marietta.
Mrs J C Martin Litchfield 111 died in Nelsonville where she was born and raised. She long operated a Millinecy Store in the city, with her husband a longtime resident.
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