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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1939
Page
15
Public notices announce sealed bids for coal supplies and related equipment at the City Building New Castle. The deadline and bid specifications, including debt registry and executrix actions, are described, with bids to be submitted to the City Building room and overseen by city officials. The notices reference legal actions, property values, and dates for Executive claims and tax matters.
Fragmentary text appears to be an executor's notice referencing Newell Kelly and others, with dates and names obscured. The legibility is low, but indicates a probate related notice requiring actions or deadlines.
Prices at the Butler cooperative egg auction near Butler Pa show bids by 189 producers and 77 buyers. The Tuesday sale noted ranges from Fancy to Extra Large with several standard and medium categories. figures indicate market activity and varying lot sizes among participants.
Livestock market reports salable hogs at 300 with steadiest to 10c drop, heavies 575-650, mediums 650-690, lights 680-690, lightweights 550-690, packing sows 475-525, pigs 625-650. Cattle salable at 0 nominal, calves 125 mostly lower, vealers down, sheep 350 about steady with some declines, yearlings good to choice, wethers 375-450, ewes 350-375, lambs 90s down to 50s, spring lambs 1050-1150.
Legal notices detail a Valley Borough ordinance on property use and public safety in Lawrence County with penalties for violations and sections on hunting, trespass, and vegetation. It announces a probate grant for Johannas T. Smith and instructs claimants to present debts and claims to executor Maynard Dada at 15 Hiagran Street, New Canton, with dates May 24, 37, June 7, 21, 28, 1084.
In New York on June 7 the stock market climbed with gains from fractions to a point above yesterday’s rise. Leaders included Union Carbide and Du Pont with over one point gains, Westinghouse Electric up about 24 points, American Telephone higher, and a list of other gainers such as Bethlehem Steel and U.S. Steel. Several issues gained less than a point or were flat.
The day’s market rundown shows industrials, rails, oil, and utility issues with numerous names including American, Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Phelps Dodge, United Fruit, and Westinghouse. Prices listed across sectors reflect midday activity and notable shifts in several key stocks.
Noble Charles Chambers, 22, and a companion were arrested by Chicago police after stripping a boat. Authorities hope the incident helps solve the eight year old murder of Benjamin Collings, a New York sportsman found dead aboard his Long Island yacht. Chambers claimed Collings was killed by a Boston rum runner and his son, and said he did not know the men or participate in the crime.
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