Irregular Cotton Futures Trim Slight Loss at New Orleans
Cotton futures in New Orleans showed a narrow fluctuation with closing quotes up to a point higher or lower. Spot cotton closed quietly with no sales, while average middling prices across ten southern markets fell about one point to roughly 10.40 cents per pound.
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River stages and markets report from New York and Chicago
Stocks uneven with leaders narrow. Bonds mixed. Foreign exchange steady with sterling up. Cotton and sugar markets soft while copper slips. Wool weak. cattle and hogs rise, hogs top at 6.65. Wheat steady. corn easy.
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New York Stocks Mixed as Market Remains Light On Deals
Traders reported quiet activity with many leaders moving in a narrow range while some paper and steel issues gained modestly. Oil stocks lagged as investors weighed potential defense spending and European war fears.
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Monroe City Council Adopts Budget Ordinance 2782
The Monroe Louisiana City Council met with Mayor presiding and adopted Ordinance No. 2782 to establish the budget and expenditures for the fiscal year April 27 1940 to April 25 1941. The General Fund covers departments from General Government to Streets Parks and Recreation with specified salaries and line items. The measure requires vouchers signed by two council members and publication in the official journal for ten days.
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Cotton futures drift in narrow trading amid weak demand
New York Aug 1 Cotton futures moved irregularly in a slow session with hedge selling and scattered liquidation from weak demand. Mill price fixing and New Orleans May absorption trimmed the downturn. Midday quotes held near unchanged with October 9.41 and December 9.27. closes varied little.
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Liverpool spot cotton prices fall in quiet market
Liverpool August 1 spot cotton eased with 4 point declines across grades. Quotes show American good middling 8.07, strict middling 7.92, middling 7.82, strict low middling 7.72, and lower for strict good ordinary 7.07, good ordinary 6.72, while futures closed 2 to 7 higher with Oct at 7.23, Jan 6.98, March 6.90.
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Bleachable cottonseed oil futures close higher on Aug 1
In New York on August 1 cottonseed oil futures closed 1 to 3 higher with 34 contracts sold. September through March prices rose from 6.98 to 6.11 cents per pound as market showed steady demand for delayed months.
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World sugar futures hit new low despite late recovery
New York futures fell to record lows as liquidity stayed thin. September dipped to 8 7 1 2 cents and 1941 September to 1 0 4 1 2. Domestic futures held steady with minor drops. refined prices eased to 4 0 4 3 5 cents in some markets.
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Potatoes Market Mixed as Arrivals Surface in Chicago Trade
USDA reports show 32 arrivals with 163 on track and total U S shipments at 198. Demand is light for good quality Cobblers and Russet Burbanks, while poor stock markets are weak across all varieties. Idaho Russet Burbanks fetch 1.85 to 1.95 per cwt and Idaho Bliss Triumphs 1.40 to 1.55.
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Chicago Market Report Butter and Eggs Steady on High Receipts
Chicago August 1 Butter receipts 1,099,507 back unchanged market steady. Eggs receipts 12,606 steady market unchanged.
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Grain prices steady in early Chicago trading
Chicago grain markets opened with prices broadly unchanged as traders awaited private crop reports. Wheat and corn moved within narrow ranges with September wheat at 75 3 4 to 76 5 8 and December wheat 76 5 8. Oats fell 3 8 to 3 4 as futures edged off.
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Chicago market notes on hogs cattle and sheep prices
Livestock totals show salable hogs 8 000 of 10 000, up 10-20 cents from Wednesday. Cattle 2 500, calves 800, fed cattle 15-25 higher with steers to 11.85 and heifers to 10.50. cutter cows and bulls mixed. Sheep 1 000, total 2 000, spring lambs 15-25 higher, natives 8.25 per head for small lots, fat sheep scarce and steady after gains.
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Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Trade
Poultry market report from Chicago shows live poultry via 38 trucks, firm prices for under four pounds, Plymouth Rock at 17 cents, geese young at 12, other prices unchanged.
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Local Social Notes From Hamburg and Surrounding Areas
Hamburg residents host and visit relatives across Arkansas and nearby towns. Guests include Eudora Wilcoxin in Hamburg hosted by his sons J J and Dean, with C D McMillan and J H Carlton hosting Maude Thompson in Lake Providence. Others vacationing or visiting include Howard Binns and daughter with W F Whitaker, Legis Cheairs visiting Memphis El Dorado and Norphilett, Jeannine Hall returning from Dumas, I B Collins visiting his sister D L Hall in Beaumont, and Bob Gray returning home to Enga ge after visiting his mother Hardy Kelles.
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Willkie names four anti third term Democrats as core
Wendell Willkie recenty identified Lewis W. Douglas president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co and former director of budget under Roosevelt as one of four anti third term Democrats who could form a nucleus for defections to his camp.
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Dyersburg Welcomes Visitors at Church Convention
In Dyersburg Tennessee a Negro woman greets attendees and describes the city as bounded by the Forked Deer river, the Mississippi, Kentucky bluegrass, and the rising sun. The piece also notes ragweed causes about 70 percent of hayfever cases.
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