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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1944
Page
6
New Orleans and New York markets show cotton futures slipping 55 to 80 cents per bale as hedge selling and favorable war news weigh. Spot cotton in New Orleans closes steady with lower prices, while New York futures ease after mill buying absorbs offers.
A pet fox named Louie bit Mrs. Carr on the wrist and attacked two Dalmatian dogs at the Trailside museum in Bear Mountain New York. Carr fired, and Louie fled after a seven year career ended by the incident.
Idaho Governor Bottolfsen received a letter from a former fellow townsman now in Iran. The note began with Somewhere in Iran Dear Friend Bott and ends abruptly, leaving readers curious about its sender and purpose.
The U S Public Health Service announced a seven and a half hour penicillin based regimen for gonorrhea. Dr C J Van Slyk and Dr S Steinberg report in Medical Journal that 117 of 136 men were cured. The method requires no hospital care and fits private practice or clinics.
Repairs and materials for the fire department include gasoline oil grease water telegraph equipment and uniforms. Salaries pension fund and related costs are listed alongside supplies and electric current in the department accounting summary.
A frantic chase erupts after the Mandrake escapes with my files. Authorities or private pursuers are urged to retrieve them by any means, signaling high stakes and potential danger.
A 24 hour report lists stage changes at several river stations including Mississippi sites like Vicksburg and Baton Rouge and Arkansas City as well as Shreveport and Alexandria. Fall values show fluctuations with rises and falls at multiple gauges including 0.1 to 0.7.
A compilation of 1940s Louisiana notices includes liquor permit applications by Arthur N. Lisotta George W. Guerriero and Charles V. Marsala for Ouachita Parish Monroe, caveat bids for state purchases, succession proceedings for Ulysse V. Rivoire, bids for feeding and supplies to institutions, and various parish department salary allocations and maintenance orders.
Wheat and rye futures hit seasonal lows with declines beyond 2 cents while oats and barley fall. September wheat at 1.53 3/4, rye near 1.03, oats around 66 cents, barley about 1.10. In hogs and cattle trading, salable hogs steady with ceilings at 14.75 for 160-240 lb, cattle and calves mixed, fat steers and yearlings steady to strong, heifers up, cows active, vealers steady at 15.00.
Chicago dairy and produce notes report receipts for butter and eggs with price ranges for AA and A grades, U S specials and dirties, plus current potato arrivals and U S No 1 prices for Idaho Bliss and Russell Burban ks. The Phi Beta Kappa fraternity is noted as organized at William and Mary College in 1773.
New York and Chicago market notes show irregular, low priced motors sprint. Wheat in Chicago fell to seasonal lows on war news with eve and 2 to 23 4 down. Hog prices steady at ceilings with top at 14 75 for under 240 pounds. Cattle steer and yearlings hold gains to 18.00.
Large scale buying of low priced motors dominated New York trading with Gra ham Paige up 112 points on 35 000 shares at the open. Hupp motors and Packard also active as indexes briefly reached yearly peaks before midday pressure and uneven bonds.
A shirt sleeve hero travels a white cart through Los Angeles war plants offering cup goggles spectacles and side shield goggles. He sterilizes and repairs, cutting eye injury losses from 12 to five and man hours lost from 20 000 to 9 000 in 1943 at Douglas Aircraft.
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