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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1940

Page

9

Market Shifts Trim Cotton Futures Amid Crop News

New Orleans traders saw advances near one dollar per bale offset by larger gar ment crop figures, with shorts covering and prices finishing with modest gains. Spot cotton in New Orleans closed quiet with varying middling values and active regional price averages reported.

New Orleans Shorts

Market quote notes for August shortened cotton futures

Spot quiet with prices easing after trade in August. Listed grades include American middling and various middling ranks with values from 7.08 to 8.48 and futures showing modest direction with Oct and Jan prices around 7.30 and 7.05 respectively.

Commodities and cattle markets report from New Orleans and Chicago

A multi item market summary notes cottonseed oil futures in New Orleans with steady prices and specific bid figures, New York bleaching oil futures closing with contract details, and Chicago area hogs cattle and sheep market activity with price ranges and notable shifts in steer and lamb values. The report includes USDA data on corn and potato varieties and Idaho Burbank prices.

Cago USDA Nebraska

Chicago Grain Market Opens Higher on Nervous Trading

Chicago grain prices show unsettled trading as weather maps prompt reaction. Corn futures rise from yesterday’s gains while soybeans and wheat open with varied moves, reflecting cautious posture among traders.

Stock market drifts in narrow losses and gains

New York traders held cash as gains and losses were inconsequential. Turnover hovered around 200,000 shares, one of the smallest totals in decades, with leaders mixed and most issues unchanged amid tax policy and industry fears.

Victor Eubank New York Rogers General Motors Chrysler Republic Steel Standard Oil of New Jersey Santa Fe American Can Glenn Martin Sperry Sears Roebuck du Pont United States Steel Bethlehem Douglas Aircraft Anaconda Kennecott United States Rubber Socony Westinghouse American Telephone Consolidated Edison

Sugar futures slip to record lows before broad relief rally

New York August sugar markets fell to record depths as fund selling dominated trade. Prices edged lower through the day with Sept at 74 1 2, Dec at 79 1 2, while domestic futures firmed on raws. A Philippine raw purchase lifted spot refined price, and distant futures showed mixed moves with some contracts unchanged or slightly lower.

New York Chicago

Butter And Eggs Prices In Chicago Market

Butter receipts 867252, firm creamery, 90 cents. Centralized carrots 26 3-4. Eggs receipts 11865, firm current receipts 13 1-2, dirties 11 3-4, checks 11 1-2. Other prices unchanged.

Chicago

Poultry Prices in Chicago Market Report

Live poultry deliveries include 50 trucks with prices for small hens and chicks. Hens up to 5 pounds sold at 14 cents per pound, springs over 4 pounds at 4 cents, Plymouth Rock under 4 pounds colored 17 cents, Plymouth Rock 18 cents, White Rock 19 cents. Other prices unchanged.

Chicago Plymouth Rock White Rock

New Zealand Islands Ranked by Size in World List

The South Island of New Zealand is the 11th largest island worldwide with an area of 58 500 square miles while the North Island ranks 13th at 44 500 square miles.

New Zealand South Island North Island

War Bulletins from Across the World Aug 8

Reports from London Wellington and Shanghai describe secret hearings on Officials Secrets Act charges against Tyler Kent and Anna Wolkoff in Bow Street. Plans for universal service reserve for men 19 to 45 with Maori exemption. Resignation of Sir Kenneth Lee as director of the ministry of information announced. A Polish prisoner death near the Boubs river and two rescued Portuguese sailors in Londonderry are noted alongside a harmless white powder discovery in a northwestern town and a kidnapping in Shanghai involving merchants and a four year old boy.

London Tyler Kent United States Embeuy Anna Wolkoff Bow Street Wellington New Zealand National Service Semple

King and Queen Open Visit With Ancient Nuzzi Rite

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth greeted by Indian troops in Derbyshire as two soldiers offer a gold and a silver piece in a nuzi ceremony. The king touches the gifts to accept them and raises his hand to remit them to the donors.

London George VI Queen Elizabeth Derbyshire

British pilot sacrifices life to save coastal town

A British pilot crashed in a blazing plane off the southeast coast after guiding the aircraft away from nearby buildings. He remained at the controls to avert disaster, allowing the plane to crash into the sea yards from shore, saving residents from destruction.

London

Excalibur With Duke and Duchess Anchors Off Bermuda

The American export liner Excalibur carrying the Duke and Duchess of Windsor anchored off Hamilton Bermuda in the early afternoon.

Hamilton Bermuda Excalibur Duke and Duchess of Windsor

Northeast Junior College bids for stadium painting 1940

Sealed bids for painting the Northeast Junior College stadium and related improvements at Gulf Spring Cottages on Santa Rosa Sound near Port Walton are due by 11 00 AM August 16 1940 in Monroe Louisiana. Specifications by architect H H Land available on request. Bids to J J Frey Auditor. Right to reject all bids reserved.

Santa Rosa Sound Port Walton Herwig Piorosa Pia Northeast Junior College Monroe Louisiana H. H. Land J. J. Frey Ouschita Parish T. O. Brown South Grand Street Ouachita Parish Louisiana State Department of Education T. Co. Brown

River Stages Chart Shows Varied Readings

A fragment lists river stage values as 45 23 49 18 with a stray 79 and a trailing A question mark, indicating incomplete readings or data entry gaps.

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