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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1944

Page

10

Bears Rally Past All-Stars 24 21 In Chicago Victory

In a drizzle soaked at Dyche Stadium Chicago Bears defeated the College All-Stars 24 to 21. Sid Luckman capped his Bears career directing a late fourth quarter march culminating in Pete Gudauskas 13 yard field goal for the winning points.

Evanston, II Chicago Bears Northwestern University Dyche Stadium Tulsa University Glenn Dobbs All-Stars Bears Pete Gudauskas Kentucky Teachers’ College Stars Collegians

Cotton futures steady with mixed New York actions

Market notes show New Orleans cotton futures closing steady to up several cents amid trade buying. New York stocks and bonds mixed with rails rally, spot cotton steady in New Orleans with low middling around 18.05 and middling near 21.45. Futures in New York end 5 to 25 cents higher as mills cover margins and end month buying.

New Orleans New York Commission House

New York Stocks Final Quotations Overview

A chaotic list of names shows final quotations for major corporations across industries. Prominent entries include Allied Chemical, American Tobacco, General Electric, IBM, Chrysler, Coca Cola, Du Pont, General Motors, United States Steel, Pennsylvanian Railroad, and Westinghouse among others.

Allied Chemical & Dye Sedonge Allied Stores Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Sevecees SBD BANK Atchison T & & F , Aviation Corporation Baltimore & Ohio Barnsdal O. Bendix Aviation Bethlehem Steel Boring Borden Company Bucyrus Erie Calumet & Hecla Canadian Pacific Celanese Corporation Chesapeake & Oho Chrysler Corporation Coca-Cola Company Columbia Gas & Electric Commercial Solvents Commonwealth & Southern Consolidated Copper Mines Continental Can Contiental Motors Continental Oil Delaware Corn Products Curtiss-Wright Curtiss-Wright American Car & Founary American & Foreign Power American Locomotive American Power & Light American Rolling Mills American Smelting & Refining American Sugar Refining American Tel & Tel American Tobacco American Water Works Anaconda Copper Deere & Company Douglas Aircraft du Pont de International Nickece International Tel & Tel Johns-Manville Kansas City Southern Kennecott Copper Kroger Grocery Libby-Owens-Ford Glass Liggett & Myers Lockheed I Loews Incorporatea Long Bell Lumber A . Lorillard Pyle Louisville & Nashville Masonite Corporation Mathieson Alkaly McClelan Mtagel Company Montgomery Word Nash-Xelvinator National Biscuit National Cansh National Dairy Products Kceeen National Distillers National Power & Light E National Supply Newport Imdustries North American Company Northern Preffic Pan-American Arrayé Paramoun Penney JC Philips Petroleum Pressed Steel Radio Corporation of America Remington Rand Reynoles Tobacco Hichfield Ry Sehenley Distiller Westinghouse Air Beeror Westinghouse Electric & Mig Central Railroad Packard Motor Pennsylvania Rairoad Procter & Gambie Republic Steel Stars Roebuck Swift & Company Timken Detroit Union of California United Drug United States Rubberweston Ou & Snowdrit Woolworth

Grain futures steady gain after yesterday's drop

Chicago August 31 grain futures firmed slightly as buying by commissions houses and dealers offset further pressure from a prior session. Wheat closed up 3/8 to 1 1/4 cents, with September at 1.5558 dollars.

Chicago

Hogs and Cattle Prices Hold Ground in Chicago Market

Salable hogs reach 11400 head with 150 to 240 pound pigs at 14.75 and over 240 pounds at steady to good. Cattle totals about 4,500 sellers with good fed steers and yearlings from 15.75 to 17.75, grass and mixed lots 12.50 to 15.10, cows and bulls weaker, dealers firm around 15.50 but down from prior.

Chicago

Navy Army game limited to Annapolis during wartime

The Army-Navy football game will be held December 2 in Annapolis under wartime restrictions. Tickets will be limited to Annapolis residents and those within 10 miles. Pre-war parades and ceremonies are omitted.

Washington Army-Navy Annapolis Navy Forrestal Annipolis Congress Philadelphia Municipal Stadium New York

Potatoes Prices And Shipments Reported In Chicago

Chicago report lists potato arrivals and track totals with U S No 1 prices for Bliss Triumphs North Dakota Minnesota Early Ohios Chippewas Wisconsin Crippewas and general U S shipments data. Prices shown include 3.68 and 3.65 for U S No 1 depending on variety with other values ranging between 2.50 and 3.68.

Chicago U. S U.S Bliss North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Crippewas

Market Words On Butter And Eggs In Chicago Trading

Chicago August report shows butter firm with receipts 305 649 and egg firm with receipts 11 874. U S extras move 36 12 to 42 while market remains unchanged amid mixed signals.

Chicago U. S

Poison gas sent toward English channel area report

Time correspondent John Scott said Germans were shipping poison gas cylinders to the English channel coast. An Allied plane strafed a heavily guarded train from Germany via Holland as gas escaped, killing guards and triggering panic in a Dutch town. Polish patriots in Warsaw reportedly seized gas grenades from Germans.

New York John Scott Blue Network Stockholm English Channel Germany Holland Belgium Channel Scott NBC Warsaw

Davis appoints Juneau civilian defense head

Gov. James H. Davis named P. A. Juneau former State Senator from Lafayette as state coordinator of civilian defense in Louisiana. Juneau succeeds Matt J Fruge of Eunice who resigns effective September 1 to retire and enter banking and farming in Eunice. Fruge joined the civilian defense office December 9, 1941 as assistant coordinator.

Baton Rouge James H. Davis P. A. Juneau Lafayette Juneau Matt J Fruge Eunice Fruge

Wheaties Breakfast of Champions flavor tease

A lively promo urges readers to buy extra Wheat ies cereal noting a lasting appetite boost from the second helping flavor. The copy touts crisp toasted malt flavored flakes and suggests ordering two or three packages as a ready meal aid.

Leathernecks Know What They Want

A South Pacific Marine base survey finds ninety nine of one hundred marines have concrete postwar plans. Ninety five percent want civilian work immediately after discharge and interest in mustering out pay is low. Among young married marines seventy five percent prefer further study for better prospects than their prewar jobs.

South Pacific

River Stage Readings Across Stations See Small Changes

The 24 hour river stage report shows minor shifts at stations from Mississippi to Tennessee. Notable rises and falls occur at Ark City Vicksburg Natchez Camden Shreveport Cincinnati and Nashville with mixed movements in water levels and no major anomalies reported.

Mississippi Eene Arkansas City Vicksburg Eases Natchez Atthvee Ouachita Camden Ohio Pittsburgh Cincinnati Evansville Cairo Tennessee Chattanooga Cumberland Nashville Arkansas Little Rock RED Shreveport Alexandria Sosee

Which Proves Gangster Films Have Some Use

A 13 year old boy in Atlanta assisted police by noting a car’s license number after a man with a shotgun entered a filling station. The quick thinking boy led to the arrest of three men on a robbery charge within half an hour.

Atlanta Billy Duncan Billy

Van Buren Signs with Philadelphia Eagles

Steve Van Buren LSU halfback who led college ball in rushing last season with 847 yards on 150 attempts has signed a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. Coach Greasy Neale announced the deal as Van Buren recovers in Chicago.

Steve van Buren Louisiana State Philadelphia Eagles Greasy Neale van Buren

Player totals 1,007 yards in 186 plays last year

The player accounted for 1,007 yards in 186 plays finishing fourth in the nation on total offense last season.

Cage

Practice Makes Perfect London Bomb Rescue Times Drop

The average time to free people trapped in flying bomb incidents in southern England has fallen by more than half since the heavy raids of 1940 41.

London England

New Orleans Newspapers End Illicit Racing Handbooks Campaign

New Orleans papers the Times Picayune Item and another daily led a months long drive against illegal racing handbooks. They exposed handbook operators and halted daily betting entries on their sports pages while continuing coverage of the legitimate Fair Grounds racing season beginning Christmas Day under racing commission oversight.

New Orleans New O.times-Picayune Item Ministerial Association of Orleans Leans Parish Incres Newleans Fair Grounds Racing Commission

Bastrop Corporal Guy D McDuffie Wounded

Navy department lists U S casualties including Corporal Guy D McDuffie of Bastrop wounded. Parents and Mrs James P McDuffie of 401 Cypress Street Bastrop notified. Wording indicates Marine Corps service and wounded status with a Washington dispatch date of August 31.

Washington Navy Department U. S. Naval McDuffie Guy L Marine Corps James P. McDuffie Cypress Street Bastrop

Notice of Sell Under Bankruptcy Trustee in Ouachita Parish

Public sale of mineral rights and assorted properties belonging to Baxter Simeon Brase bankruptcy estate listed by trustee H. H. Blanks. Sale to be held at United States District Court building in Monroe with approval by the court. items include mineral rights across multiple sections in Ouachita Lincoln Bienville Jackson and LaSalle parishes. terms set with 20 percent down and balance on confirmation.

United States Westy Louisiana Monroe Baxter Simeon Brase Ban Tey Uni States United Bt Post Mtot Ouachita Ouachita Parish Ship Ouechita Parish Lincoln Parish Bienville Parish Jackson Parish Lincoln Parsh 14Th Jackson Parrish 44Th Minerals Lincoln Seth LaSalle Parish Imeth Webster Parish Ile

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