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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1936
Page
9
New Orleans cotton markets lifted with December at 12.06, January 11.90, March 11.88, May 11.78, and a 75 cent daily gain. Private crop estimate puts yield at 12,281,000 bales while picking and ginning accelerate in the belt. Exports reached 6,102 bales as spot cotton closed steady up 16 points amid limited outside speculation.
New York traders saw cotton advance to fresh move high on renewed foreign and domestic price fixing. March climbed from 11.85 to 11.96 and held near best while most contracts traded 4 to 14 points higher. spot middling listed at 12.58 with a steady tone overall.
Cotton at Liverpool 28 000 bales with 5 600 American. spot demand fair, prices mostly unchanged to two points lower. Quotations show American grades from strict good middling 7.27 to strict low middling 6.52. Futures closed steady with December to October values ranging from 6.58 to 6.22.
In New Orleans on December 1 cottonseed oil closed steady with bleachable prime summer yellow at 10.10-30 and prime crude at 9.12-2. The market listed December 10.10b, January 10.12b, March 10.23b, May 10.365 and July 10.45b.
Potatoes in U S shipments total 488 on track 258 with steady supplies and moderate demand. Idaho Russet U S No 1 priced 2.35 to 2.55 per cwt, Wisconsin round whites U S No 1 1.90, fair quality 1.80, U S commercial 1.75, U S No 2 1.05.
Flood 24 hour stage changes recorded across multiple rivers including Mississippi Arkansas Tennessee and Ohio basins with numerous locations showing falls of 0.1 to 0.7 feet and only light rises noted at a few sites. Key towns listed include Memphis Vicksburg Natchez Baton Rouge Cincinnati Nashville Shreveport and Little Rock with varied stage values.
Chicago grain prices showed mixed moves on December 1 with wheat easing slightly and corn fluctuating within narrow ranges. Prices for oats soybeans and barley also moved unevenly as traders watched futures near yesterday’s levels and noted buoyant corn late session.
Hogs 43 000 head with 12 000 direct. early market steady to lower for local bidders. top 10.00. 200 29 lb 9.60 9.95. best sows 9.40. Cattle 10 000. calves 2 000. better fed steers and yearlings strong. light cattle 8.00 11.00. weighty steers up to 11.50 per 1400 lb. bulls strong. Sheep 9 000 with 200 direct. lambs opening slow. natives 9.00 9.25. ewes 3.00 4.25.
Foreign exchange firm lists British pounds in dollars and other currencies in cents. Rates include Great Britain demand 4.91, France 4.67, Italy 5.26, Belgium 16.91, Germany 40.24, Holland 54.45, Denmark 21.93, Sweden 25.32, and several others with nominal or unquoted statuses.
New York December sugar prices show renewed firmness with May rising from 2.88 to 2.90 and September from 2.90 to 2.93 as trade and commission house buying maintains levels near season highs at the final hour.
Call money easeholds at 1 percent for the day with prime commercial paper at 3 to 4 percent. Time loans quoted steady for 60 days to 6 months at 11 to 4 percent. Bankers acceptances unchanged as rediscount rate at the New York Reserve Bank stands at 11 and a half percent.
The tree frog can alter its color from a dark hue to a light one in roughly 20 minutes, showcasing rapid color-changing ability.
Specialists led but weak turnover kept Wall Street cautious with late selling trimming gains. Among top issues, about half of the 20 most active stocks traded under 10 a share while a broad list edged fractions higher or lower, with rail, rubber, sugar, and metal shares showing varied moves amid modest overall activity.
State of Louisiana Fourth Judicial District Court seizure notice for Home Owners' Loan Corp. case No. 26322. Milton Coverdale, Sheriff, will sell at the Monroe courthouse front door on January 2 1937 between legal hours the Lot in Block 3 of L D McLain and Crosley's Addition to West Monroe. Cash terms, no appraisement.
In Chicago on December first the live poultry market shows stability with two carload lots and 49 trucks. Hens and chickens of various weights rise modestly, with Leghorn and Plymouth Rock breeds priced around 11 to 19 cents per pound and dressed turkeys maintaining steady quotes for young and old birds alike.
Rehearsals for a minstrel show sponsored by the Women’s club of the Missouri Pacific Booster club proceed for a December 10 performance. Proceeds go to the Good Fellows Fund and Monroe and West Monroe talent is slated to deliver an unusually excellent show. A further rehearsal is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Missouri Pacific clubhouse with the cast expected to attend.
The annual election of the Chamber of Commerce of Monroe and West Monroe is under way with ballots mailed to members. Ten senior and twenty junior board nominees will be named, with five senior and ten junior directors elected in primaries. Ballots are due December 15 and final ballots by December 31.
Sheriff de Bretton charged James Connell 52 with a statutory offense after he admitted improper relations with his 18-year-old daughter Lillian. The hitchhikers were arrested in Baton Rouge as they tried to sell the two months old baby for 75 dollars, Connell suggesting he might be the father.
Four cotton exhibit awards go to Louisiana youths at the Chicago club congress. Medium staple: Jack McConnell Mangham third, Duane Robertson Delhi fourth, James McCann Ruby fifth. Long staple: George Swain Ruby second, Jerry Filasek Libuse fifth, Vaudon de Shazer Gardner third in white Spanish variety peanuts.
A daughter was born Monday night at St Francis sanitarium to Mr J D King and Mrs King of West Monroe.
Willie Bryant a Black employee at the Brown Paper mill was discharged Tuesday from the St Francis sanitarium negro clinic after cramps during night shift. He had collapsed while on duty and received treatment at the facility.
The fragment shows a comic panel line with stuttering emphasis on how a character feels worn down by someone’s demands. It hints at workplace or family strain and a punchy daily humor tone. The readable text centers on a master who pushes others past their limits.
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes escaped serious injury when his car was forced off the road and overturned about ten miles north of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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