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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1932
Page
8
Fairly active session in New Orleans today saw prices drift with the European war debt unease weighing on sentiment. Prices for January May and March slipped from yesterday’s close, trading near the lows before closing barely steady with net declines of 8 to 12 points as hedging persisted.
New York December cotton opens steady after losses from Liverpool and southern selling. Wall Street firms were net sellers amid liquidation while trade buying supported futures, with December futures near 5.58 and May around 5.82. Shipments awaiting clearance total about 206,539 bales, down from last year. Spot middling remains 5.75.
In New Orleans on December 3, cottonseed oil closed steady with prime summer yellow quoted at 3.05 to 3.15 and prime crude at 2.37 to 2.67. Forward prices listed Dec 3.02 Jan 3.12 March 3.22 May 3.40 July 3.50.
Chicago markets show cattle 1,000 head with higher feeder and yearling values, vealers steady to down. extreme heavy steers reach 8.00, yearlings 7.75, fat steers 5.25 to 7.00. Sheep near steady with 4,000 traded. hogs 10,000, direct 8,000, steady to strong on light and medium weights, packing sows 2.35 to 2.85, pigs 3.00 to 4.5, lambs 6.65 for top native stock.
Liverpool dispatch notes 1000 bales of cotton, spot market quiet and prices down. Quotas list American grade values from strict good to good ordinary, and futures settle steady with December to July prices shown.
The market shows Doc Dee Bembiearo and poultry group with hens firm while other classes remain steady, unchanged in today's trading. Traders note stable demand across categories with no major price shifts reported.
Stocks firm with slight advance on covering. Bonds irregular rails sag. Curb irregular utilities easy. Foreign exchanges irregular sterling heavy. Cotton lower Wall Street and southern selling. Sugar higher steadier spot. Coffee quiet trade buying. Wheat easy forecast rains central west. Corn barely steady with excellent weather. Cattle quiet hogs active and steady to strong.
Chicago grain prices weakened early today on dec 3 as British exchange rates slid. Wheat slid broadly after opening near unchanged to down 1 2 cent, while corn started 1 8 to 3 8 cent lower and then held near the initial limits.
New York December 3. Exchange rates show irregular movement with Great Britain at 3.18 7 8 dollars demand and 3.19 cables. France 3.90 7 8, Italy 5.06. Declared demands include Belgium 13.85 and Germany 23.77 1 2 with others in varied units.
Butter quantities listed at 9 865 with steady tones. Creamery specials score 93 range 24 1-4 to 3-4 and firsts 88-89 at 22 to 22 1-2. Eggs totals 2 105 steady with extra firsts at 31 and fresh graded firsts at 30. current receipts 27 to 29 and refrigerator items at 26 3-4 to 27 3-4.
USDA data show total U S potato shipments at 492 and 65 on track with dull trading. Wisconsin round whites quoted 67 1 2 to 70 with some 72 1 2 for top quality, Idaho Russets ranged 1.10 to 1.15 for medium to large and 1.02 1 2 to 1.10 for small to medium.
Sugar futures closed firm on December 3 with gains of 3 to 6 points as traders moved 15,400 tons. Prices by month included December 72 to 74, January 73, March 76, May 82, July 86, September 91, and October 93 with firm underlying demand.
The Business and Professional Women’s Club of Shreveport held a Saturday banquet at the Shreveport Country Club honoring president Mrs J A Norton. Guests included members of the Ruston BPW club.
The New York stock market crawled along its two month trading range closing with little change. Traders awaited Congress and war debt talks as volume neared 400000 shares while leaders posted fractional gains and losses amid a cautious mood.
As Congress prepares to convene the lame duck session on December 5 the fate of the 18th amendment dominates. House leaders plan a repeal resolution with limited debate while beer legislation and senate action loom. Other urgent topics include war debts economy and veterans' benefits.
A wave of shortages hits federal state and city departments in Brazil culminating in about $1 million missing in Sao Paulo. Earlier shortfalls included $50,000 from the federal treasury and $100,000 from city receipts with the department chief suspended. Officials face charges over years of defalcation.
A copper sheet reproduction of a three masted frigate stands about eight feet high on the roof of the Edward N Hurley College of Commerce at the University of Notre Dame. Weighing over a ton it is detailed and symbolic of early world trade. Hurley donor of the building is a former US Shipping Board chairman.
A special W C T U service Sunday at 3 p m at Immanuel Baptist Church West Monroe announced by temperance leader Mrs Effie Pace. Attendees are urged. prayer services follow on Monday when Congress meets and a Volstead act repeal vote is expected.
A representative of Jack Hoxie brought two trained horses named Dynamite and Scout to Monroe this morning. Also present is Punk the Australian Sheepdog famed from The Shepherd of the Hills. Demonstrations may occur in the Twin Cities this weekend as the Hoxie film plays at the Paramount on December 12 13 and 14 with the animals and a cadre of cowboys and cowgirls.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Cook, former Monroe resident now in Helena Arkansas, will be held Sunday at 3 PM at the Farmerville Methodist church. Her daughters Mrs Bert Rembrant and Mrs Bertha Sanders and Miss Cora Cook will accompany the body arriving tonight at 9 PM via Missouri Pacific railroad.
Funeral services were held at the family home for Mrs Cora Chatham 39 wife of Charles A Chat ham of Chatham. Interment followed in Concord cemetery near Chatham. Rev Ira Yeager conducted the service. She died Wednesday leaving her husband four children and her parents Rev and Mrs E O Hearn of Chatham.
News of C O McLemore aged 44 dying at a Pineville hospital. Born near Marion Union parish he was a lifelong farmer and unmarried. Survived by two sisters Mrs Walleree Hawks Feriday and Mrs W B Ellerbe Monroe a brother G D McLemore a half brother J M McLemore and a half sister and step mother Mrs Rosa McLemore all of Monroe. Funeral held in Pineville with burial there.
Washington report says President Hoover will reaffirm opposition to extending the moratorium on war debts and may propose a new agency to study international obligations. He plans to urge debtor nations to pay the December 15 instalments to foster a broader settlement with trade concessions and disarmament ideas.
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