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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1940
Page
11
New York cotton futures clawed higher with near month delivery within a few points of peak levels as trade, Wall Street, and spot buyers supported prices. In late trading, May and July contracts showed gains while cautious buying limited gains and mixed regional quotes appeared in Liverpool and other markets.
The president sails into the Caribbean aboard the USS Sable or similar ship. The voyage mimics previous Panama transit and Pacific approach with escort by gun crews and destroyers. The party includes Hopkins, General Watson, Rear Admiral Melityre, White House physician, and Captain Gallaghan as security and advisory staff.
Flood conditions and 1940 air traffic data appear in a brief notice. The text cites a 24 hour stage and a stage change linked to river conditions, while aviation figures report 555,159,270 revenue passengers for January to July 1940, illustrating an increase over 1930.
In early trading on Dec 4 the market showed mixed results with shipbuilding shares rallying while many steels and major automakers slipped. Volume was light and trading shifted to a modest decline as U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler GM Westinghouse American Can and General Electric fell while Inter national Mercantile Marine Boeing Sperry and Du Pont advanced. More than 260000 shares of Southern and Commonwealth traded in half an hour at a 1 16 point drop.
Chicago grain trade shows wheat prices holding near the day’s similar levels as 1 to 4 cent gains and losses appear in early dealings. Trading notes indicate modest movements with December options near current ranges and May contracts maintaining slight advances or declines as buyers await clearer direction.
Hist page recalls December 3 1915 incidents of munitions and factory explosions, fears of sabotage, and German espionage rumors. U S government expelled German diplomats Karl von Edt and Franz von Papen amid wartime tensions.
The fragment notes a mute newspaperman breaking silence after nine years. It mentions a Terre Haute setting with references to a college, a dying room scene, and a nursing or hospital context. The text is garbled but implies a dramatic revelation or interview.
Jean Dickenson arrives in New York for the opening of the opera season wearing a pearl string around her neck. She chose a novel headgear to complement her look for Verdi’s Masked Ball premiere.
Japanese sponsored Shanghai administration head Chen Rang-Po is reported assassinated by an unknown assailant. Settlement police offered no confirmation as Bu Sigo-En, his predecessor, was killed in his home by a hatchet attacker.
Nathaniel Bo Milton reported his stolen vehicle contained two young taintalas and 50 black widow spiders after a police interview on Tuesday. He claimed the cartons in the machine held dangerous specimens tied to experiments.
U S District Court Western District of Louisiana No 433 in bankruptcy Louisa Ann Candy Co, Autrey de Rome Goff of West Monroe Louisiana adjudged bankrupt November 28 1940. First meeting of creditors December 11 1940 in Monroe Louisiana to elect a trustee, appoint a creditors committee, examine bankrupt and prove claims. Notice also of regular annual stockholders meeting of The Ouachita National Bank of Monroe to be held January 1 1941 to elect directors and consider liquidating committee reports and extension of a 1934 contract. Sheriff sale notices follow for various properties and proceedings tied to the bank liquidation and court actions.
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