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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1934
Page
9
The Orleans cotton market closed firmer with futures up 16 to 21 points led by strong stocks. March May and October futures rose to new daily highs before easing slightly, while spot cotton closed 18 points higher at New Orleans with sales near 1,943 and stock at 744,072.
New York December reports cotton prices firm on prospect of crop measures next season and stronger east Indian demand. March futures advance about 12 to 16 points with mid afternoon gains. spot market quiet at middling 12.80 as futures close very steady up 17 to 22 points.
Liverpool reports a spot cotton demand with prices up about nine points. Quotations list American and other grades, including strict good middling and good ordinary. Futures trading shows Dec Jan Mac May July Oct quotes across the board.
New Orleans spot and futures show steady cottonseed oil values with primes around 9.75 to 10.12 for different months. In New York, futures closed firm with blended quotes from 9.97 to 10.30 for various contracts and total sales at 137 contracts.
Raw sugar futures advanced with short covering and buying for early year delivery. January contracts climbed from 1.73 to 1.75 and September from 1.86 to 1.88, with most gains absorbed near the close as hedging persisted and futures held firm across the board.
Chicago reports mixed potato markets with 52 60s per cwt on 201, total U S shipments 416, demand dull and moderating. Wisconsin round whites U S No 1 80 85 cents, commercial grade 17 1 2, Idaho russets U S No 1 1.55 57 1 2, Colorado McClures U S No 1 1.85 95, decimals indicate redecay and quality.
Chicago shipments show live poultry trading steady on December 5 with 39 trucks noted and assorted weights for hens leghorn and colored varieties, turkeys, ducks, geese and capons. Dressed turkeys remain steady with prices unchanged.
New York stocks rose broadly as wheat prices jumped, led by gains in U. S. Steel American Telephone Chrysler and other industrials. Rail shares recovered aiding overall confidence with many issues reaching near yearly highs while rumors of Washington plans for transportation fed speculation.
New York reports show stocks strong led by industrials with bonds firm and rails in demand. Curb steady and specialties improve while foreign exchange quiet and sterling firm. Cotton, sugar, coffee rise on foreign buying. wheat strong in Chicago with big general buying. Cattle steady to strong to 10.10, hogs down 10-25 to 6.00.
Chicago grain values jumped early as Liverpool wheat strength influenced Chicago. May wheat opened up and climbed to finish 2 3-4 to 3 3-4 above yesterday, corn rose about 7 8 to 1 up, oats gained 5 8 to 1 1-4, and provisions held steady to a slight rise.
Chicago wholesale market shows hogs 41 000 head with 14 000 direct, mostly 10 to 25 lower. Cattle 12 000, calves 2 000, demand mixed with higher weights firming at times. Sheep 17 000 with fat lambs slow and bids slipping from 7.25 to 7.50 and above.
Foreign exchange is irregular with Great Britain at 4.94 3-8 in demand and cables. Other rates include France 6.59, Italy 8.53, Belgium 23.39, Germany 40.20, Holland 67.62, Norway 24.84, Sweden 25.49, Denmark 22.07, Finland 2.21, Switzerland 32.41, Spain 13.66 1-2, Portugal 4.51 3-4, Greece .94, Poland 18.93, Czechoslovakia 4.18, Jugoslavia 2.28, Austria 18.83N, Hungary 29.76N, Rumania 1.01, Argentina 32.95N, Braz 8.60N, Tokyo 28.93, Shanghai 34.15, Hongkong 42.10, Mexico City silver peso 27.85, Montreal in New York 102.00, New York in Montreal 98.06 1-4, N-Nominal.
Butter unsettled at 1767 with no change in prices. Sales include 3 cars at 27 3 4 and 60 cars at 28. Eggs steady at 2090 with several quality lines listed: extra firsts 29, fresh graded firsts 26, current receipts 24-25 1-2, refrigerator firsts 21, standards 21 1-2, extras 21 3-4. No egg sales reported.
AP observers select 1934 Little All-America from small colleges across the nation. First team includes Grinnell Tufts and Goodwin West Virginia ends. Blazine Illinois Wesleyan tackle. Kjeldsen College Pacific guard. Prochaska Tulsa center. Mackerell Davidson QB. Peterson Gonzaga Hanson North Dakota State HB. Turley Ohio Wesleyan FB. Second team lists Davis Davis Elkins ends. Kella Trinity Stydahar WVU tackle. Brown Western State Mackey Emory & Henry guards. Martell Bluefield center. Semerall Union QB. Sexton Fort Hays halfback. Arrambide Whittier and Froeliche Tufte fullbacks.
A Louisiana parish lists rural state highway projects including Lapine seven miles of roadbed and drainage completed and Swartz-Fairbanks four and a half miles with right of way cleared. The legislature authorized 7 050 000 dollars for rural state highways and bonds to fund the work, slated to start soon.
Two armed bandits overpowered Evans with a pistol, stole his car, and drove toward LaFitte. They gagged and tied him to a tree, then fled after a pursuit by Officer Childress on the New Orleans side. The officer was hospitalized with a possible skull fracture.
Ulm's plane landed short of Oahu and to the northeast, with Commander E W Tod directing naval searchers to scour the area. Tod doubted the craft remained afloat, noting planes sink hard on water and may turtle on impact, while radio reports suggested it was upright briefly after landing yesterday. Searches continued as dawn broke.
Willie Kamm of Cleveland repeats as American League third base defensive champion for 1934, setting records with a .978 fielding average in 113 games and 243 putouts in 155 games. The feature lists other league leaders including Bonurs Melillo and Larry, with Senators tying Detroit for team fielding at .974 and 167 double plays.
James M. Smith president and faculty adviser to the Reveille staff face a dispute as affidavits list signatories including Jesse H. Cutter Cal Abraham Carl Corbin D R McGuire Jr and Stanley Schlossmen all suspended while Grace Williamson leads the reappearing Reveille. The Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools secretary Dr Cuy Snevely says the association will review charges that Senator Long is running Louisiana State University.
W G Jones president of the Louisiana Press Association criticized what he called censorship of the LSU student newspaper the Reveille Speaking for himself he accused James M Smith LSU president of saying freedom of the press was stressed at LSU and that the Reveille was unsensored He hinted at Huey Long era meddling and joked about Joe Messina becoming the student publication manager Mesina is Huey P Longs bodyguard.
Yale Daily News calls for national support of Louisiana State University Reveille editors amid Huey Long censorship controversy. Editorial says fight for freedom of the press must be constant and notes LSU students under Long’s influence lack effective protest.
18 submarines three light mine layers and two coast guard vessels persisted in the search after the earlier loss. Searchlights swept the darkness as crews sought the missing airmen, with patrols keeping up the hunt through the night.
Succession of H J Gilliland deceased No 3748 Probate State of Louisiana Ouachita Fourth District Court creditors and interested parties must show cause within ten days why final account by administratrix Mrs Clera I Benoit should not be approved and funds distributed. witnessed by Judges J T Shell and D I Garrett on December 4 1934. Leon H Pooler Deputy Clerk of Court.
Stonewall Lodge No. 8 Knights of Pythias schedules a Thursday 7 30 pm meeting at the K of P hall to elect officers and plan the year ahead The re dedication ceremony set for December 13 will feature Grand Chancellor A A Garrison of Shreveport and other visiting members in attendance
A 200000 ton rock chunk detached from Table Rock at Niagara Falls Canada late last night altering the falls’ contour for the second time in five months. No water flowed over the rock when it plunged into the gorge. The block measured about fifty to sixty feet long and around one hundred feet wide, part of a tourist viewpoint sector.
London December 5. Dr Thomas Lumsden announced a serum that destroys cancer cells after removal from the body while not injuring healthy tissue. He directs the London cancer research laboratories. The article also notes Haine monastery in Thibet as the world's highest inhabited place at 17 000 feet.
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