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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
19
New Orleans market reports hedge offerings and professional selling pushing cotton prices lower. December and other months closed with modest declines, with spot cotton finishing six points down and prices per the main grades drifting after a cautious session.
New York trading opened quiet with December cotton easing from 11.83 to 11.72 and buying support near 11.75 in mid afternoon. Futures closed steady with declines of 1 to 6 points. spot market quiet with middling at 12.20.
In Liverpool on December 5 cotton prices for 00 bases including 6400 American seed in fair demand held steady with small changes. Quotes show strict good middling 7.32, good middling 7.02, middling 6.67, strict low middling 6.52, low middling 6.27, strict good ordinary 6.07, good ordinary 5.77. Futures for December to October traded near 6.45 to 6.38 with positions for January 6.44, March 6.42, May 6.38, July 6.33, October 6.15.
In New Orleans on December 5, cottonseed oil closed steady with bid prices shown for prime Bemmer yellow and prime Pude. Futures quoted for December 19, January, March, and July show slight upward movement, ranging from 10.386 to 10.43 dollars per hundredweight with bid indications.
New York stock market news notes bleach cottonseed oil futures closing mixed on December contracts. December 10.72, January 10.75, May 10.80, July 10.80 bid. Sales totaled 23 contracts.
Sugar futures showed little variation in New York trading as liquidity coverage trimmed active positions. March slid from 2.06 to 2.05 and May fell from 2.19 to 2.09 with late trading holding around those levels. No. 3 futures closed steady with 6,400 tons sold.
The New York call money rate holds at 3-4 percent for the day with prime commercial paper also at 3-4 percent. Time loans remain steady from 60 days to 6 months at 1 percent. Bankers' acceptances unchanged and the Rediscount rate at the New York Reserve Bank is 11-2 percent.
Butter steady at 3,827 pounds traded in Chicago. Eggs steady at 447 with extra firsts at 30 1 2, current receipts 28, refrigerator extras 22, standards 3 4, firsts 21 1 4.
New York stocks rose into the close led by metals and specialty shares with gains of major fractions to over a point amid war news and economic tension in France. Utilities edged higher while rails and industrials softened. U S Steel and Montgomery Ward lagged.
New York stocks irregular while metals and specialties rise, rails fall. bonds mixed with demand for secondary issues. Curb steady as metals lead gains. Foreign exchange quiet. cotton and sugar steady with selling. Chicago wheat irregular and corn firm on shipping demand. Cattle steady with top at 14.50, hogs up to 10.
Chicago grain prices edged lower early due to a softer Liverpool wheat market. May futures showed declines across wheat and corn while oats fluctuated and provisions inched higher.
Chicago des five update shows hogs at 16 090 head with 6 500 direct. prices steady to firm with top hogs at 10.00 and 180 320 lb group 9 85 10 00. Cattle and calves total 6 200 with mixed demand. steers 14 50 top, heifers around 10 50, cows 10 15 higher. Sheep 8 000 with fat lambs steady to firm. natives 11 09 11 40, top 11 50, ewes 4 50 5 25.
In New York on December 5, exchange rates remained steady with Great Britain at 4.93 1/2 dollars, France 6.58 1/2, and Italy around 8.09 nominal. Various deman ds for currencies across Europe and overseas markets are listed with spot and cable figures.
Potatoes on track 264 total U S shipments 446 with steady supplies and slow demand. Idaho russet Burbanks U S No 1 1 70 1 90, U S No 2 1 30 1 35. Wisconsin round whites U S No 1 1 10 1 20. Minnesota North Dakota cobblers U S No 1 1 15 1 20. Early Ohios U S No 1 1 20 1 30. Colorado McClures U S No 1 1 32 sales 1 55 1 65.
In Honolulu the China Clipper prepared for the final leg to Alameda Calif after a 1 323 mile flight from Midway. Captain Edwin C Musick leads a crew of seven and three tons of mail for a 9 hour 45 minute dash as customs inspect baggage in Honolulu’s first trans Pacific airplane check.
Australia will equip two air force planes with wireless gear floats and skis for an Antarctic search of Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot Herbert Hollick Kenyon. Prime Minister Lyons informed President Roosevelt the move shows friendship. The explorers have been out since a radio failure on November 23. Reports say emergency rations may be rushed to them.
The grand champion Aberdeen Angus known as Pat's Blue Ribbon sold for 3 a pound at the International Livestock Exposition auction to a Armour and Company bidder for Nathan Schweitzer company of New York. Owner Cleo E. Yoder, 19, of Wellman Iowa, will receive 3195 dollars.
Court asked to take judicial notice that farm prices have risen since 1933 with cattle at 12 cents a pound hogs 10 to 11 cents corn 80 cents a bushel and no bank moratoriums. Defenders of the Minnesota act argued the economic emergency still exists despite higher prices.
Sloan warns against socialization of industry and loss of profit while Clinton L. Bardo notes industry is forced into politics to survive. The tentative 1936 platform supports capitalist expansion and opposes New Deal policies.
Roosevelt and De Florez faced grand jury after an air pistol dispute at a temple. Weapons were described as dangerous at 50 yards and a pellet penetrated pine boards at 50 feet. An expert test discharged close range without harm to De Florez. Judge Walcott warned against playful acts and set $209 personal bonds for each, releasing them.
Announcement lists Evelyn Evans and Johnnie Futrell married November 28 in Farmerville with Rev. W C Smith officiating. Also Harry Farrar and Maggie Mae Wood wed November 28 at the bride’s mother’s home with Rev. W C Smith officiating. couple to reside in Marion.
The Ouachita Fourth District Court orders two sheriff sales. The People's Homestead & Savings Association case sells lot 52 in Filhiol's Guinea addition Monroe with specific yard lines and a 40 foot cut, cash only. The second case, Rafe Baer et al versus J Graves et al, offers an undivided three fourths interest in a lot in square 15 Monroe, described as 49.32 feet by 145 feet, cash.
The tacky party planned at Mrs. W. H. Dennis home on 618 Benton Street Friday to raise funds for Gordon Avenue Methodist Church missionary society has been indefinitely postponed, according to officials on Thursday.
A frame residence occupied by A. Richmond, a negro, in Blanks' alley near the 3000 block of Jackson Street was slightly damaged by fire at daybreak Thursday. Firemen said the blaze was caused by a defective flue.
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